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    Default Re: Democracy means voting for your friendly neighborhood dictator

    Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
    The problem is that this willful, corrupt barbarism has a tendency to spread like an infectious disease. For example, if we withdraw from Afghanistan, then the Taliban after overpowering the regime in Kabul, will turn its eyes outward, to Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, etc. We are basically containing a fire so that it does not engulf the entire region.
    Uhm....

    Just like they did after they overthrew the Mujahedin and ruled until 2001?

    Oh wait, they didn't....
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Uhm....

    Just like they did after they overthrew the Mujahedin and ruled until 2001?

    Oh wait, they didn't....
    Times have changed and so has Taliban's rhetoric and agenda. This isn't 1996 anymore.
    "And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman

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