Iran paying Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    Iran is paying Taliban fighters $1,000 for each U.S. soldier they kill in Afghanistan, according to a report in a British newspaper.

    The Sunday Times described how a man it said was a "Taliban treasurer" had gone to collect $18,000 from an Iranian firm in Kabul, a reward it said was for an attack in July which killed several Afghan government troops and destroyed an American armored vehicle.

    The treasurer left with the cash hidden in a sack of flour, the newspaper said, and then gave it to Taliban fighters in the province of Wardak. In the past six months, the treasurer claimed to have collected more than $77,000 from the company.

    The Sunday Times said its investigation had found that at least five Kabul-based Iranian companies were secretly passing funds to the Taliban.

    The newspaper's correspondent, Miles Amoore, said he met and interviewed the treasurer, who he said had been an illiterate farmer who was taught to read and write, plus basic accountancy, by the Taliban last winter.

    'For jihad'
    "Iran will never stop funding us because Americans are dangerous for them as well. I think the hatred is the same from both us and Iran. The money we get is not dirty. It is for jihad," the treasurer told Amoore.

    In addition to the $1,000 bounty on U.S. troops, the unnamed man said Iran paid $6,000 for the destruction of a U.S. military vehicle.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39014669/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
     
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    So what do you think, SPD?
     
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    I think that could be construed as an act of war.
     
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    Just because they are Iranian companies doesn't mean that their government was behind it. If their is solid evidence that it was sanctioned by the Iranian government then that is an act of war.
     
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    We pay more!

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    Construe is as an act of war all you want. The US is economically devastated from the two wars it's already in. There will be no new ones in our lifetimes.
     
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    I betcha you won't see another US war of the size of Iraq or Afghanistan in your life.

    This country has a 1930s-sized Depression coming up in about 10 years, only this time we won't climb out of the pit.
     
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    People have been predicting the demise of the USA since 1776.

    If you believe what you're saying you should leave.
     
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    I seriously don't think we can squirm out of this one. After decades of the economy going downhill, I see the ruling intelligence agencies instituting radical change around 2050. The country becomes semi-socialist.
     
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    2050? The country is semi-socialist now....
     
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    As it has been for the past century and more. All the Western nations are somewhere on the spectrum between pure capitalism at one end and pure socialism at the other end. All Western nations are currently some mix of capitalism and socialism. So saying we're "semi-socialist" isn't terribly meaningful. We've been semi-socialist and semi-capitalist for a very long time. It's the exact mix of the two that we should use that is debated.
     
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    Do I really have to add the phrase "a lot more" to "semi-socialist" to be understood?

    It's just a psychic vision, so it's easy for you to knock down. I'm just putting my prediction out there. (I have more details, and it gets a lot worse late in the century.)
     
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    MISSION ACOMPLISHED!!!!!! Er wait?
     
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    I think if you added that it would make it much harder to understand. A lot more partly-socialist? A lot more half-socialist?

    How about if you replace the "semi-" with "a lot more" instead?

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    Iran's been doing this in Iraq for many years. Not surprisingly, since it would seem to be an effective self-defense measure. If the US fails in Iraq/Afghanistan, it cannot move on to Iran, especially important since Iraq and Afghanistan are it's western and eastern borders. As unlikely as the US doing any sort of invasion right now would be, prolonging hostilities in it's neighbors would still keep US attention spread around the region and not solely focused on Iran, even if it was only for economic and diplomatic reasons.

    Not a good enough reason for me to despise their actions against our troops any less, though.
     
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    SPD - wrong Heston movie. Soylent Green is jlprk's vision.
     
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    We (us taxpayers) pay our soldiers a low hourly rate, and expect them to kill anyone they are told to kill whether it be women, children...

    Economies around the world differ.
     
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    Well, that's your pure guess. Frankly, I hope you're right, but I've learned never to say 'never'.
     
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