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Quote by: Yarn Iraq was a bad idea for the US, but Afghanistan is highly accredited with having thrown Al Qaeda and the Taliban into disarray. |
And then completely and utterly failing to complete the job by, a) taking our eye off the ball and invading Iraq, b) diverting much needed resources from the rebuilding of Afghanistan and mopping up the Taliban, c) yet another failure by Rumsnamara when he failed to capture bin Laden at Tora Bora after replacing George Tenet's plan with his own.
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Quote by: Yarn I don't see whats wrong with attacking terrorists and others in Pakistan, whom threaten Canadian and US lives in Afghanistan, and at home. |
And how would you feel if, say, Mexico, without our permission, sent troops into Texas, shooting up communities in their pursuit of... oh... drug cartel members? And their American accomplices. And they decide exactly who's an American accomplice.
After all, they're evil, murderous drug dealers, right? Why would we possibly complain about their removing such threats in our own midst? And if a few innocent American civilians die in the crossfire, gosh, isn't that the price of getting rid of evil?
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Quote by: Yarn Other strategies should be explored, at least in thought. |
Exactly so, and the first different strategy that needs to be tried is to conclude that military solutions against civilian criminal gangs aren't working. Think outside the box of the myth of "unbeatable American military might", and focus on what works... internationally cooperative intelligence and
POLICE work.
In case you hadn't noticed, that's where we and our allies have experienced the most success during the last 6 years.
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Quote by: thx1138 Stop this nonsense.
The only reason Afghanistan was attacked was to secure the gas pipeline running through the country. The Taliban wanted too big of a cut in the profits so they were taken out of power. |
No it wasn't... that's conspiracy claptrap. At most it was simply another nail in the Taliban's coffin.
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Quote by: thx1138 But the pipeline is now delayed because the area can not be secured... |
Ahhh, if I had a nickle for every irony of the Bush League's criminal incompetence, I could retire in comfort.
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Quote by: thx1138 That is why the U.S., The EU, and Canada are fighting in Afghanistan, this bull about stopping terrorists is just the cover story used to justify it. |
And I suppose you agree with some here that Bush and the CIA carried out 9/11 just so we would have an excuse to attack Afghanistan and Iraq?
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