Afghan War ending, foretold by The Onion 10 years Ago [DT thread ruined by politics]

[washparkhorn 9939]

1 minute ago, Nicole44 said:

I’m sorry that my spidery stuff is up. I’m hyper sensitive right now. Y’all married people do Not know how lucky you are. 

I hope you are well and wish you well. Great job in the Urban Meyer thread. Fun. Enjoy that magnificent canyon. 

Hook 'em. 

hint: CR is like a competitive law school class. If you enjoyed law school, this is like third year.   Good luck. 

[Anastasis 23469]

Just now, washparkhorn said:

hint: CR is like a competitive law school class. If you enjoyed law school, this is like third year.   Good luck. 

Law school sounds easy. 

[Nicole44 22059]

2 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

I hope you are well and wish you well. Great job in the Urban Meyer thread. Fun. Enjoy that magnificent canyon. 

Hook 'em. 

hint: CR is like a competitive law school class. If you enjoyed law school, this is like third year.   Good luck. 

Coolness. 

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

Law school sounds easy. 

It is. 

[aggie08 21496]

15 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

huh? this is like every thread in the cloak room for 4 years 7 months.  there is only one difference this time.

Hey, you're back! This comment brought to you by the guy who took a shit in every Covid thread every single day until the death toll became too large even for him to belittle and minimize.

[washparkhorn 9939]

2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Law school sounds easy. 

You would do well - as would most of the regulars in CR. 

[Anastasis 23469]

1 minute ago, washparkhorn said:

You would do well - as would most of the regulars in CR. 

Too many boring books. 

[Nicole44 22059]

5 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

You know how I know you don’t follow the Sugar Baby thread?

It’s cool. I didn’t see how it turned out but know you’ve had some heavy shit on your plate last few weeks. Hope all is well. Drink a beer, relax, and get ready for 10 wins. 

We will be not winning the Big12 final trophy. Iowa State wins it. I consider y’all my friends. Yes dealing with some shit right now. I’m sorry (except to one poster.) 

[Nicole44 22059]

2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Too many boring books. 

Firework lover! 

[washparkhorn 9939]

2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Too many boring books. 

Once admitted, learning from clients is a gift. I should be paying them for the education. Not kidding. 

[Anastasis 23469]

Just now, washparkhorn said:

Once admitted, learning from clients is a gift. I should be paying them for the education. Not kidding. 

At one point in my brain damaged life I read the Merck Manual for fun and had the full catalog of DSM I, II, III and IV in pdf form just cause for reference. 

I think that I would have been better off (financially and otherwise) in a trade. 

[brakeman 28359]

[Nicole44 22059]

27 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

You know how I know you don’t follow the Sugar Baby thread?

It’s cool. I didn’t see how it turned out but know you’ve had some heavy shit on your plate last few weeks. Hope all is well. Drink a beer, relax, and get ready for 10 wins. 

I’m now drinking a beer. Like it matters what I say. Apparently, I’m a whore that photoshops and is desperate for a man. Also a drunk stupid illiterate dipshit. What gets me every time is the hate level. Dial it up to 11.

 

Thanks for the words. am drinking now. Saved it for this occasion. (Chocolate Sombrero—Clown Shoes.) this is a special day for me. 

[Bama Chick 28596]

So….bc I don’t care for Biden I’m a Trump lover? This forum pretends to be the same thing that Fox News “claims” it is. Fair and Balanced. What genie? I don’t think a  lengthy study nor history of my posts would support your assumption. Also, I wouldn’t recommend reading them.  This whole forum is predicated on “we care.” It’s bullshit. Did I report anyone for the absolute ass kicking (I deserved it btw) last Saturday I got? Nope. Never have reported a poster and never will. Also, I realize [mention=332]Bama Chick[/mention] is y’all’s queen. Did you see what she posted about me? It makes sense that a One Direction fan would be y’all’s goddess. 

[Nicole44 22059]

6 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

 

[Willfully Horn 8006]

I don’t get Harry, either.

Here’s a funny song.

 

 

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[Nicole44 22059]

3 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

I don’t get Harry, either.

