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Warren DeMontague

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10. I don't know if this situation is really comprable to Vietnam.

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Wed Sep 17, 2014, 05:32 PM

Sep 2014

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"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" [View all] Cyrano Sep 2014 OP

Kerry is just another puppet doing the bidding of the Puppet Masters. truedelphi Sep 2014 #1

Please, please, don't call Kerry "another puppet." Cyrano Sep 2014 #9

I am sorry but in 2004 he and he alone left the voters in Ohio out to dry. truedelphi Sep 2014 #33

I know Im reapeating myself.... mylye2222 Sep 2014 #64

Thanks a lot Cyrano. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #47

They're all just puppets. bigwillq Sep 2014 #16

I thinks he is personnaly holding hks nose at his own war calling. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #35

ISIS is SCARY. They kill people and chop their heads off on videos! Warpy Sep 2014 #2

They have Terrorist Babies too!!!! Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #14

I heard an interesting discussion about this recently - about showing the true cost of war. calimary Sep 2014 #19

Agreed, having fire and blood and body counts in their living rooms every night Warpy Sep 2014 #20

Great history/life lesson, calmary. Cyrano Sep 2014 #24

DING DING DING tazkcmo Sep 2014 #28

He is an outstanding man, and a smart one. babylonsister Sep 2014 #3

Of course he is. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #61

We aren't going to let Iraq collapse, and get chased out of our embassy TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #4

because nobody is going to be the last man to die for the mistake? magical thyme Sep 2014 #5

Exactly. Never ending. n/t n2doc Sep 2014 #6

Our admiration for John Kerry was misplaced. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #7

Your despicable statement is totally misplaced. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #36

I got it right didn't I? Enthusiast Sep 2014 #40

No. you got it wrong. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #41

Those attacks just added to his camouflage. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #44

Please. stop that ugly stance. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #45

My record shows I was a strong supporter of Kerry in 2004 Enthusiast Sep 2014 #49

He did indeed. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #50

How do you ask someone to be the NEXT to die for a mistake? FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #8

That's what I was thinking, as they try to come up with a reason we'll believe to start back up NightWatcher Sep 2014 #18

I don't know if this situation is really comprable to Vietnam. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #10

I'm not saying that those in the future will Cyrano Sep 2014 #11

A couple points, here. One, Kerry said those words on April 22, 1971. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #31

It might be worse. Certainly both were unjustified. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #43

Fucked up, ain't it? nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #12

To quote Huey Freeman: Aerows Sep 2014 #26

That guy died a long time ago. LittleBlue Sep 2014 #13

Damn, maybe he did. And maybe Cyrano Sep 2014 #17

That young JK never died. He is just .... mylye2222 Sep 2014 #37

After the chemical attack in Syria he was unbearable. I gave up on him. Glimmer of Hope Sep 2014 #22

And didn't bother to notice that he was instrumental in getting rid of the Syrian chemical weapons karynnj Sep 2014 #70

Of course. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #71

As SoS, perhaps he'll find an answer for that question. hughee99 Sep 2014 #15

i'm not sure i believe in "mistakes" here Adam051188 Sep 2014 #21

Iraq 2.0 was a monstrous mistake. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #32

thanks. Adam051188 Sep 2014 #34

power corrupts They_Live Sep 2014 #23

John Kerry LOL n/t KG Sep 2014 #25

Same way tazkcmo Sep 2014 #27

It's not always that simple. Cyrano Sep 2014 #29

You still tazkcmo Sep 2014 #30

I guess he's finding out KG Sep 2014 #38

I'll not question John Kerry madokie Sep 2014 #39

K&R. for u. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #42

Agreed. Foreign Policy in Iraq... YvonneCa Sep 2014 #46

Thanks, YvonneCa, mylye2222 Sep 2014 #57

It is really difficult to see Dems who fight for the same values consistently... YvonneCa Sep 2014 #58

Possibly because ISIS is not Vietnam. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #48

Nothing in common with Vietnam... Orsino Sep 2014 #53

Both those criteria have been met, and significant numbers of Americans dying is unlikely Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #54

One is a "significant" number. n/t Orsino Sep 2014 #56

Never trust Skull and Bones Reter Sep 2014 #51

Lost? n/t YvonneCa Sep 2014 #59

No! Only conspirationist I think. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #60

It's a lot easier than asking thiousands of men after him to die for a mistake. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #52

it was no mistake! n/t wildbilln864 Sep 2014 #55

He was wounded three times and yes, he does believe in what he is doing karynnj Sep 2014 #62

K&R !!!!! mylye2222 Sep 2014 #63

He sold out. Long ago. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #65

Always funny to see how people can mylye2222 Sep 2014 #66

I've bashed both, Hillary even more, for backing Bush's wars. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #67

I didnt targeted you especially. mylye2222 Sep 2014 #68

Tell them they are not dying for a mistake. dilby Sep 2014 #69