Posted on 10/25/2001 11:02:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A group of Afghan children collect packets of food aid after an U.S. aircraft completed a night time air drop over a refugee camp in Kumkishlyak in Northern Afghanistan, October 25, 2001. Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Thursday dismissed as U.S. propaganda a Pentagon statement that they intended to poison food dropped by U.S. aircraft or provided by humanitarian groups to Afghan civilians. The Pentagon said on Wendesday that it had received information the Taliban may poison the food supplies to Afghan civilians and blame the United States. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
An Afghan girl eats a box of bean salad after U.S. aircraft dropped food aid in a refugee camp in Kumkishlyak in northern Afghanistan, October 25, 2001. Two Afghan girls eat packets of strawberry jam after receiving food aid from U.S. air drops in a refugee camp in Kumkishlyak in Northern Afghanistan, October 25,2001.
No, it means I look forward to the day when American companies can do business with Afghans who know us and live in peace. The Afghan people are not the ones who crashed planes into the WTC and Pentagon, that was al Qaeda and bin Laden.
It's important to understand this situation. Haven't you listed to President Bush at all?
Norb
Old Momof7 is probably some 20 year old Islamic Fundimentalist sitting in an apartment somewhere trying to amuse himself between terrorist attacks.
Ya know Mom, I'm really surprised at you on this thread. But maybe not. When it comes to "buying their love" speak for yourself, please. I'm not gonna waste my energy in trying to post scripture passages that tells all Christians to Love, Love and continue to love...to be Charitable and give, give until you give from your need and not your excess...and to be perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect.
[1 John 2:9] Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the darkness....
[1 John 2:11] Whoever hates his brother is in darkness; he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes....
[1 John 3:15] Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
I quoted only one story to avoid becoming tedious. There are other stories, some more pointed than the one I used.
As you see by these PICTURES and story, the food isn't going to waste.
A staged picture is easily created. And if you've used Photoshop, it is quite easy to adapt and modify photographs. This is not necessarily a bad thing - perhaps it will be useful propaganda to keep the coalition together. Or perhaps it will help to mute opposition to the war in the US.
As an example, I took a photograph, and in a short time changed the background, moved the head in one photograph to the body in another, and it looked fine. I could spot a few artifacts with a magnifying glass, but I'm just a neophyte with the program. A pro is a different matter!
The Taliban controls the food. If we can break that control, we win and the people will no longer need to kowtow to the Taliban to get fed.
A rather large "if" I'm afraid. And notice that they are confident enough of their control that they are now handing out weapons. Clearly they don't believe that the masses are a risk! So I really wonder whether the ordinary Afghan sees himself/herself as kowtowing. Might it be that the ordinary Aghan likes the Taliban? You and I don't, but that doesn't mean they couldn't.
Plus it is the Christian thing to do.
One man's liturgy is another's heresy.
It does take a village ask Hillary
How do you know the story you posted wasn't staged?
There, run rings around you logically.
Old Momof7 is probably some 20 year old Islamic Fundimentalist sitting in an apartment somewhere trying to amuse himself between terrorist attacks.
Yea will you please continue to feed my kids while I get the smallpox ready for yours? LOL
LOL read that with a straight face..they are starving nomadic people being chased by the Talabon..but their mothers wont let them out without clean underwear
You and your children will never, EVER have to face the situation these Afghan women and children do. If, for some reason, you face a situation where you have to choose between your children living or dying, I don't think for a second that you would drop this pious pretense and choose life for your children, no matter what the circumstances are.
Christ said "Let the little children come to me". In your twisted, evil world you would rather kill those children because they're not Christian to begin with; you'd rather just forget all of what Christ preached about caring for the poor and needy. Go to hell, Nazi. We defeated your kind 54 years ago, and we can defeat you again. The only difference is that, like an infection, people like you live among us now.
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