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**mplawssix** · 07-08-2010, 06:22 PM

Why aren't you in AFG fighting now?

Apparently, he is not up to fulfilling his moral duty!

If I had a choice in the matter, I would be. I tried to join the Marine Corps and the Army when I graduated high school in 1999 and again in 2001. Unfortunately, I am not fit for military service; I am mentally ill and I am not allowed to enlist while I am taking the medications I need to function.

How was occupying Vietnam a good idea?

Stopping the spread of international Communism and upholding our treaty obligations to the lawful government of Vietnam.

What about being hostile to other regimes? There is a concept as live and let live, right?

Yes, but it takes a backseat to our national interests.

True, but things don't happen in a vacuum. What of our depleted uranium rounds that are making Iraqis and Aghanis (as well as our own service-people) ill?

The depleted uranium rounds will stop when the war is over. The attacks on women will continue until the Afghans have a government that is both willing and able to put a stop to them. The solution to both problems is America achieving its objectives in Afghanistan; our premature withdrawal will only solve one of these problems and leave Afghanistan a bigger security threat than it was before we invaded.

07-08-2010, 06:22 PM	#15
mplawssix Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	Why aren't you in AFG fighting now? Apparently, he is not up to fulfilling his moral duty! If I had a choice in the matter, I would be. I tried to join the Marine Corps and the Army when I graduated high school in 1999 and again in 2001. Unfortunately, I am not fit for military service; I am mentally ill and I am not allowed to enlist while I am taking the medications I need to function. How was occupying Vietnam a good idea? Stopping the spread of international Communism and upholding our treaty obligations to the lawful government of Vietnam. What about being hostile to other regimes? There is a concept as live and let live, right? Yes, but it takes a backseat to our national interests. True, but things don't happen in a vacuum. What of our depleted uranium rounds that are making Iraqis and Aghanis (as well as our own service-people) ill? The depleted uranium rounds will stop when the war is over. The attacks on women will continue until the Afghans have a government that is both willing and able to put a stop to them. The solution to both problems is America achieving its objectives in Afghanistan; our premature withdrawal will only solve one of these problems and leave Afghanistan a bigger security threat than it was before we invaded.
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