Rod - your point about the airports is a good one - Chris from Lafayette

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Topic - Just kids, so sad - PabloP 18:39:27 08/29/21 (63)

Sad indeed. (mt) - Goober58 00:48:22 08/31/21 (0)

Nobody should even think about blaming Biden for this. The blame goes to GWB.... - MWE 11:07:54 08/30/21 (9)

The blame goes to Dwight D Eisenhower ... - musetap 21:38:43 08/30/21 (2)

It began with Vietnam and the sanctification of the military and "our boys." - tinear 10:04:54 09/4/21 (1)

RE: It began with Vietnam and the sanctification of the military and "our boys." - rivervalley817 10:16:18 09/4/21 (0)

Nope, the blame goes to Al Gore... - Ivan303 11:41:07 08/30/21 (5)

RE: Nope, the blame goes to Al Gore... - rivervalley817 12:07:39 08/30/21 (4)

Hillary lost for much the same reason... - Ivan303 14:21:28 08/30/21 (3)

RE: Hillary lost for much the same reason... - rivervalley817 18:11:39 08/30/21 (2)

Democrats seem like the Red Sox sometimes - jedrider 18:18:09 08/30/21 (1)

RE: Democrats seem like the Red Sox sometimes - rivervalley817 19:44:34 08/30/21 (0)

Indeed sad, but it was going to happen whenever it happened. A duplicate of the Vietnam exit. - free.ranger 07:22:43 08/30/21 (16)

What's frustrating is that we'll never know if an "organized" "well-planned" evac would have worked better - jdaniel@jps.net 07:28:29 08/30/21 (15)

Our drone strike yesterday killed 10 innocent bystanders. - ghost of olddude55 07:45:02 08/30/21 (14)

Did Orwell coin the term collateral damage?... - musetap 21:47:07 08/30/21 (0)

Horrendous if true. But it seems the choice was between drone strike and suicide bombs. - Rick W 08:50:23 08/30/21 (12)

If you believe... - ghost of olddude55 09:43:24 08/30/21 (10)

RE: If you believe... - rivervalley817 09:48:32 08/30/21 (9)

Blowing up innocent bystanders including kids... - ghost of olddude55 09:53:08 08/30/21 (8)

RE: Blowing up innocent bystanders including kids... - Inmate51 15:07:47 08/30/21 (0)

RE: Blowing up innocent bystanders including kids... - rivervalley817 10:16:27 08/30/21 (6)

I hate to say this but the people who need to be hurt... - ghost of olddude55 10:42:56 08/30/21 (5)

RE: I hate to say this but the people who need to be hurt... - rivervalley817 11:54:07 08/30/21 (4)

We lost 300K people in WWII. - ghost of olddude55 12:04:24 08/30/21 (3)

RE: We lost 300K people in WWII. - rivervalley817 12:23:55 08/30/21 (2)

The Soviets generally lost more men in one battle... - ghost of olddude55 12:42:51 08/30/21 (1)

We killed far more of ourselves in the Civil War than any damn foreign damn country... - musetap 21:59:25 08/30/21 (0)

Indeed. How many inocent Afghan bystanders were killed in the last.... - Ivan303 09:14:52 08/30/21 (0)

No, they're men. The problem with announcing any withdrawal - tinear 06:19:55 08/30/21 (2)

No, 'tin'... - Ivan303 07:42:47 08/30/21 (1)

My bad. Men AND women. nt - tinear 13:40:55 08/30/21 (0)

Indeed, 13 of 2461 over the last 20 years. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 18:42:26 08/29/21 (31)

RE: Indeed, 13 of 2461 over the last 20 years. nt - b.l.zeebub 19:15:12 08/29/21 (29)

None of them ever should have been there in the first place. - ghost of olddude55 03:35:13 08/30/21 (1)

Right on target. Nt. - MWE 05:36:35 08/30/21 (0)

RE: Indeed, 13 of 2461 over the last 20 years. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 19:23:20 08/29/21 (26)

Gee, it's only 13 dead troops... - Rod M 19:48:50 08/29/21 (25)

Rod - your point about the airports is a good one - Chris from Lafayette 08/29/2121:05:10 08/29/21 (0)

cool you were able to sit in on those whote house meetings - LtMandella 21:00:05 08/29/21 (17)

Try Google - Rod M 21:03:01 08/29/21 (16)

Remember the transition that took extra 2 months - merdy 08:08:42 08/30/21 (0)

Try Googling Patel. Former aid to Devin Nunes and a full blown Trumpette. - Rick W 07:39:42 08/30/21 (3)

Do you believe the BBC? - Rod M 10:42:46 08/30/21 (2)

You believed the previous guy for whom lying is a way of life? nt - Rick W 11:01:16 08/30/21 (1)

Here's how some guys rate news: One mistake/false claim in a story over many years - tinear 13:44:23 08/30/21 (0)

RE: Try Google - Krav Maga 21:29:43 08/29/21 (10)

RE: Try Google - rivervalley817 19:04:00 08/30/21 (1)

"if you guessed 'grifting' on Trump's name claim your prize!" - Krav Maga 20:21:55 08/30/21 (0)

and the fake afghan army - LtMandella 18:32:48 08/30/21 (0)

January 15, 2021 - Ivan303 08:04:09 08/30/21 (4)

RE: January 15, 2021 - Krav Maga 17:46:06 08/30/21 (3)

RE: January 15, 2021 - rivervalley817 18:28:02 08/30/21 (2)

RE: January 15, 2021 - Krav Maga 20:27:31 08/30/21 (1)

RE: January 15, 2021 - rivervalley817 21:49:24 08/30/21 (0)

RE: Try Google - jdaniel@jps.net 06:41:51 08/30/21 (1)

RE: Try Google - Krav Maga 18:13:15 08/30/21 (0)

Text to find: "Afghanistan" "Deaths" "Casualties" -- Dated from: 2008 to 2020 -- - jdaniel@jps.net 20:42:06 08/29/21 (5)

RE: Text to find: "Afghanistan" "Deaths" "Casualties" -- Dated from: 2008 to 2020 -- - Krav Maga 17:26:43 08/30/21 (4)

You are right about its worth being questionable - jdaniel@jps.net 19:10:16 08/30/21 (3)

"If you don't mind checking the actual results, how many have anything to do with Afghanistan?" - Krav Maga 20:10:12 08/30/21 (1)

RE: "If you don't mind checking the actual results, how many have anything to do with Afghanistan?" - jdaniel@jps.net 20:33:15 08/30/21 (0)

RE: You are right about its worth being questionable - rivervalley817 20:05:42 08/30/21 (0)

Hopefully, never more...- - Jay Buridan 18:53:25 08/29/21 (0)

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Rod - your point about the airports is a good one - Chris from Lafayette 08/29/2121:05:10 08/29/21 (0)

Rod - your point about the airports is a good one

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