FYPUNI88 wrote:The bottom line no matter how much anyone wants to manufacture outrage is that the world is a safer place with Bolton removed from a position of flatulence.
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You owe me a monitor!Ivytalk wrote:FYPUNI88 wrote:The bottom line no matter how much anyone wants to manufacture outrage is that the world is a safer place with Bolton removed from a position of flatulence.
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css75 wrote:When did you become a Bolton fan?houndawg wrote:
Try to fathom the caliber of the wackjobs you need to surround yourself with to make Bolton look like the reasonable one.
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Do you think what he was working on with the Taliban involved terms favorable to the US? If so, elaborate.CID1990 wrote:Ivytalk wrote: I don’t think he does either - but through his words and actions he has demonstrated that he is a noninterventionist, and he has also demonstrated that he is willing to make security or trade deals on terms favorable to the US, optics be damned (Taliban at Camp David)
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I have no idea what terms he was negotiating, John. I presume the terms involve us not being in Afghanistan. That is a term that is favorable to the US.JohnStOnge wrote:Do you think what he was working on with the Taliban involved terms favorable to the US? If so, elaborate.CID1990 wrote:
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Do you think the Taliban deposing the current Afghan government and taking over Afghanistan again so that things are basically as they were in August, 2001, there is favorable to US interest in the long term?CID1990 wrote:I have no idea what terms he was negotiating, John. I presume the terms involve us not being in Afghanistan. That is a term that is favorable to the US.JohnStOnge wrote:
Do you think what he was working on with the Taliban involved terms favorable to the US? If so, elaborate.
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No but 1). The Taliban didn’t fly the planes and 2) Reagan seemed like them.JohnStOnge wrote:Do you think the Taliban deposing the current Afghan government and taking over Afghanistan again so that things are basically as they were in August, 2001, there is favorable to US interest in the long term?CID1990 wrote:
I have no idea what terms he was negotiating, John. I presume the terms involve us not being in Afghanistan. That is a term that is favorable to the US.
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The Taliban were easy to fight when they controlled all of Afghanistan. We deposed them in no time and inflicted massive casualties on them.
It was when those remaining went into hiding and disappeared into the civilian populations in their strongholds that the Taliban became a menace.
I think we should leave Afghanistan and let the Taliban take hold of the whole country. Once they're in charge again, we should blow them off the map again and take over. Then leave again, and let them take over. Repeat blow them off the map again and then leave.
Do this about 10 times and I'm pretty sure we'll have them completely decimated.
It was when those remaining went into hiding and disappeared into the civilian populations in their strongholds that the Taliban became a menace.
I think we should leave Afghanistan and let the Taliban take hold of the whole country. Once they're in charge again, we should blow them off the map again and take over. Then leave again, and let them take over. Repeat blow them off the map again and then leave.
Do this about 10 times and I'm pretty sure we'll have them completely decimated.
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Naw. Just cut them a deal that says:JoltinJoe wrote:The Taliban were easy to fight when they controlled all of Afghanistan. We deposed them in no time and inflicted massive casualties on them.
It was when those remaining went into hiding and disappeared into the civilian populations in their strongholds that the Taliban became a menace.
I think we should leave Afghanistan and let the Taliban take hold of the whole country. Once they're in charge again, we should blow them off the map again and take over. Then leave again, and let them take over. Repeat blow them off the map again and then leave.
Do this about 10 times and I'm pretty sure we'll have them completely decimated.
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Versus staying there forever because the Afghans won't stop it?JohnStOnge wrote:Do you think the Taliban deposing the current Afghan government and taking over Afghanistan again so that things are basically as they were in August, 2001, there is favorable to US interest in the long term?CID1990 wrote:
I have no idea what terms he was negotiating, John. I presume the terms involve us not being in Afghanistan. That is a term that is favorable to the US.
Yes, John. I think having no more US troops in Afghanistan is favorable to the US in the long term. We aren't willing to kill a million Afghans so all else is a waste of blood and treasure.
