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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1841487" data-attributes="member: 2189">I find it interesting that the so-called &quot;party of family values&quot; hyperbolic as that is will defend our military actions and presence in the Middle East as if on some mission ordained by god.&nbsp; And not that some who appear to oppose the political clique of family values don&#039;t themselves advance this same cause, especially when their own demigods are the ones in charge.This seems to me to beg the question, if freeing the people of one tyranny just to then impose another form is what occurs, then freedom was never the real cause and purpose so what then is the real cause and purpose of our going over there in the first place?&nbsp; And what does this do to the psychology of the people themselves as to what they think of our presence in their lives and what we actually bring with us?&nbsp; How would you react to an invading force and their puppet gov&#039;t if you were them and it was your children this was being done too?<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/world/asia/us-soldiers-told-to-ignore-afghan-allies-abuse-of-boys.html?_r=0" target="_blank">U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1841487, member: 2189"] I find it interesting that the so-called "party of family values" hyperbolic as that is will defend our military actions and presence in the Middle East as if on some mission ordained by god. And not that some who appear to oppose the political clique of family values don't themselves advance this same cause, especially when their own demigods are the ones in charge. This seems to me to beg the question, if freeing the people of one tyranny just to then impose another form is what occurs, then freedom was never the real cause and purpose so what then is the real cause and purpose of our going over there in the first place? And what does this do to the psychology of the people themselves as to what they think of our presence in their lives and what we actually bring with us? How would you react to an invading force and their puppet gov't if you were them and it was your children this was being done too? [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/world/asia/us-soldiers-told-to-ignore-afghan-allies-abuse-of-boys.html?_r=0'][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff0000][B]U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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