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Not everyone is quite as dumb as you may think... The Barney Franks and bailouts and buy outs are only indications of our gummit doing things to us instead of for us, Ed. I understand. As far as Afghanistan..there is a real cure even if we pulled out completely. I understand they live by the feud. How do you deal with those people??.. By using their own codes upon them..but we(the US and other European countries) are civilised. You can not deal with them by the code of civilised values.. You cannot win that way..as you have stated. The only way to win a war..is to be nastier than the other guy. And I do know that. As far as Jon Lynn..I don't know. I realize there are times, I , am not nice! You are wrong..we can leave Afghanistan and be safe here..but let them know..mess with us and we will kill your whole family..the whole village you come from..Not nice..but nasty..but for the most part it will work . Yeah yeah..there are always some who that will not work on..but there are many like that in our own country. We do not need to be the world's policemen.. When dealing with these kinds..we just have to kill 'em all. Like the Killing of Bin Hiding....it is the real way to deal with them..but NOT 10 yrs later