The Afghanistan and Pakistan Thread

Ooh-Rah said:
Well played payed Canada :rolleyes:

Ex-Gitmo inmate gets apology, millions from Canada

TORONTO — A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan received an apology and a multimillion-dollar payment from the Canadian government after a court ruling said his rights were abused.

A government statement Friday said details of the settlement with Omar Khadr were confidential, but an official familiar with the deal said previously that it was for 10.5 million Canadian dollars ($8 million). A different official confirmed the money had been given to Khadr. Both insisted on speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss the deal publicly.

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Canadian's and specifically Veteran's are pissed. One of the arguments is it's saving tax dollars from court fees and him winning the 20 million he wanted. But yet this government still fights Veteran's in court over our compensation. And now thanks to this BS many think sleep deprivation is torture.
 
"The Canadian-born Khadr was 15 when he was captured by U.S. troops following a firefight at a suspected al-Qaida compound in Afghanistan that resulted in the death of an American special forces medic, U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer. Khadr, who was suspected of throwing the grenade that killed Speer, was taken to Guantanamo and ultimately charged with war crimes by a military commission."

Fuck you Trudeau, and Fuck you Khadr !!
 
From what I understand the Trudeau government has effectively blocked the widow and Soldier whose eye was destroyed from receiving the money they're owed per a lawsuit. Trudeau is a POS.
 
ThunderHorse said:
Here's a pretty good read: The Empire Stopper
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I'm just happy to see this paragraph:

In truth, no great empires perished solely because of Afghanistan. Perhaps a better way to put it is that Afghanistan is the battleground of empires. Even without easily accessible resources, the country has still been blessed — or cursed, more likely — with a geopolitical position that has repeatedly put it in someone or other’s way.
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I HATE the "graveyard of empires" phrase. It is pure garbage for the reasons above.
 
That's exactly what I was thinking. So many smug pseudo-intellectuals like to talk about "how Afghanistan has never been conquered." Please. Any major empire that wanted to came in and conquered, colonized, and/or occupied whatever parts of Afghanistan they wanted. They just ultimately decided it wasn't worth it to stick around.
 
RackMaster said:
And now thanks to this BS many think sleep deprivation is torture.
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Ok, if sleep deprivation is torture, I want my 10MM Canadian for being in the Army.... and working... and going to University... and working... that's 40MM Canadian you fucking hosers owe me... I'll settle for 15MM US right now.
 
Marauder06 said:
That's exactly what I was thinking. So many smug pseudo-intellectuals like to talk about "how Afghanistan has never been conquered." Please. Any major empire that wanted to came in and conquered, colonized, and/or occupied whatever parts of Afghanistan they wanted. They just ultimately decided it wasn't worth it to stick around.
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Because.... Afghan Women....

Yeah... I went to Kipling....
 
AWP said:
For those of you who are curious:

COMPLETE COLLECTION OF POEMS BY RUDYARD KIPLING

This one is timeless. Everyone should read this and if you think it doesn't apply to your service...I feel sorry for you.

Poetry Lovers' Page - Rudyard Kipling: The Young British Soldier
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My boss at the time took me out to dinner before I left for boot camp. He gave me a copy of the poem "If" and had a discussion with it about me. Tim then mailed me a copy of it to MCRD and I kept it with my letters through Boot. My dad and step-dad were good men, but I have always been fortunate to have older men in my life willing to take the 'fatherly role' I never really got from either of them.

If— by Rudyard Kipling
 
x SF med said:
A follow on to @AWP and @Ooh-Rah ... read Kipling's Kim if you want to even begin to understand the mindset of the Kush.


And yes, this same Kipling wrote the Jungle Books and other children's stories, political essays and other scholarly treaties.
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One of the greatest writers. "The power of the dog" is one of his best poems.
 

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