Not even Bush wanted to go into Afghanistan.

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ER — 9/22/2013 4:21:40 AM (archived)

They don't have any oil, and they don't have a coast.

If Al-Quaeda hadn't taken refuge with the Taliban, not even Dubya would have wandered into tht hell-hole.

However, they did, and Dubya did. And I supported him. Still do.

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Some interesting facts about the Soviet - Afghanistan war. - bowser - 9/22/2013 3:53:39 AM
- Not even Bush wanted to go into Afghanistan. - ER - 9/22/2013 4:21:40 AM
  - Well, most histories say he did. He did not want to be perceived as weak after 9-11. - bowser - 9/22/2013 5:44:07 AM
    - That was his job, Bowser. - ER - 9/22/2013 3:04:26 PM
      - Which is it? He didn't want to go, or it was his job and he did want to go? - bowser - 9/23/2013 6:21:57 AM
        
        No contradiction. - ER - 9/23/2013 2:48:52 PM
        
        He wanted to go. Badly. The easiest reads are Woodward. - bowser - 9/24/2013 1:19:34 AM
        
        Bowz, if I had been in his shoes, I would have been dying to attack Afghanistan. - ER - 9/24/2013 1:32:17 AM
        
        I can't keep up. "Not even Bush wanted to go into Afghanistan. by ER" - bowser - 9/24/2013 6:17:52 AM
        
        I don't think you're seeing my point. - ER - 9/24/2013 2:23:32 PM
        
        Stop guessing and read the histories. - bowser - 9/25/2013 4:50:15 AM
        
        Aren't the historians guessing, too? - ER - 9/25/2013 1:19:05 PM
        
        Just for fun. - bowser - 9/26/2013 12:34:17 AM
        
        Just curious... - TB - 9/23/2013 2:58:51 PM
        
        Allow me to enlighten you... - ER - 9/23/2013 5:04:09 PM
        
        Good find. - TB - 9/23/2013 5:47:38 PM
        
        Nuts. - TB - 9/23/2013 6:04:07 PM
        
        Tom. It doesn't matter. Let it be. - ER - 9/23/2013 7:19:51 PM
        
        Sorry. I LIKE information. - TB - 9/23/2013 7:21:06 PM
        
        Information is not wisdom. It's not even knowledge. - ER - 9/23/2013 7:34:55 PM
        
        Dude, I LIKED your link. - TB - 9/23/2013 8:06:16 PM
        
        I appreciate you enjoyed my link. - ER - 9/23/2013 8:12:46 PM
        
        I do if it's something I never heard before. - TB - 9/23/2013 8:20:29 PM
        
        I guess by now you know Elisee was no statist. - ER - 9/23/2013 8:30:33 PM
      - No oil in Afghanistan, but check the map. - bowser - 9/23/2013 4:43:59 AM
        
        Missed again, young Jedi. - ER - 9/23/2013 2:41:37 PM
        
        Again, look at a map. - bowser - 9/24/2013 3:52:15 AM

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