the very sad truth

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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"This is what Afghanistan is. We kill each other."
-FAQIR MUHAMMAD, military chieftain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/19/international/asia/19BORA.html?todaysheadlines

We have made several serious blunders during out little campaign in Afghanistan, which may very well come back to haunt us. Let's hope to God that we're not on the brink of making another one by becoming heavily involved in that country's politics, only to find ourselves hopelessly bogged down in the the muck and mire of their tribal centuries old traditions and customs, which for the most part seem to be civil war-orientied.

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[Lefty]

when people are set free it's never a blunder.

[Tom]

It is not a blunder, but what will they do with freedom? Wasn't it just a few years ago that Northern Alliance was run out and the Taliban came to power? Hope it isn't an endless circle, but too often it is. Wehn people are "set free" they usually are more or less obsevers to their fates, not participants. If they "became free", or earned their freedom, I would have a warmer feeling about it. with all those other nations in the area lining up to "help" them settle in and form a new governemtn, I can only think of Planter's - Assorted Nuts!

Tom

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Lefty opined with:

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when people are set free it's never a blunder.
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And what are they going to do with their freedom? Use it to start killing one another again?

I have an idea. Rather than the U.S. getting bogged down into what I perceive is a hopeless situation, let that mighty, wise, glorious and politically correct world body we all know as the U.N. do its thing in Afghanistan. That should be an hilariously funny three-ring circus to watch.
(Shoot -- the U.N. can't even mobilize a piddly 5,000-troop peace-keeping force in a timely fashion.)

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[Lefty]

They have their freedom and now it's up to them. We were there to show these terrorists you don't mess with U.S.
The citizens getting their freedom was a happy by-product.
On to Iraq!

[Tom]

I think NTRA will actually help racing long before UN ever does anything for anyone (except themselves picking our pockets).
Maybe it would be a sign of good faith to move them out of NYC and relocate their headquarters in Kabal or Khandahar-that way, they wouldn't have to put up with all of our yankee imperialism - they could meet in caves and eat rocks.

Tom

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Tom wrote:

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I think NTRA will actually help racing long before UN ever does anything for anyone (except themselves picking our pockets).
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LOL! Won't get an argument from me.

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Maybe it would be a sign of good faith to move them out of NYC and relocate their headquarters in Kabal or Khandahar-that way, they wouldn't have to put up with all of our yankee imperialism - they could meet in caves and eat rocks.
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And even then...that lifestyle would be too sweet for a solicialistic organization that Reagan accurately characterized to Nixon at one time as being "morally bankrupt". But perhaps planting the U.N. smack dab in the middle of one of Afghanistan's many minefields would produce some positive results. :)

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