I'd really like to go hunting with that guy.;-)
---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote: that's not the only reason - the billions paid by taxpayers for the "rebuilding" of Iraq and Afghanistan that went to Dick Cheney's buddies - that was an important reason for us to be there too -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 1/25/14, Bhairitu <noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@...> wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Fighting for a Failed War To: [email protected] mailto:[email protected] Date: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 5:34 PM Let's not forget that Afghanistan is known as the graveyard of empires. Of course the real reason the US was there was so that billions if not trillions of dollars could be made by the military industrial complex. It's all about money. So "we" didn't speed $400B on a stealth fighter, instead the MIC stole our money. On 01/25/2014 05:15 AM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote: Yes, We can thank the West for that. Whenever we destabilize a country, obviously, or covertly, we leave the door open to zealots, who have been victims of this heavy-handed quest for resources and political influence. The Taliban and Al Qaida are the shadows we leave behind, after bombing the shit out of some country, or using silent, deadly drones to violently dismember a family, or ten. Fucking over third world countries used to work so efficiently; a puppet government in our pocket and we were off to the races, citizenry be damned. Unfortunately, IEDs, cell phones and the Internet changed all that. Now, things are at a point where we will spend $400 Billion (yes, with a 'B') on a stealth fighter, that is already over a decade late (F-35), instead of using that money to directly help ourselves. We keep hoping that if we pour enough of our weapons into the world, we can somehow return to the good old bad days, of 'might is right'. ---In [email protected] mailto:[email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote: What a shit-hole Afghanistan has become. It used to be a hippie haven a long, long time ago. Check out these pictures of women in Afghanistan pre-Taliban . . . http://dangerousminds.net/comments/it_didnt_always_suck_to_be_a_woman_in_afghanistan http://dangerousminds.net/comments/it_didnt_always_suck_to_be_a_woman_in_afghanistan
