Tony Auth by Tony Auth

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  1. kreole

    kreole said, 2 months ago

    Excellent representation. How do you spell Vietnam?

  2. HUMPHRIES

    HUMPHRIESGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Hey what the h-ll, a lot of people made a bundle off that war.

  3. senorbullwinkle

    senorbullwinkleGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    August, 51 soldiers killed, the most to die yet, in one month since the war began.

  4. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    ahh, but remember “we don’t do quagmires” according to Rumsfeld

  5. Copperdomebodhi

    Copperdomebodhi said, 2 months ago

    I was for the war in Afghanistan, because that’s where Osama was. He’s not there now. What are we doing there now, again?

  6. one-non-blonde

    one-non-blonde said, 2 months ago

    My son is heading over there and I’m scared for him….

  7. cdward

    cdward said, 2 months ago

    Copperdomebodhi, I think the proper question is, what are we STILL doing there? We never left, just intensified.

  8. DrCanuck

    DrCanuck said, 2 months ago

    The one thing we learn from history is that no one ever learns anything from history.

  9. cjr53

    cjr53 said, 2 months ago

    An interesting 3 page report on a British website:

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/02/dicshootsself_in_foot/

    Some of the writer’s points can be made for troops supplied by all countries that joined the American invasion.

    We need to focus on capturing Osama Bin Laden, one of the members of the Bin Laden family, close family friends with the American Bush family often found in politics.

  10. harleyquinn

    harleyquinnGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    War for oil bad.. War for poppies good. Of course we are no longer at war, Obama administation renamed it to an over sea contingency. And we no longer have terrorist attacks they are man made bad things.
    Thanks Obama I feel safer already……Not
    I know while we are at it lets cut as much as we can out of the military budget. That will help.

  11. crunkbot

    crunkbot said, 2 months ago

    harleyquinn,

    None of what you wrote is accurate (or coherent).

  12. Wildcard24365

    Wildcard24365 said, 2 months ago

    The trick with Afghanistan is in getting out gracefully, although it’s probably too late for that.

    We need to re-evaluate the objectives for this war, if indeed we even really have any, besides trying to impose some kind of western-style order in a place that rather looks like it doesn’t want it.

    One problem is that somehow we westerners have this pre-conception that we’re here to solve the world’s problems, and we can do it in a quick, flashy gesture.

    We prefer to contain the period of crisis to about 15 minutes (including the car chase, gun battle, and lots of pyrotechnics), with a five-minute dénouement , 10 minutes of character development and back-story, 15 minutes of commercials, and a little 30 second shot at the end showing the bad guy in containment, glaring at the camera and vowing revenge, which will be the season opener for next year.

    How do we solve the problem? Maybe we do, maybe we don’t. Maybe we just have to learn to live with this rival ideology who wants us dead.

    Maybe one thing we REALLY have to do is LEARN. Study the region, its history, its culture. Find out what makes these people tick. Find out why the Taliban and alQaeda have such influence over these people, and figure out how to neutralize this influence.

    Therefore, it is a hopeless case for us, because if there is one thing we canNOT stand, it’s learning and studying “weird” cultures and people who are different from us.

    Don’t believe me? Then why did the military let go of those (competent) Arabic linguists (which we NEED right now) who happened to be gay?

  13. etocme

    etocme said, 2 months ago

    By the way, where did all of the protestors go….was it anti-war or anti-Bush…

  14. DrCanuck

    DrCanuck said, 2 months ago

    Declare victory and run away, run away.

  15. crunkbot

    crunkbot said, 2 months ago

    etocme:

    It was anti-LIES.

  16. cdward

    cdward said, 2 months ago

    etocme, many of us still want us out, and we are telling our congressional leaders. However, getting out after eight years is much harder than not invading in the first place. Now we have to deal with how much damage we might cause by up and leaving.

    It’s my belief (though I am open to being convinced otherwise) that we probably cannot just walk away without doing even more harm to countless people. But I don’t know. I would not envy any president the position Obama found himself in from the beginning.

  17. harleyquinn

    harleyquinnGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Hey crunk
    http://tinyurl.com/cd8rqx
    I am not the one sticking my head in the sand with a pre 9/11 mentality. Obama is!

  18. Tigger

    TiggerGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    We are headed for the same fate Russia suffered. Total Collapse of our Government because we are throwing our $$$ into a War we cannot win.

    Of course had a Republican President named Ronald Wilson reagan not supported Osama Bin Laden for 8 years, Russia would have killed him for Us.

    Russia still would have collapsed due to the fact they were throwing all of their money in a battle with Osama.

    Ronald Reagan supported 2 Terrorists for 8 Years. Saddam was killing Iraqis when RR supported him. He also supported Saddam and his rag tag Taliban Army. He called Osama and his Rag Tag Taliban Army; ‘Freedom Fighters’ Daddy Bush continued supporting Osama and Saddam for 8 years Oh, ‘W’ supported another Terrorist Country, Iran for 6 years.

    Oh, ‘W’ Bush supported The Terrorist Country of Libya when he removed them from the Terrorist Watch List.

