Monte Carlo
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Wed Jun-02-04 12:53 PM
Response to Reply #46 |
| 49. You should accept it, get over yourself, and move on. |
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This is a FUBAR situation, but it is OUR situation, so we need to deal with it and not indulge in some national sense of shame and self-pity.
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| -Complete withdraw from Iraq: naive thinking. |
malatesta1137 |
Jun-02-04 11:19 AM |
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I disagree 100% |
Walt Starr |
Jun-02-04 11:20 AM |
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More wisdom from Walt |
sangh0 |
Jun-02-04 12:27 PM |
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I've got a great idea! |
kiahzero |
Jun-02-04 12:55 PM |
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Bring the troops home NOW |
Walt Starr |
Jun-02-04 01:34 PM |
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There's that liberal compassion |
kiahzero |
Jun-02-04 01:44 PM |
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We cannot win with our forces there, we will only lost more American lives |
Walt Starr |
Jun-02-04 01:49 PM |
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"We cannot win" - win what? |
kiahzero |
Jun-02-04 02:07 PM |
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The war was LOST the instant we started shelling them |
Walt Starr |
Jun-02-04 02:08 PM |
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I'll ask again - Win what? |
kiahzero |
Jun-02-04 02:16 PM |
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We can't help them ... |
lanparty |
Jun-02-04 07:22 PM |
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You have two assertions to back up with evidence: |
truthspeaker |
Jun-02-04 11:23 AM |
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True, but leave Iraq without any kind of security force, |
jpgray |
Jun-02-04 11:25 AM |
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but we do not have a security force to put in there |
truthspeaker |
Jun-02-04 11:27 AM |
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It would have to be an Iraqi force--even local militia |
jpgray |
Jun-02-04 11:29 AM |
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Congo? Apples and oranges |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 12:08 PM |
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Not a direct comparison |
jpgray |
Jun-02-04 12:21 PM |
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OK, now I get what you're suggesting |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 12:27 PM |
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Yes--either way, we have to go |
jpgray |
Jun-02-04 12:34 PM |
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Wrong |
libcurious |
Jun-02-04 12:42 PM |
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Which would be fine. |
aquart |
Jun-02-04 11:34 AM |
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Yes, Iran is host to many Iraqi religious leaders as well |
jpgray |
Jun-02-04 11:36 AM |
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We could go in circles for days about this |
rucky |
Jun-02-04 11:25 AM |
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Social workers? Ridiculous. |
aquart |
Jun-02-04 11:26 AM |
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The Red Crescent?! A threat?! |
rucky |
Jun-02-04 11:29 AM |
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Sigh... |
webster_green |
Jun-02-04 11:28 AM |
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I also disagree 100% |
bloom |
Jun-02-04 11:30 AM |
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You Have No Say In Iraq's Future |
Solidarity |
Jun-02-04 11:32 AM |
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Well Halliburton ... |
lanparty |
Jun-02-04 07:28 PM |
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Yes, so that's what the television tells us. Sigh. |
info being |
Jun-02-04 11:32 AM |
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Don't get too discouraged |
troublemaker |
Jun-02-04 11:44 AM |
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The problem with your analysis in this case... |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 12:12 PM |
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Americans created this bloody mess |
malatesta1137 |
Jun-02-04 11:45 AM |
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You're being completely disingenuous here |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 12:04 PM |
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so, you don't have any evidence that Al Qaeda is in Iraq then? |
truthspeaker |
Jun-02-04 12:06 PM |
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here, brainy: |
malatesta1137 |
Jun-02-04 12:25 PM |
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ah yes, the objective MSNBC news |
truthspeaker |
Jun-02-04 12:29 PM |
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very naive the one |
malatesta1137 |
Jun-02-04 12:42 PM |
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And our military presence there is to force them out how, exactly? |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 12:30 PM |
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You're just reflecting the wilfull ignorance of the mainstream media. |
Minstrel Boy |
Jun-02-04 12:37 PM |
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www.bringthemhomenow.org |
goodhue |
Jun-02-04 11:47 AM |
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Read Rashid Khalidi's book "Resurrecting Empire". |
greatauntoftriplets |
Jun-02-04 11:51 AM |
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#1: Halliburton out now. |
H2O Man |
Jun-02-04 11:52 AM |
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Some of us were adamant in signing a petition that began: |
