Visit the U.S. Politics Online Discussion Forum Archives!

Sponsored by:

U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum  

Bookmark Us! E-Mail DONATE NOW! Photo Gallery Document Archives Quiz! Register to Vote!!!
Go Back   U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum > Political Arenas > International Politics
Register Blogs FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

International Politics A forum to discuss international politics

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #46 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
jviehe's Avatar
President

 
Member Since: Jan 2004
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Posts: 16,653

United_States    
Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Hmm, Nazis and conspiracies. Guess this thread is over.
__________________
"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."

-Thomas Jefferson
Reply With Quote
  #47 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
anobsitar's Avatar
Joint Chiefs of Staff Member

 
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Deutschland
Posts: 1,902

Germany     United

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by jviehe View Post
Hmm, Nazis and conspiracies. Guess this thread is over.
Lousy answer.
__________________
Soldiers in Afghanistan: Don't defend vote riggers and drug dealers. Come home friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlKx3YPL5I

---
Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Etruh7Ch8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs
Reply With Quote
  #48 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
anobsitar's Avatar
Joint Chiefs of Staff Member

 
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Deutschland
Posts: 1,902

Germany     United

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by noahath View Post
That's an extremely broad and generalising statement if I ever read one.
But its true.
__________________
Soldiers in Afghanistan: Don't defend vote riggers and drug dealers. Come home friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlKx3YPL5I

---
Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Etruh7Ch8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs
Reply With Quote
  #49 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
ThorHammer's Avatar
Moderator
Burgermeister Meisterburger

 
Member Since: Jan 2007
Location: What used to be America
Posts: 7,604

Minnesota     Germany

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by anobsitar View Post
But its true.
No it isn't. If you had any clue about America and Americans you would see how totally fucked your statement is.
__________________
I am a liberal, a classical liberal. Classical liberalism is liberalism, but the current collectivists have captured that designation in the United States. In Europe they are glad enough to call themselves socialists. But no one in America wants to be called socialist and admit what they are.

Courage, Truth, Honor, Fidelity, Discipline, Hospitality, Industriousness, Self-Reliance, Perseverance
Reply With Quote
  #50 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
ThorHammer's Avatar
Moderator
Burgermeister Meisterburger

 
Member Since: Jan 2007
Location: What used to be America
Posts: 7,604

Minnesota     Germany

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by anobsitar View Post
Let me give another example: Guantanamo for example is a concentration camp like a concentration camp of the Nazis. Nearly every Germans see it in this way.
Then nearly every German is wrong. Gitmo is nothing like a concentration camp of WW2.
__________________
I am a liberal, a classical liberal. Classical liberalism is liberalism, but the current collectivists have captured that designation in the United States. In Europe they are glad enough to call themselves socialists. But no one in America wants to be called socialist and admit what they are.

Courage, Truth, Honor, Fidelity, Discipline, Hospitality, Industriousness, Self-Reliance, Perseverance
Reply With Quote
  #51 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
anobsitar's Avatar
Joint Chiefs of Staff Member

 
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Deutschland
Posts: 1,902

Germany     United

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Anselme View Post
Bin Laden was more than a simple guest, he supported the Talibans and the Talibans supported him.
And the Talibans are Wahabitians, like the saudi-arabians. Taliban are living in Pakitsan and Whabits are living in saudi-arabia. So: What to do in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Totally agree that you don't get peace with a war, but the problem is that the Talibans are attacking again and want Afghanistan back,
So what? Does this mean anything for Germany - does this mean anything for the USA? Are the afghanian people not able to live if we don't exist?

Quote:
NATO is just defending themselves this time.
Themselves? Nato? One Nato-member was attacked: the USA in 9/11. The war in Afgahni9stan is now lonmger then world war II and take a look to the results. It's a joke.

Quote:
We cannot withdraw and let the Talibans rule again just for the sake of "peace", because that will only be a 1st step for Islamist fundamentalist.
Do you really think the islamists have any idea what they are doing? Maybe they are doing war - but this war happens in the islamic world and not in the west. The USA is a devil in the definition of the islamists - and they are evil in the definition of the US-government. Two empty nuts - that's all. Th eUS tried to act like a devil in Abhu Graib and other situations - they like to act like a devil in the eyes of the west. Devcil against devil was the dangerous situation between Stalin and Hitler. We need another way - this way is not working.

Quote:
The only solution as I see it, is that whoever wins the next elections in Pakistan, we should highly support him,
Sorry - but this is a pragmatic way of thinking - and I'm not a pragmatic thinker, who thinks that the mighty are automatically right because they are mighty.

