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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:30 PM Original message |
Bush only started 2 wars. Obama started 3, and kept the other 2 going. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sorry, but I disagree. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Links |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:37 PM Original message |
It "was welcomed by human rights advocates who have chronicled the atrocities committed by Mr. Kony" |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. So? There were reports of Iraqi military taking babies out of incubators in Kuwait! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. "Tom Malinowsky... of Human Rights Watch, said the group had been advocating for such a deployment." |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I have to wonder if these people have even heard of the Lord's Resistance Army. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. I wish I was surprised at how clueless people are about them |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Oh, like the Gaddhafi supporters? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I, ah, disagree strongly with them, but I can almost sorta kinda see their POV |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. It's not that they really support Gaddhafi/Kony |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
95. I can't speak for anyone else of course, but it's not a case of |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. The government of Uganda, you know, the one that has a death penalty for gays... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:11 AM Response to Reply #53 |
139. If that's the criterion for the US eliminating a government, then why |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:11 AM Response to Reply #53 |
140. If that's the criterion for the US eliminating a government, then why |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
137. Better to get involved in Uganda than Iran. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama ended the Iraq war, will end Afghanistan on schedule as well, Libya/Yemen/Uganda are not wars. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. So it's only a war when the President has an 'R' next to his name? Got it. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And it ends when a D says it ended. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. No, it ends when factual sources report that it has, not when nameless Obama critics say so. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. So you're saying we have no troops in Iraq. Got it. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
73. That's not what I said. You're making another bogus statement. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #73 |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. When are you changing your avatar back? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. So it's a war when you and other nameless Obama critics on the internet say it is? Got it. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. The Iraq war is NOT ended, with 45,000 US troops still there |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
75. Does that logic apply to Germany, Japan and Korea? |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. No US soldier is dying in Germany, Japan, and Korea |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Are you 3? Was a soldier killed in irag in the last month little one? |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Plenty were killed in the last year in Iraq |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Not last year last month. Sheesh youngins. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Why limit it to a month? |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:10 AM Response to Reply #85 |
138. YES! 3 killed in September in Iraq; 1 so far in October |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
109. Nevermind. I failed to look ahead. But I still agree with the sentiment. NT |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
77. Not to mention mercenary forces, which will be DOUBLED in Iraq after 2011. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #77 |
145. actually safer than under Bush..at least we were united before in the vileness of it all.nt |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. absurd and disgusting. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. Who's truly absurd and disgusting is PUMA Jane "Blackface" Hamsher. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #76 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #104 |
115. So says someone who is making a laughably false accusation without a shred of proof. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #76 |
130. puke, indeed. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #76 |
131. typically low and disgusting false accusation. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #76 |
164. No, your great leader is, but whatever. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
68. Libya/Yemen/Uganda are not wars. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
81. US soldiers are still dying in Iraq |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
117. Your subjective opinion is irrelevant. Combat operations ended with the war last August. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #117 |
132. So what? |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #117 |
188. Go tell their families that their deaths were subjective and a matter of opinion. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
119. We still have troops and civilian advisers and contractors in Iraq. And Americans continue to die |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
148. Are all our people out of Iraq? If not, it's not over. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
163. The Iraq war is over? I can't believe people buy into this crap! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Pakistan might as well be on the list too for all intense proposes. n/t |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. Iraq towers over all. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Vietnam started with just a few troops. Operation Hotfoot. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
66. Yeah, I remember. |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. How many troops did we lose in Libya again? |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. You mean how many drones crashed? How many Libyans or Yemeni were killed? |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. So... no troops then? |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. War by remote control weaponry is still war. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Yep. I'm getting sick of having to explain this. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
146. my view of this thread shows a lot of ignores and at least one who will be added..keep up the good |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
124. So it's okay for the US to kill civilians? |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. how much money did we blow in libya? |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. So it's about money to you? |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Libyans had the highest |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Libyans had the highest standard living in Africa. |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. To answer your question |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
179. In May 2010, Libya was voted on to the UN Human Rights Council by a huge majority. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
88. It depends ... Ivory Coast, not a thin dime. They got no oil, |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
