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by Hardcore Conservative
on February 1st, 2012
voted:
We lost it in 2001 when the United States refrained from using overwhelming force.
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by Snatchsquach on February 1st, 2012
by shakeelahmad on February 2nd, 2012
by Twisted Taco on February 7th, 2012
by tominhouston on February 2nd, 2012
by ENigma
on February 8th, 2012
voted:
We never should have been there in the first place.
by susan_madari on February 8th, 2012
by Bohemian is back
on February 8th, 2012
voted:
We never should have been there in the first place.
by excon
on February 1st, 2012
voted:
We never should have been there in the first place.
by Mephistopheles on February 11th, 2012
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on February 1st, 2012
When did the United States lose the war against the Taliban?
by Christine on February 1st, 2012
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Do you think a terrorist nuke or biological agent going off would be catalyst enough to end personal freedom on a global scale?
by -O-uknow on February 24th, 2012
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18, fresh out of HS, signed up, went to Iraq on 15 tours. Now he is 27 released from military. what now? what does that 27 yr old do now?
by Shunyata on February 29th, 2012
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What can get you put on the "No fly list" and have you going Greyhound the rest of your life?
by -O-uknow on February 28th, 2012
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Obama withdrawed all forces from Iraq,Wasn't that stupid?If we're going to attack Iran,Didn't we need those military camps and troops?
by LoverOfSophia on February 13th, 2012
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You seem to forget that the purpose of going to war is to accomplish a POLITICAL objective.
Otherwise, it's just mass murder for no reason.
by Old School on February 1st, 2012
That's the ultimate goal. But, in order to accomplish that political objective, military objectives need to be secured first. Who knows more about the best way of doing that? Politicans or military personnel? Otherwise the politicans could settle their differences by arm wrestling.
by Hardcore Conservative on February 1st, 2012
@HC - Sorry, no. The military actually tends to be pretty bad at it.
Just ask any Iraq vet with missing limbs and/or severe PTSD because it didn't occur to "the military" to secure Iraqi army weapons depots.
Or ask the families of the wedding attendees in Afghanistan who were blown up by an air strike because it didn't occur to "the military" to verify that a bunch of people attending a wedding were not a military unit.
When you boil it right down, "military objectives" fall into two simple categories: 1) Kill lots of The Other 2) Avoid getting killed.
Everything beyond that is a political objective, and most military personnel are too focused on their particular "tree" to get even an inkling of the forest.
by Old School on February 1st, 2012