No kidding. You would have thought after Vietnam we would have picked up a book on Afghanistan.
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 6:03 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Only you and few others on list are old enough to remember that stuff in > Iraq with the Shah. You are correct we should have left the Brits all that > mess especially Afghanistan.... they don't teach this in high schools... > maybe at good colleges... > On Mar 13, 2016 4:48 PM, "Lewis Bergman" <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Actually, I think we screwed up the middle East when we drew those lines >> after WWI. Obama isn't the first to miss an opportunity. I was always >> against going into Iraq when we did. We should have gone in when he was >> gassing his own people, if ever. >> >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 4:57 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >>> I don’t think the guy ever got the ring back. >>> >>> One thing that really bugs me about Obama is that he had a really good >>> chance to support the Syrian rebels at the start of that mess (along with >>> the whole region Arab Spring movement) and he didn’t. Will never >>> understand that. He clearly isn’t against bombing. Now Syria is in a >>> similar mess as Iraq. >>> >>> After WWII it seems we intervene and it regularly goes to crap. We >>> don’t and it goes to crap. There must be a lesson in there somewhere. >>> >>> I guess Panama and Grenada are positive outcomes. Where else? >>> >>> *From:* Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 3:47 PM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: And it just gets funnier by the >>> minute.....Trump takes a step toward supporting violence by supporters, >>> says he may pay legal fees - LA Times >>> >>> >>> Now that isn't funny at all. That really is crazy. I saw him on, I >>> think, face the nation this morning. He was non committal on condemning >>> that old white guy hitting that protestor who was being led out. Trump said >>> he should not have been flipping the bird, that is not justification. >>> Yikes, he reminds me of portion more than anyone. >>> Remember when Putin stole that guys super bowl ring? Did he ever give >>> that back? >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 4:14 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trump-campaign-protests-20160313-story.html >>>> >>>