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	<title>The English Guy's Personal Blog &#187; afghanistan</title>
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		<title>Why Are Our Troops Fighting in Afghanistan?</title>
		<link>http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2009/10/19/why-are-our-troops-fighting-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;especially when the UN watchdog looking at vote-rigging in Afghanistan has thrown out thousands, and looks more and more like the President Karzai may face a run-off vote. I don&#8217;t trust the man, even more so now. He doesn&#8217;t want to accept the watchdog&#8217;s announcement, so our troops are now fighting for us, in a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;especially when the UN watchdog looking at vote-rigging in Afghanistan has thrown out thousands, and looks more and more like the President Karzai may face a run-off vote.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t trust the man, even more so now. He doesn&#8217;t want to accept the watchdog&#8217;s announcement, so our troops are now fighting for us, in a country run by a tyrant. Why are they there? Who cares about Afghanistan?</p>
<p>I know that sounds callous but really, what are we there for? Stopping the Taleban? It wasn&#8217;t the Taleban who bombed the towers. They kept the heroin production down, it&#8217;s more than three times as much now, so we or the Afghanis are doing a piss-poor job of that. I&#8217;m sorry that they treat women badly, but that happens all over the muslim world, they all treat their women like chattel.</p>
<p>Come on, let&#8217;s get our boys out of there.</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Trainers&#8217; Sent to Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many years of war has there been already? Six? Seven? Afghanistan is a no-go zone for anyone, it&#8217;s an unstable hell-hole that even the Taliban won&#8217;t live in, as they commute from Pakistan. Now we hear that President Obama is sending in 4,000 trainers. Isn&#8217;t this what happened in Vietnam? Trainers sent in first? [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many years of war has there been already? Six? Seven? Afghanistan is a no-go zone for anyone, it&#8217;s an unstable hell-hole that even the Taliban won&#8217;t live in, as they commute from Pakistan.</p>
<p>Now we hear that President Obama is <a href="http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/26/4000-more-troops-set-for-afghanistan-officials-say/">sending in 4,000 trainers</a>. Isn&#8217;t this what happened in Vietnam? Trainers sent in first? Although I suppose there the combat troops came in afterwards&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Go On Harry! Give &#8216;Em Hell!</title>
		<link>http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2008/02/28/go-on-harry-give-em-hell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to see that our high and mighty (Prince Harry) are in the trenches with the rest of us plebs, don&#8217;t you think? I doubt you&#8217;d see any Bush scion serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, and we know that Clinton avoided that era&#8217;s war quite deftly (as did Bush incidentally). I hope Prince Harry [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s good to see that our high and mighty (<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7269743.stm">Prince Harry</a>) are in the trenches with the rest of us plebs, don&#8217;t you think? I doubt you&#8217;d see any <em>Bush</em> scion serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, and we know that <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200611180005">Clinton avoided</a> that era&#8217;s war quite deftly (as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_military_service_controversy">did Bush</a> incidentally).</p>
<p>I hope <a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/28/prince-harry-fighting-in-afghanistan-outed-by-drudge-rpt/">Prince Harry</a> doesn&#8217;t get hurt/injured/killed/captured mind you, that would be a debacle to say the least. I don&#8217;t think the Taleban would be merciful &#8211; in contrary to the Quran of course. You have to admire him though, he&#8217;s wanted to serve on the front lines, said he would quit if not allowed, and obviously stuck to his guns.</p>
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