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barfo said:
I don't yet believe it actually exists, although I'm sure you pulled it from somewhere other than your butt, right?

I did find some polling that said that 94% of Afghanis think they are suffering, and 53% want to move to a western country like the USA.
Odd that the majority would want to leave for the west if they prefer the Taliban as you claim. Maybe you can explain that.

barfo
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Somewhere along the way you missed the plot of what a message board is for. It's to contribute information. If you're too insecure to receive information from another poster, please discontinue responding to them and stop with the childish ad hominem attacks.

Also, how anyone can equate living in America with living in Afghanistan with Americans running it, I don't know.
 
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barfo said:
Everyone who is old remembers the days when they were young and they thought they knew everything and old people were stupid.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

barfo
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Do they remember being middle-aged and watching the old people go batshit and clutch pearls on every issue?
 
Wait...call someone insecure and childish and then accuse them of ad hominem attacks?
 
AmirIcon said:
Somewhere along the way you missed the plot of what a message board is for. It's to contribute information.
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You seem to believe your unsupported opinions and beliefs are 'information'. They aren't.

If you're too insecure to receive information from another poster, please discontinue responding to them and stop with the childish ad hominem attacks.
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If you are too insecure to have your opinions and assertions questioned, then maybe your advice is for you instead.

Also, how anyone can equate living in America with living in Afghanistan with Americans running it, I don't know.
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I don't know either, but no one did that. That poll was taken after the US had pulled out and the Taliban was running the country.

barfo
 
barfo said:
You seem to believe your unsupported opinions and beliefs are 'information'. They aren't.
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Speak for yourself. There are plenty liking and responding to my posts without acting like a jackass.


If you are too insecure to have your opinions and assertions questioned, then maybe your advice is for you instead.
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I don't mind being questioned at all. But don't ask for something and act snide and dismissive. You're asking me to provide info for you. I won't be putting in the work for someone if they're acting snarky post after post.


I don't know either, but no one did that. That poll was taken after the US had pulled out and the Taliban was running the country.

barfo
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You literally made the comparison.

barfo said:
Odd that the majority would want to leave for the west if they prefer the Taliban as you claim. Maybe you can explain that.

barfo
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Do you read the drivel you write before you post it?
 
AmirIcon said:
Speak for yourself. There are plenty liking and responding to my posts without acting like a jackass.




I don't mind being questioned at all. But don't ask for something and act snide and dismissive. You're asking me to provide info for you. I won't be putting in the work for someone if they're acting snarky post after post.




You literally made the comparison.



Do you read the drivel you write before you post it?
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What you are doing is deflecting so that you don't have to back up your claims. Which is fine, there's no law that says you have to defend your position.
I agree I've been snide and snarky - I tend to give back whatever I get, and you've been pretty snide and snarky yourself.
From my point of view, nothing personal - I enjoy your posts and am not bent out of shape about our discussion here.
But there's no point in continuing on this if we aren't going to discuss anything other than each other's attitude. So I'll drop it.

barfo
 
I bet any Afgany given the opportunity to move away form the Taliban to the US, would jump at the opportunity. And if you were truthful I bet you would too? Taliban or USA?
 
Have any of you read The Kite Runner?

Seriously, read it. Amazing story for many different reasons.
 
barfo said:
I don't yet believe it actually exists, although I'm sure you pulled it from somewhere other than your butt, right?

I did find some polling that said that 94% of Afghanis think they are suffering, and 53% want to move to a western country like the USA.
Odd that the majority would want to leave for the west if they prefer the Taliban as you claim. Maybe you can explain that.

barfo
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barfo said:
What you are doing is deflecting so that you don't have to back up your claims. Which is fine, there's no law that says you have to defend your position.
I agree I've been snide and snarky - I tend to give back whatever I get, and you've been pretty snide and snarky yourself.
From my point of view, nothing personal - I enjoy your posts and am not bent out of shape about our discussion here.
But there's no point in continuing on this if we aren't going to discuss anything other than each other's attitude. So I'll drop it.

barfo
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I'm sorry you feel that I was snide and snarky with you. That was not my intention. I have enjoyed your posts along the years.

To the polling - this is what I had bookmarked but curiously the Taliban approval numbers were removed. This not only mentions the U.S. approval numbers, but a host of other nations/leaders. The Taliban's numbers are blatantly missing from this now. Pretty sure this has been edited.
18% of Afghans approve of U.S. leadership
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https://news.gallup.com/poll/406094/afghans-view-leadership-poorly-year-withdrawal.aspx

This was at the end of 2022. I'm sure those numbers are a little more favorable now that they've had the Taliban for a little while. You can choose to believe me or not, that's fine. But deductive reasoning would say that if U.S. approval was 18%, it's likely the Taliban's was higher, at least at that point in time.

Curiously, much of the internet seems to be sanitized of any articles of Taliban support among the Afghan people. Probably to save face for our 20 year war. I did find this --

Afghanistan has many circumstances that could generate public support or insurgency: foreign occupation, the presence of militant organizations, a lack of economic opportunity, poor public safety and security, ethnic and sectarian rivalry, weak governance, regime opposition, and more.
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg1122osd.11?seq=3
 
Hoopguru said:
I bet any Afgany given the opportunity to move away form the Taliban to the US, would jump at the opportunity. And if you were truthful I bet you would too? Taliban or USA?
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I agree, but that's completely different than what I said.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Seriously, it gets said all the time but the book is much better. You'll enjoy it.
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Funny, I told my wife Id like to get The Kite Runner at the library, she didn't say anything and after about 5 minutes she throws the book down in front of me.. She had just got it at the street side neighborhood library box for free book/trades. Ill start it in a week or so after I finish the Pete Rose book.
 
Three Weeks In Gaza: A Chicago ER Doctor’s Story

 
What Happens When Evil Wins?



Anyone listen to Biden's own words in this video?
 
As 2-Month-Old Starves to Death in Gaza, Mosab Abu Toha Says His Own Family Is Eating Animal Feed



This video is difficult to watch. Horrible situation these people are living under.
 
Senator Jeff Merkley: U.S. "Complicit in Starvation and Humanitarian Catastrophe" in Gaza



Fucking Israeli cowards.
 
The US has carried out its first airdrop of aid for Gaza, with more than 30,000 meals parachuted in by three military planes.

The operation was carried out in conjunction with the Royal Jordanian Air Force, US Central Command said.

Officials say the drop was the first of many announced by President Joe Biden on Friday.

He promised to step up aid after at least 112 people were killed as crowds rushed a convoy on Thursday.


C-130s dropped more than 38,000 meals along the coastline of Gaza, US Central Command said in a statement.

"These airdrops are part of a sustained effort to get more aid into Gaza, including by expanding the flow of aid through land corridors and routes," it added.

Other countries including the UK, France, Egypt and Jordan have previously airdropped aid into Gaza, but this is the first by the US.

In his statement on Friday, President Biden said the US would "insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68457937
 
Air drops of food is a good show of humanity on Biden's part. It is simply for "Brownie" points though. A political stunt for his audience during an election year.

If Biden truly wanted to make a humanitarian gesture, putting pressure on Netanyahu to stop his war on Palestinians, mostly women and children, would go a long way to showing that he truly cares about human life. Only Biden has the power to put enough pressure on Netanyahu to stop killing women and children. Yet he doesn't care to do so. So, no "Brownie" points for you Joe...
 
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