Comments on: Afghan Civilian Deaths Up 62%, U.N. Says

Increasing Violence Frustrates Humanitarian Efforts To Help Starving Afghans

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by noloyalisti June 30, 2008 8:09 PM EDT
This is the other failed neo con war for oil. These people kicked the Soviets the heck out and we are next. We will never win anything there or in Iraq, nor do we deserve to.
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by notblue June 30, 2008 1:11 PM EDT
Death, destruction, savagery, carnage=Savage, barbarian, Muslim extremism! The NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF UNREST IN THE MODERN WORLD!, A CANCER ON THE PLANET!, A CANCER ON ALL CIVILIZED SOCIETIES!
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by liberalme June 30, 2008 12:19 PM EDT
And tne White House will still not give the go ahead when we have Bin Laden in out sites---wonder why not? We went into Iraq with distorted information!
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by kretos-2009 June 30, 2008 8:11 AM EDT
*** those who are responsible killings ! *** bush first ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by juwboy June 30, 2008 7:47 AM EDT
FeelFreek4U, a subhuman Arab, posing as a patriotic American.

Eat pork and die, b!tch!!!
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by sistatee-2009 June 30, 2008 5:25 AM EDT
A pittance to pay for protecting the sea-I-aa''s drug business.
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by feelfree4u June 30, 2008 4:57 AM EDT

Following the events of 9/11/01, Taliban officials offered to hand over CIA asset, Osama bin Laden, to face charges. Their only condition was that U.S. officials present evidence of Osama''s involvement in these attacks. The Bush regime declined, because they had no such evidence, and because they intended to attack the people of Afghanistan in any case.

Knowing that massive casualties in Afghanistan would sap U.S. public support for the invasion, the Bush regime chose to use the warlords of the region as proxy fighters. Large rewards offered by the U.S. led to innocent people being handed over to be tortured by U.S. agents in Afghanistan, Guantanimo Bay, and elsewhere.

Thanks to the ivasion, Afghanistan is now the center of global opium production, and former Unocal executive, Hamid Karzai, has been installed as the puppet ruler of the country.

No matter how many soldiers are killed and maimed in Afghanistan, no matter how many Afghan wedding parties are bombed by U.S. planes, no matter how many civilians are tortured and slaughtered by U.S. agents, and despite the futility and pointlessness of this self defeating military misadventure, many Americans continue to champion the war of aggression against Afghanistan as a noble cause. Billions upon billions of dollars in U.S. treasure continue to be transferred to war profiteers and druglords as a result, while to blood of U.S. soldiers continues to be needlessly spilled.
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by feelfree4u June 30, 2008 4:52 AM EDT

Many cite Afghanistan as the gravestone of the former Soviet Union- the final nail in the coffin, as they were ultimately forced to withdraw, unable to successfully maintain a military occupation of the country. The U.S. now not only faces a humiliating military defeat in Afghanistan, but a crippling multi-tiered defeat in Iraq, on the economic, military, and moral fronts.

It appears that many of my fellow Americans still think that waging wars of aggression is an intelligent and effective way of solving problems, and that it is possible to introduce democracy at the point of a gun. Most Americans, of course, do not share in the sacrifices and costs of pursuing such a policy, as we still have an all-volunteer military, for the most part, and since we are borrowing the money from countries like China to finance the shameful debacle. The bill has yet to be paid, and we are already straining just to pay the interest.

Maybe one day, Americans will wake up en mass, and realize that our greatest enemies are the religious and business interests that have infested our system, State-sanctioned terrorist organizations like the CIA and the Mossad, our own comfort and docility, and our lack of courage to demand something better.

That day could be today.
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by feelfree4u June 30, 2008 4:50 AM EDT

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by fixhist June 30, 2008 1:34 AM EDT
Say NO for another Billions worth of Kleenex.

Why American forces get pennies in return for pain,agony & stress, like contribution of $1200 in return from $30,000 grant for education?

What educating a Veteran can do good,when all service industry jobs are gone off-shore & Auto Industry is in decline.

Don''t get fooled by fictitious spending figures in Budget 2009. Get your facts right at "wartaxboycott ORG"
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