Report on Afghanistan

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[Argonaut1337]

As long as the UK, Canada, and US want the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline the war will continue...

[bbburton]

Get the US out of Afghanistan and Iraq. This is imperialism at its worst.

[AfghanStrong]

North vs. South, North being supplied by Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan the South being supplied by Pakistan and the U.S. Then when 911 happened, the U.S. flip flopped and supported the North and left the South. There is more to this, but this is to give you a summary. Another thing, Afghans have more then enough courage, There are 36 countries fighting maybe 5% of the Afghans, and losing. It would be a different story if it was 95% of the Afghans fighting the 36 countries.

[AfghanStrong]

Courage? Think, read and study before you talk, I have to say you have no understanding or knowledge of what has been going on there the last 30 years. 1. Osama was associated with the CIA 2. Proof of who actually did 911 3. Afghanistan was modern until 1979, Soviets invaded Afghans defended. 4. Civil war after Soviets lost, this is where the Afghans divided, North vs. South. Continued:

[blackxavior]

Ah the classic soap box rant reply. Effectual navigating from the point and reality while spouting ignorant propaganda at the same time.

The US was attacked by individuals protected by the Afghan Taliban. We had the right and ability to level the whole country. It is out of the goodness of our hearts that we are investing anything in this god forsaken country of illiterate fascist.

Had Afghans the courage to fight radicals in there midst we would not be their.

[ruderevival]

yeah, thought so...

[mikezephyr]

i'd say nearly half a century of cold war propaganda is to blame for that.

because if the fascists were defeated and now the soviet union was the evil empire, the usa cannot ever be imperial or non-democratic.

ironically, a simple reflection on history reveals just how really truthful that is.

[FREEW0RLD2012]

And yet as children and up to adulthood we are taught that America is a democracy,that we have a "democratic political system"....it's a lie.,Conditioned into us.I don't recall ANY of my teachers telling us that the US is a republic.

[mikezephyr]

quite clearly no.

[trollfinger]

Fat chance of that happening in a lot of places. You take big money out and they are just going to steal taxpayers money...... even more. When do our higher ups really get talked too by constituents ? I mean could you walk up to Obama now and ask him about what he's doing ? Probably not, they are like celebrities these days. The power comes from the people, not for them anymore.

[trollfinger]

You know the British have a thing for selling weapons to strange regimes aswell. If you go to google video and type in "flying the flag arming the world" There is a documentary on it. Margret Thatchers son Mark made a pretty (illegal) penny off the deals in the 80's when they were flooding the middle east with weapons.

[callieland]

yeah the cia is paying local warlords to maintain 1500 man armies to protect those fields lest the taliban burn them.