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harleymc — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:55:39 -0000

Ayo,
I responded to a hijacking of the discussion thread by alibaba that cast homophophobic and xenophobic slurs.
Now Ayo you have further hijacked the thread by obsessing about three things, my gender, my sexuality and my nationality but not discussing the war.
On two of your three assupmtions you are plain wrong. this says more about you than about me.
So given that you and your xenophobic homophobic and misogynist friends don't care about the people of Afghanistan more than your perceptions of me, what is it that you do stand for? Only hatred, violence and oppression!

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420420 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:41:29 -0000

Im a native american sir, and you have no idea what you're talking about. As a member of the blackfoot nation, my ancestors both fought and intermarried with the anglos. There were wars, there were camps and reservations where we were forced to live and learn anglo culture and language. But we were also co-dependant. There are many stories of the "white devils" aiding the tribes in times of need. Stories of compassion. There are two sides to every story. Today almost a third of the anglos in the US have a shared native american ancestry. We have our own land, our own laws, and our own businesses and renewed interest in our culture these days, and are just as american as anyone else.

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igprogram.tk — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:48:06 -0000

Great article !

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jerrycom — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:54:21 -0000

The US can't beat the Taliban? See, the taliban nowadays seem more and more to be a popular, peasant-based movement. Western or western-influenced journalists don't see that because of their blindness ro the world's realities. Look at the majority of the Taliban fighters. Which social classes do they come from? If one reads between the lines of serious reports, one can't fail to note that most are youngsters from poor peasant stock, in other words the majority of the country's people. Mao used to ask "who makes history?". His answer was "the people". And people's struggles are invincible!

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Colin Kelly — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:50:23 -0000

The US will fail primarily because Karzai is a corrupt crook and the US only realized this too late. The US had the opportunity to win in Afghanistan when they threw out the Taliban in 2001, then Bush decided to go off and finish daddy's war in Iraq while Afghanistan rotted and the Taliban crawled back. With the botched 2009 elections, there was no chance to rally the country behind a central government, the mayor of Kabul showed himself a corrupt leader which Afghans have no desire for.

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Colin Kelly — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:46:19 -0000

Yeah country of lions with abysmal life expectancy, piss poor literacy rates, and a terrible quality of life index. Sounds great, hope it enjoys it history of being one of the top five worst countries in the world to reside in.

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DictatorsSuck — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:44:51 -0000

Americans had every right to attack the Taliban. You're ignorant if you don't get why. You people are so brainwashed. So what the Americans and Russians did was bad but what Al Qaeda and Islam did is OK? As long as you're Muslim I guess there's no doing any wrong....

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Seekerrr — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:06:22 -0000

noliving, as I said before, the Mongolian empire faced heavy resistance in Afghanistan, Genghis Khan's daughter's husband was kill in Afghanistan, his daughter told Genghis Khan to kill everyone in that town, where her husband was slaughtered (due to resistance), and every one was killed in that town.

One thing I find funny though, the Mongols wasn't able to defeat Islam, as they all became Muslims. The Hazaras in Afghanistan are decedents of Mongols, and they are all Muslims, mostly Shia Muslims.

Ask Alexandia what he thinks about Afghanistan, or the British colonialist terrorists, or maybe the USSR....

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alibaba — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:48:59 -0000

Irfan, your posting is quite correct in my view, !6 yrs.overseas has allowed me to gather prospective and be objective as well ! On the topic, it is important to be aware of changing times and culture in people ,especially americans with their currently aquired liberalism and warped concept of democracy ! My assesment of the non existant MORAL code is 0 in america , dilution being prime culprit ! Lastly, if ww2 were fought by todays u.s. miletary, the germans would have won ,hands down ! Maybe that would be desireable in terms of what we have transpired into ,drugs,homo,lesb,africans, illegals,criminals etc.

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alibaba — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:52:02 -0000

The american miletary gets an annual budget of over five hundred billion $ , There are approx. 300 + u.s. bases around the world, The american economey is driven basicly by miletary wages and support expenses, far too many americans and immigrants enter the u.s. miletary for a livelyhood for life , The stealth enemy from within is not recognized,

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alibaba — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:42:45 -0000

Afganistan will never be concured by currrent american miletary forces ! On a one 4 one bases, afgan people are far more adaptable,and reconcyled to their plight than sport minded american soldiers worried about returning home ,pensions and material possesions consume most americans today ! WarS SUCH AS AFGAN AND IRAQ among others too are instigated and paid for with american lives and money ! The blind spot remains subdued,That these wars (all) involve fighting ISRAEL'S arch historical enemy , THE MUSLIMS AND ISLAM ,cleverly as jews are best suited to be deceitful,diverting and misguiding ,The american jew has managed to drive u.s.treasury into economic situation,while israel is doing fine ,avoiding the expense of killing their enemies !

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Maria Cleuza Sousa — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:58:50 -0000

Is the site name CNN or FoxNews?

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Maria Cleuza Sousa — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:57:48 -0000

I cannot imagine what it would like to be if you had stomach for war! Instead of the almost 7 million killed by the US since 2001 it would be 70 million if you could stomach wars!

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Maria Cleuza Sousa — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:53:58 -0000

The brutal military siege against the Somali capital of Mogadishu constitutes a war crime for which the US government bears the principal responsibility.
While the mass media in the US itself has largely averted its eyes from the carnage, Ethiopian military units, backed and advised by Washington, have unleashed an intense bombardment of Mogadishu’s crowded and impoverished urban neighborhoods, killing and wounding thousands and turning hundreds of thousands more into homeless refugees.
US Special Forces troops were also sent into Somalia to direct Ethiopian operations. These American forces remain embedded within the Ethiopian military, making Washington directly and intimately responsible for the bloodbath.

