Hello There, Guest! (LoginRegister)

Post Reply 
trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
Author Message
Lord Stanley Offline
L'Étoile du Nord
*

Posts: 19,103
Joined: Feb 2005
Reputation: 994
I Root For: NIU
Location: Cold. So cold......
Post: #21
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 08:51 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  So the bots have no valid explanation of this stupidity. Just random spin. Gotcha. Not much you can do when the president is this ignorant.

BECAUSE IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN THEY DO IT AMIRITE?
01-03-2019 10:22 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Owl 69/70/75 Offline
Just an old rugby coach
*

Posts: 80,643
Joined: Sep 2005
Reputation: 3192
I Root For: RiceBathChelsea
Location: Montgomery, TX

DonatorsNew Orleans Bowl
Post: #22
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-02-2019 04:09 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 03:20 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  My takeaway from this is that going into Afghanistan bankrupted the USSR and led to the split that resulted in its reduction to Russia. I would say that's a reason for us to get out of the Middle East.
Right...but they did not invade because of terrorism and they weren't right to do it. Signed, the world.

So f-ing what?
01-03-2019 10:38 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Redwingtom Offline
Progressive filth
*

Posts: 51,506
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 968
I Root For: B-G-S-U !!!!
Location: Soros' Basement
Post: #23
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-02-2019 10:34 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Pres said Afghan invasion bankrupted
Soviet Union and everyone flips out?

Did you not listen to the whole video? Nobody is questioning that the invasion was devastating to the Soviet Union economy.
01-03-2019 10:52 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Redwingtom Offline
Progressive filth
*

Posts: 51,506
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 968
I Root For: B-G-S-U !!!!
Location: Soros' Basement
Post: #24
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?

Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2019 10:58 AM by Redwingtom.)
01-03-2019 10:57 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Attackcoog Offline
Moderator
*

Posts: 44,735
Joined: Oct 2011
Reputation: 2860
I Root For: Houston
Location:
Post: #25
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?

Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

lol...Why are we there? Allrighty. Moving on....
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2019 11:01 AM by Attackcoog.)
01-03-2019 11:00 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
SuperFlyBCat Offline
Banned

Posts: 49,583
Joined: Mar 2005
I Root For: America and UC
Location: Cincinnati
Post: #26
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?

Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

Tom, Trump is a hell of a lot smarter than you, taken a hell of a lot more risks than you, and is a hell of a lot more wealthier than you. Who cares what the reason the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, the point is the same a mistake. Your Muslim overlord has made much much bigger mistakes, like his super dumb "Crusades" statement. Go back to your social media echo chambers.
01-03-2019 11:06 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Owl 69/70/75 Offline
Just an old rugby coach
*

Posts: 80,643
Joined: Sep 2005
Reputation: 3192
I Root For: RiceBathChelsea
Location: Montgomery, TX

DonatorsNew Orleans Bowl
Post: #27
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?
Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.
"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

Yes I watched the video, starting at the 1-second mark. Did you not watch the first 35 seconds? The part were he said, "Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan. Russia." What part of that is consistent with "endorsing" the Russian invasion? Seems to me he is saying that it was incredibly stupid, and we would be stupid to continue to make the same mistake. That was my takeaway.

Isn't the relevant question whether we should stay in Afghanistan (and Iraq and Syria, for that matter)? Doesn't this say we should get out?

What part of why the Soviet Union did something 40 years ago is relevant to a decision about what we should do in 2019?
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2019 12:02 PM by Owl 69/70/75.)
01-03-2019 12:01 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
solohawks Offline
Hall of Famer
*

Posts: 20,782
Joined: May 2008
Reputation: 810
I Root For: UNCW
Location: Wilmington, NC
Post: #28
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 12:01 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?
Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.
"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

Yes I watched the video, starting at the 1-second mark. Did you not watch the first 35 seconds? The part were he said, "Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan. Russia." What part of that is consistent with "endorsing" the Russian invasion? Seems to me he is saying that it was incredibly stupid, and we would be stupid to continue to make the same mistake. That was my takeaway.

Isn't the relevant question whether we should stay in Afghanistan (and Iraq and Syria, for that matter)? Doesn't this say we should get out?

