Comments on: Things We Said, We Don’t Own Anymore http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:18:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 macaquerman Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:44:13 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2365 <p>Excuse the typo.</p> Excuse the typo.

]]> By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 macaquerman Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:42:34 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2364 <p>I get it. If I’m quoted him correctly, then he doesn’t mean it.</p> I get it. If I’m quoted him correctly, then he doesn’t mean it.

]]> By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 macaquerman Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:16:40 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2363 <p>I read the book, but was referring to the decade or so prior to 2001.</p> I read the book, but was referring to the decade or so prior to 2001.

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 Teddy Partridge Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:00:40 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2362 <p>Anyone who thinks we weren’t in Afghanistan prior to September 2001 should watch “Charlie Wilson’s War” just for laughs.</p> <p>Oh, and <a href="http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/264" rel="nofollow">please recommend my Oxdown diary</a>.</p> Anyone who thinks we weren’t in Afghanistan prior to September 2001 should watch “Charlie Wilson’s War” just for laughs.

Oh, and please recommend my Oxdown diary.

]]> By: Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2361 Spencer Ackerman Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:38:15 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2361 <p>As a matter of fact, you are. That’s what’s known as empty rhetoric. McCain postured while Obama offered plans for Afghanipakistan. The most substantive thing McCain said about the region in the debate was that he was relieved Petraeus is in charge of Central Command.</p> As a matter of fact, you are. That’s what’s known as empty rhetoric. McCain postured while Obama offered plans for Afghanipakistan. The most substantive thing McCain said about the region in the debate was that he was relieved Petraeus is in charge of Central Command.

]]> By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 macaquerman Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:59:22 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2360 <p>Did I not hear McCain say that you act rather than talk in regard to going after al-Qaeda? Am I failing to understand, Spencer?</p> Did I not hear McCain say that you act rather than talk in regard to going after al-Qaeda? Am I failing to understand, Spencer?

]]> By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 macaquerman Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:56:28 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2359 <p>So, because we helped them and then ceased to help them they’re angry atm us rsther than the Taliban and the Taliban’s Pakistani and Saudi sponsers? This makes sense to you?</p> So, because we helped them and then ceased to help them they’re angry atm us rsther than the Taliban and the Taliban’s Pakistani and Saudi sponsers? This makes sense to you?

]]> By: Leen http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2355 Leen Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:45:08 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2355 <p>After we abandoned Afghanistan their plight disappeared from the News in the states and funds dried up.</p> <p>According to my friend Haroon who was 4 years old when Russia invaded, the Afghani people feel a great deal of anger about being abandoned and being subjected to the radical elements in the Taliban.</p> <p>He is convinced that the only way to deal with the Taliban is to be inclusive of the individuals in the Taliban who are not as radical or violent as others. That the Taliban needs to be brought to the table. That this would temper the violence</p> After we abandoned Afghanistan their plight disappeared from the News in the states and funds dried up.

According to my friend Haroon who was 4 years old when Russia invaded, the Afghani people feel a great deal of anger about being abandoned and being subjected to the radical elements in the Taliban.

He is convinced that the only way to deal with the Taliban is to be inclusive of the individuals in the Taliban who are not as radical or violent as others. That the Taliban needs to be brought to the table. That this would temper the violence

]]> By: Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2354 Spencer Ackerman Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:44:47 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2354 <p>Might you ever want to deal with what McCain actually says, instead of your rationalizations for his statements? Recall that many a well-meaning individual reacted to Bush’s 2001-2003 insanity by saying, “Well, he surely doesn’t mean THAT…”</p> Might you ever want to deal with what McCain actually says, instead of your rationalizations for his statements? Recall that many a well-meaning individual reacted to Bush’s 2001-2003 insanity by saying, “Well, he surely doesn’t mean THAT…”

]]> By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 macaquerman Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:21:48 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/09/28/palinretractionpakistan/#comment-2351 <p>Hi, Leen.<br /> Do you recall us being any presence in, of even threat to, Afghanistan or Pakistan prior to September of 2001?</p> Hi, Leen.
Do you recall us being any presence in, of even threat to, Afghanistan or Pakistan prior to September of 2001?

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