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Ayo — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:06:09 -0000

stay on the topic of the war not the issue of lesbianism.It's obvious you are an american

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Maria Cleuza Sousa — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:56:37 -0000

When was that? Before or after the US invasion of Afghanistan? And why exactly are the US so mad at the Taliban? When they set at the Oval office with Ronald Reagan, he praised them and he said and I quote: "These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America's founding fathers".
Type Taliban + Texas and see what comes up. Look for the assassination of Shah Masood. Or Taliban visits to the US.

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Maria Cleuza Sousa — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:34:35 -0000

Exactly what the people of Afghanistan has to do with the "supposed" planes downing the WTC? As far as I know, the US portrayed the "pilots" as Saudis. Therefore the natural course of action would be invade Saudi Arabia, right?
And there is something else, the 9/11 first responders suffer from a range of different illnesses, some of which are rare in the general population. Some of the illnesses can be attributed to the high pH of the WTC dust.Dr. Cate Jenkins wrote that "The very high pH of the dust inhaled by 9/11 first responders is a probable cause for the general deterioration of lungs and their function, due to the dust’s corrosive state". Commonly observed conditions among first responders include: sinusitis and laryngitis; and lower respiratory disorders such as asthma, eosinophilic pneumonia, granulomatous pneumonitis, bronchial obliterans. All of the 1first responders had "high level" of "aluminum oxide" in their lungs. Aluminum oxide – a potential cause of the observed pulmonary fibrosis – is a product of the thermite reaction. Thermite has been used to develop patented devices for the demolition of structures.
In 2010, researchers reported the presence of carbon nanotubes in the lungs of WTC first responders.
And there's more, and it's called "The Caspian Basin" - the world's second largest oil reserves are in Turkmenistan - estimated to be worth more than US$5 trillion
And last, but not least in October 2001, the Taliban offered to surrender bin Laden and the US refused. So it was never about bringing nobody to justice. Between Bin Laden and the Caspian oil, the US decide for the latter. After all almost 3.000 innocent Americans were murdered for that purpose only!

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Carmen — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:15:07 -0000

But, my dear friends, technological warfare means manufacturing of weapons, and this means juicy sales contracts. Long ago Eisenhower warned against the "military industrial". They are still there and thriving. As long as there are poor countries and weak an corrupt governments giving them the upper hand, and (convenient) legends - such as the Al Quaeda one.

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Barbara Tyszkiewicz — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:16:05 -0000

US don't care about death of innocent people. They want to kill because of their deranged hunger for revenge. They want to toss all their forces around the world to show up to every human being their power and will to horrify the rest. Me and my seven children are also victims of US contempt. We've been living in USA for few years, next father of my children escaped from America to land in New Zealand with Afghanistan citizenship. We were forced to leave US, because we are Poles - but father of my children is unknown whereabouts (however we know about his job in Bahrain - as an architect, but children have no support from him). US know how to built their prosperity on another harm - there is no scruples for that country. Our (not only mine and my my children) hope is in God's Justice. God bless all people of a good will !!!

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stucutz — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:04:04 -0000

First the politicians send the troops in for any concocted reason,
the public voice begins to dissent and the politician accuses the public of not supporting the troops
'those brave men and women fighting for a better world',
the public fearing to be seen as non patriotic, pull their collective heads in
and then the politicians have a free rein to wreak pain and suffering
which extends to their own troops and families
in the end, who wins?,
the corporations and lobbyists the politician prostitutes for

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Snow — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:01:09 -0000

Well said; those fanatic Russians and now the fanatic Americans should not have invaded the country...didn't all this start with foreign invasion of Afghanistan? You got the right script but reading it backwards!
I remember the very first gun fire in Kabul on my way to school and passing by the palace. I remember that peaceful country...dumn those stupid Russians and dumn these other invaders.

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Joe Taylor — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:35:34 -0000

My distaste for the war lies in the context and not with the men and women fighting it. All those soldiers from dozens of countries are dyeing for no strategic purpose, bleeding nations and families dry. It has to end soon so the troops can come home and the cycle of violence can end.

All respect for the troop. Bring em home...

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Keith Buddy Bond — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:00:26 -0000

The Taliban kill children with a roadside IED, why it's NATO's fault for having troops in Afghanistan of course! No apology is needed or will ever be given.

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Keith Buddy Bond — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:51:14 -0000

The Taliban also reduced the amount of women in the workplace, education and any other sort of rights that you could care to mention by 100% as well, what a lovely, noble bunch of lads they are.

Do you really think that the rest of the world should be grateful because they reduced opium production in Afghanistan as though it was motivated by some sort of altruistic gift to all the kafirs?

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Maria Cleuza Sousa — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:07:00 -0000

HOW ARE THEY DOING IT???? BY AIR SEA OR ROAD...?

There are rumors that Afghan opium is flown from Bagram Air Base to Kosovo, the biggest US base in Europe and then smuggled to Europe . Thus creation of independent Kosovo with its criminal Albanian gangs begins to make sense.
Kosovo’s PM Hashim Thaci and the KLA(trained by Gen Wesley Clark, armed and financed by the US) have become a mafia, drug trading and human Organs Trafficker.
And according to the UN, Afghanistan opium production soared after the invasion. And listen to this, in 2007 farmers in southern Iraq have started to grow opium poppies in their fields for the first time in that country history! And most incredible coincidence is the fact that since then the United States had moved south in Iraq, and upgrated its facilities at Camp Delta and the Al Kut Air Base, housing 6.000 soldiers!