Lol. 24% of the worlds poulation is Muslim. Do you suggest ocupying them all?

are you being sarcastic? I hope so-- because--forget the money wasted-- one young American life is a cost that is too much

@bklynite53 Semi-sarcastic. 51st state: facetitious, fairly cheap to stay now that we're there, the shame of leaving that sparsely-populated, war-torn country to those murderous fanatics...
BUT where in the world are there NOT murderous Muslim fanatics?!? The REAL shame is the religion (and all fanatical religious types--for that matter ALL fanatics, period) exists at all.

@Storm1752 im glad at least it was semi sarcastic.
Afghanistan has been invaded by many imperialistic countries in history and every one had to leave with their tails wagging behind them. We won't be any different.

@bklynite53 cost of "American life". Effing typical! You ignore the lives of allied soldiers dragged into the invasion & occupation to slay Afghanis, the dead Afghanis, the production of opium & to feed the US military industry.
Besides which are you saying that those lost lives are not adequately insured by profit making American Insurance companies?
Get real!

@bklynite53, @Storm1752
"BUT where in the world are there NOT murderous Muslim fanatics?!?"

Seriously?

Have you compared the numbers illegally killed and murdered inthe last 120 years by American invasions, bombings, sanctions, criminality, piracy and malpractice to the numbers of Americans killed by your "Muslim fanatics"? Your brains are in cuckoo land!

@bklynite53 Probably true, because Muslims do not forget. THEY won't rest until they recapture Spain!

@FrayedBear the conversation was about American lives. I stayed on topic. I agree with you regarding your coment. the tragedy is about more than just America.

@Storm1752 lol - and you think that Israeli occupation of Palestine is acceptable to them?

@Storm1752, @bklynite53 American lives are being lost because of American transgressions which you wish to deny even when they are perpetrated against you by your own governments.

@FrayedBear I'm not denying anything. Things are not so simple one group can be demonized while the other can achieve sainthood.

@FrayedBear So you think the very existence of Israel amounts to an 'occupation?' If so, should the Jews either pack up and leave, or accept second-class status?
I not sure they would agree to that.

@FrayedBear Yes seriously. Muslims are like Star Trek's Borg. Once they take over a country/territory, they subjugate that people to THEIR religion/culture, and never give it back up. It's like Christianity was and sometimes still is, completely intolerant of other cultures and faiths. The only difference is, Christianity has had an extra 1400 years or so to 'mellow' somewhat. Same basic thing, though. In my opinion.

@Storm1752 [ifamericansknew.org]

It fascinates me how many Americans have a Pavlovian like response to the sight or mention of Fox, Breitbart, RT and Trump!

@FrayedBear if those entities ever behaved differently we might think twice about a Pavlovian response. As it is they are as reliable as Pavlov's bell for serving up tasty meals of biased partisan propaganda.

@prometheus From an Indian academic?