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1. IMHO I believed that the war in Afghanistan was right.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Mon Jun 10, 2013, 07:31 AM

Jun 2013

I believe the incursion to get AQ and bin Laden was right. The fight to get the Taliban out was right. But somewhere along the way we fumbled. If we had gotten bin Laden at Tora Bora, we would have (possibly) avoided many years spent in Afghanistan. To some this may seem like a simplistic view.

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IMHO I believed that the war in Afghanistan was right. life long demo Jun 2013 #1

This reminds me of a conversation I had with Howard Zinn unhappycamper Jun 2013 #2