Any more stupid questions?
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There is no reasonable argument that includes the U.S. having troops in Afghanistan...
I agree with Joe - pull out and observe from a distance - respond accordingly over time
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Yes but Trump is negotiating the pulloutChizzang wrote:There is no reasonable argument that includes the U.S. having troops in Afghanistan...
I agree with Joe - pull out and observe from a distance - respond accordingly over time
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That oughta be good for at least 30 years of job security..JoltinJoe wrote:The Taliban were easy to fight when they controlled all of Afghanistan. We deposed them in no time and inflicted massive casualties on them.
It was when those remaining went into hiding and disappeared into the civilian populations in their strongholds that the Taliban became a menace.
I think we should leave Afghanistan and let the Taliban take hold of the whole country. Once they're in charge again, we should blow them off the map again and take over. Then leave again, and let them take over. Repeat blow them off the map again and then leave.
Do this about 10 times and I'm pretty sure we'll have them completely decimated.
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Have you already forgotten that the Taliban are "the equivalent of our founding fathers"?CID1990 wrote:Versus staying there forever because the Afghans won't stop it?JohnStOnge wrote:
Do you think the Taliban deposing the current Afghan government and taking over Afghanistan again so that things are basically as they were in August, 2001, there is favorable to US interest in the long term?
Yes, John. I think having no more US troops in Afghanistan is favorable to the US in the long term. We aren't willing to kill a million Afghans so all else is a waste of blood and treasure.
Any more stupid questions?
I forgot you were in diapers then, nevermind...
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I was in diapers when Johnson was Prezhoundawg wrote:Have you already forgotten that the Taliban are "the equivalent of our founding fathers"?CID1990 wrote:
Versus staying there forever because the Afghans won't stop it?
Yes, John. I think having no more US troops in Afghanistan is favorable to the US in the long term. We aren't willing to kill a million Afghans so all else is a waste of blood and treasure.
Any more stupid questions?
I forgot you were in diapers then, nevermind...
Go outside and count the airplanes as they fly over or something
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I agree, I don't see how Afghanistan is anything other than this. It's up to them to stop this cycle from happening over and over again but they don't seem capable of breaking that cycle. We'll pull out, and then in a few years the human rights depravity will be so great again that we'll have to go back in and clear it out again. People will criticize the US for doing nothing and then when we go in we'll be criticized for intervening. That's part of the cycle too.Chizzang wrote:There is no reasonable argument that includes the U.S. having troops in Afghanistan...
I agree with Joe - pull out and observe from a distance - respond accordingly over time
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This. It's been the issue since Viet Nam.CID1990 wrote:Versus staying there forever because the Afghans won't stop it?JohnStOnge wrote:
Do you think the Taliban deposing the current Afghan government and taking over Afghanistan again so that things are basically as they were in August, 2001, there is favorable to US interest in the long term?
Yes, John. I think having no more US troops in Afghanistan is favorable to the US in the long term. We aren't willing to kill a million Afghans so all else is a waste of blood and treasure.
Any more stupid questions?
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So it won't happen - even after he announces that it already happened..?CID1990 wrote:Yes but Trump is negotiating the pulloutChizzang wrote:There is no reasonable argument that includes the U.S. having troops in Afghanistan...
I agree with Joe - pull out and observe from a distance - respond accordingly over time
What's your point?
Later at a Hate Rally he'll announce that he negotiated the pullout
(while we're still in Afghanistan)
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My point was facetiousChizzang wrote:So it won't happen - even after he announces that it already happened..?CID1990 wrote:
Yes but Trump is negotiating the pullout
What's your point?
