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US denies visas to Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team

61 points by dvdhnt 9y ago

tyingq 9y ago
Ugh. Winning hearts and minds. I wonder how long that US flag remains on the robot.
plandis 9y ago
Congratulations Republicans. YOU caused this.
- 3131s 9y ago
  It's both of your awful political parties. The Democrats embrace mass deportation, drone bombings, surveillance, arms dealing and regime change, and so-called "smart power" which excels only in increasing the cost of killing thought criminals, average civilians, and a tiny minority of actual terrorists abroad. I agree that the language Republicans use is more alarming, and tends to appeal more directly to fears that most Americans have. But at the federal level the two political parties have been essentially the same for 30+ years, with the exception of a few social causes that are very important but don't have much to do with the actual day-to-day operation of the US government.
a2tech 9y ago
We're doing such a bang up job in Afghanistan and around the world. Really glad I was born in a declining super power. </s>
vowelless 9y ago
Original article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hilarybrueck/2017/06/29/denied-afghanistans-all-girl-robotics-team-cant-get-visas-to-the-u-s/#30ffe5b8367f https://www.forbes.com/sites/hilarybrueck/2017/06/29/denied-...
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downer72 9y ago
Yeah, remember that part where we declared war on Iraq for no fucking reason? Oh wait, no... that's not correct... we did have a reason... “Rumsfeld was saying that we needed to bomb Iraq,” Clarke said to Stahl. “And we all said no, no. Al-Qaeda is in Afghanistan. We need to bomb Afghanistan. And Rumsfeld said there aren’t any good targets in Afghanistan. And there are lots of good targets in Iraq. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clarkes-take-on-terror/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clarkes-take-on-terror/ Put another way, there was never any rationale for anything we ever did anywhere. All of this is bullshit. Don't even bother trying to make heads or tails of it. Nothing was ever supposed to get fixed, made right, redressed. The travel ban? Why does it exist? Because they're fucking assholes. Not because anything matters.
3131s 9y ago
So this gets unflagged, but it's still completely gone from the front page even though it has a very good upvotes / time ratio. I really dislike that about HN. This is clearly an important discussion.
- Steko 9y ago
  Still says [flagged] to me.
- krapp 9y ago
  Have you read this thread? There is no important discussion going on here, only lazy barbs about the US military and Republican party which, while true, are neither intellectually interesting nor particularly germane to the posted article. If there were something worth saving here, I'd agree that the downvoting and flagging were a problem, but in this case it's just garbage and it gets what it deserves.
  - Steko 9y ago
    There's separate flagging for comments and articles though, you seem to have those confused. Should we flag front page articles every time the first two comments are terrible?
    - krapp 9y ago
      The article seems close enough to being mainstream political news to be flag-worthy to me. I'd agree that an article shouldn't be flagged because of the comments alone, but either way it's going to vanish from the front page quickly considering how heavily HN weighs downvoting and flagging.
      - cyphunk 9y ago
        So anything mainstream gets flagged, even if it relates to people in the field of science? Srsly hn, flagging != patriotism
slantaclaus 9y ago
Why the hell is this flagged? I wish could flag the flagging...
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61 points by dvdhnt 9y ago

tyingq 9y ago

Ugh. Winning hearts and minds. I wonder how long that US flag remains on the robot.

plandis 9y ago

Congratulations Republicans. YOU caused this.

3131s 9y ago
It's both of your awful political parties. The Democrats embrace mass deportation, drone bombings, surveillance, arms dealing and regime change, and so-called "smart power" which excels only in increasing the cost of killing thought criminals, average civilians, and a tiny minority of actual terrorists abroad. I agree that the language Republicans use is more alarming, and tends to appeal more directly to fears that most Americans have. But at the federal level the two political parties have been essentially the same for 30+ years, with the exception of a few social causes that are very important but don't have much to do with the actual day-to-day operation of the US government.

a2tech 9y ago

We're doing such a bang up job in Afghanistan and around the world. Really glad I was born in a declining super power. </s>

vowelless 9y ago

Original article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hilarybrueck/2017/06/29/denied-afghanistans-all-girl-robotics-team-cant-get-visas-to-the-u-s/#30ffe5b8367f https://www.forbes.com/sites/hilarybrueck/2017/06/29/denied-...

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downer72 9y ago

Yeah, remember that part where we declared war on Iraq for no fucking reason? Oh wait, no... that's not correct... we did have a reason... “Rumsfeld was saying that we needed to bomb Iraq,” Clarke said to Stahl. “And we all said no, no. Al-Qaeda is in Afghanistan. We need to bomb Afghanistan. And Rumsfeld said there aren’t any good targets in Afghanistan. And there are lots of good targets in Iraq. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clarkes-take-on-terror/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clarkes-take-on-terror/ Put another way, there was never any rationale for anything we ever did anywhere. All of this is bullshit. Don't even bother trying to make heads or tails of it. Nothing was ever supposed to get fixed, made right, redressed. The travel ban? Why does it exist? Because they're fucking assholes. Not because anything matters.

3131s 9y ago

So this gets unflagged, but it's still completely gone from the front page even though it has a very good upvotes / time ratio. I really dislike that about HN. This is clearly an important discussion.

Steko 9y ago
Still says [flagged] to me.
krapp 9y ago
Have you read this thread? There is no important discussion going on here, only lazy barbs about the US military and Republican party which, while true, are neither intellectually interesting nor particularly germane to the posted article. If there were something worth saving here, I'd agree that the downvoting and flagging were a problem, but in this case it's just garbage and it gets what it deserves.
- Steko 9y ago
  There's separate flagging for comments and articles though, you seem to have those confused. Should we flag front page articles every time the first two comments are terrible?
  - krapp 9y ago
    The article seems close enough to being mainstream political news to be flag-worthy to me. I'd agree that an article shouldn't be flagged because of the comments alone, but either way it's going to vanish from the front page quickly considering how heavily HN weighs downvoting and flagging.
    - cyphunk 9y ago
      So anything mainstream gets flagged, even if it relates to people in the field of science? Srsly hn, flagging != patriotism

slantaclaus 9y ago

Why the hell is this flagged? I wish could flag the flagging...

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