    Why are the Conservatives so deafly Silent on the fact 3 of their beloved Republican Presidents Supported Terrorism?

  19. Tigger

    TiggerGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    @harleyquin ‘W’ was the one who buried his head in the sand in August 2001 when he received a PDB warning him Muslims intended on using our own Commercial Airplanes to fly into our select Skyscraper Buildings across the USA. ‘W’ ignored the PDB. He did nothing to apply Stricter Guidelines to Airport Security. They have Proof Positive of this. One of the Airports where one of the ill fated flights originated shows a Security Screener taking Box Cutters for 4 Muslim Passengers. That was the Right Thing to do. The Wrong thing this same screener id was to run down the hallway leading to the Gates, catching up to the Muslim Passengers and handing the Box Cutters back to them.

    All ’W’ had to do was to issue a direct order to all Airports demanding all screeners confiscate the following items from all passengers’ person and Carry On luggage:
    Knives, Nail Clippers, Nail Files, Emery Boards, Scissors, Matches, Lighters, and Leatherman Tools

  20. Tecolote

    TecoloteGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    What do we feel so compeled to teach those people? How to set up a system in which lobbyists govern? Maybe we should imitate them instead. Come to think about it, in this country voting is totally irrelevant. Right?

  21. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Tigger, OBL was a minor player in the defeat of the Soviets. He became radicalized after 41’s Gulf war and stationing of foreign troops in Saudi Arabia. Did not move to Afghanistan until AFTER Sudan nearly gave him up(no thanks to Bubba).
    You are a miserably unread poor soul. Go back and READ, Books,magazines and newspapers and lay off the blogosphere

  22. Fairportfan

    Fairportfan said, 2 months ago

    DrCanuck said

    The one thing we learn from history is that no one ever learns anything from history.

    John Brunner: “…some people don’t learn from last week!”

    John W Campbell, Jr: “History doesn’t always repeat itself - sometimes it just screams ‘Why don’t you listen when I’m talking to you?!?’ and lets fly with a club.”

  23. DrCanuck

    DrCanuck said, 2 months ago

    History repeats itself.

    Has to.

    No one was listening.

  24. harleyquinn

    harleyquinnGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Hey tigger, Old blly boy is the one that left our intelegence in such a state that cuased the PDB warning to be taken the way it was. The ball was dropped from farther back. I think it happened somewhere after a cigar and before a dress. Old Bill was more then happy to bomb something over seas to wash that out of the head lines. While that was going on the only time we took a threat seriously was Dec. 31 1999. W was trying to find funding for our intelligence agencies that had been slashed to the bone during Bills years.

    Bottom line duh there was a PDA warning among a million others but we did not have the man power to know what was important and what was not all thanks to billy boy.

  25. senorbullwinkle

    senorbullwinkleGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Let me see now, Bill Clinton is responsible for 9-11, WMD’s in Iraq, the Afghanistan war, the 2008 depression. What else has he been up to ? I mean, what has he done for us lately ?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#32515009
    Now, you were saying about screwing up intelligence ?

  26. NoFearPup

    NoFearPupGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Winky, remember Jamie Gorelick and the separation between the FBI and the CIA? Remember Sandy Berger’s pants? This is the kind of Bull-hit Libs pull and people end up dying without anybody being held responsible. KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY COUNTRY, LIBS!

  27. senorbullwinkle

    senorbullwinkleGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    And the Beast recoils in Fear of the Truth !
    I agree, someone should be held responsible, Cheney and Bush, they were told time and time again, from the day they walked in the door to just a week before, but they ignored the info. and waited, so they could put their plan in place, P-NAC.

    Jamie Gorelick ? Sandy pants ?
    You should go back to taking only one pill 3 x times a day, not 3 pills 10 x times a day.

    I just found a Communist channel, They call it FOX NEWS !
    Why should republican have 80% to 100% of the radio waves ? Cause their Communist ! There should be at least the same percentage given to Democrats as there are Democrats! Communists Indeed !

  28. M Henri Day

    M Henri Day said, 2 months ago

    «August, 51 soldiers killed …» Seniorbullwinkle, how many Afghanis were killed during the same period ? Mr Auth may not regard this minor matter as relevant to the «quagmire», but I suspect that a majority of the residents of Afghanistan - in the event they are permitted to have an opinion with regard to a foreign invasion of their country - do….

    Henri

  29. senorbullwinkle

    senorbullwinkleGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Yes Mr. Day, your point is more than valid. The information I heard was only from a U.S. military Point Of View (POV), One can only assume all other casualty were also the highest of the war yet.
    I’m sorry if I gave you the impression that I dont care about Afghani people, I DO, It’s that no one here (IN THE USA NEWS ) has or gives out those numbers. If you know, please post the link.
    To quote a Bob Dylan song, ” You Dont Count The Dead, When GODS On Your Side ”
    8:23 min. video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF92JKKlfRM

    lyrics for ” With GOD On Our Side”
    http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/fahrenheit911/withgodonourside.htm