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  1. That and the US went into Vietnam specifically to overthrow the North and failed big time. The US didn't go into Afghanistan to destroy the Taliban. That started later and was mostly abandoned after Bin Laden was killed and the Afghani government that took the Taliban's place turned out to be a joke. For a time, the US imposed it's will on Afghanistan. After it became obvious that the populace didn't want to do what's needed for permanent change, the US began withdrawing. Now all that's left is to secure mineral and lithium rights deals and leave Afghanistan to the only organization in the world that even wants to run that country, the Taliban.
  2. The regime change was a secondary goal. The main objective was achieved years ago. Why is that so difficult for people to comprehend? Afghanistan wasn't attacked because the US wanted to own rocks. It was attacked because that's where Al Quada, specifically Bin Laden, was hiding out. Al Quada is all but neutered now and ISIS rose in it's stead. After ISIS is beat, someone else will take it's place. If the US kept going until the Taliban was destroyed, another extremist group would just take it's place. As much of a moron as Trump is, he realizes that staying there is pointless since the Afghanis will not stand up for their own country. It's better to make nice with the Taliban now, set up business ties to be able to access their lithium and minerals, then leave. Trump's administration recognizes that.
  3. A far better job of what? The US imposed it's will on the country and achieved it's main objective of killing Bin Laden after driving him out into Pakistan. There's only so many mountains you can flatten and Taliban that you can kill before it becomes pointless. It became pointless years ago. Obama just didn't want to give up trying to turn them into a modernized nation even after it became obvious it would never happen.
  4. The idea was to hunt down and kill Osama Bin Laden. That happened after he was driven out of Afghanistan into Pakistan. The rest was just the US's attempt at country building. The US fought back the Taliban, installed a government run by the Afghanistan people. That government turned out to be woefully inept and the US has been slowly pulling out troops ever since. Now the US is trying to negotiate some semblance of order before it fully withdraws. The main objective was achieved years ago with Bin Laden's death. That's a win. Was the expenditure of hundreds of Billions of dollars worth trying to build Afghanistan into something resembling a modern day nation? Hell no. That was Obama's pipe dream. So Obama's secondary objective failed miserably, but the main objective was a success. That is a win with a costly secondary objective failure. It was never the United State's objective to take Afghanistan over and turn it into a territory. It's long past time to leave so Drumpf wants to leave. That and I think there's a better than average chance that he's going to redirect those troops to Iran.
  5. How is it a loss? The US is tired of blowing up rocks and flattening mountains with MOAB's and wants to stabilize the area as much as possible then leave. The only way to do that is to make nice with the Taliban since the Afghani citizens won't fight them to free their own country. This was George W's war, not Obamas or Drumpfs. Is it your opinion that the United States spends another 20 years there for little to no gain? Or better yet, just kill everybody in the entire country just so we can wave our flag and claim "victory"? In your mind, what is a "win"? Attacking them was a waste especially since Osama Bin Laden just ended up in Pakistan. Nobody's denying that. The only good thing that came from it was signaling to the Saudi extremists that attacking the US comes with a heavy price. Personally I don't want the US to stick around Afghanistan trying to free a bunch of Muslims that won't fight to free their own country. We're just killing Taliban soldiers at this point out of habit more than anything else and it's costing money and occasional US lives. That's not a good reason to continue a war.
  6. If Luongo's health keeps heading south, he realistically could fail a physical before his contract expires and get put on LTIR with no cap recapture penalty for the Canucks or Florida.  If Florida can find a better option in the UFA market, they may be more than willing to fail him and pay off the contract.  In terms of actual money, he's only still owed less than $4 Million total for the remaining years.  Easily affordable for Florida.

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    2. coastal.view

      coastal.view

      if he goes on ltir

      that frees up another 800k in cap space for the nucks

      rooting for luongo to fail

      cuz extra unused cap space is pretty to look at

      :P

    3. DADDYROCK

      DADDYROCK

      You know the league will play hardball with the Canucks when it comes time to look over the Luongo contract,where Boston or Chicago or New York would be able to slide through unscathed

    4. SabreFan1

      SabreFan1

      Rules are rules.  LTIR means no cap recapture.  I think Florida will blink before Luongo ever decides to retire especially if they can get a replacement.

