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Making Sense of the War in Afghanistan

By Montag @ 7:21 PM
Filed under: war

September 15, 2009

Risk
“This is not a war of choice. This is a war of necessity.” –President Obama

Ever played Risk? This is the board. You are the gray player. This turn you fortify your armies in Afghanistan, (the one with the bold border.) What’s your next move?

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6 Responses to “Making Sense of the War in Afghanistan”

  1. My next move? Hell, building more fighters to take on the British. Sieg heil! Oops, wrong game.

  2. mandt says:

    What’s your next move? Ask Alexander.

  3. Agi says:

    Or Genghis Khan…

  4. Capt. Bat Guano says:

    or the Soviet Union.

  5. Beth says:

    Let us not forget the British.
    And here is Rudyard Kipling’s advice: “When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.”
    Rudyard Kipling

  6. Agi says:

    Great quote, Beth.

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