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In reply to the discussion: Cindy Sheehan [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)30. If I pick up a rock and a tennis ball and call them both 'rocks' I am being consistent.But I'm wrong
Equating Iraq,Afghanistan,Yemen,World War II, Grenada, Libya and Yemen and calling them all unjustified wars for oil is consistent. But it is also wrong.
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I'm relying on memory here and if I'm wrong about anything, I'll gladly admit it.
Kaleva
Apr 2012
#3
Rude and ugly, but three quarters true. It appeared to me more the DLC than left wing, though
saras
Apr 2012
#11
If I pick up a rock and a tennis ball and call them both 'rocks' I am being consistent.But I'm wrong
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#30
Nope. The real reason is she shares a problem with a small percentage of the anti-war crowd
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#21
Thank you. The sad thing is that a good credible anti-war activist group is sorely needed.
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#24
Yet, WWII is something that this crowd argues. Just check out Swanson's latest book "War is a Lie"
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#29
Actually, the European part of World War II grew directly out of resentments engendered
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#60
From the Teabagger contingent which is why Dems/Libs left her years before Obama presidency.
ieoeja
Apr 2012
#47
Cindy Sheehan is the reason America finally woke up to the horror of the Iraq war.
WilliamPitt
Apr 2012
#23
yes but Cindy brought it to nightly news while the media did not report those of us who marched
xiamiam
Apr 2012
#32
We were ignored by the MSM. I asked a friend recently if they remembered the huge
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#68
I just remembered--Henry David Thoreau refused to pay taxes because of his opposition
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#64
This month's issue of Harper's has an article about forgetting American history
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#62
There's also a way you can put the money in a special account, isn't there?
proud2BlibKansan
Apr 2012
#67