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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 03:56 PM
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6. Not the war--just a troop presence until 2013. Big difference between 130,000
and, let's say, 30,000 (which is what we have in Afghanistan, I think).
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  -If nearly all the democrats say the war will continue to 2013... rabies1  Sep-30-07 03:51 PM   #0 
  - They are not saying that at all  sandnsea   Sep-30-07 03:53 PM   #1 
  - Can we stipulate that the troops removed are not embassy guards?  Vincardog   Sep-30-07 03:56 PM   #7 
  - That is what they're talking about  sandnsea   Sep-30-07 03:58 PM   #9 
     - So why do we keep having these straw man argument threads about "Remove the troops"?  Vincardog   Sep-30-07 04:01 PM   #12 
        - Because there are different policies  sandnsea   Sep-30-07 04:15 PM   #19 
           - Sandnsea, it seems like we would need a small army  MissWaverly   Sep-30-07 04:27 PM   #21 
              - At the Embassy, not fighting anyone  sandnsea   Sep-30-07 05:47 PM   #24 
                 - well, I want all the mercenaries out, all of them  MissWaverly   Sep-30-07 08:23 PM   #25 
  - Embassies!  rabies1   Sep-30-07 04:06 PM   #15 
  - Travel, Trade, Diplomatic Relations  sandnsea   Sep-30-07 04:11 PM   #17 
  - You bet, if they threatened another 9-11!  rabies1   Sep-30-07 04:14 PM   #18 
     - And that is why Kucinich isn't taken seriously n/t  sandnsea   Sep-30-07 04:15 PM   #20 
     - The basic point is that there is AGREEMENT to be in Canada.  rabies1   Oct-01-07 06:53 AM   #29 
     - Great policy, back down to every threat.  2rth2pwr   Sep-30-07 05:02 PM   #22 
  - So that we can continue diplomatic relations with Iraq  Hippo_Tron   Sep-30-07 05:33 PM   #23 
  - Obama and Clinton also said  goodgd_yall   Sep-30-07 09:37 PM   #26 
  - Biden did not say that - in fact he said if his plan for a political solution was  gateley   Sep-30-07 03:54 PM   #2 
  - I'm going to vote for Kucinich even if I have to write him in  Vincardog   Sep-30-07 03:54 PM   #3 
  - Edwards said ALL combat troops out by end of '09.  tekisui   Sep-30-07 03:55 PM   #4 
  - Whereas Clinton and Obama said there may be some combat troops  goodgd_yall   Sep-30-07 09:43 PM   #28 
  - That's not what they said at all.  AtomicKitten   Sep-30-07 03:55 PM   #5 
  - Not the war--just a troop presence until 2013. Big difference between 130,000  wienerdoggie   Sep-30-07 03:56 PM   #6 
  - Richardson  Mojorabbit   Sep-30-07 03:57 PM   #8 
  - YEP  janx   Sep-30-07 03:59 PM   #10 
  - "I am one of the very few who think this is total BS." It was THE PEOPLE not The Democratic Party  ShortnFiery   Sep-30-07 04:00 PM   #11 
  - What Biden said - but the media doesn't bother to report - is if the war in Iraq  pirhana   Sep-30-07 04:01 PM   #13 
  - No democrat has said this. Sheesh.  slick8790   Sep-30-07 04:04 PM   #14 
  - Read the analysis right here on DU today, which explains that the question  MasonJar   Sep-30-07 04:09 PM   #16 
     - So you want nothing but softballs  Moderate Dem   Sep-30-07 09:42 PM   #27 
 

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