What part of why the Soviet Union did something 40 years ago is relevant to a decision about what we should do in 2019?
I agree with owl
01-03-2019 12:26 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Attackcoog Offline
Moderator
*

Posts: 44,735
Joined: Oct 2011
Reputation: 2860
I Root For: Houston
Location:
Post: #29
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
TDS continues.
01-03-2019 01:34 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Lord Stanley Offline
L'Étoile du Nord
*

Posts: 19,103
Joined: Feb 2005
Reputation: 994
I Root For: NIU
Location: Cold. So cold......
Post: #30
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
What on earth are we even discussing here?
01-03-2019 01:37 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Redwingtom Offline
Progressive filth
*

Posts: 51,506
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 968
I Root For: B-G-S-U !!!!
Location: Soros' Basement
Post: #31
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 11:06 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?

Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

Tom, Trump is a hell of a lot smarter than you, taken a hell of a lot more risks than you, and is a hell of a lot more wealthier than you. Who cares what the reason the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, the point is the same a mistake. Your Muslim overlord has made much much bigger mistakes, like his super dumb "Crusades" statement. Go back to your social media echo chambers.

Dude, this is not a comparison...and of course Obama made lots of mistakes and misstatements. The problem here is that I can't even seem to get one of you trumpbots to even acknowledge that his version of history is completely batshit crazy! 03-lol
01-03-2019 02:12 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Redwingtom Offline
Progressive filth
*

Posts: 51,506
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 968
I Root For: B-G-S-U !!!!
Location: Soros' Basement
Post: #32
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 01:37 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  What on earth are we even discussing here?

Well, the thread WAS about trump's botching of basic history, but since his supporters are ruined because they support him on seemingly every idiotic thing he says regardless, they can't even acknowledge it and want to change the purpose of the thread to why we're there now and or what bankrupted the USSR. None of which was the point of this thread!

Carry on...
01-03-2019 02:14 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Redwingtom Offline
Progressive filth
*

Posts: 51,506
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 968
I Root For: B-G-S-U !!!!
Location: Soros' Basement
Post: #33
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 12:01 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?
Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.
"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

Yes I watched the video, starting at the 1-second mark. Did you not watch the first 35 seconds? The part were he said, "Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan. Russia." What part of that is consistent with "endorsing" the Russian invasion?

NOTHING, because that's not the part of the video this thread is about. It's about the last part, which I quoted directly to you!

Quote:"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)."

Did he not say they were right to be there, thereby endorsing the invasion?
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2019 02:17 PM by Redwingtom.)
01-03-2019 02:16 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
SoMs Eagle Offline
Heisman
*

Posts: 8,998
Joined: Nov 2011
Reputation: 683
I Root For: Mighty Mustard
Location:
Post: #34
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?

Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

57 states. Red Baffoon.

Is this all y’all got?
01-03-2019 02:18 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Redwingtom Offline
Progressive filth
*

Posts: 51,506
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 968
I Root For: B-G-S-U !!!!
Location: Soros' Basement
Post: #35
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 02:18 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?

Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

57 states. Red Baffoon.

Is this all y’all got?

I suppose I could also come up with a lame personal attack.
01-03-2019 02:24 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
SoMs Eagle Offline
Heisman
*

Posts: 8,998
Joined: Nov 2011
Reputation: 683
I Root For: Mighty Mustard
Location:
Post: #36
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 02:24 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 02:18 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?

Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon

57 states. Red Baffoon.

Is this all y’all got?

I suppose I could also come up with a lame personal attack.

You could come up with something of some importance......
01-03-2019 02:26 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Owl 69/70/75 Offline
Just an old rugby coach
*

Posts: 80,643
Joined: Sep 2005
Reputation: 3192
I Root For: RiceBathChelsea
Location: Montgomery, TX

DonatorsNew Orleans Bowl
Post: #37
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 02:16 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 12:01 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?
Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.
"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon
Yes I watched the video, starting at the 1-second mark. Did you not watch the first 35 seconds? The part were he said, "Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan. Russia." What part of that is consistent with "endorsing" the Russian invasion?
NOTHING, because that's not the part of the video this thread is about. It's about the last part, which I quoted directly to you!

