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Taleban forces retake Afghan town(Brit soldiers brokered peace deal)
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Posted on 02/02/2007 6:34:36 AM PST by hipaatwo

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1 posted on 02/02/2007 6:34:37 AM PST by hipaatwo
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To: hipaatwo

its really hard (near impossible) to fight a war when you are allied with pacifists


2 posted on 02/02/2007 6:36:40 AM PST by sure_fine ( • not one to over kill the thought process™ •)
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To: hipaatwo

It looks like Britian may have "gotten the message" from the november elections as well.

I'd suggest we all start learning Arabic, but what's the point, we won't be able to say much with our heads laying next to our dead bodies.


3 posted on 02/02/2007 6:37:21 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: sure_fine

Patton is rolling over in his grave


4 posted on 02/02/2007 6:37:39 AM PST by Long Island Pete
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To: sure_fine

BTW, this should have been posted to the "Things That Make Your Head Explode" board






;-)


5 posted on 02/02/2007 6:38:38 AM PST by sure_fine ( • not one to over kill the thought process™ •)
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To: hipaatwo

Defeatists always get what they bargained for: defeat.


6 posted on 02/02/2007 6:39:26 AM PST by samtheman
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To: hipaatwo

Since when do we bargain with the taliban? This was boneheaded from the word GO.


7 posted on 02/02/2007 6:41:34 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Every time a jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings.)
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To: hipaatwo

Western civilization has lost its mind, its balls, its will. Losing everything else comes next.


8 posted on 02/02/2007 6:43:13 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (America will get the president America deserves.)
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To: hipaatwo

Daisy Cutter Time.


9 posted on 02/02/2007 6:43:31 AM PST by Paloma_55 (I may be a hateful bigot, but I still love you)
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Yeah, I hope they have all the GPS coordinates for that village.


10 posted on 02/02/2007 6:46:18 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

"Western civilization has lost its mind, its balls, its will. Losing everything else comes next."

Yep. It's sad this had to happen during my lifetime. Thanks, hippies. You have all but destroyed the world.


11 posted on 02/02/2007 6:46:42 AM PST by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: sure_fine

Not just allied with pacifists, we are currently surrounded by them, especially in Congress. Do these people have any idea what will happen when/if these moslems - and OK, I will say it: there are no moderates among them; they are all terrorists, some are just louder than others - take over? They are just here waiting to achieve critical mass (Has anyone ever, any place, seen a moslem woman who is not pregnant and dragging at least 3 children with her?) and then look out. I really would rather fight them in Iraq and Iran than in Chicago and Louisville, but the democrat party - with a lot of help from some Republicans - seem to be choosing otherwise.


12 posted on 02/02/2007 6:47:36 AM PST by twonie (Just because there are fewer of us don't mean we are wrong.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT; All

The AMericans will be taking the lead in this area in the next few days. The taliban retaking the town was NOT part of the negotiations with the towns leaders, and in fct the taliban apparently killed some of those leaders. So now the yanks will clean up the mess.


13 posted on 02/02/2007 6:48:07 AM PST by pissant
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To: hipaatwo

This only means a bit more saliva for the BBC and NYT who hope for the great "Taliban Spring Offensve" every year. You have my word, that this town will be retaken within the next days or weeks.

Nontheless a incredibly stupid move by the Brits. This is justanother PR victory for the jihadis and their liberal allies.


14 posted on 02/02/2007 6:51:40 AM PST by SolidWood (Sadr lives. Kill him.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Don't forget to buy you a coply of the Qur'an while you are at it... you are gonna need it...


15 posted on 02/02/2007 6:53:13 AM PST by TheBattman (I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
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To: Long Island Pete

Hell yeah he is. "I don't like to bleed for the same ground twice," he said. I've lost count over the number of villages we've "retaken". I'm ready to just start clearing them off the map.


16 posted on 02/02/2007 6:57:55 AM PST by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: sure_fine

I cannot believe these ragtags from the dark ages essentially win over the finest, most modern forces in the world. Oprah should try to build a luxurious school for girls there. Hah.


17 posted on 02/02/2007 7:01:55 AM PST by A knight without armor
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To: hipaatwo

Deals with the locals really worked at Tora Bora. Fool me once, shame on you.


18 posted on 02/02/2007 7:03:29 AM PST by popdonnelly (Our first obligation is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
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To: Long Island Pete
Patton never had too high an opinion of the Brits to start with. He is laughing his butt off someplace.
19 posted on 02/02/2007 7:35:04 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( If they say "speaking truth to power,"-they haven't had a l thought since the Beatles broke up)
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To: domenad

Yeah the Russians tried your "clearing them off the map."

How did that work out for them?


20 posted on 02/02/2007 7:37:55 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( If they say "speaking truth to power,"-they haven't had a l thought since the Beatles broke up)
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