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Thread #40386   Message #578485
Posted By: kendall
23-Oct-01 - 10:48 PM
Thread Name: for all who wish for war
Subject: RE: for all who wish for war
Have any of you war mongers ever studied history? The Russians were in Afghanistan for 10 years. They killed over a million people, for what? what did they acomplish? Not a God damn thing! In the end, they went home with their tails between their legs just as every invader from Alexander the Great, to The British to the Russians have done. Now, what makes you think we will do any better? Have you forgotten Viet Nam already? Do you really think we will maintain our resolve in this thing? We sure as hell didn't in Nam. What would I do you ask? I said in another thread what I would do. Granted, I dont have all the info needed to make an intelligent decision, but, the last thing I would do is put ground troops in there. We should be doing everything we can to turn the rest of the Muslim world against the Taliban. Dropping bombs on them will only piss off the rest of the Muslims.