Heres a funny song.

 

 

That whole band sucks. All boy bands pretty much suck. Bamachick isn’t the poster I dislike. She seems cool. Save for horribly bad taste in music.

[Anastasis 23469]

13 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

That whole band sucks. All boy bands pretty much suck. Bamachick isn’t the poster I dislike. She seems cool. Save for horribly bad taste in music.

He has it in him once the pop shit is dispensed with and he learns to hit the notes. 

 

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[F250 28767]

1 hour ago, fattyflattie said:

You know how I know you don’t follow the Sugar Baby thread?

It’s cool. I didn’t see how it turned out but know you’ve had some heavy shit on your plate last few weeks. Hope all is well. Drink a beer, relax, and get ready for 10 wins. 

[washparkhorn 9939]

Nicky could be a Grimes creation:

Spoiler

 

. . . but probably not. 

 

[elfenix 34230]

So….bc I don’t care for Biden I’m a Trump lover? This forum pretends to be the same thing that Fox News “claims” it is. Fair and Balanced. What genie? I don’t think a  lengthy study nor history of my posts would support your assumption. Also, I wouldn’t recommend reading them.  This whole forum is predicated on “we care.” It’s bullshit. Did I report anyone for the absolute ass kicking (I deserved it btw) last Saturday I got? Nope. Never have reported a poster and never will. Also, I realize [mention=332]Bama Chick[/mention] is y’all’s queen. Did you see what she posted about me? It makes sense that a One Direction fan would be y’all’s goddess. 

Go home Nikki. You're drunk.

[Nicole44 22059]

1 minute ago, elfenix said:

7 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

So….bc I don’t care for Biden I’m a Trump lover? This forum pretends to be the same thing that Fox News “claims” it is. Fair and Balanced. What genie? I don’t think a  lengthy study nor history of my posts would support your assumption. Also, I wouldn’t recommend reading them.  This whole forum is predicated on “we care.” It’s bullshit. Did I report anyone for the absolute ass kicking (I deserved it btw) last Saturday I got? Nope. Never have reported a poster and never will. Also, I realize [mention=332]Bama Chick[/mention] is y’all’s queen. Did you see what she posted about me? It makes sense that a One Direction fan would be y’all’s goddess. 

Go home Nikki. You're drunk.

You are not the boss of me. Since I’m not offering myself up in some sugar baby thread or bothering the mods or not negging posters (which Ive never done.) 

so I will ask you a question: what Olympic medalist was selected/drafted by both a NFL and NBA team but turned them down? 

[F250 28767]

9 minutes ago, elfenix said:

8 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

So….bc I don’t care for Biden I’m a Trump lover? This forum pretends to be the same thing that Fox News “claims” it is. Fair and Balanced. What genie? I don’t think a  lengthy study nor history of my posts would support your assumption. Also, I wouldn’t recommend reading them.  This whole forum is predicated on “we care.” It’s bullshit. Did I report anyone for the absolute ass kicking (I deserved it btw) last Saturday I got? Nope. Never have reported a poster and never will. Also, I realize [mention=332]Bama Chick[/mention] is y’all’s queen. Did you see what she posted about me? It makes sense that a One Direction fan would be y’all’s goddess. 

Go home Nikki. You're drunk.

It's Friday. Half the board is drunk except the nerds.

 

 

[Nicole44 22059]

8 minutes ago, F250 said:

It's Friday. Half the board is drunk except the nerds.

 

 

3rd Chocolate Sombrero in the books!

[Bama Chick 28596]

I’m a Solo Harry Stan.

Fuck One Direction.

And he’s hot as fuck and likes older women.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

4 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

I’m a Solo Harry Stan.

Fuck One Direction.
 

 

And he’s hot as fuck and likes older women.

 

I always wondered why my daughter never revealed any of her crushes when she was about ten...No posters on the walls or anything like that, though she was getting me to buy her teen beat type mags. She's now 17 and she recently told me she had a lock box whose insides were plastered with Harry Styles pics....And she still has that crush, I think.  