Quote:
and force him to control the outlaw territory named Warzistan in Pakistan,
Why we are not speaking directly with the Taliban? Perhaps they have some good ideas too. Why war? Is it necessary? Every suicide bomber that is not doing suicide is our winning. Why to kill people? The islamists like this, because this is helping them. In any case we should try not to kill someone. I think this is more successful in the end - (and - by the way - it's more dangerous and not less dangerous)

Quote:
since most of the Talibans are coming from there and that Bin Laden is apparently hiding there.

And then we should be able to have a durable peace in Afghanistan. Not a temporary peace has we had.
Take a look in the history of Aghanistan. There was always war in the region. First are the fighters - then come the future fighters (the male kids), then the bearer of the fighters (wifes) and then the future bearer of the fighters (daughters). Live is fight in this area. They must fight. But they must fight for other things. They know everything about wars in this area - this is nothing they have to learn. It's better to learn peace.
__________________
Soldiers in Afghanistan: Don't defend vote riggers and drug dealers. Come home friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlKx3YPL5I

---
Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Etruh7Ch8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs
Reply With Quote
  #52 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
U.S. Senator

 
Member Since: Apr 2005
Location: Russia
Posts: 775

   
Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by jviehe View Post
Hmm, Nazis and conspiracies. Guess this thread is over.
Yes, this is way annoying that people around the world don't eat the childish cheap lies anymore. It was so convenient to call everything beyond the Murdoch's media the "conspiracy theories" and "rubbish".
The only problem is to force people buy it. And the bad news are they don't and you've run out of fresh dodges. This, surely will not stop the raiding wars of the US, but in the least international community will start to call a spade a spade. As for american society - it's free to go on nervously giggling and fooling itself inside of it's informational bubble. Now thanks for attention, you can return to watching the Rambo 4. What was there? Oh, yeah, terrible Muanmar, the Reign of Terror, how else? Real clash between tourism and cinema industries, ha-ha-ha).
Reply With Quote
  #53 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
ThorHammer's Avatar
Moderator
Burgermeister Meisterburger

 
Member Since: Jan 2007
Location: What used to be America
Posts: 7,604

Minnesota     Germany

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by oleg View Post
Yes, this is way annoying that people around the world don't eat the childish cheap lies anymore. It was so convenient to call everything beyond the Murdoch's media the "conspiracy theories" and "rubbish".
The only problem is to force people buy it. And the bad news are they don't and you've run out of fresh dodges. This, surely will not stop the raiding wars of the US, but in the least international community will start to call a spade a spade. As for american society - it's free to go on nervously giggling and fooling itself inside of it's informational bubble. Now thanks for attention, you can return to watching the Rambo 4. What was there? Oh, yeah, terrible Muanmar, the Reign of Terror, how else? Real clash between tourism and cinema industries, ha-ha-ha).
dude, Rambo fucking ruled. Did you get a chance to see it?
__________________
I am a liberal, a classical liberal. Classical liberalism is liberalism, but the current collectivists have captured that designation in the United States. In Europe they are glad enough to call themselves socialists. But no one in America wants to be called socialist and admit what they are.

Courage, Truth, Honor, Fidelity, Discipline, Hospitality, Industriousness, Self-Reliance, Perseverance
Reply With Quote
  #54 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
anobsitar's Avatar
Joint Chiefs of Staff Member

 
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Deutschland
Posts: 1,902

Germany     United

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThorHammer View Post
No it isn't. If you had any clue about America and Americans you would see how totally fucked your statement is.
It is true. Guantanamo is a rightless place. It is a concentration camp outisde the rules of god and men.
__________________
Soldiers in Afghanistan: Don't defend vote riggers and drug dealers. Come home friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlKx3YPL5I

---
Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Etruh7Ch8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs
Reply With Quote
  #55 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
ThorHammer's Avatar
Moderator
Burgermeister Meisterburger

 
Member Since: Jan 2007
Location: What used to be America
Posts: 7,604

Minnesota     Germany

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by anobsitar View Post
It is true. Guantanamo is a rightless place. It is a concentration camp outisde the rules of god and men.
No it isn't. You comparison, if anything, diminishes what the concentration camps were.

BTW, America is a nation of laws, not of God and men.
__________________
I am a liberal, a classical liberal. Classical liberalism is liberalism, but the current collectivists have captured that designation in the United States. In Europe they are glad enough to call themselves socialists. But no one in America wants to be called socialist and admit what they are.

