Which is it? He didn't want to go, or it was his job and he did want to go?

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bowser — 9/23/2013 6:21:57 AM (archived)

He may have done the right thing for the wrong reasons. He wanted to appear tough, warlike, vengeful, and had no exit strategy.

It is to Obama's great shame that he hasn't found his way out of there. No guts.

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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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