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Old 09-13-2007, 12:16 PM
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Default Re: "American" Afghanistan's Three Major Crops: Opium, Human Organs and Children

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Originally Posted by Jamroll View Post
You can use the same argument against Americans: "The Americans are sheltering people who attacked Iraq." It still doesn't make sense.

That doesn't justify collective punishment, which is essentially people who condone(d) the attacks on Afghanistan are doing.
It wasn't a collective punishment so much as removing a (very real) threat and responding against those who were responsible.
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