My rant for the day [Moved]

[Kevin Marois]

Surely you've heard of the stories of countless millions of US dollars that simply dissappear over there. Why is the US sending even one dollar over there? Shouldn't THEY be paying the US?

Everything makes sense in someone's mind

[Chris Losinger]

Slacker007 wrote:

However, we just gave 1 billion dollars to Afghanistan to train their retarded police force.

meh. a billion is nothing. the US DoD spends $700,000,000,000 every year: $22,200 every single second. $28,000,000 from the time you posted your msg until this reply.

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[leppie]

Wrong place for political rants.

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[Slacker007]

Everyone rants about everything here. So to tell me this is the wrong place for politcal rants is poor form IMHO.

[Dalek Dave]

It will get moved to Soapbox, but don't worry about that.

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[Lost User]

afghan's are so frickin cool.

MVC

[Lost User]

No. thats stupid.

MVC

[Kevin Marois]

You think asking a country to compensate the US for the countless trillions spent on ridding their country of terrorists is stupid? Do YOU work for free?

Everything makes sense in someone's mind

[Lost User]

Is that what happened? I thought the US with the UK running close behind invaded and nicked their country cos they needed to hit someone when they couldn't find a proper target to strike back against after 119. Now the Taliban who are a bit upset about having their country stolen are trying to get it back and the US and UK don't know what to do with it anymore. In the case of the UK, this is the third time they have tried to do this in Afghanistan, and have buggered it up and walked away quietly hoping no-one would notice on the previous two occasions.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

[Kevin Marois]

Current events is not one of your strong points, heh?

Everything makes sense in someone's mind

[Aamir Butt]

ChrisElston wrote:

cos they needed to hit someone when they couldn't find a proper target to strike back against after 119.

Add Oil and natural resources and route to Central Asian states as well to this.

[Slacker007]

Dalek Dave wrote:

It will get moved to Soapbox

Yep. No big deal though.

[Vikram A Punathambekar]

I know AF has some underdeveloped mineral resources, but oil?

Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

[Lost User]

The only effect of the invasion of Afghanistan on Western Europe and the UK was an influx of cheap heroin because the Taliban had stopped its production. In more recent years the rising cost of food has meant it is now more profitable to grow food instead of heroin so it is less of a problem. Probably more terrorists in the country now than before, depending on how you define terrorist of course.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

[charlieg]

You want some cheese with that rant whine? I'm not sympathetic...

Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

[Slacker007]

charlieg wrote:

I'm not sympathetic

No one asked you to be. :wtf:

[Dalek Dave]

Sympathy is for wimps.

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