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Anyone else freaking out over Afghanistan?
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I am.

If you don't know whats going on:

The Taliban (about 600 Taliban insurgents) have seized dozens villages in the south of Afghanistan. NATO and the Afghan army are going in to try and get the Taliban out of power in those villages. Leaflets were dropped by plane on the villages to warn to citizens to take cover before the battles started. The Taliban is getting hunkered down for it.

I keep refreshing the CNN website every several minutes for updates.


On a wholly separate issue, the fact that Mozilla Firefox doesn't recognize the word "Taliban" in the spell check annoys me.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/afghanistan.fight/index.html#cnnSTCText
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815258,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

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You know I was wondering if this story was going to escalate when I saw it in the NYT a few days ago.
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I hope news teams go over there so we can watch it live

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shit happens. war happens. Its never gonna end. death is inevidable.

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Quote: from MushroomSatsujin at 4:55 pm on June 17, 2008
I hope news teams go over there so we can watch it live

I wouldn't be able to leave my couch and TV then.  

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"Oh, that's terrible" is all I said when I heard of it.
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Takinam


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I'm partial to thinking that I don't really care. All I want are Canadian troops out of Afghanistan and into places that are begging for our help.

IE. Darfur, etc.

Fuck Afghanistan.

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Quote: from Takinam at 4:58 pm on June 17, 2008
I'm partial to thinking that I don't really care. All I want are Canadian troops out of Afghanistan and into places that are begging for our help.

IE. Darfur, etc.  

Fuck Afghanistan.

Afghanistan still needs help. Fuck Iraq is more like it. Those soldiers should go to Darfur, personally kill all the Janjaweed, and not bomb any civilians like in Iraq.

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Quote: from xsnortingxashesx at 7:59 pm on June 17, 2008
Quote: from Takinam at 4:58 pm on June 17, 2008
I'm partial to thinking that I don't really care. All I want are Canadian troops out of Afghanistan and into places that are begging for our help.  

 IE. Darfur, etc.

 Fuck Afghanistan.

Afghanistan still needs help. Fuck Iraq is more like it. Those soldiers should go to Darfur, personally kill all the Janjaweed, and not bomb any civilians like in Iraq.

QFT. Well said.

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My God I've fallen out of the loop of things.

I had no idea this was going on. I need to get back to watching the news...

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I don't know that I'm "freaking out" about it. I think it's rather obvious that we intend to hit those strongholds, and people are going to die on both sides. The war has become such an ingrained part of our world that it's just another day in the news. I think it's horrible that we are bogged down there and people are dying, and the situation is pretty much out of control now.
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Im not to worried about it.

Honestly, its going to be a big battle, and its going to be sad, because several civilians are going to get killed, but like I said, Im not to worried about it.

Between the Afghan army, and the UN, and all the weapons the US special forces smuggled in there the past 20 years, I dont think it will be to bad.

Now of course, the guns are probably in Taliban hands by now, but still, I dont think things will get to far out of control.

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nar im hoping to fight there when i sign up to the army

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"if war is the answer, you're asking the wrong question"

I heard that somewhere,
and it expresses what I feel about this whole snafu in the middle east.

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