YES!! Exactly. But it sure does take a brave few to start the momentum. Love the rifle idea. ;-)
Listening to all this how can we justify having so many of our kids over there. Where is the outrage that hundreds of kids are getting killed and thousands maimed.
Before partisans jump up and down, I was against our kids getting killed nation building in Iraq as well.
Isn't this the cue for one of our sanctimonious British posters to call you an "Islamophobe".
You always have to be careful with vigilantism. Also, you live in Chicago; you aren't allowed to have guns.
"You don't support the troops". That's what happened to it. That little propaganda campaign where everyone tried to label any dissent against the war and equaling non-support of the troops. I think it worked ok. Other than that, the near media blackout has made us forget a lot too. If you think back to Vietnam, that war was on TV all the time. People were reminded that we were at war and what the cost of war was. But we don't really see anything out of Iraq but a few headlines here and there. Why hide? I think it's because if we were made aware of everything, constantly saw the images, and had to think about the lives, money, and effort we've put in more people would be against the war. But the press is just controlled by the government mostly, so it doesn't do its job. The People aren't thinking about anything other than the recession and our job market, so we ain't doing our job. And the government...it's doing its job all too well.
It's really a very illogical war at this point.
LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his organization is preparing to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be more damaging to security and risk more lives than the organization's initial release of some 76,000 war documents.
WikiLeaks says it will release more Afghan files - U.S. news - Security - msnbc.com
YES!! Exactly. But it sure does take a brave few to start the momentum. Love the rifle idea. ;-)
"You don't support the troops". That's what happened to it. That little propaganda campaign where everyone tried to label any dissent against the war and equaling non-support of the troops. I think it worked ok. Other than that, the near media blackout has made us forget a lot too. If you think back to Vietnam, that war was on TV all the time. People were reminded that we were at war and what the cost of war was. But we don't really see anything out of Iraq but a few headlines here and there. Why hide? I think it's because if we were made aware of everything, constantly saw the images, and had to think about the lives, money, and effort we've put in more people would be against the war. But the press is just controlled by the government mostly, so it doesn't do its job. The People aren't thinking about anything other than the recession and our job market, so we ain't doing our job. And the government...it's doing its job all too well.
It's really a very illogical war at this point.
I agree with you...we should have told them in 2003...you have 3 years and we are gone. You either take control of your country or let these assholes come back and kill you and rule your lives. have fun...good luck.
If you had to tell anyone that, they never wanted it in the first place.
Comparatively, when the U.S. went to war for independence, we asked France for help.
They didn't walk on in and say, "We hate England, so we want you to liberate yourselves."
That crap doesn't work, they have to want it in the first place.
The best thing we could of done was lob cruise missiles at the government buildings/military and sailed away.
Lets try that again...damn internet...
We didnt go to war to free the Afghan people from the Taliban...we went to war because the Taliban were providing shelter for AlQaida. There is a world of difference between Americas war for independence and our war in Afghanistan. Once the Taliban were ousted we sort of had an obligation to not just bail out. However staying around this long and doing FOR them isnt working. Thats why i would have said...3 and out...what you get is what you earn.
Im a big fan of the smoking hole method of combat. I would have been fine with levelling every government building and military target in Afghanistan. Unfortunately it wouldnt have accomplished anything and the Taliban would likely have responded by brutalizing their own people.
People quickly forget. The war against Afghanistan ended rapidly. the Taliban was ousted, the people elected and formed a government. The problem was not with the war plan...it was with the peace plan.
I disagree with any obligation.
It's pretty obvious that most of the citizens of Afghanistan supported the Taliban.
They shouldn't benefit from their support by us building infrastructure for them.
You go to war to obliterate your enemy in the easiest way possible, not play nice nice with their supporters.
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