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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 9 Feb 2017

    Asked if he was winning or losing in Afghanistan, General Nicholson said bluntly, “I believe we are in a stalemate"http://nyti.ms/2kT2jrl 

    11:32 AM - 9 Feb 2017
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      1. Brian Krassenstein‏ @krassenstein 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Trump's not going to fix that I'm afraid

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      2. Fayer‏ @pcgrandma63 9 Feb 2017
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        Spicer said DT will send more Americans to Afghanistan on recommendation of generals. What about let them fight their own war.

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      3. AussieCountry‏ @CountryAus 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @pcgrandma63 @nytimes

        Trump dodged the military 3 times, maybe his patriotic kids can stand up & fight for more than the trump family name.

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      1. Jack Black‏ @jackblacktweets 9 Feb 2017
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        Time to get out...enough blood and treasure lost.

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      1. arev‏ @arev31 9 Feb 2017
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        Waiting for @realDonaldTrump aka the #SoCalledPresident to destroy #ISIS as claimed Off to bad start #Yemenghazi #unfit #impeach

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      1. Donn Morgan Kipgen‏ @donn_morgan 9 Feb 2017
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        Truthfully,Gen.Nicholson must've realised that Afghanistan is another Vietnam Fiasco!Not an outright winnable war!Ask the Russians!

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      1. Honda Fit‏ @politics1743 9 Feb 2017
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        there is no winning in Afghanistan - when are they going to figure that out - nor Syria

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      2. Dinkledash‏ @Dinkeldash 9 Feb 2017
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        We have friends in Afghanistan, in the North, but as long as the Pashtun can travel between Khost and Waziristan, we'll never -

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      3. Dinkledash‏ @Dinkeldash 9 Feb 2017
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        - be able to bring the Taliban to a decisive engagement. And intel sharing with local authorities usually results in leaks. -

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      4. Dinkledash‏ @Dinkeldash 9 Feb 2017
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        -To win in Afghanistan we need to partition it between the Pashtun and everyone else (mostly in the north) and just leave them -

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      5. Dinkledash‏ @Dinkeldash 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Dinkeldash @nytimes

        - to their own devices in the south, wiping out terrorist camps when we see them but there's no nation to be built down there.

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      6. Rick‏ @bluebyoo 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Dinkeldash @nytimes

        I agree a Korean partition would be perfect. Democracy, USA military bases in the North next to Iran chaos in the south

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      7. Dinkledash‏ @Dinkeldash 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @bluebyoo @nytimes

        The intractable problem being that Northistan will be landlocked.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Rick‏ @bluebyoo 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Dinkeldash @nytimes

        United States has a modern Military landlocked or not they will dominate end the Slaughter send Iran Russia a message

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Dinkledash‏ @Dinkeldash 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @bluebyoo @nytimes

        - in Sevastopol is a lot stronger than Ukraines as it was founded by Catherine II in 1792 and Ukraine didn't get it -

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      2.  🌎The Wildebeest‏ @wildebeest4160 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Damn the fact that conservatives push to send our troops to war, but block EVERY measure to take care of them if they survive

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      2. Lee John Barnes‏ @LeeJohnBarnes 9 Feb 2017
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        What a debacle. Its dragged on longer than the Vietnam War and just as meaningless. Except for corporate war profiteers of course

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