       

      The only good thing about that contract was front loading it so much that the final 3 years cost relatively little in actual cash.

  7. @Dombrova22 Make all the faux-negative responses that you want, Botterill's job depends on the success of this new coach. They both have 2 years max to get the organization trending upwards faster. for the second one, Skinner will only stay with the Sabres if they are the highest bidder. The Sabres' depth performance is a problem. Krueger is going to have to seriously motivate them to actually contribute more.
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    2. SabreFan1

      SabreFan1

      @Tre Mac I dare you to try that!  :lol:

    3. SabreFan1

      SabreFan1

      Didn't think dying of a UTI was common for a cat.  I always thought antibiotics cleared that up fairly quickly.

    4. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      @Tre Mac You sound pretty broken up. Ask for the rest of the month off. :lol:

  8. Look, out the window, a moose hugging a Mountie! NOBODY READ THIS ARTICLE!! I'd like to keep all of that cheap Canadian oil flowing into the US where it belongs!!
  9. Co-GM Eichel will take over co-coaching duties by iPad connection with Krueger.
  10. I never caught that. Edmonton is nuts. The guy who fired him in what amounted to little more than a text message is still there.
  11. I can't tell tone in this post. You were just setting up the bleak joke, right? Craig MacTavish who fired him over Skype 6 years ago is still VP of hockey ops in Edmonton.
  12. No NHL FO experience so his prospects there were likely bleak. At 59 his earning years are becoming fewer. Take the coaching job and bank millions then retire to wherever you want in the world.
  13. Then he's tailor-made for the Sabres next season! After the Sabres lose Skinner to the FA market this off-season, they'll have 2.5 lackluster lines that will need to be whipped into shape.
  14. Jason Botterill's job depends on how well Krueger does in the next 2 seasons. If the team still sucks in 2021, they'll be looking for both a new HC and GM.
  15. Heck no! I'll hand him my tire iron after wiping my prints from it and tell him to go to town on himself.
  16. Not belittling. Just pointing out that you had a choice. You chose to subject yourself to an emotional thread. If I see someone punching themself in the face, I'll tell them to stop doing that. If they continue, that's on them no matter the reason why they are doing it.
  17. You went from clever to insulting the entire board. Not the wisest move.
  18. Did this cop execute this woman or not?

     

    Cops are claiming that she grabbed his taser from him and used it against him when he attempted to arrest her for having outstanding warrants. 

     

    Video in spoiler tags.  *No blood but you see the silhouette of both her and the cop as well as hear the shots*

     

    Spoiler

     

     

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    2. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      @Violator  Oh, I didn't mean nobody would want to work in the interior...only that it might be a draw for those looking to work in a big city especially since the pay would be much better if they worked as a regular city cop vs RCMP - granted if said city was Vancouver it wouldn't mean alot considering how expensive it is to live here).

    3. Alflives

      Alflives

      She’s fighting the officer.  She grabbed his weapon, so he shot her.  If she submits without a struggle, does she get shot?  Don’t fight with the police.

    4. Violator

      Violator

      @NewbieCanuckFan with the ease of shipping these days smaller town have a bigger advantage.I think the RCMP work load is a big dissadvantage tbat and to much interfernce from ottawa

  19. Juvenile but clever. However my point still stands. You're an adult admittedly crying over words and a story on a message board, and because it offends your delicate sensibilities you want the thread to be shut down when all you need to do is stop clicking on it and reading. The actual adults who can emotionally handle real world events can then choose to continue to read and comment on the story rather than stick their heads in the sand.
  20. Lady in Maryland left 7 kids in her locked car while she went shopping. She's been arrested and charged with more charges incoming. She'll be losing her freedom for a while. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/child-calls-911-report-being-left-hot-car-6-other-n1005111
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