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Originally posted by 302 LX Eric:
And don't forget what happened to the former Soviet Union. They went into Afganistan in 1979 thinking that these nomadic people would be a push over for a superpower. Well, ask them 10 years later what happened - they left Afganistan after much bloodshed and lost site of why they were they and what their objectives were.
Eric
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The only reason they won that battle was because
WE were funding them!! This is different. That was a superpower against a bunch of hicks with a superpower backing them. This is a bunch of hicks sh!tting thier pants right now! I know someone is on thier side(Saddam I'm sure), but noone is man enough to come right out and say it. Only thing I worry about is Pakistan smiling and shanking hands(hmm.. like Japan before WWII), letting up park our artillary on thier land and having it sabatoged or something to that effect. If that were to happen then I think we would still come out on top. We would then have a definite enemy. I don't think that will happen but you never know..
I see this thing going on for a while but its kinda like having an outlaw in the old west, only this time its a worldwide outlaw. I think those old boys are a bit worried after the speak tonight.. I wouldn't wanna be one of them or the Taliban. They are in for a world of hurt.
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Rick
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