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ORIGINAL: Loki45

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ORIGINAL: rikigrl
"See Me" riki doesn't agree on the need for the Afghanistan war because "See Me" riki knows that it unwinnable, just as the Russian campaign was unwinnable, just as Viet Nam was unwinnable, and just as Rome vs. Christianity was unwinnable. "See Me" riki thinks that fighting an ideology with guns is the mark of a fool. If you are so very scared of Al Queda bring home all those soldiers and post them on the borders, at least they won't die needlessly, and they can be at home with their loved ones

Post our soldiers on our borders, hmmm? That's your best idea? Tell me something. How effective would it have been to have "soldiers manning our borders" during the 9/11 attacks? They hit us with planes, remember? They were already in the country, remember? A soldier sitting on the border would simply have looked up and said "Damn...that plane's flying awfully low."

However, going after them on their own turf is only as "unwinnable" as Americans like you want people to believe it is. I've said this before, and I'll say it again. America has clearly lost its balls. In WWII, we wanted to win. As a country, we wanted to be victorious so much that we supported our president when he NUKED two cities. That's what it took to win that war and spare millions of lives that would have been lost in combat without the use of that weapon.

America doesn't have the balls to win a war anymore. It began with Vietnam. Lose some lives, suddenly whatever was 'so important' to get us into the conflict isn't so important anymore. "Sorry we wasted your sacrifice, troops, turns out we weren't really into winning this fight after all."

If the war on terror is "unwinnable" then so is any other conflict. Which country do you want to conquer us? I hope it's one with a cool system of martial arts. I've always been into those kinds of movies. We could stop the conquering, of course, but we don't have the balls for it anymore. All we can do now is hope whoever kicks our ass has some cool cultural things we can adopt as a consolation prize.

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ORIGINAL: rikigrl
LOL!! OMG!...this is too silly to warrant a reply....but here goes...i have nothing more to say because talking to an obstreperous child is rather pointless unless you can make them stand in a corner.
"See Me" riki out
make love not war

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ORIGINAL: Loki45

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ORIGINAL: rikigrl
LOL!! OMG!...this is too silly to warrant a reply....but here goes...i have nothing more to say because talking to an obstreperous child is rather pointless unless you can make them stand in a corner.
"See Me" riki out
make love not war

Exactly the reply I was expecting, actually. When someone is confronted with logic they cannot argue against, they often resort to personal attacks. You didn't disappoint. Good job.

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ORIGINAL: rikigrl
And this is supposed to goad me into arguing? Go stand in a corner for a 15 minute time out and maybe i'll take you out for ice cream after....mind you, i said maybe.