Posted by Big Ugly on March 26, 2007, 9:09 am
> Mike Rosenberg wrote:
> >
> >> The same Taliban that the US govt had helped to install in the first
> >> place, you mean
> >
> > No, those were the Good Taliban of the East, the ones who are fighting
> > the Soviets. We're talking about the Bad Taliban of the West now. ;-)
> >
>
> Oh silly me - I never could tell the difference between those two. ;-)
>
> Paul
Stop multiposting, stop now.
Posted by Sue Rodgers on March 25, 2007, 11:01 pm
> The same Taliban that the US govt had helped to install in the first
> place, you mean ?
Interesting, isn't it? The US government also once supported Iraq in
their war against Iran. Of course, Iraq at the time was ruled by a
leader we liked...
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Posted by richard schumacher on March 26, 2007, 12:10 am
> >> I don't see anyone "fighting terrorists". All I see is the
> >> dipsomaniac cocaine-snorting deserter and his supporters sending
> >> young men to their deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan so that Bush,
> >> Cheney and their pals can line their pockets. Is that what you mean
> >> by "fighting the terrorists" ?
> >
> > Whoa, there Paul. Sending troops to Afghanistan was legitimate. bin
> > Laden was operating from there, and the Taliban government did support
> > and aid him. Of course, Bush fucked that all up and accomplished little
> > or nothing after getting the Taliban out of the government, which in the
> > long run didn't do all that much (although it did help somewhat
> > regarding the way women are treated there).
> >
>
> The same Taliban that the US govt had helped to install in the first
> place, you mean ?
Yes, all praise be to Saint Reagan.
Posted by Michelle Steiner on March 26, 2007, 2:07 am
> > Whoa, there Paul. Sending troops to Afghanistan was legitimate.
> > bin Laden was operating from there, and the Taliban government did
> > support and aid him. Of course, Bush fucked that all up and
> > accomplished little or nothing after getting the Taliban out of the
> > government, which in the long run didn't do all that much (although
> > it did help somewhat regarding the way women are treated there).
>
> The same Taliban that the US govt had helped to install in the first
> place, you mean ?
Yeah, we were hot up against the Russians that we supported anyone who
was fighting them. The US has all too often followed "The enemy of my
enemy is my friend" without considering everything.
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Posted by Michelle Steiner on March 25, 2007, 3:34 pm
> Is there anyone in the world that believes the liberal cowards will
> fight the terrorists?
Does anyone in his right mind believe that we invaded Iraq because of
terrorism? Hint: The answer is not "yes".
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> >
> >> The same Taliban that the US govt had helped to install in the first
> >> place, you mean
> >
> > No, those were the Good Taliban of the East, the ones who are fighting
> > the Soviets. We're talking about the Bad Taliban of the West now. ;-)
> >
>
> Oh silly me - I never could tell the difference between those two. ;-)
>
> Paul