Marianne |
Jun-02-04 11:57 AM |
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disagree - bring the troops home now; no huge embassy |
donsu |
Jun-02-04 11:58 AM |
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The exact same thing was said about Vietnam |
Bandit |
Jun-02-04 11:58 AM |
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Power vacuums are filled by those with the guns. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 12:39 PM |
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yeah, and the biggest gang is us |
truthspeaker |
Jun-02-04 12:40 PM |
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That's goddamned right. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 12:45 PM |
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I shouldn't be ashamed that my country is occuping another illegally? |
truthspeaker |
Jun-02-04 12:47 PM |
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You should accept it, get over yourself, and move on. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 12:53 PM |
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No, it isn't OUR situation |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 12:56 PM |
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Wanna bet? |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 01:21 PM |
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Our "gang" only creates instability to drum up protection rackets |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 12:54 PM |
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I find that a very condescending statement |
Bandit |
Jun-02-04 12:44 PM |
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But we're already involved, and we can't turn back time. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 12:51 PM |
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Tell me where in the Middle East that a Strongman doesn't rule? |
Bandit |
Jun-02-04 01:05 PM |
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Actually, there is one that is working away from a "strongman" |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 01:13 PM |
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Some despots are less enlightened than others. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 01:14 PM |
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You've forgotten a major player in all this |
kiahzero |
Jun-02-04 01:31 PM |
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When are you enlisting in the army? |
apathy |
Jun-02-04 12:16 PM |
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Absolutely. Groups in Iraq have their own ideas for Iraq's future. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 12:35 PM |
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How much did the CIA pay you to say that? |
truthspeaker |
Jun-02-04 12:41 PM |
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Spare us the drama about the CIA. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 12:55 PM |
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Unbelievable... |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 12:42 PM |
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Maybe just unpalatable. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 01:05 PM |
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Unpalatable is too mild. I'd say it's more like insanity. |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 01:15 PM |
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Welcome aboard. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 01:27 PM |
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That's right -- that's why it's my duty to do what I can to stop it |
IrateCitizen |
Jun-02-04 01:32 PM |
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What I want matters very little. |
Monte Carlo |
Jun-02-04 01:45 PM |
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When did you start thinking that the US was 'stabilizing' Iraq? |
eridani |
Jun-02-04 06:08 PM |
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Nope .. |
lanparty |
Jun-02-04 07:33 PM |
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This reminds me of Monday |
Thankfully_in_Britain |
Jun-02-04 12:41 PM |
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Naive thinking the Iraqis want us there... |
JCMach1 |
Jun-02-04 12:50 PM |
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Whatever |
RetroLounge |
Jun-02-04 12:55 PM |
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I can only hope that I stay naive, far from the "realism"... |
thebigidea |
Jun-02-04 01:36 PM |
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and around and around we go |
methinks2 |
Jun-02-04 01:52 PM |
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Yikes ...someone is indeed naive ... |
welshTerrier2 |
Jun-02-04 01:53 PM |
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Catch-22 |
whosinpower |
Jun-02-04 01:54 PM |
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Complete withdrawal from VietNam: naive thinking. |
bemildred |
Jun-02-04 02:26 PM |
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America will withdraw. |
Karenina |
Jun-02-04 06:20 PM |
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Troops Will Be Pulled Out Of Iraq |
Solidarity |
Jun-02-04 06:29 PM |
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It's encouraging ... |
lanparty |
Jun-02-04 07:37 PM |
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My own opinion, which I posted once before, |
bemildred |
Jun-02-04 06:51 PM |
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"Staying in Iraq: American thinking." |
Saeba |
Jun-02-04 07:28 PM |
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why isn't the wishes of the iraqis ever taken into account? |
KG |
Jun-02-04 07:33 PM |
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