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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:03 AM Original message |
Freed US reporter says he underestimated Taliban |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Shit. |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. true...remind you of anyone ? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yes |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. They learned from the best. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Sort of like the world-spanning empire the ideologues in |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. well, our policies arent helping |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Bingo. We threw gasoline on fire we started to try to put it out. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Seven years of reporting and NOTHING had penetrated? |
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tazkcmo (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Exactly what I was thinking. |
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ro1942 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Great comment,thanks |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That's what struck me as well. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Maybe he was sent there to cover the human interest angle? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Maybe he was handed some talking points to repeat when he writes? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. That would be the 65% full unemployment angle. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Yes. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Well its not exactly like the Taliban has an embassy in Kabul... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Christian Taliban Group in America mirrors their goals.... |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, they are equally extreme and dangerous n/t |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Are they on a watch list too? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Yep, just went to a Baptist stoning of three adulterous women in Busch Stadium. |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Unfortunately |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Forget the pepsi... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. And it's not even a Hebrew National |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Horseshit |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Exactly. Nice Put. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. they do all those things |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. what kind of freaking moe ron? |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. Sounds like another Judith Miller to me |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Me too. |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. Is he correct in his assessment? |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. The Taliban may have amped up in response to the Christian crusading in our military. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. +1. Just indicated same thing up thread |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Yep. "I thought the Taliban was just a bunch of rubes but they're AL QAIDA! |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. I've given it a lot of thought, but I still can't figure out why he might be saying that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. He sounds like he works for the Pentagon or for CIA. |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Or Maybe Because... |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Ok, but is he correct...? That's the real question here. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Insight comes not from having all the answers, but asking the right questions. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. isn't it funny we always get some bullshit like this when our dear leaders plan on acceleration of |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. This reporter sure does seem to get himself kidnapped a lot. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. ahhh great catch!!!!!!!! I knew it stunk to high heaven!!!!!! thanks!! n/t |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
15. Timing, circumstances, very suspicious. I would take this with a big grain of salt. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. The Taliban may have amped up in response to the Christian crusading in our military. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. And the U.S. should stop this caliphate thing because...? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. ...because Jesus wants us to wage war for the cross |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. What Would "Peace" in Afghanistan Look Like |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. A very thoughtful post |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Put that post in your DU journal |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Pipedream |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Remember the Bush-Gore debate when Bush came out against "nation-building" |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. "The moral is to the physical as three to one" |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. Old news , All of this can be found in the Quran and the Hadith |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. oh goodey... see, we have a justifiable reason |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. Essentially what Richard Engel of NBC has said. |
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