Negotiating With The Taliban.

[Jacob]

A marine corps general (ret) weighs in: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20140609/NEWS/306090040/Mattis-Bergdahl-release-makes-Taliban-vulnerable?sf27122491=1

[Jacob]

Meanwhile, Rand Paul brings further gravitas to the criticism by suggesting that they should have traded Five Democrats instead of the five Taliban guys: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/06/rand-paul-lets-trade-5-democrats-not-5-taliban/

[The Minsky Moment]

Why would the Taliban want 5 Democrats?  That doesn't make sense on any level.

Oh wait, Rand Paul, got it.

[CountDeMoney]

Heh, the central Europeans think they're insecure now, just wait until President Paul's in charge. 

So, do you think Putin will execute the entire Polish officer corps in an even bigger forest this time around, just to beat Stalin's record?

[Valmy]

Tennessee is'nt in America?

An American Officer means in the regular army.  Anyway it was the wrong Jackson

Which was a weird mistake for me to make since I just made a Stonewall joke a few posts before.  I guess I never thought of Stonewall as anything but a Confederate Officer.

[derspiess]

Jackson was an American officer.

Maybe for the America you were rooting for, but it was the wrong one, secessionist rat fuck.

Not gonna take that troll bait, Mr. 1861 Baltimore Riots.  I'm more of a Northern man than you are.

[derspiess]

Why would the Taliban want 5 Democrats?  That doesn't make sense on any level.

Fair point.  Would probably be a war crime of some sort.

[derspiess]

An American Officer means in the regular army.  Anyway it was the wrong Jackson

Not sure it's that open & shut.

Which was a weird mistake for me to make since I just made a Stonewall joke a few posts before.  I guess I never thought of Stonewall as anything but a Confederate Officer.

Confederate States of America.  The Confederates considered themselves as American as you or I.  Remember, some of them called the start of the Civil War the "Second American Revolution".

[CountDeMoney]

Not gonna take that troll bait, Mr. 1861 Baltimore Riots.  I'm more of a Northern man than you are.

Nigga, please.  None of my people landed on these shores prior to 1870.  Shit was over by then.

[Valmy]

Confederate States of America.  The Confederates considered themselves as American as you or I.

The Confederate States of America was the official name but I have never ever heard them ever refer to it as 'America' but the 'Confederacy' or the 'Southern Confederacy' when discussing it.  Likewise they never would have used the term 'the American Army' to describe their military.

Remember, some of them called the start of the Civil War the "Second American Revolution".

Sure, they made some parallels.  But one of the key points of the Confederacy was rejecting that old nationalism and embracing your home state and a southern nationalism.

Not sure it is that open & shut

At the time the Regulars would have disagreed

Probably right but it is rather amusing isn't it?  One of our most famous generals never officially part of the US Army.  Though he had regular units under his command.  Just weird how they did things back then.

[derspiess]

Not gonna take that troll bait, Mr. 1861 Baltimore Riots.  I'm more of a Northern man than you are.

Nigga, please.  None of my people landed on these shores prior to 1870.  Shit was over by then.

So none of them died to help preserve The Union and free the slaves.  Figures

All mine were here by around 1810.  Even the Krauts.

[Valmy]

There is nothing so depressing than looking at the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules and seeing all the anonymous poor bastards your ancestors used to own.

[CountDeMoney]

There is nothing so depressing than looking at the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules and seeing all the anonymous poor bastards your ancestors used to own.

Lulz, derfetus gets stuck with the reparations bill, and I don't. 

[derspiess]

Probably right but it is rather amusing isn't it?  One of our most famous generals never officially part of the US Army.  Though he had regular units under his command.  Just weird how they did things back then.

Yeah, kind of a distinction without a difference, though.  And you can call the Confederates the bad guys, on the wrong side, whatever-- and you'd be right.  They were still Americans, like it or not.

[Eddie Teach]

There is nothing so depressing than looking at the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules and seeing all the anonymous poor bastards your ancestors used to own.

Look at the bright side, your appliances probably do most of their tasks that would be useful to you better anyway.