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On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:50:59 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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When you are killing more innocents than bad guys it is always a bad
thing. That is the problem with Afghanistan now and Iraq since 1991.

Bombing alone never won a war, unless you use a nuke and that has the
potential of ending the world as we know it.


I don't think that's happening in Afg. right now... at least not from our
side. I could be wrong. In any case, you've identified the problem that we
shouldn't be there for the long term certainly or in Iraq any longer than
humanly possible. So, what's your solution? If we "just leave," a lot more
civilians would die, at least that's what all the generals are saying.

So what? That will happen whenever we leave. We had the same
experience in Vietnam but a few years later everything worked itself
out and now they are members of the global economy. Have you looked at
the country of manufacture of wooden furniture lately?


According to who? The more stable we can make it, the fewer lives will be
lost. So, your solution is.....

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