Congressman Duncan says Afgans are ungrateful

[dreVol]

Gibbs could prolly turn you some over.

Where did he go? Or should I ask.

he's stocking Pringles in the wood shed that he kept taking people behind

 

[BeecherVol]

Just thought. Its free range chicken herding season. He may be on the plains.

 

[RespectTradition]

By that line of reasoning, we'd never go to war.

I'm ok with that.

We should never go to war. War should always come to us.

And I would bet we would be in far, far fewer of them that way.

 

[RespectTradition]

Haha. Am I really that difficult?

You have this annoying habit of using facts and logic in your arguments. It makes you hard to argue with without resorting to namecalling.

So, when it comes to political conversation, basically, you cheat!

 

[GAVol]

I'm ok with that.

We should never go to war. War should always come to us.

And I would bet we would be in far, far fewer of them that way.

In some cases, I agree with you . . . bit if Afghanistan wasnt a case of war coming to us, I don't know what is.

 

[RespectTradition]

I would say terrorists attacked us, not Afghanistan.

OBL spent years hiding in Pakistan. We didn't need to invade them and topple their government to get to him.

 

[VOLatile]

I would say terrorists attacked us, not Afghanistan.

OBL spent years hiding in Pakistan. We didn't need to invade them and topple their government to get to him.

This all day. One person with anti-American ideologies convinced several people to fly planes into the WTC and Pentagon, not AN ENTIRE COUNTRY!

 

[GAVol]

This all day. One person with anti-American ideologies convinced several people to fly planes into the WTC and Pentagon, not AN ENTIRE COUNTRY!

One person who was given sanctuary by the Taliban.

 

[iVol4Life]

We shouldn't be there at all.

 

[BeecherVol]

In some cases, I agree with you . . . bit if Afghanistan wasnt a case of war coming to us, I don't know what is.

One person who was given sanctuary by the Taliban.

Both solid points.

 

[volsforever27]

Let's not act like we just pointed to a map and decided to bomb the heck out of a place... there's a reason we went there.

No Taliban = no war.

 

[milohimself]

One person who was given sanctuary by the Taliban.

I don't see why we couldn't have stopped at killing or capturing those responsible and stopping there. What it turned into was war against an indefinite, amorphous opponent. I think hardly anyone had or has an issue with our excursion into Afghanistan itself, but rather, the way it was carried out.

I might be falling right in line with the Paulbots here, but I think the vast military operations (placed on the credit card) under Bush and continued to a lesser extent under Obama are a result mostly of the influence of the military industrial complex.

 

[GAVol]

I don't see why we couldn't have stopped at killing or capturing those responsible and stopping there. What it turned into was war against an indefinite, amorphous opponent. I think hardly anyone had or has an issue with our excursion into Afghanistan itself, but rather, the way it was carried out.

I might be falling right in line with the Paulbots here, but I think the vast military operations (placed on the credit card) under Bush and continued to a lesser extent under Obama are a result mostly of the influence of the military industrial complex.

I think that's a lot more valid argument than those saying flat out that we shouldnt have gone.

 

[n_huffhines]

Let's not act like we just pointed to a map and decided to bomb the heck out of a place... there's a reason we went there.

Resources!

fyp

 

[n_huffhines]

I think that's a lot more valid argument than those saying flat out that we shouldnt have gone.

We have the luxury of hindsight, and now I think it's easy to say that we shouldn't have gone. At the time, though, the picture looked much different. RP supported the operation, but that was because it wasn't supposed to be traditional occupation and nation-building. That's exactly what it turned into.