Well, I'm making it about the first part, too, because it's intellectually dishonest to pull part of a quote out of context without supplying the context that the rest of the quote provides.

Quote:
Quote:"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)."
Did he not say they were right to be there, thereby endorsing the invasion?

What this says to me is that, regardless of whether they were right to go there or not, the effort bankrupted them and led to the breakup of the USSR, so it was stupid.

I would really think a more appropriate discussion, and far more relevant to today, would be whether Afghanistan is actually what bankrupted the USSR. I think it was more Reagan's military buildup, which their economy would not let them match, culminating in Star Wars. But I'm still onboard with the larger message.

I have a strong feeling that so much focus is on this minor point because Trump is right about the folly of staying there forever, but Orange man bad, so you have to find some molehill to complain about.

And it is a very minor point. What part of why the USSR did something 40 years ago is relevant to our current decision making?
01-03-2019 02:34 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
shere khan Offline
Southerner
*

Posts: 60,503
Joined: Mar 2004
Reputation: 7458
I Root For: Tulane
Location: Teh transfer portal
Post: #38
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
Reeeeeeeee
01-03-2019 03:46 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Redwingtom Offline
Progressive filth
*

Posts: 51,506
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 968
I Root For: B-G-S-U !!!!
Location: Soros' Basement
Post: #39
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 02:34 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 02:16 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 12:01 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(01-03-2019 10:57 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(01-02-2019 11:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I don't quite see how saying that the invasion led to the destruction of the USSR constitutes "endorsing" that invasion. Can someone help me out with that?
Did you not watch the video either? I'll help...start at about the 36 second mark.
"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)." ~ Orange Buffoon
Yes I watched the video, starting at the 1-second mark. Did you not watch the first 35 seconds? The part were he said, "Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan. Russia." What part of that is consistent with "endorsing" the Russian invasion?
NOTHING, because that's not the part of the video this thread is about. It's about the last part, which I quoted directly to you!

Well, I'm making it about the first part, too, because it's intellectually dishonest to pull part of a quote out of context without supplying the context that the rest of the quote provides.

Quote:
Quote:"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They (Russia) were right to be there (in Afghanistan)."
Did he not say they were right to be there, thereby endorsing the invasion?

What this says to me is that, regardless of whether they were right to go there or not, the effort bankrupted them and led to the breakup of the USSR, so it was stupid.

I would really think a more appropriate discussion, and far more relevant to today, would be whether Afghanistan is actually what bankrupted the USSR. I think it was more Reagan's military buildup, which their economy would not let them match, culminating in Star Wars. But I'm still onboard with the larger message.

I have a strong feeling that so much focus is on this minor point because Trump is right about the folly of staying there forever, but Orange man bad, so you have to find some molehill to complain about.

And it is a very minor point. What part of why the USSR did something 40 years ago is relevant to our current decision making?

Dude, where have I EVER advocated for us to be in these places or stay there forever?

And you can have any discussion you want on those other topics, just start another thread. This one was for trump, yet again, butchering history and endorsing a world-condemned Russian invasion.

And excuse me for pointing out these idiotic things from time to time...you might recall that I was here for nearly all 8 years of reading thread after thread on "light skinned black man bad." 03-wink
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2019 05:19 PM by Redwingtom.)
01-03-2019 05:17 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Redwingtom Offline
Progressive filth
*

Posts: 51,506
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 968
I Root For: B-G-S-U !!!!
Location: Soros' Basement
Post: #40
RE: trump Endorses 1979 USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
(01-03-2019 03:46 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Reeeeeeeee

You're most insightful post EVAH! +3.
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2019 05:19 PM by Redwingtom.)
01-03-2019 05:19 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Post Reply 




User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)


Copyright © 2002-2024 Collegiate Sports Nation Bulletin Board System (CSNbbs), All Rights Reserved.
CSNbbs is an independent fan site and is in no way affiliated to the NCAA or any of the schools and conferences it represents.
This site monetizes links. FTC Disclosure.
We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our web site. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit http://www.networkadvertising.org.
Powered By MyBB, © 2002-2024 MyBB Group.