the war in afghanistan

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:24 pm

what are your thoughts of this never ending war/conflict or what ever name the US wants to call it.

Something just doesn't seem right. American geologist find the mineral sites and the Chinese get the exclusive right to mine them. And of course our men and women are there to fight.... what are they calling it these days.

Post by **olly** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:23 am

I don't specifically agree with it myself. I do not see why the UK has to follow the US and interfere in other peoples business.

That being said I am basing this opinion on not knowing the true and full facts as to why we are there which is why I will never really voice this opinion

mikeyBoab · Post by **mikeyBoab** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:08 pm

The problem is that we've created such a mess that we can't just get up and go because it would just be chaos.

I agree with Olly. We had no right being there in the first place. And John makes a good point - our young men and women are dying on an almost daily basis. The lessons of Vietnam seem to be lost to history.

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:37 am

mikeyBoab wrote:The problem is that we've created such a mess that we can't just get up and go because it would just be chaos.

I agree with Olly. We had no right being there in the first place. And John makes a good point - our young men and women are dying on an almost daily basis. The lessons of Vietnam seem to be lost to history.

As a Vietnam Vet, I never undstood why we were fighting there to begin with. Surely it wasn't for their wood to make our guitars with, well who knows these days. I recently found out Agent Orange was made in Australia, so I guess many nations had a financial interest in the war. I wonder if many Vietnamese immigrated to Australia

aussieteacherPMMD · Post by **aussieteacherPMMD** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:48 am

Yep, they sure did- in an excess of guilt, thousands were accepted without background checks or ID documents during the late 1970's, and while the political elite dabbed their dewy eyes and sipped their Chardonnay heroin importation and Asian organised crime grew a thousand percent in a matter of months.
Pardon me- my red neck is showing.

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:31 am

aussieteacherPMMD wrote:Yep, they sure did- in an excess of guilt, thousands were accepted without background checks or ID documents during the late 1970's, and while the political elite dabbed their dewy eyes and sipped their Chardonnay heroin importation and Asian organised crime grew a thousand percent in a matter of months.
Pardon me- my red neck is showing.

Heck it's ok

Here the police patrol the streets , but the yakuza owns the streets. With the downturn in the economy the club owers have asked the police to ask the yakuza to stop taking protection money. Terrible isn't it

aussieteacherPMMD · Post by **aussieteacherPMMD** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:06 pm

same old, same old.