8 hours ago, Lacessit said:

IIRC the US funded the Taliban in Afghanistan, then spent 20 years trying to kick them out. Clarity in what the US tries to achieve does not seem to be in the skill set, and Iran is no exception.

It would be nice if the US focused on getting the Strait of Hormuz open, instead of demanding what Iran will never cede.

The US has its own oil or can import from Canada or Mexico. Iran should be bombed again if they don't open it. Japan has almost double the US debt.

You can't go soft on Iran. Only tells them next time they get away with terror.

26 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

The US has its own oil or can import from Canada or Mexico. Iran should be bombed again if they don't open it. Japan has almost double the US debt.

You can't go soft on Iran. Only tells them next time they get away with terror.

Google the adjective fungible, The fact the US has its own oil is irrelevant.

Iran is a monster created by the CIA.

33 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Google the adjective fungible, The fact the US has its own oil is irrelevant.

Iran is a monster created by the CIA.

Iran is run by stone age nutters holding the people back from living. It might need more bombing.

9 hours ago, Lacessit said:

IIRC the US funded the Taliban in Afghanistan, then spent 20 years trying to kick them out. Clarity in what the US tries to achieve does not seem to be in the skill set, and Iran is no exception.

It would be nice if the US focused on getting the Strait of Hormuz open, instead of demanding what Iran will never cede.

I agree about the Strait, as it's in everyone's best interest

19 hours ago, Lacessit said:

The Australian debt to GDP ratio is 42.6%. In the rabidly anti-left US, it is 137%.

Try harder.

19 hours ago, Lacessit said:

The Australian debt to GDP ratio is 42.6%. In the rabidly anti-left US, it is 137%.

Try harder.

Sorry dude…Australia is not immune to the issues that come with an aging population.

21 hours ago, IsmeUno said:

There's enough resources. The problem is the wealth transfer from the poor to the rich... Look at what is going on in your country.

People giving themselves Trillion dollar pay packets. That's obscene. That shows you that the dollar in your pocket is almost worthless. They are pulling a scam on the people. That's what happening right now. Market manipulation, outright theft. Mental midgets like yourself are cheering it on, thinking you are winning, when really they are picking your pocket. Your quality of life goes down and they tell you to blame the Left or the Immigrants or...anyone but the people who are actually stealing from you.

This reply is so dumb I have to laugh at you. You are so clueless on the US budget issues.

11 hours ago, Lacessit said:

IIRC the US funded the Taliban in Afghanistan, then spent 20 years trying to kick them out. Clarity in what the US tries to achieve does not seem to be in the skill set, and Iran is no exception.

It would be nice if the US focused on getting the Strait of Hormuz open, instead of demanding what Iran will never cede.

No, the US did not fund the Taliban. The Taliban showed up around 1994 which is 5 years after the USSR left Afghanistan.

8 hours ago, Hummin said:

This thread is a fiction thread,

8 hours ago, Hummin said:

This thread is a fiction thread,

8 hours ago, Hummin said:

This thread is a fiction thread,

You are a good writer of fiction.

19 hours ago, Lacessit said:

The Australian debt to GDP ratio is 42.6%. In the rabidly anti-left US, it is 137%.

Try harder.

and you have ten million illegal aliens in your country which are subsidized by the taxpayers? No I didn't think so.

12 minutes ago, TedG said:

This reply is so dumb I have to laugh at you. You are so clueless on the US budget issues.

Dumb is deflecting what I wrote with "US budget issues" I don't remember mentioning "US budget issues"...

There's that mental illness rearing it's ugly head again...

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

I don't remember mentioning "US budget issues"...

If course you don’t. You replied to my post about US Social programs. Which are funded by the US federal government. Now yo are going to play stupid and avoid a real discussion on this topic.

34 minutes ago, TedG said:

No, the US did not fund the Taliban. The Taliban showed up around 1994 which is 5 years after the USSR left Afghanistan.

Nice try, but no cigar.

The US funded the Mujahideen(Jihadi warriors), which eventually led to the Taliban being formed. Every action has a consequence.

2 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

Nice try, but no cigar.

The US funded the Mujahideen(Jihadi warriors), which eventually led to the Taliban being formed. Every action has a consequence.

This is not true. The Taliban come out the refugee camps in Pakistan.

Taliban movement emerged in the early 1990s from religious schools (madrassas) and, to a significant extent, from within Afghan refugee camps and Pashtun communities located in Pakistan, particularly in areas near the border, including Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The movement was formed by young Pashtun men, many of whom were educated in Pakistani seminaries and were veterans of the anti-Soviet Mujahideen fighting in Afghanistan.

4 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

Nice try, but no cigar.

The US funded the Mujahideen(Jihadi warriors), which eventually led to the Taliban being formed. Every action has a consequence.

FYI, you should read up on these topics before posting.

20 hours ago, Lacessit said:

The Australian debt to GDP ratio is 42.6%. In the rabidly anti-left US, it is 137%.

Try harder.

Zero in 2006. Rudd ruined the country. Never recovered.

