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Old 06-11-08, 06:14 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Landmark troops deaths in Afghanistan reaches 100

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Originally Posted by Red_Dave View Post
We,re there with the consent of the Afgan government. How is that imperialism [or "wrong" as Volker put it]?you also have to bear in mind that setting a date for withdrawel would make the talibans task alot easyer. All they have to do is lay low untill a set date.
Long term occupation by a foreign power to prop up a government that does not enough support from its own people to stand smacks of imperialiasm. Or maybe colonialism. Some ism.
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