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How many people have really been to Afghanistan?

Like every 3rd dude I talk 2 online has been to Afghanistan, took a new turn 2day when a girl I had been talking 2 had been there *laughs* .
Also race car drivers: Trouble is here, my "dude cover" was cars so u'd better know your shit u know *laughs* .
And here the other day, some girl DMed me, I'm reading dude in the txtx: So I just grabbed the popcorn and kicked back. Any yeah after various critiques the vote came in, yeah dude. It was a random so if u on q&a u AOK🙂. Still dumb, my profile says pansexual, so u know why bother *laughs* . I was more amused than anything. Hopefully they got what they came 4.

🦄♀️Nat.
Try asking them for their unit, their tour dates, their station and their service number. And watch their story fall apart.

For the record, I haven’t been.
@Elevatorpitches ...I don't think it was our "imperialist mentality" which made this happen, but the hubris of

1) Rumsfeld et al. in getting rid of the post-Vietnam doctrine concocted in part by Powell ("always have a defined exit strategy before going in"; i.e., pre-define victory, when you get out, etc.),

2) complete inability of leadership to understand even the rudiments of other cultures (not consulting area experts in the State Department, CIA, etc., and having no education in it [salute to the typical American education...]),

3) inability to learn from history (the Russians/Soviets went into Afghanistan, spent a long time in that quagmire, lost people, time, money, face...and yet WE were going to simply waltz in & glide through),

4) supersaturation of NIH syndrome & too many people who are all the smartest one in any room (just ask them!)

all combined to create the huge money-/time-/life-/etc. pit which Afghanistan, Iraq, became.

Not entirely unpredictable.
@SomeMichGuy Shameful philosophies are always built on denial exploitation and fatalism...and of course...violence. No education...bullocks.

And endless blather.

not 4 me.

I was just reading about Tom Paine again...u know that "Common Sense" guy.

I am starting to figure out in my deep old age....that the more talk, the more watch out.

I also have read Chomsky, who knows language is really important for civilization but that's such a bloody double edged sword.

Meditation is silence, we need more of that. Feels civilized, at least the conscious pursuit of mindfulness and compassion
@Elevatorpitches

[quote]Shameful philosophies are always built on denial exploitation and fatalism...and of course...violence.[/quote]

Sure, but from there, "Oh, please."

[quote]No education...bullocks.[/quote]

The average American is terribly under-/uneducated about the rest of the world. Even people who have post-secondary education don't always emerge "educated". Remember when, after being in Iraq for around 18 mos(?), the US government at the top level suddenly figured out that "local imams are really important"...? This is BASIC info in any intro class about Islam (I had a history course in this in college); so I am sure area/regional experts know this & would have had this available to decisionmakers...

There are people all across the US who misrepresent the Constitution all the time.

Yeah, that's lack of actual education.

[quote]And endless blather.[/quote]

You broke in with a very tangential reply. I took you seriously and disagreed in a structured, reasoned fashion.

I guess responding in kind is harder than just shifting.
Miram · 31-35, F
I block anyone who says they were/are in Afghanistan. Because I travel a lot and interacting with them brings suspicions especially that I am sometimes very outspoken.

I also don't ever talk privately to anyone from Israel.

Some authorities will try to use almost anything to harass you and make things difficult.
@Miram aww
Never been to Afghanistan, not high on my list, unlikely to be safe enough to visit as a tourist for some time.

So people pretend to be soldiers and...professional left-turners?

Not a soldier.
And I don't care about cars other than as transportation; I'd buy multiple cheaper, more fuel-efficient, longer-lasting cars than an even-more-insanely-overpriced car with an expensive logo & tons of overpriced electronics, poor fuel economy, and a shortish life. Investing lots of money in assets which depreciate AND have high ongoing costs is not really bright.
I can say in all honesty and sincerity that I have never been to Afghanistan :D
I have never been to Afghanistan.
Alison · 18-21, F
@littlepuppywantanewlife *laughs* . I dug straight in with this last random who contacted me, u know like which are u: A soldier or a race car driver. He was a "engineer" yeah he realised I knew too much and bolted *laughs* .
@Alison lol 😂
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
One day I hope it will be safe enough for regular non-adventure tourism.
Alison · 18-21, F
@QuixoticSoul Its a stunning place.
@Alison wait you HAVE been there? In the military? Tell us your story?
Alison · 18-21, F
@Cinnaman I just liked the TV series Caravan Hunters.
JohnOinger · 41-45, M
[@Nstasha2020] So what do you think of Quinton Hillocks & Would You Do Him
Wayne1170 · M
Where all the Afghanistan guys Americans ???

 
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