Edited August 28, 2021 by MaybeACoordinator

[C-Man 27214]

4 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

We’re either going to decide more American soldiers need to die or we decide enough is enough.

It seems like we’re going to choose for more to die in an effort to enact justice/revenge for its own sake.

I know I shouldn’t be but I can’t believe how quickly and loudly the war drums started beating.

[Willfully Horn 8006]

Was thinking about the black granite memorial, and the various narratives of Viet Nam. Made me wonder about Afghanistan, and the soldiers who died there, and how they will be honored and remembered.

[InkaUtexas 25904]

Every day by those who were there with them. From a national perspective probably not so much for the next 30 years 

[Willfully Horn 8006]

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

From a national perspective probably not so much for the next 30 years 

I’d pay for the beers to hear your thoughts on the subject. But I won’t ask you to elaborate here.

The war in Viet Nam ended 4/30/75, and the memorial was completed in ‘82. The Korean War ended in July ‘53, but the memorial was dedicated in ‘95.

War in Afghanistan

Oct 7, 2001 – Aug 15, 2021

I’m missing something. As usual.

 

This is the 228th day of my oldest’s life where the US was not officially at war. Thirteen days for my youngest. And counting.

 

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[Onboard 2.0 9083]

6 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

“Ship of Fools”

Neg rep for using  the Dead in this shit show of a thread.

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[Willfully Horn 8006]

Saw your first ship sink and drown 

From rockin’ of the boat

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[956 Worldwide 34705]

This thread is an abortion, especially considering that there are Afghans and Americans, you know, dying while y’all are completely losing your shit over a gotdamn message board. 

[InkaUtexas 25904]

34 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

I’d pay for the beers to hear your thoughts on the subject. But I won’t ask you to elaborate here.

The war in Viet Nam ended 4/30/75, and the memorial was completed in ‘82. The Korean War ended in July ‘53, but the memorial was dedicated in ‘95.

War in Afghanistan

Oct 7, 2001 – Aug 15, 2021

I’m missing something. As usual.

 

This is the 228th day of my oldest’s life where the US was not officially at war. Thirteen days for my youngest. And counting.

 

Ask away. And yeah, I miss the other thread. 

[Willfully Horn 8006]

Peace to you Inka.

 

 

“Throwing Stones”

[956 Worldwide 34705]

49 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

I’d pay for the beers to hear your thoughts on the subject. But I won’t ask you to elaborate here.

The war in Viet Nam ended 4/30/75, and the memorial was completed in ‘82. The Korean War ended in July ‘53, but the memorial was dedicated in ‘95.

War in Afghanistan

Oct 7, 2001 – Aug 15, 2021

I’m missing something. As usual.

 

This is the 228th day of my oldest’s life where the US was not officially at war. Thirteen days for my youngest. And counting.

 

We may do a memorial (and should). But the fact is that Afghanistan and Iraq were mostly abstractions for most of America. No one was yanked against their will off the high school graduation stage and sent there only to come back under a flag or injured for life.

Unless you were in military service or a civilian dispatched there, Afghanistan was something that happened on tv to people you didn’t know. The massive “honor the troops” movement is in some ways a sterile overcompensation for the fact that most people don’t know any troops or even civilians in these areas and what they go through. 
 

I am not someone who thinks we need to ditch our effective, professional all-volunteer military but there are cultural and societal costs to making war a profession and not national effort. 
 

In policy and military circles? Afghanistan will resonate painfully immediately and long-term. The airlift we’ve pulled off, for example, will be taught at the War Colleges.

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[DDD Dad 14332]

Sounds like a bunch of armchair quarterbacks after the game with all kinds of hindsight to me with saying what generals would have chosen, etc. 

Well this is a sports fan message board so….

[DDD Dad 14332]

Someone needs to talk to them about their mask wearing compliance.

[DDD Dad 14332]

Law school sounds easy. 

Well I dropped a good 5 strokes off my handicap my third year, so yeah.

[DDD Dad 14332]

 

[DDD Dad 14332]

You are not the boss of me. Since I’m not offering myself up in some sugar baby thread or bothering the mods or not negging posters (which Ive never done.) 
so I will ask you a question: what Olympic medalist was selected/drafted by both a NFL and NBA team but turned them down? 

