the people of Afghanistan will again walk to the polls to participate in a democratic election.this time around about 12 million people have registered to vote.
what a horrible country we are.
gotta love it.watching lefties eat crow,
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the people of Afghanistan will again walk to the polls to participate in a democratic election.this time around about 12 million people have registered to vote.
what a horrible country we are.
gotta love it.watching lefties eat crow,
victory,,,feels good.
They're doing it in the face of Taliban death threats also. Says quite a bit for the people of the country!! Good luck to all of them!!! :)
I don't see anything ironic in that statement: The U.S. -- along with Russia, China, the Vatican, multinational business interests, and the religious extremists in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent -- plays a vital role in propagating the authoritarian mindset that has retarded the evolution of human civilisation for generations.Quote:
Originally Posted by amsterdam
I'm not going to side with one evil over a greater or a lesser on: I'm going to use my pen, my voice, my wallet, and my ballot to strike them all.
yeah, when i saw that old lady with her gun being confiscated, and then tackled to the ground and forced out of her house at gunpoint, i felt so proud.
americaaa...fuck yeah! the military disarming you and forcing evacuations, which bush says we need more of, is actually freedom! and his demopublican cohorts will agree! vote demopublican and republicrat for tyranny, which is freedom!
she should have just given up and be grateful for that freedom and protection the loving feds give her as a privilege. they should have liberated her right there and then and just killed her, to protect her freedom.
http://www.gunowners.org/notb.htm
the neo-cons will think i'm a liberal for posting this from a pro 2nd amendment site too, because of that doublethink nonsense.
Hey pissy, why don't you address the thread instead of your own agenda...AGAIN!Quote:
Originally Posted by pisshead
Yeah, isn't it wonderful how we gave them all this freedom after we murdered a whole bunch of them? We're so great!
Oh wait, I forgot, the new fundamentalist Afghani government is banning non-violent political groups like RAWA just like the old fundamentalist Afghani government did.
Yup, and many parts of Afghanistan are still controlled by warlords.Quote:
Originally Posted by ermitonto
Yup, and the American forces are purposefully ignoring some of the warlords. Pakistan wants to build an oil pipeline to the Indian Ocean so it can control the oil supplies to India and China, but the US wants instead for a different pipeline that goes through the Caspian Sea and the Caucusus to Turkey's Mediterranean shore that will provide Europe and North America with oil. What an amazing coincidence that the warlords the American forces are ignoring are right where the Pakistani pipeline would go!
Weren't we supposed to have gotten rid of the Taliban?Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Nope, the Taliban is still around. The US just restored the Northern Alliance as the ruling fundamentalist warlords in the country. But they're letting some of the Taliban stay around so the Pakistani pipeline can't get completed.
Yup, and why did we attack Afghanistan again...OHHH Yah, that little episode called 9-11. Sould have just forgave em' I guess! :rolleyes:
I fail to see how 9/11 justified replacing one set of brutal fundamentalist warlords with another. Especially when our previous experience in trying that put into power a brutal fundamentalist government called the Taliban (who'd a thunk?). Whatever the best solution is, bombing innocent people (and thereby creating more people angry enough to resort to terrorism) and forcing ANOTHER oppressive fundamentalist theocracy on them is one of the worst ways of addressing the problem.
Remember, your government trained and funded both Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. What makes you think the US government has any business in Afghani politics with that kind of reputation?
Nah, it was more of a show. You guys HAD to attack somebody, right? Might as well make it Afghanistan!Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Amster and Psycho, you make me sick, constantly patting yourselves on the back for shit you have no idea about. I bet in 20 years, you'll be really happy when the US finds some other excuse to invade afghanistan once again (like what's been going on for the past 100 years...) and then you'll be praising yourselves again. You know, it's a serious psychological condition to always have to remind yourselves how high and mighty you are. You cause death and misery all over the world (edit: oh yeah, I almost forgot, in your own country too!), and then you suck each others' dicks when you pretend to clean it all up. Nice way of doing things...
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Originally Posted by F L E S H
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Sorry to hear your sick, take two asprin and post to me in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by F L E S H
Such an elequint speaker. Must be nice to sit up North knowing the big dog has your ass covered. Is this just a jealousy thing? :D
You do know Canada has a military, don't you? It may not be as big as America's, but then again they don't go around bombing everybody who disagrees with them. There really isn't much militant "anti-Canadianism" going on, you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
I know they have an army and I know they appreciate the U.S. and Great Britain watching their backs. How long do you think they would have stayed safe against the U.S.S.R. if it wasn't for us?
Well, they were about as "safe" as you can be when the entire world is under the constant threat of nuclear war. Frankly, I don't think the Soviets would have cared much about Canada if they followed a more neutral path like India or Egypt rather than allying themselves explicitly with the US. But such historical speculation is beside the point. Right now they don't really need protecting since they don't have any real significant external threats.
