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I have a topic for debate that should prove interesting here (and give me a few cards along the way... hehe). The topic is: "Resolved: NATO presence improves the lives of Afghan citizens."

For those of you who are debate-fluent, it's a PFD topic for October. It is a resolved topic, so Aff/Neg cases.

Let me know what you think. By the way, the tournament is on the ninth of Oct. So if you could get your answers to me by then, I'll let you know.

asked Sep 21 '10 at 20:33

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edited Sep 28 '10 at 04:24

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...What exactly did Fogarty change here?

(Oct 17 '10 at 11:43) HHBones HHBones's gravatar image

Oh, I see. The tags.

(Nov 04 '10 at 19:33) HHBones HHBones's gravatar image

You're calling them illiterate when you can't even spell?

answered Sep 27 '10 at 23:34

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Just because one isn’t a good speller, doesn't quite stack up to illiterate, much less uneducated. Oh, I see; you're interested in arguing the more delicate political points. Good luck with that. I have other names for them too. Hopeless is a good beginning and I'm not willing to sacrafice a single American,British or Canadian life for them. None! Not a one.

(Sep 28 '10 at 01:22) NoncDavid NoncDavid's gravatar image
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What the hell? Where did that come from?

(Oct 02 '10 at 11:28) HHBones HHBones's gravatar image

Oh no, I'll comment for you . This one I like. I don't give a damn about Afganistan, its people or thier sheep and goats.Ummm, thier opium and lapis is valuable but thats besides the point. We now have 5 thousand mothers,fathers,wives,husbands and thier children,forever changed because someone they cherished came home in a box. Not cool, Bones. Why? because George W. Bush pulled up his drawers, grabbed his cowboy boots and hollered "YeeHI, let's go get 'em boys". Moron. I like the Israeli approach better. You toss a pebble at us,and you guys can forget about the politics, expect a series of boulders to come flying through the air. I am not into the fair fighting BS. No power,not a single one in 750 years, has subdued those people.The Idiana Raj failed, The Brits barely escaped with thier lives, the Soviets bleed to death and gee, our guys are doing the same stuff - i think that's the definition of insanity,right? These are illiterate,tribesmen, happy with thier lives. To hell with them. The Taliban and Islamic terrrists want to play games in Afganistan and Pakistan, fine with me.Let's do this the easy,cost-effictive way. Let's sit a carrier or a couple of frigates offshore and pop 'em with cruise missiles and drones everytime they breathe heavy or a ram farts.

answered Sep 22 '10 at 01:53

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Good point, but I'd consider 9/11 a little more than a few "pebbles". But I like your solution.

(Sep 23 '10 at 14:38) HHBones HHBones's gravatar image

I think that this is the right thing to do. I think that yes there are people that are over in Afghanistan that are fighting because of the 9/11 as states earlier, but I do still think that there is not much that can be done. That there are somethings that just can not be changed. I do not agree that there are some things that can be changed and those things are not being changed.

answered Nov 01 '10 at 20:29

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Alright, good point.

(Nov 04 '10 at 19:33) HHBones HHBones's gravatar image

OK so far the question asked actually hasn't even been addressed yet. "Does NATO presence improve the lives of Afghan citizens?"

Well I think yes and no at the same time. No because:

  • innocent people are dying (I'm talking about the people that live there(yes I do realize that our soldiers are also dying))
  • I don't think that the Taliban and Al-Quida will ever give up trying to gain control causing even more deaths

Yes because:

  • School are being built
  • Hospitals are being built
  • Roads are being built
  • and so on ...

Unfortunately until the terrorists leave or NATO and the Afghan Government gains control things will be the same for a while. I do not think that we should just get up and leave them in that mess either.

It's a sad truth...

answered Nov 01 '10 at 23:45

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I like what you are saying. It makes a lot of sense.

(Nov 04 '10 at 19:34) HHBones HHBones's gravatar image
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