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I am so tired of the voice of Frankenstein you have no idea.
What impresses me about the violence is that while it educates the Amerccan Public about the atrocities our soldiers have to sustain in this heinous war, it also brings comfort to the enemy. The enemy is reassured when the West is appauled by their hatred. Imagine that, the war that was supposed to stop the terror of The West due to WMD has actually become a tool for the terrorist networks. We don't belong in Iraq.
1020
I've been trying to piece together a riddle about Afghanistan and I can't let the last act of courage by Pat Tillman go by. I realize the entire circumstances are tragic but his actions are not and they jump out at me for the quality warrior he was. He took a 'fellow' Afghan fighter to the top of the hill where gunmen were firing on the caravan which his brother was a part. I can't get over the fact that he was fighting to save his brother yet his first choice as a partner in that act was not a fellow American but an Afghan fighter.
The question in my mind is what is unique about the battlefield in Afghanistan that creates a need of an undeniable American Hero to 'lean'
on a fellow Afghan soldier to save the life of his brother?
The history of the soldiers in Afghanistan creates a puzzle itself. Originally, they were on the same side against another superpower, Russia. They are 'seasoned' in fighting against a disciplined military. They have strategies. Fellow Afghan fighters would know the 'baseline' of the opposition that the Americans would not.
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda (or al-Qa'ida, pronounced al-KYE-da) surpassed the IRA and the PLO as the world's most infamous terrorist organization. Al-Qaeda—"the base" in Arabic—is the network of extremists organized by Osama bin Laden.
The Mujahideen
Al-Qaeda has its origins in the uprising against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Thousands of volunteers from around the Middle East came to Afghanistan as mujahideen, warriors fighting to defend fellow Muslims. In the mid-1980s, Osama bin Laden became the prime financier for an organization that recruited Muslims from mosques around the world. These "Afghan Arab" mujahideen, which numbered in the thousands, were crucial in defeating Soviet forces. After the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan, bin Laden returned to his native Saudi Arabia. He founded an organization to help veterans of the Afghan war, many of whom went on to fight elsewhere (including Bosnia) and comprise the basis of al-Qaeda. Bin Laden also studied with radical Islamic thinkers and may have already been organizing al-Qaeda when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. Bin Laden was outraged when the government allowed U.S. troops to be stationed in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam. In 1991 he was expelled from Saudi Arabia for anti-government activities.
The Rise of al-Qaeda
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/terror-qaeda.html
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Representative Murtha is a soldier from a similar war. I do believe he knows something about Vietnam. There is not much different about that war than Iraq. The leadership in Iraq is non existant no different than the failure of the USA military in Afghanistan. Attacking men who want to 'set the record' straight is not the way of ending violence against American soldiers. Covering up violence against innocent civilians escalates the hatred of the USA.
Anderson has again proven himself to be a well dressed JERK.
1037
Is there a particular reason why the viewership has to be exposed to sexism and racism over someone already wanted by the FBI?
1038
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1045
I am not interested in exploiting the focus of Mr. Jeffs. He needs to turn himself in to the authorities of this country that set the laws he is supposed to live by. He needs to spare his families the pain of confrontation.
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