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To: combjelly who wrote (934200)	5/9/2016 7:43:40 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571929

The important point you seem to be missing is that shit happens. The planet goes through changes that we (humans) have nothing to do with. Species become extinct, new ones evolve. Some make it for a long time and can evolve no further. Others are able to change almost at will. This is survival of the fittest. If you have a problem with it you're going to have ro take it to a higher power.

To: combjelly who wrote (934200)	5/9/2016 8:19:32 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571929

O'Liar in Chief +++ On the morning of Oct. 1, about 30 soldiers were in close-quarters combat against Taliban fighters — even though White House and Pentagon officials have repeatedly insisted that American troops no longer play that role. The Americans were not ambushed while advising local forcesbehind the front lines or struck by rocket fire while manning a fortified base. Nine months after President Obama declared an end to the American combat mission in Afghanistan, these Green Berets were at the leading edge of an offensive to retake Kunduz, where Afghan forces had melted away as insurgents attacked, leaving an entire city in the Taliban’s grip for the first time since 2001. The fight for the police compound proved crucial in rallying Afghan forces to retake the city. It also offered the starkest example to date of a blurry line in Afghanistan and Iraq between the missions that American forces are supposed to be fulfilling — military training and advising — and combat. Mr. Obama has portrayed that combat role as over. But as the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq have threatened the delicate stability he hoped to leave behind, American forces are increasingly being called on to fight. nytimes.com