Afghans flee ahead of offensive

Villagers in Helmand flee their homes ahead of a huge NATO offensive targeting the Taliban.

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[PaladinHludwig]

Yes I agree it is very difficult to distinguish truth in the midst of all this greed and corruption within our governments.

The way I feel is, let all people live free the way they wish to live. Whether they are middle-east villagers living simply off the land, or westerners living in the hustle and bustle of modern city life (and everyone in between!).

[PaladinHludwig]

forgive typo, i meant Osama Bin Laden .

[PaladinHludwig]

I just gotta say this is great btw, Its nice to lock horns with someone who has a brain for a change =)

Look OK I know what you are saying. And hey maybe your way of thinking about these Afghanis is right and they all are born just to go apeshit on North Americans. I am saying I DON'T BUY IT, not for a second. The US govt still reeks from the complete lies that drew the US into IRAQ in 2003. The fact that Obama Biladen is still alive is VERY suspicious as well.

[smokethosetaliban]

I was clear--just scroll down/reread what I wrote to you--Study your history--as you sob for killed civilians, study how the Taliban hide among them, dress like them, fight from behind them, use them in every way possible as a shield, even strap bombs on them-- then threaten to kill their family if they don't cooperate. The same Taliban that ran defense for Al-Qaeda-- terror training camps all over Afghanistan-- but we're to believe the Taliban merely had a bad hotel guest-pull yourself together

[PaladinHludwig]

@smokethosetaliban what are you talking about now? I already told you I don't buy into your propaganda.

[smokethosetaliban]

We wrecked the hell out of Japan and Germany and rebuilt them--I thought I gave you an assignment...maybe it was some other bunny rabbit...anyway, study the MARSHALL PLAN...google that...read up on it...then come back and jaw about reparations--don't forget the TRILLION PLUS we dumped in Iraq deposing the sometime rapist/sometime butcher...don't forget OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS who lay down their lives to secure not just our nation but you Canadians as well and MANY others as well

[PaladinHludwig]

@ smokethosetaliban, I don't buy your views. To me you sound more like a radical extremist than the ones you want dead. If the USA doesn't pay for all damages to personal property AND pensions for all civilians injured or killed, then the USA is no better than the Nazis in WW2 imposing their will on other nations with no remorse in destroying peoples' lives! YOU CANT JUST GO SOMEWHERE AND DESTROY A COUNTRY!!!

[smokethosetaliban]

Did you ever see the news reporter who landed in Damascus, hailed a cab, and showed that the driver could take him to at least ten different terrorist headquarters locations in the capital. Other countries sympathetic and helpful to terrorists have included, Lebanon, Algeria, Iran, Saddams Iraq, Afghanistan,Pakistan,Sudan, Cuba, etc. KNOW THIS- this aint a "couple of bad guys". It is radicalized anti-western governments using many professional militant/terrorist organizations/kill us-Pay4what?

[PaladinHludwig]

If you decide to go in someone else's country and destroy everything just to get a couple bad guys, You NEED to reconstruct and repay the innocent civilians who suffer from the military operations where they live.

If you don't, then you are WORSE than the people you are bent on killing.

[smokethosetaliban]

REPARATIONS? Taliban cowards killed these civilians by hiding behind them while taking potshots at our boys. By all accounts, the radical Taliban are enormously outnumbered by these so-called innocent citizens such that they could expel or kill them without much help from us. Dont cry for these vermin,except for the children--they are innocent. We dont hide behind innocent children and strap bombs on them to make war. Remember our kids who died on the 911 planes howling in horror as death came