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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:49 PM Original message |
Pentagon issues downbeat assessment on Afghanistan |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Quelle Shock! Nt |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes, for those of us who may remember Vietnam of the late 60s, doesn't this look familiar? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Meanwhile, the Pentagon reported earlier this year that there were no more than 100 Al Quaeda in |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You're not alone. Former CIA field Operative, Robert Baer calls it *Mission Creep:* |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'm marking this for the weekend. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I've have come to the depressing conclusion that ... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. So we right all along? nt |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's time for the USA Military to "make like a sheep herder ... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. So Afghanistan is a |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. we've killed so many, stacks of dead, utter destruction, destroyed lives... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Their population is illiterate and that means low intellect and easily led |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Anyone else read the report? |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Of course you found it encouraging. We would expect no less. |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 05:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. "the ultimate goal" is spending the lives & treasure of the many for the benefit of the few. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So, you didn't read it? |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I read it. My favorite phrase was: “cautiously optimistic”. It made my leg tingle. n/t. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes, on page 6. |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I knew it! I knew it! I knew "cautiously optimistic" had to be in there somewhere. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. Afghan Taliban getting stronger, Pentagon says |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. k/r |
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