135. So people who disagree with you can't possibly have a problem with killing, and if they have |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
176. worth about the same as an unemployed american living on the street |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
110. US Military Intervention in Libya Cost At Least $896 Million |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. What is it 1450? There need not be a single troop on the ground to have an all out war |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
122. Just because nobody on our side is killed doesn't mean it's not a war. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. fail |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. troops are still in Iraq, and dying, and he started the war in Libya. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. So he armed the insurgents in Libya?? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. He started American involvement in it. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Libya did not attack Obama; Obama attacked Libya. |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. "Obama attacked Libya" |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Can you BELIEVE they keep saying O ENDED the war in Iraq? w/ 45,000 troops still there? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
79. Does that logic apply to Germany, Japan and Korea? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
123. Actually, he should withdraw those troops as well. n/t |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #79 |
141. THREE US SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ IN SEPTEMBER; 1 SO FAR IN OCTOBER |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
190. They've clawed out their eyes so they can't see. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. US military pushing O for up to 18,000 troops to remain in Iraq |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
80. Have you always been as outraged at US troops in Germany, Japan, and Korea? |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
178. how many us troops were killed in combat last month in germany, japan, or korea? |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
142. US plans $3 BILLION mercenary force in Iraq for 2012 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Posts like this make my inner historian start mainlining aspirin. (nt) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Google 'Operation Hotfoot' and then get back to me |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Because everything now turns out identically to something that happened fifty years ago. Right. (nt) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I'm just saying, once we deploy troops somewhere, it's hard to get out |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
106. I guess that means we're still at war with Germany then. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. Yes. Yes it does. nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Huh. Should've used the sarcasm smiley then. eom |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #114 |
133. We're technically at war with anywhere we have a base |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #133 |
185. If THAT is your definition, you are really reaching. Wish I could unrec this again |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #185 |
186. So you think the empire is a good thing? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. No. I also don't think we are "at war" with any country that has a base in it. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #187 |
189. If they weren't "allies" we would crush them |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #106 |
195. Uh oh. Somebody better tell the Aussies that we're at WAR with them!!one!1 |
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libinnyandia (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Obama vs McCain |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Most assuredly we would be in Iran. But at least DU would be against the war. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
165. don't kid yourself. we will be in Iran soon enough. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. And both men are/were quite happy to let their "good buddies" |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. that's nice. |
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Itchinjim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. 238... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. 745... |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
45. I read your links |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Vietnam started with just 100 troops |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. So? n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Like I said to another poster, let's talk in five years |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Then wait 5 years |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. But he did... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
92. Considering all three were ongoing for some time, there really is. (nt) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #92 |
101. So political survival is worth anyone we kill? Got it! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #101 |
107. No, it means he didn't start them. You are really reaching here. Complain about US involvement if |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #101 |
126. Keep fabricating statements to respond to; it beats responding to peoples' words, after all. (nt) |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #58 |
147. sending drones into yemen and somalia is war..when someone pushes a button in nevada |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yeah but those were much smaller wars and they were started |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
61. Huh? |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
111. Hey that was OMC's typical reponse |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. K & R !!! - But... Well, You Know... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
63. There were no wars in Libya, Yemen or Uganada prior to Obama's intervention? |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
64. So you supported Bill Clinton staying out of the Rwanda genocide? |
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belcffub (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. if he would have got a declaration of war from congress |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
91. You do know this was thoroughly approved by Congress, right? (nt) |
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belcffub (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #91 |
156. in rawanda??? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #156 |
175. Ack! No, I meant Uganda |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yup, all by himself President Obama started wars in Libya, Yemen, and Uganda. |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
69. Oh. Horse. Shit. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. I was thinking maybe a cry for attention |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
70. I was gonna say "bullshit", but |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #70 |
99. Agree to disagree MSS? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
72. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #72 |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #72 |
98. War is unhealthy for children and other living things |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #98 |
154. Perfect. Nothing sums up your intellectual heft quite so well as a 40 year old bumper sticker. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
