Streetcleaner Posted January 13, 2017 Member ID: 20996 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 12 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1766 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 1544 Achievement Points: 15797 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/27/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 01:31 PM Device: Windows Share Posted January 13, 2017 On this day in 1842 a British army doctor by the name of William Brydon reaches the British sentry post at Jalalabad,Afghanistan, the lone survivor of a 16,000 strong expeditionary force that was massacred in it's retreat from Kabul ....The people change and time goes by but the names of the places remain the same.....Vietnam ring a bell ? we didn't learn from the French occupation there in the 50's did we? and still another centuries old conflict is going on and we don't learn....I know for me it's lives that could have been saved,not just Americans EVERYBODY and money we could have spent on better things.What do you think will happen when we pull out along with the other nations involved? History is there for a reason it's about time we use it.I'm sorry if this comes out as a rant but when I saw that article it hit a nerve.There are plenty of people out there who lost loved ones because of these(conflicts)and when soldiers come home and see what has happened in Iraq since they left.....what were we doing and why were we there for so long? is a good question that really hasn't been answered yet.And what about Afghanistan? TheLastColdBeer, Sonovabich, FUNky and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonovabich Posted January 13, 2017 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.28 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.93 Reputation: 5172 Achievement Points: 131491 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 02:22 PM Device: Windows Share Posted January 13, 2017 Only 4000 of that Expeditionary Force were Soldiers though, 12,000 were Civilians, looks like things have not changed in the respect that these Bastards still like massacring Civilians. TheLastColdBeer and hxtr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastColdBeer Posted January 13, 2017 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 548 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4674 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5865 Achievement Points: 41118 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted January 13, 2017 Too much time is spent winning wars. Very little thought and treasure is spent winning the peace. That's the hard part. PimpedOutPete and Sonovabich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted January 13, 2017 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 129 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 14892 Content Per Day: 2.76 Reputation: 7830 Achievement Points: 91127 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 52 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: iPhone Share Posted January 13, 2017 Too much time is spent winning wars. Very little thought and treasure is spent winning the peace. That's the hard part. Thats very true Beers, I would also add that justifying peace is difficult if we should have not been there in the first place. Sonovabich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Magnus_1 Posted January 13, 2017 Member ID: 1410 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 39 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 522 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 451 Achievement Points: 3585 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 23 Birthday: 05/08/1953 Device: Windows Share Posted January 13, 2017 Too much time is spent winning wars. Very little thought and treasure is spent winning the peace. That's the hard part. The only way to peace is to WIN the war ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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