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Unscientific poll

Posted: Mar 14, 2012

With all the recent news from Afghanistan (most of it bad), I just wondered what the opinion of those here on the board was about whether we should stay and try to make things right or get out now.

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Unscientifically, I say get out now. - ozzymt (NM) I mean it!

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I think we should follow our plan for withdrawal...sm - oldtimer

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but maybe speed it up a bit. I also think that the "rouge" base should be investigated and closed immediately

Get out. - My vote.

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Their govt has had more than enough time to get its act and security forces together.

JMHO; we should get out now. NM - mthead

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Get out. We're never going to change a culture of - of crazies; shoulda nuked em on 9/12/01)

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If we had vaporized that entire country on 9/12/2001, we wouldn't be in the mess we're in today in the middle east.

And oh, joy - now we're just about to go to war with IRAN.

Umm. Can we count you among the crazies? - sm

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You must be one of those atheists I have heard about. I still like to ask myself. what would Jesus say or do but that philosophy is probably lost on you.

Until he/she realized the oil would be radioactive. - nm

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Not only that, but they weren't even Afghanis. - nm

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WTF does jesus have to do with anything? Why does - everything have to be so religious for churchy-typ

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Just something to fall back on when they - sm

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have nothing intelligent to add.

Just something to fall back on when they - Nothing intelligent to add, like an atheist

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:)

Because there are politicians out there - sm

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(particularly Santorum) that want the USA to be a theocracy and will work very hard towards achieving that goal.

Soon, the United States-istan will be an all-Christian nation, and a war will once again be waged on people of different faith, regardless of what is in the Constitution.

Okay, but you do realize these were not - sm

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Afghanis who were responsible for 9/11? There were 15 Saudis, one Egyptian, one Lebanese and two from the Union of Arab Emirates.

Bingo! - Which is why

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bin Laden should have been the target, not Iraq. Mission accomplished in that respect by President Obama.

Response to nuke 'em - What century do you live in?

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There are freakish serial killers/people who choose to interpret their religion (no matter their religion or origin) in a fashion so as to justify killing. Think about this...We had a serial killer in the US who killed because a dog was spouting religious dogma to him. Should we have nuked the part of our country where he lived just to get rid of him? Your rhetoric sounds/smells of BS to me.

well then, let's nuke christians, too. they're - just as bad. religion SUCKS.

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Eh. So what. They're all inbred/related, anyway. - Mid-east is the toilet of the world.

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That is a sad, bigoted, and idiotic beyond - sm

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belief remark.

I would be curious to know what your - sm

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experience in the mid east has been.

I suspect the poster is an angry - teenage boy. nm

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there is a difference between inbred and related - ..at least in my family

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Oh, PLEASE!! Don't confuse them with FACTS!! - nm

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Just curious..who are you talking to and - sm

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what are you talking about? You seem adamant, but about what?

Responding to post above - "Okay, but you do realize" not OP

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What are the facts? - sm

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That information was from GWB himself. Or am I misunderstanding what you are disputing?

GWB talked about attacking Iraq in 1999, for - sm

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crying out loud.

All he did was invent a lie, so, yes, that "information" WAS from GWB himself!

If 9/11 never happened, he'd have to find a different scenario, which makes me question the "truth" that we've been told about 9/11.

You and I are talking about different posts - sm

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apparently. never mind!!

The news has never been good there. We - sm

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yet again are demonstrating our total lack of understanding in terms of dealing with people from other cultures. Apparently we didnt learn much from Vietnam.

Afgan - pollyt

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Maybe I'm just butting in,but I feel being an American, we should stand by Obama and trust he will do the right thing. I also believe he is a kind, but hard president, that means business. Let him do his work.

Thank you for your post! It's spot on!! - nm

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Afgan - pollyt/OHHH PLEEEZ & help Obama destroy - America - Get a grip and then get a clue

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Get out now. - Not worth it.

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Nothing that we do will make those people happy. We are wasting money, American lives and I just don't think it is worth it anymore. Get the heck out!!! Just my opinion though. I personally feel we should stay out of the Middle East. Let them hash out their problems on their own. If they come over and do something bad to us, we go and bomb the he!! out of them but we don't go into their country and try to rebuild it and turn them into a democracy.

Wow - some of the replies you received... - sm

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I'm sitting here with my mouth open and at some other ones just shaking my head.

First to answer your post. I think we should get out. There is no reason for us to be there. Innocent soldiers are being killed and for what. Our presence isn't changing anything. It's awful to see this. We should not be trying to impose our type of government upon them. I always think, what if the shoe was on the other foot. What would we think if they came over and did the same thing to us. I just think it's a waste of time, money, and innocent lives - both them and us.

Now, on to the other crazy posters here. I'm appalled and ashamed to live in the same country with people who think this way. I read nuke-em, crazies, in-bred. Some of the responses just sickened me. This is a country of human being. Men, woman, and children. Just like here (men, woman, and children). They have lives, and homes, and jobs and family. The in-bred comment really floored me. That had to be about the most stupid thing I've ever read. But they could be saying that about people here.

I agree with you 100% ! When Im wrong, - sm

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Im wrong and I'll admit it. I thought only backward, ignorant, uneducated people in this country would say something like that. Oh how wrong I was. Whoever you are, do yourself (and the rest of the world) a favor and educate yourself. Put your fears aside. Be a better person.

I know - I was surprised at some of them. - Zville MT

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But it's interesting to hear what some people think about all this.

I agree with you and most of the other posters - I think it's past time to get out. We should have never gotten involved with nation building to begin with. Too many lives wasted, not to mention money and time. And now that talks with the US have been called off and they're threatening beheading of our troops, we should load up fast and get those men and women home.

Finally, something most of us can agree - on! NM

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:-)

LOL! I knew there had to be something!!! :) nm - Zville MT

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Get out now, most definitely. - nm

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