11 minutes ago, TedG said:

If course you don’t. You replied to my post about US Social programs. Which are funded by the US federal government. Now yo are going to play stupid and avoid a real discussion on this topic.

The was no mention of "US Social programs" in your post. You wrote of social programs in the west. I wrote about there being adequate resources, but those resources are being hogged and manipulated by a few.

Some get very rich and the rest are just scrambling around for scraps.

5 minutes ago, TedG said:

This is not true. The Taliban come out the refugee camps in Pakistan.

Taliban movement emerged in the early 1990s from religious schools (madrassas) and, to a significant extent, from within Afghan refugee camps and Pashtun communities located in Pakistan, particularly in areas near the border, including Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The movement was formed by young Pashtun men, many of whom were educated in Pakistani seminaries and were veterans of the anti-Soviet Mujahideen fighting in Afghanistan.

You are merely confirming what I wrote.

The money from the USA was funnelled through Pakistan. It's not as if there is a wall between the two countries.

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

You are merely confirming what I wrote.

The money from the USA was funnelled through Pakistan. It's not as if there is a wall between the two countries.

The USA did not fund the Taliban.

7 minutes ago, TedG said:

FYI, you should read up on these topics before posting.

I did. Stop pretending you know more, you just cut and paste.

1 minute ago, TedG said:

The USA did not fund the Taliban.

Did I claim that...anywhere? Your thinking appears muddled. Show me where I claimed that.

I wrote that they funded the Mujahideen and you wrote:

The movement(Taliban) was formed by young Pashtun men, many of whom were educated in Pakistani seminaries and were veterans of the anti-Soviet Mujahideen fighting in Afghanistan.

That's what happens when you 'cut and paste'. You don't really know what you are doing.

8 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

The was no mention of "US Social programs" in your post. You wrote of social programs in the west. I wrote about there being adequate resources, but those resources are being hogged and manipulated by a few.

Some get very rich and the rest are just scrambling around for scraps.

You replied to a post where I said social programs. What do you mean by scrambling around for scraps?

1 minute ago, TedG said:

You replied to a post where I said social programs. What do you mean by scrambling around for scraps?

Goal posts moving again. How many arguments are you going to create and subsequently fail?

6 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

Did I claim that...anywhere? Your thinking appears muddled. Show me where I claimed that.

You are merely confirming what I wrote.

The money from the USA was funnelled through Pakistan. It's not as if there is a wall between the two countries.

you posted this ^^^^^. You are insulting the US funded the Taliban in this post. But, now you are going to deny it.

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

Goal posts moving again. How many arguments are you going to create and subsequently fail?

what you mean by scraps?

3 minutes ago, TedG said:

You are merely confirming what I wrote.

The money from the USA was funnelled through Pakistan. It's not as if there is a wall between the two countries.

you posted this ^^^^^. You are insulting the US funded the Taliban in this post. But, now you are going to deny it.

You are obviously having a brain fart again.

Look at what I actually wrote originally:

23 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

Nice try, but no cigar.

The US funded the Mujahideen(Jihadi warriors), which eventually led to the Taliban being formed. Every action has a consequence.

and then you confirmed that.

Show me where I wrote that they funded the Taliban...or retract and apologise...if you are man enough.

2 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

You are obviously having a brain fart again.

Look at what I actually wrote originally:

and then you confirmed that.

Show me where I wrote that they funded the Taliban...or retract and apologise...if you are man enough.

At

3 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

You are obviously having a brain fart again.

Look at what I actually wrote originally:

and then you confirmed that.

Show me where I wrote that they funded the Taliban...or retract and apologise...if you are man enough.

You agree the US did not fund the Taliban?

1 minute ago, TedG said:

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You agree the US did not fund the Taliban?

I didn't ever write it, so why would I need to agree? It was you who suggested that I wrote that, so you need to retract and apologise. Don't try to shift the burden of proof of your erroneous statement to me. Have you no integrity at all?

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

I didn't ever write it, so why would I need to agree? It was you who suggested that I wrote that, so you need to retract and apologise. Don't try to shift the burden of proof of your erroneous statement to me. Have you no integrity at all?

You claimed the funding of the funding of the Mujahideen lead to the Taliban. How did this happen?

13 minutes ago, TedG said:

what you mean by scraps?

@IsmeUno what do you mean by scraps?

1 minute ago, TedG said:

You claimed the funding of the funding of the Mujahideen lead to the Taliban. How did this happen?

You just explained it yourself...are you in control of your faculties?

Here is your own post...

30 minutes ago, TedG said:

This is not true. The Taliban come out the refugee camps in Pakistan.

Taliban movement emerged in the early 1990s from religious schools (madrassas) and, to a significant extent, from within Afghan refugee camps and Pashtun communities located in Pakistan, particularly in areas near the border, including Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The movement was formed by young Pashtun men, many of whom were educated in Pakistani seminaries and were veterans of the anti-Soviet Mujahideen fighting in Afghanistan.

Did you not understand what you were posting?