I think it is in Afghanistan. Cunning US
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The Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Ok last time I do this. Afghanistan was already taken care of and a democratically elected government now holds power there. Granted its a gov based on Islamic Law BUT theyre learning AND it was elected by the PEOPLE. We did not go into Iraq for oil...how many tankers have arrived here from Iraq? NONE.  The main points the President and his admin cited were Saddam's alleged links to Al Queda which rather recently are starting to be CONFIRMED by siezed Iraqui documents as well as Saddam's refusal to cooperate with UN weapon inspectors and even going as far as covertly transporting most of its WMD programs to friendly neighbor nations. Evidence of this is also starting to come out of siezed regime documents. There is ALOT more but I only have a short space to make my main points. The rest of it IS out there, if you have the intelligence to look for it and the wisdom to see that ALL the "mainstream" press is biased...even the socalled "fair and balanced" Fox News.
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... you probably mean al-Qiada (sp?)... the Taliban was merely the government that was hosting them in Afghanistan... quite a bit of a difference.... \n\nI would say a U.S. city.... LA... Chicago...Atlanta... maybe Washington... but who really knows? All we do know is that Osama is still out there and probably planning another attack as we speak... no one really knows for sure exactly where he is or what he's doing... kind of like pre 9-11...
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Here in Afghanistan they man weapons on helicopters. Mostly on AF CH-53s. Very few here so don't know anything more than that.\nSorry
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According to our government it hasn't reached that point yet.  According to those on the ground over there it's almost in full swing.  Who to believe?  I think I'll believe those who are in the middle of it, rather than the Administration that has been dancing around it.
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At least it is Egypt.  I have one son in the Army who has already spent one year in Baghdad and is now stationed in Afghanistan.
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I think the last time I heard we have 13,000 troops in Afghanistan... not nearly enough to deal with the actual area that the terroists are located... \n\nmeanwhile we have like 150,000 last time I heard in Iraq... which is not near any terrorist hq... \n\nmaybe we shouldn't have cut and run from Afghanistan... where the majority of the terrorists are... maybe we just created a hot bed for terrorists while we're off trying to solve secrarian violence in Iraq?
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could it be USA as usual.  that's kinda obvious.
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Central Asia, west of China.  It's above Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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If there's an american bar nearby they will likely be showing it. One would be most likely near an American military base stationed there.
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The West has made a deal with all the warlords and drug czars (now called provincial premiers) in order to quieten the place down. \n\nUltimately, the US wants to secure the place so it can finish the construction of an oil pipe from the north through Afghanistan.\n\nA deal was made with the local chieftains in exchange for their support.
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There are several reasons why we are out there.\n\nFirst, there is the NATO commitment.  We were there originally in 2002 to support the Americans.  Now, we are there under NATO for the Provincial Reconstructions Teams and the International Security Assistance Force.  None of that OEF stuff.  That is the American mission, primarily in the East of Afghanistan.\n\nSecond, we are there because President Hamid Karzai is asking us to stick it out.  We're helping out in the South, even if it might not look like it to the untrained, uninformed eyes of civilians.  There is one reason that the illegal armed factions have stepped up their attacks against the Canadians: we are winning, and scaring the living daylights out of them.  I mean, when they start digging in for a conventional war, you know that an insurgency is one the rocks.\n\nThird, we can't pull out until the job is done.  We are committed at least to 2009, possibly even longer.  But our desired end-state is that Afghanistan will be a secure, self-governing country free from warlords, drug kingpins, Taliban extremists and safe for everyone to live in.  That can't happen until the armed factions are either disarmed or routed in battle.  \n\nAnd you, jim22pb, get your head out of where the sun is not shining.  I have seen these videos, and they are doing pretty good in those firefights.  Small unit combat is nothing like Hollywood, make no mistake.  It's simple, it's brutal, and it works.  If anything, they are dealing with the enemy in a professional, methodical manner.  Yes, they duck a lot, but here is something for you.  It's not because they are under light fire that it's not accurate fire.  And a head sticking out over a wall is a pretty easy target if it won't move.  If it bobs up and down randomly and each time sending a few bullets your way, you'll keep down too.
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From one who was there, and lost all his men, and lived to tell, you are very welcome. I was in Afghanistan in 2002. 19 yrs old. We had and are still having a hell of a time over there. We(the armed forces) need all the support we can get. On another note though, If I had the choice to go and fight knowing what would happen all over again, I would go in a heart beat. No thanks necceccary. We are just doing our job. (Semper Fi!)
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Hooah!!\n\nI am a SPC in the United States Army.  Been in Afghanistan for 5 months now only 7 more to go.
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When the liberation of Afghanistan was complete, the US Government announced that all satellite imagery from the area had been purchased by the USA for an indefinite period of time. It is not possible for anyone outside of the US Government to have access to satellite photography in Afghanistan.\n\nAlso, physically it is very difficult for independent news sources to actually get anywhere outside of Kabul. The country is extremely mountainous and the road infrastructure is in ruins. The country has literally millions of landmines that were placed with little rhyme or reason. Even if the people who placed them wanted to pay to remove them, there are no maps of where they are because they were simply dropped from helicopters or planted by roving patrols.\n\nIraq, no matter what anyone wants to say, is a relatively modern country with an adequate transportation net except in the Kurdish areas (again, mountainous plus it was heavily persecuted under the Hussein regime). Iraq has extensive open borders with several countries that would not mind the Coalition being embarrassed by reporters who can sneak in just as easily as terrorists can (maybe they carpool together?).\n\nAlso, there just isn't as much interest in the viewing public for information coming from Afghanistan. The US presence is about 1/5 the size in Iraq, and the forces there are largely Special Forces who are not supposed to be photographed anyways. The bulk of the Coalition forces are actually not American, so that would shoot down the whole "Anti-American Conspiracy Theory" that we hear so much about (a French soldier was just killed there the other day, in case anyone cares).
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thru the court system in afghanistan
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Why doesn't the US try keeping its nose out of other peoples business.  Afghanistan is still a stuff up many years down the line, and last time you took on Korea your country didn't fare too well.\n  Maybe US policy should try to concentrate on its own internal problems.