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POSTED BY: chrisisall
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:58 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:

How many Americans view themselves



How many view Americans from abroad





GINO! If I were a delusional no-questions-asked American psuedo-patriot with a thin skin, I'd be TOTALLY offended by that, dude!!!!!


The laughing Chrisisall




Watching the news lately we have had Palin, old people who don't seem to know anything about the issues screaming at townhall meetings, guys going to townhall meeting packing heat, Palin, folk talking about killing ragheads, folk talking about hating black barrack hussien obama, etc, etc

throw in Bush, and all that idiotic reality TV...


The face of America is Cletus the slack jawed yokel





Either your with the terrorists, or ... your with the terrorists


Lets party like its 1939

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:07 AM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

Hey Gino ?

I've actually gotten MILEAGE out of pointing out to american rednecks that most of them Pashtuns are in fact, middle eastern rednecks.



Showed this vid to a couple of PA national guardsmen, who's essential response to it was..
"Shit, they're just like us!"

-F




Well, obviously the training of the Afghan military has been quite effective. Looks like they have watched their instructors closely,


Mind you most only serve a year or maybe two, then sell their weapons and retire

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4783151,00.html?maca=en-en_nr-189
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or just go over to the Taliban when they run afoul of the corrupt local government

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1924322,00.html







Either your with the terrorists, or ... your with the terrorists


Lets party like its 1939

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:18 AM

It's really kinda funny, in a sad way...

Here we keep saying, as in Iraq, "We'll stand down when they stand up." And we keep on saying that we'll leave as soon as we have them trained up.

We've been there for going on NINE FUCKING YEARS now. What are we training them to be, exactly? Doctors? Cardiologists? Lawyers? Tenured professors? I mean seriously, how long does it take to train someone to be a soldier? Six weeks? Eight? Twelve?

It seems pretty obvious that what we're doing isn't working. So why are we still doing it, and trying to increase the level at which we do it?

[shakes head]

Mike

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means;
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:27 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:

Here we keep saying, as in Iraq, "We'll stand down when they stand up." And we keep on saying that we'll leave as soon as we have them trained up.


Bottom line, we leave- they're f**ked. It's gonna happen. We can't stop it, only delay it. Do we want to delay it for 10 more years at the cost it's costing us?
Thanks Cheney, you sullen bastard.


The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:28 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
It's really kinda funny, in a sad way...

Here we keep saying, as in Iraq, "We'll stand down when they stand up." And we keep on saying that we'll leave as soon as we have them trained up.

We've been there for going on NINE FUCKING YEARS now. What are we training them to be, exactly? Doctors? Cardiologists? Lawyers? Tenured professors? I mean seriously, how long does it take to train someone to be a soldier? Six weeks? Eight? Twelve?

It seems pretty obvious that what we're doing isn't working. So why are we still doing it, and trying to increase the level at which we do it?

[shakes head]

Mike

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means;
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams




Come on Mike,


If they got their shit together, how much aid money would the US send them?

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/2009101420273739662
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you have invented a whole new industry

whether it is GM, citibank, or the sadsacks in Baghdad...







Either your with the terrorists, or ... your with the terrorists


Lets party like its 1939

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:52 AM

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you have invented a whole new industry

whether it is GM, citibank, or the sadsacks in Baghdad...



Add to that the fact that one of the few things keeping OUR industries afloat is sales to the Pentagon, so they can keep shipping shit overseas, to be used by us AND sold to "them" - usually by the same people. Often, it's even the same equipment! We buy it for OUR soldiers, who then turn around and "lose" it, and then we find it being used by OUR contractors, who are specifically banned from having such weapons, but paid a good price for it (which we picked up the tab for, AGAIN)...

Or worse yet, the contractors then turn around and sell the stuff to the very people we - and THEY - are supposed to be fighting. Or trade it for heroin, which can be sold for a higher markup over here, and in which case they actually view it as "fighting two enemies at once" (the enemy there and the addict here). And there's about zero chance they're going to get caught bringing it in, since if they don't run the security at the ports and airports, are at least in bed with those who do...

Mike

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means;
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:56 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
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you have invented a whole new industry

whether it is GM, citibank, or the sadsacks in Baghdad...



Add to that the fact that one of the few things keeping OUR industries afloat is sales to the Pentagon, so they can keep shipping shit overseas, to be used by us AND sold to "them" - usually by the same people. Often, it's even the same equipment! We buy it for OUR soldiers, who then turn around and "lose" it, and then we find it being used by OUR contractors, who are specifically banned from having such weapons, but paid a good price for it (which we picked up the tab for, AGAIN)...

Or worse yet, the contractors then turn around and sell the stuff to the very people we - and THEY - are supposed to be fighting. Or trade it for heroin, which can be sold for a higher markup over here, and in which case they actually view it as "fighting two enemies at once" (the enemy there and the addict here). And there's about zero chance they're going to get caught bringing it in, since if they don't run the security at the ports and airports, are at least in bed with those who do...

Mike

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means;
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams




who did you really think was running things ?



It's Milo Minderbinder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Minderbinder





Either your with the terrorists, or ... your with the terrorists


Lets party like its 1939

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:07 AM

You're right! Frakkin' Minderbinder equipping both sides to fight his own little private war, and all for his own profit!

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 8:53 PM

Irangate and He brought jihads into the Whitehouse

The Taliban Are Losing Some of Their Cash Cows
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/10/taliban-afghanistan-women-ban-hum
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Sunday, February 19, 2023 2:43 AM

Wow.

Is this the stupidest thread ad title on FFF.net?

At least Twitchy, Thuggery, Two/Sloppyseconds can beat it.

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