74. Self delete |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
83. Selective Outrage about War |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #83 |
191. You gonna keyboard warrior this campaign too? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
84. WTF. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. WTF is wrong with me? Sorry, I like peace, love and understanding. Not war, mahem and death. NT |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #97 |
149. i agree with you..and so do the millenials.supporting this nonsense because obama does it is obscene |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #97 |
211. Blah. You still take part in WHY we there, ya know, that |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
90. No mention of Somalia? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
94. Un-recced. Sigh. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
100. K&R |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
105. K&R- lotta people sucking up to military adventurism they wouldn't have stood for under Bush. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #105 |
136. It's an acquired taste, apparently. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #105 |
162. Yep. It's almost like this was intended. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
108. unrec for hyperbole. Complain about US involvement if you want, but no, he didn't start |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
113. Very good point. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
116. POTUS Obama is a War POTUS by nature alas. nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Bullshit rhetoric are baseless attacks by nature alas. nt |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Some posters at DU have no credibility alas. nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. That explains the number of recs for this OP. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #120 |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
125. War is only bad if a republican is president. |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
127. Amazing... OP states a fact and is attacked. Pathetic. nt |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. No, the OP was a dishonest, ignorant whine. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. OP spouts subjective negative rhetoric about Pres. Obama w/o a shred of proof and is called on it. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. Just assume Bush sent armed troops to Uganda, or bombed Libya |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #134 |
143. In "mighty D" land, oxymorons abound, flourish and multiply. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #143 |
150. amazing, isn't it..for a wicked policy which has no upside..nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #150 |
152. Who's truly wicked is the leader of the LRA. Human Rights Watch has long asked for this deployment. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #152 |
155. OMG He's worse than Hitler! He's an evil doer! He's part of an axis of evil! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #155 |
161. "ordering village massacres, recruiting prepubescent soldiers, keeping harems of child brides and.." |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #161 |
166. The problem with that argument is |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #166 |
169. This is not about Uganda; it's about protecting the people of 4 African nations from LRA's brutality |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #169 |
171. We know about the LRA very well |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. That's a red herring. Again this is not about supporting the Uganda government. |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #173 |
180. "We" are choosing to be part of this civil war |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #180 |
183. President Obama is doing for 4 nations what human rights groups have wanted for a long time. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #134 |
151. If human rights groups or the U.N. asked for the deployment or intervention, I'd be 100% supportive. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
144. SOCOM. Bush- 60 countries. Obama 120 countries by end of 2011 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #144 |
153. Jeremy Scahill is fearmongering media whore. Still waiting for BushCo to invade Iran... |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #153 |
157. Them's just the facts, Jack. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #157 |
158. You had to dig up an old news story from June 3 for that boogeyman nugget? Glad they nailed OBL! |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #158 |
168. Again, just the facts and reality. n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #168 |
170. "reality" = Special Ops is doing a great job under Pres. Obama, far better than BushCo. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
159. Damn, I am feeling the FAIL of this thread right now. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #159 |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #159 |
196. I know. It's pretty epic. Up there with the Seabiscuit "Hillary will WIN!!one" variety |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
160. Yep. Don't forget the drone attacks in pakistan and somalia as well. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
167. Senator Obama, 12-20-2007 |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #167 |
177. Well, it's a good thing he didn't do that in this case, isn't it? (nt) |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
172. We have two pro-war parties in this country |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. We have folks on both sides of the aisle who are always attacking anything Pres. Obama does. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #174 |
184. I'm sorry if some of us think war is a bad way to solve problems |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #184 |
197. Glad Pres. O is saving lives."Human Rights Group Welcomes Obama’s Decision to Send Troops to Uganda" |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #197 |
198. You keep touting that one human rights group. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #198 |
199. You keep making false accusations & revealing you could care less about stopping LRA's brutality. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #199 |
200. No - because at least I am consistent NT |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #200 |
201. So you're fine with making false accusations & not wanting to stop LRA because you're "consistent". |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #201 |
202. I am fine with not going to war with anyone who's resources we want |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #202 |
203. That's not what you said via Post #202 in reply to my Post #201 where I asked you this question --> |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #203 |
206. I am consistently anti-war. Your problem? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #206 |
207. So you believe WWII shouldn't have been fought and that we should have stayed the British colonies? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #174 |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #174 |
204. Never anything outrageous comes from the Obama administration |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #204 |
208. Yawn. Yet another lame strawman fallacy... indeed, there's "nothing to see here". |
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210. If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community. |
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