Later at a Hate Rally he'll announce that he negotiated the pullout
(while we're still in Afghanistan)
Trump is negotiating the pullout, so naturally JSO and others have developed a problem with us pulling chocks and un-assing that shithole
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So I take it you don't think having the Taliban in charge of Afghanistan so that they can create a safe haven for groups like the old Al-Qaeda is a threat to US interests?CID1990 wrote:Versus staying there forever because the Afghans won't stop it?JohnStOnge wrote:
Do you think the Taliban deposing the current Afghan government and taking over Afghanistan again so that things are basically as they were in August, 2001, there is favorable to US interest in the long term?
Yes, John. I think having no more US troops in Afghanistan is favorable to the US in the long term. We aren't willing to kill a million Afghans so all else is a waste of blood and treasure.
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NO JOHN I DON’TJohnStOnge wrote:So I take it you don't think having the Taliban in charge of Afghanistan so that they can create a safe haven for groups like the old Al-Qaeda is a threat to US interests?CID1990 wrote:
Versus staying there forever because the Afghans won't stop it?
Yes, John. I think having no more US troops in Afghanistan is favorable to the US in the long term. We aren't willing to kill a million Afghans so all else is a waste of blood and treasure.
even given your loaded question
We get it. You want us to expend blood and treasure there indefinitely
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Ok then. We disagree on a key premise. I think that if we allow Afghanistan to return to what it was that will be a threat to us. You do not.CID1990 wrote:NO JOHN I DON’TJohnStOnge wrote:
So I take it you don't think having the Taliban in charge of Afghanistan so that they can create a safe haven for groups like the old Al-Qaeda is a threat to US interests?
even given your loaded question
We get it. You want us to expend blood and treasure there indefinitely
And BTW, I do think we need to be able to expend blood and treasure indefinitely in order to address the Islamist threat. I think we are dealing with an enemy that is willing to do that. I think that is we think in terms of needing to put time limits on what we do we put ourselves as a disadvantage because the enemy doesn't do that.
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We do not need to be in Afghanistan to prevent it becoming a threat to usJohnStOnge wrote:Ok then. We disagree on a key premise. I think that if we allow Afghanistan to return to what it was that will be a threat to us. You do not.CID1990 wrote:
NO JOHN I DON’T
even given your loaded question
We get it. You want us to expend blood and treasure there indefinitely
And BTW, I do think we need to be able to expend blood and treasure indefinitely in order to address the Islamist threat. I think we are dealing with an enemy that is willing to do that. I think that is we think in terms of needing to put time limits on what we do we put ourselves as a disadvantage because the enemy doesn't do that.
Your opinion places you all by yourself on this one
Is us trying to pull out of there a critique of Trump or have you moved on now?
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I have always said that we need to be willing to persist in our conflict with the Islamists. They do not think in terms of years or time limits. I said the on this board long before Trump ran for office. The fact that we think in terms of needing to get out and get impatient is a weakness. Our enemies know that is our tendency. So they wait us out. They know that if they can just stay active we will quit.CID1990 wrote:We do not need to be in Afghanistan to prevent it becoming a threat to usJohnStOnge wrote:
Ok then. We disagree on a key premise. I think that if we allow Afghanistan to return to what it was that will be a threat to us. You do not.
And BTW, I do think we need to be able to expend blood and treasure indefinitely in order to address the Islamist threat. I think we are dealing with an enemy that is willing to do that. I think that is we think in terms of needing to put time limits on what we do we put ourselves as a disadvantage because the enemy doesn't do that.
Your opinion places you all by yourself on this one
Is us trying to pull out of there a critique of Trump or have you moved on now?
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So you’re an interventionist. Some libertarian you are.JohnStOnge wrote:I have always said that we need to be willing to persist in our conflict with the Islamists. They do not think in terms of years or time limits. I said the on this board long before Trump ran for office. The fact that we think in terms of needing to get out and get impatient is a weakness. Our enemies know that is our tendency. So they wait us out. They know that if they can just stay active we will quit.CID1990 wrote:
We do not need to be in Afghanistan to prevent it becoming a threat to us
Your opinion places you all by yourself on this one
Is us trying to pull out of there a critique of Trump or have you moved on now?
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