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Originally Posted by photon
I was sure I heard that a few times on the radio. Or maybe I'm just being oversensitive? I don't know enough about the whole thing to really judge but I just thought it was odd that the Liberals would say anything like that.
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You may well be right. It is the opposition's job to criticise the sitting gov't (hopefully constructively, but that is a naiive hope), so it wouldn't surprise me if 'hay' was being made. I just thought they were occupied with the leadership debate.
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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
It would seem a little strange for NATO to jump all over Afghanistan, then pull out 4 yrs later allowing the Taliban to fill the void. The whole reason we went was to get rid of these guys who allowed terrorists to train in their back yard.
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Originally Posted by ken0042
The way I see it is we aren't fighting a 20th century war. In WWII there were stories of Christmas cease fires; even Nazi and Allies exchanging rations as "gifts." War was the game that was being played.
Now the rules of the game have gone out the window, and we are getting a little bloody because of it. To me that doesn't mean we should quit. To me that means that we need to learn to fight smarter.
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I support the reasons we are over there, but how do we know when we can withdraw. Ideally, there will be an Afghani government in place and stable, but how do you measure that? Pull out and be ready to rush back in?
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