This poor sad Politics board ...

And now we're going back to 1981.

Ok, you've answered the question about this "poor sad Politics board" ...

Just kidding, I enjoy your humor.

g'night - off to dinner ... the New Year celebration continues ...

Jihad in Afghanistan

Main articles: Soviet war in Afghanistan and Islamic mujahid movement

CIA-funded and ISI-trained mujahideen fighters from Pakistan crossing the Durand Line border to fight the Soviet forces and the Afghan government in 1985.The origins of al-Qaeda as a network inspiring terrorism around the world and training operatives can be traced to the Soviet War in Afghanistan (December 1979 – February 1989).[71] The U.S. viewed the conflict in Afghanistan, with the Afghan Marxists and allied Soviet troops on one side and the native Afghan mujahideen, some of whom were radical Islamic militants, on the other, as a blatant case of Soviet expansionism and aggression. The U.S. channeled funds through Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency to the Afghan Mujahideen fighting the Soviet occupation in a CIA program called Operation Cyclone.[72][73]

At the same time, a growing number of Arab mujahideen joined the jihad against the Afghan Marxist regime, facilitated by international Muslim organizations, particularly the Maktab al-Khidamat,[74] whose funds came from some of the $600 million a year donated to the jihad by the Saudi Arabia government and individual Muslims—particularly independent Saudi businessmen who were approached by bin Laden.[75][page needed]

Maktab al-Khidamat (MAK), or the "Services Office", a Muslim organization founded to raise and channel funds and recruit foreign mujahideen for the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, was established by Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, a Palestinian Islamic scholar and member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and bin Laden in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1984. MAK organized guest houses in Peshawar, near the Afghan border, and gathered supplies for the construction of paramilitary training camps to prepare foreign recruits for the Afghan war front. Bin Laden became a "major financier" of the mujahideen, spending his own money and using his connections with "the Saudi royal family and the petro-billionaires of the Gulf" in order to improve public opinion of the war and raise more funds.[76]

Remember, don't vote republican as they fund the jihad! I mean they've got history. Are you sure you want to give them a 2nd chance?

Blame Obama for those. If he weren't so incompetent we wouldn't be able to create "Bash Obama" threads, now would we?

You mean the rampant fear by the non-useful idiots of us who recognize what's going on?




Maybe you ought to participate in the politics forum more often. Might get your blinders off about what's going on in the world around you. 'Course I understand your ambition to work your way up the ranks of the fascist political operatives, but hey, you made your bed to be a hired gun. It's just...so....simple, the Truth is a lot easier!!!




What he said.

No, it's still clear cut. "we" are always good and "they" are always evil. The only difference is whether the person talking is a Liberal or a Conservative. Of course, the person talking will declare they NEVER use us vs them rhetoric, even if they just posted a long diatribe embracing it.

Unlike the good old Democrats that sided with Stalin in the 1940's? There's a little saying I want you to keep in mind, because it's going to go a very long way in understanding international politics. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Are they your friends now?

It is peculiar how most of the useful idiots have pretty much stopped posting lately. Could it mean that the painful Truth has finally sunk in and they are in the process of rebooting in order to accept the light of that Truth?

Bwwwwwwaaaaaaahhhhhaaaaahhhhaaa.

It may be because any time some one thinks a politician should be held accountable for their words , actions or deeds , it becomes a mud slinging mess .JMO

at the moment I am uninformed and trying to get more background on the political canidates of 2012. only know a little bit about Michelle Bachman and Ron Paul. I do not like Romney at all. That is why I do not post there...

It was hopping because people had not yet realised that arguing politics with some people here is as productive as putting ones head in a metal bucket and having someone smash the bucket up with a baseball bat.

Now people have caught on to this they are waiting for the looneys to get bored of having nobody to argue with and hopefully they will piss off elsewhere.

If your politics thread is ignored chances are nobody even cares what you think.

I'll bet that the closer it gets to this next November this political forum will start jumping again . ( just a guess really )

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So the friend of my friend is my enemy?

There you are! Where have you been?
Hugs & kisses and all!