I read several articles and had not seen those... All I asked for was a reference... Thanks for POINTING out that you can find it... Just WANTED THE PERSON saying it to also GIVE HIS REFERENCES when he makes he satements...
Jon Beets ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim May" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:42 PM Subject: Re: Afghans Demand End to Bombing > On Friday, December 28, 2001, at 09:16 PM, Jon Beets wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Anonymous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 8:00 PM > > Subject: Afghans Demand End to Bombing > > > > > >> Heard on the news tonight that the "interim Afghan government" was > >> demanding an end to the bombing in 3 days, and that all troops > >> leave in 6 months. > > > > Can you show a reference to this? Everything I read today said tribal > > leaders from the Paktia province were wanting the bombing to stop... I > > read > > nothing about the interim government stating it... > > It took me less than a minute to retrieve several articles with quotes > from members of the interim government. Here's just one of them: > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011228/ts/attack_dc_1192.html > > If you challenge someone to "show a reference to this" you should have > at least spent a minute looking. > > > > > Again I still hav'nt seen a reference where Bush stated our troops will > > be > > there for a long time.. He did say the war on terrorism will last a long > > time but where did he explicitly say they would be in Afghanistan for > > along > > time?.... > > You haven't seen a reference? Then you haven't looked, have you? > > It took me another 30 seconds to find this (though I remembered it from > seeing Bush's comments today in Crawford): > > "With operational commander Gen. Tommy Franks at his side at his > Crawford, Texas, ranch, Bush said he expected U.S. forces to remain in > Afghanistan ``for quite a long period of time.''" > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011228/ts/attack_dc_1196.html > > --Tim May, Citizen-unit of of the once free United States > " The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood > of patriots & tyrants. "--Thomas Jefferson, 1787