And they are sincerely welcomed! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ermitonto
Back on topic...
The United States government does not really care about the level of "freedom" or "democracy" in Afghanistan and its other satellite states. If it did, it would demand the existence of such basic freedoms as freedom of assembly (as I mentioned before, non-violent political groups are STILL banned), freedom of religion (not possible under the theocracy known as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan...but I guess fundamentalists like Bush don't really care too much about theocracies), freedom from human rights violations, and other liberties which simply do not exist under the American-backed theocracy.
If the United States government really cared about "freedom" and "democracy", it would immediately stop supporting and funding authoritarian dictatorships like Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Haiti, and Uzbekistan. The fact that our leaders don't withdraw support for these countries or even denounce the complete lack of freedom in them is uncontrovertible evidence that the leaders of our country support the idea of authoritarian dictatorship, and I don't see how that can possibly be reconciled with all the bullshit they spout about "freedom", which for them is a nebulous concept that they refuse to define for us.
the big dog has our ass covered? Thank god! All those bombs and terrorist threats we've been receiveing really had me worried for a second there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Besides, all the terrorists either live, or have family here. So we're safe up here. :D
Just stay under the watchfull eye of the Eagle and you'll be safe and sound! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by F L E S H
Found a nice little site that has the Afghanistan constitution. You may want to read this:Quote:
Originally Posted by ermitonto
http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/af00000_.html
Article 22 [Equality]
(1) Any kind of discrimination and privilege between the citizens of Afghanistan are prohibited.
(2) The citizens of Afghanistan -- whether man or woman -- have equal rights and duties before the law.
Article 33 [Electoral Rights]
(1) The citizens of Afghanistan have the right to elect and be elected.
(2) Law regulates the conditions and means to exercise this right.
Article 34 [Expression, Press, Media]
(1) Freedom of expression is inviolable.
(2) Every Afghan has the right to express his thought through speech, writing, or illustration or other means, by observing the provisions stated in this Constitution.
(3) Every Afghan has the right to print or publish topics without prior submission to the state authorities in accordance with the law.
(4) Directives related to printing house, radio, television, press, and other mass media, will be regulated by the law.
Article 36 [Demonstration]
The citizens of Afghanistan have the right to un-armed demonstrations, for legitimate peaceful purposes.
Howdy Psycho4Bud,
Yeeehhhaaww !!! Git em ! The terrorist appeasers and apologists,don't want there to be any successful new democracies,it messes up their "hate Bush all the time and blame him for everything",agenda..they would rather see folks suffering terribly at the hands of terrorists and brutal dictators-than ever have to admit that any of Bush's policies are good .
Have a good one !
yup,yup,yup!!!
a great day for the great people of afghanistan!!an elected parliament!!wow.amazing.
let those who will complain about anything complain,,,,they can see the writing on the fast approaching door..
Funny, I thought we went to Afganistan to capture or kill this guy, I can't remember his name, you know who I mean, ugly motherfucker with a beard, looks like an old hippy.
What does "they can see the writing on the fast approaching door" mean?
You guys realize that a constitution means nothing right? Were you aware that even Stalin drafted a constitution, and everybody was happy that things would turn out ok?
Well, in case I need to remind you, that constitution didn't do anything at all, cause Stalin simply chose to ignore it. Having a constitution and an election doesn't mean anything.
Oh my! Is it really that tough to give the people of Afghanistan a little praise? Or is it that the United States was behind it? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by F L E S H
Dude i know who you meen I saw him on tv. He had a macheen gun, write?Quote:
Originally Posted by andruejaysin
Thats right, I think they call him Captain Caveman now! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by weadboy420
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Originally Posted by weadboy420
macheen...
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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
got that right!!
No, you're way too self-absorbed and self-righteous to praise anybody else but yourselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Keep on congratulating yourselves, boys, and give yourselves handjobs while you're at it.
at least you know the incredible progress being made over there.
i dont give a shit which side of the aisle your on,good things are happening.
You're obsessed with congratulating yourself, aren't you? What's wrong, no one gave you enough positive attention when you were a kid?Quote:
Originally Posted by amsterdam
Well Howdy Flesh,Quote:
Originally Posted by F L E S H
Oh I think your taking this a little to hard aren't ya? Congradulations to the fine people of Afghanistan isn't patting myself on the back, but I'll pat theirs.
As for the handjob bit, Amsterdam really isn't my type.
You have a very, very, pleasent day!!! :D
psycho's so proud of the fake government...
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Originally Posted by nicholasstanko
If you call an elected government fake, well, your choice. Keep on following lil' lamb! :D