Albert Einstein?

[DDD Dad 14332]

3rd Chocolate Sombrero in the books!

I am not googling that.

[fattyflattie 4639]

6 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

I’m a Solo Harry Stan.

Fuck One Direction.
 

 

And he’s hot as fuck and likes older women.

 

Damnit. I knew that and completely missed it in my joke earlier.  Slipping. 

[InkaUtexas 25904]

Phone started going crazy about midnight last night. Everyone who is still stuck there is calling and panicking. How do you tell someone way down south sorry, but I think it is too late to help? 

We are working other routes and plans but the feeling of frustration knowing there is nothing I can do for these people who worked alongside us just sucks.  Part of me wants to scream at them "Why the fuck did you stay until right now?" 

There is no media coverage really outside of Kabul but hearing things are a bit rough in the South. I expected that. 

[Nivek 16923]

15 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

I will avoid these places. Always wanted to see Tennessee. The absolute worst restaurants always have all these decorations and you see pieces of lint on them and dead flies. 

Tennessee was great for what it was when I lived there.  Knoxville had a lot more potential and as I left, it was really starting to come around.  I hear parts of it are unrecognizable now.   But one really didn't go to that restaurant for the fine cuisine, but it was for the absurdity of the atmosphere, good music and how in spite of how mis-mashed it sound, the place just worked and it would be hard to not have a good time there.   I imagine it would be even more fun after a nice hike for some.   And the Smokey Mountains offers plenty of that.

[David Dennison 18854]

 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Someone needs to talk to them about their mask wearing compliance.

Also do they have a negative COVID test?

[mchookem 16327]

7 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Unless you were in military service or a civilian dispatched there, Afghanistan was something that happened on tv to people you didn’t know. The massive “honor the troops” movement is in some ways a sterile overcompensation for the fact that most people don’t know any troops or even civilians in these areas and what they go through. 
 

I am not someone who thinks we need to ditch our effective, professional all-volunteer military but there are cultural and societal costs to making war a profession and not national effort. 
 

In policy and military circles? Afghanistan will resonate painfully immediately and long-term. The airlift we’ve pulled off, for example, will be taught at the War Colleges.

really good point.

i'm reminded of a family discussion/ argument we had a couple years ago with my now 19 yoa niece. i can't remember what set it off but something she said that we all reacted to as not being particularly respectful of military sacrifice... and she just unloaded with both barrels.

after the dust settled i realized where she was coming from... she was born Jan 2002 and literally has never known a day in her life when we weren't at war over there. she was raised thinking exactly as you described - war as a profession, not a necessity or sacrifice. an industry that's been grinding along in the background of her entire life.

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

7 minutes ago, mchookem said:

really good point.

i'm reminded of a family discussion/ argument we had a couple years ago with my now 19 yoa niece. i can't remember what set it off but something she said that we all reacted to as not being particularly respectful of military sacrifice... and she just unloaded with both barrels.

after the dust settled i realized where she was coming from... she was born Jan 2002 and literally has never known a day in her life when we weren't at war over there. she was raised thinking exactly as you described - war as a profession, not a necessity or sacrifice. an industry that's been grinding along in the background of her entire life.

 

This has been my husband's perspective in part. He comes from a military family and his older brother was the last to serve (Navy). He (my husband) was quicker to leave the GOP than I was and what you describe above had a large part to do with it, specifically the commentary by former President George W Bush regarding going about our daily lives in response to terrorism. It wasn't that he thought the "shopping" or "Disney World" comments were necessarily a bad thing--letting terrorists control narrative/create fear and disrupt civilian life is a tactic that one should stand against, it was the awareness... almost a gut visceral distaste that this was to be the new normal and he objected to that for the reasons you describe.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33868]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

 

That's roughly the population of Abilene. That's an average of ~3800 people per day. Impressive.

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[Js1 85310]

33 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

That's roughly the population of Abilene. That's an average of ~3800 people per day. Impressive.

Whatever, that CNN reporter said it would be impossible