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To: unclewest who wrote (507371)9/10/2012 4:11:21 PM
From: cnyndwllr  Respond to of 793838
 
Yes, I used "won" in parenthesis since I didn't want to concede that point but I didn't want to argue it either.

And I agree that the Afghan "stay the course" policy was, and is, foolish. I'd have wanted Obama to get out a lot sooner and, especially after the killing of Bin Ladin, I don't know why he didn't. If we think we can put troops into foreign nations to protect ourselves from terrorist attacks we're deluding ourselves. Ed