Courage, Truth, Honor, Fidelity, Discipline, Hospitality, Industriousness, Self-Reliance, Perseverance
Reply With Quote
  #56 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
anobsitar's Avatar
Joint Chiefs of Staff Member

 
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Deutschland
Posts: 1,902

Germany     United

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by oleg View Post
Yes, this is way annoying that people around the world don't eat the childish cheap lies anymore. It was so convenient to call everything beyond the Murdoch's media the "conspiracy theories" and "rubbish".
The only problem is to force people buy it. And the bad news are they don't and you've run out of fresh dodges. This, surely will not stop the raiding wars of the US, but in the least international community will start to call a spade a spade. As for american society - it's free to go on nervously giggling and fooling itself inside of it's informational bubble. Now thanks for attention, you can return to watching the Rambo 4. What was there? Oh, yeah, terrible Muanmar, the Reign of Terror, how else? Real clash between tourism and cinema industries, ha-ha-ha).

Can you explain me in short words why Russia fought a few years ago in Afghanistan and why Russia lost this war? What were the reasons? Which problems has Russia in the moment with islamists?
__________________
Soldiers in Afghanistan: Don't defend vote riggers and drug dealers. Come home friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlKx3YPL5I

---
Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Etruh7Ch8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs
Reply With Quote
  #57 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
Secretary of State

 
Member Since: Feb 2007
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 5,653

   
Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by anobsitar View Post
Can you explain me in short words why Russia fought a few years ago in Afghanistan and why Russia lost this war? What were the reasons? Which problems has Russia in the moment with islamists?
Didn't Russia have more than twice the number of ground troops in Afghanistan compared to current US/NATO deployments and its own puppet government? Has Afghanistan ever been conquered?
Reply With Quote
  #58 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
anobsitar's Avatar
Joint Chiefs of Staff Member

 
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Deutschland
Posts: 1,902

Germany     United

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThorHammer View Post
No it isn't. You comparison, if anything, diminishes what the concentration camps were.

BTW, America is a nation of laws, not of God and men.
Guantanamo is a concentraration camnp. A sickness of the thoughts. I don't know why the USA likes to have this sickness.

And if you say the USA is not a nation of god and men but of laws then I'm asking myself: for what - for heavens sake - do you need laws? Where is your reset button?
__________________
Soldiers in Afghanistan: Don't defend vote riggers and drug dealers. Come home friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlKx3YPL5I

---
Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Etruh7Ch8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs
Reply With Quote
  #59 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
anobsitar's Avatar
Joint Chiefs of Staff Member

 
Member Since: Nov 2003
Location: Deutschland
Posts: 1,902

Germany     United

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Americano View Post
Didn't Russia have more than twice the number of ground troops in Afghanistan compared to current US/NATO deployments and its own puppet government? Has Afghanistan ever been conquered?
No - but it were very hard fights of an unbelievable cruelness. Afghanistan looks like heaven if you compare this days. And afterward came the Talibans - and now we are in. Maybe next time comes China. I don't know which stupid game this is - but I'm very sad if I think on the afghanian people. I would wish it woudl work and peace would come as soon as possible. But as long as it isn't in this way we should try to have a position that is as near to peace as it is possible.
__________________
Soldiers in Afghanistan: Don't defend vote riggers and drug dealers. Come home friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlKx3YPL5I

---
Scientia et potentia humana in idem coincidunt, quia ignoratio causae destituit effectum
Sir Francis Bacon

On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Etruh7Ch8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs
Reply With Quote
  #60 (permalink)  
Old 02-13-2008
ThorHammer's Avatar
Moderator
Burgermeister Meisterburger

 
Member Since: Jan 2007
Location: What used to be America
Posts: 7,604

Minnesota     Germany

Re: What are we doing in Afghanistan?

Quote:
Originally Posted by anobsitar View Post
Guantanamo is a concentraration camnp. A sickness of the thoughts. I don't know why the USA likes to have this sickness.
How? Where is the forced labor? Where are the gas chambers? Where are the ovens? Where is the poor food? Where is the prohibitions on religious practices? Where is the inadequate medical attention?

Quote:
Originally Posted by anobsitar View Post
And if you say the USA is not a nation of god and men but of laws then I'm asking myself: for what - for heavens sake - do you need laws? Where is your reset button?
reset button? Wtf are you talking about?
__________________
I am a liberal, a classical liberal. Classical liberalism is liberalism, but the current collectivists have captured that designation in the United States. In Europe they are glad enough to call themselves socialists. But no one in America wants to be called socialist and admit what they are.

Courage, Truth, Honor, Fidelity, Discipline, Hospitality, Industriousness, Self-Reliance, Perseverance
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:43 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0
Copyright © 2000 - 2009 U.S. Politics Online