| 55. It is not a few and we know it now. It is widespread. |
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Deleting my posts will not make the truth go away.
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| -Don't Quit Supporting Us (Troops). |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 11:45 AM |
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I'm angry at the organization |
wtmusic |
Jun-02-06 11:49 AM |
#1 |
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I guess it's relative... |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 11:52 AM |
#7 |
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The buck stops at W |
wtmusic |
Jun-02-06 11:57 AM |
#14 |
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not shooting the messenger.. at all |
mylittletribe |
Jun-02-06 12:11 PM |
#28 |
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. |
bigtree |
Jun-02-06 11:50 AM |
#2 |
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Duplicate. nt |
MookieWilson |
Jun-02-06 11:50 AM |
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Our people should not be in this situation. |
MookieWilson |
Jun-02-06 11:50 AM |
#3 |
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Some are on their 4th tour of duty. Gen. John Batiste said last night on |
flpoljunkie |
Jun-02-06 02:06 PM |
#99 |
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I'm trying......... |
Waya |
Jun-02-06 11:50 AM |
#4 |
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You'll always have my support. |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 11:50 AM |
#5 |
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Mine too. eom |
Dulcinea |
Jun-02-06 12:57 PM |
#63 |
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I think it's time that US service personnel remember three short words.. |
htuttle |
Jun-02-06 11:50 AM |
#6 |
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I support you, true_notes |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 11:53 AM |
#8 |
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Thanks For the Words |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 11:56 AM |
#12 |
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Anyone who bashes the troops, calling them "murderers" in general |
brentspeak |
Jun-02-06 11:54 AM |
#9 |
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Anyone? |
bigtree |
Jun-02-06 12:09 PM |
#25 |
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It's just as much OUR collective responsiblity as the soldiers. If our |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 12:18 PM |
#31 |
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I accept all of that |
bigtree |
Jun-02-06 12:21 PM |
#33 |
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Me, too, bigtree. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 12:23 PM |
#35 |
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I am not responsible |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 12:42 PM |
#48 |
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I have been active and loud since long before the war began, too, |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 01:07 PM |
#66 |
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I have no voice in this "democracy", so I'm not responsible for |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 01:13 PM |
#70 |
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I won't take responsibility for this war either. |
Raksha |
Jun-02-06 09:24 PM |
#187 |
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Support, for me, means trying to bring you home from a war based |
impeachdubya |
Jun-02-06 11:54 AM |
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Jun-02-06 11:55 AM |
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I'm sure the poster isn't trying to justify that awful incident. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 11:57 AM |
#15 |
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It is not a few and we know it now. It is widespread. |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 12:47 PM |
#55 |
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I don't know that. |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 04:23 PM |
#122 |
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Please read the foreign press. You can get a very good idea |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 05:12 PM |
#148 |
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Did you know almost one in ten troops is sent into combat with a |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 05:22 PM |
#153 |
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Yes I am personally aware of mentally ill men sent to Iraq. |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 05:37 PM |
#163 |
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I forgive you DU mods for censoring me and refusing to let me |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 07:04 PM |
#175 |
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All the Iraqis are living in hell. I agree. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 09:23 PM |
#186 |
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No, thanks. I have better sources. |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 06:01 PM |
#171 |
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none so blind as those that are willfully blind.... |
mike_c |
Jun-03-06 12:53 AM |
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true_notes |
Jun-02-06 11:57 AM |
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Congratulations on winning the "Troop Bashing Post Of-The-Day" |
brentspeak |
Jun-02-06 11:59 AM |
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Jun-02-06 12:46 PM |
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Not "the troops." Certain individual soldiers. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 01:10 PM |
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Jun-02-06 01:15 PM |
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delete (dupe) |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 01:10 PM |
#68 |
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Does a civilians "high stress" involve being shot at or blown up? |
Beelzebud |
Jun-02-06 12:01 PM |
#19 |
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Are infants doing the shooting? Pregnant women in labor? nt |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 01:04 PM |
#65 |
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Comparing stresses of war to stresses of daily life is idiotic. |
Beelzebud |
Jun-02-06 01:37 PM |
#89 |
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I know war is hell, but why shoot babies? Why rape women? |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 03:40 PM |
#113 |
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I have seen absolutely no one here say it is |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 04:39 PM |
#130 |
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I have not blamed any innocent soldier. I just do not buy that |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 05:04 PM |
#145 |
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But by ignoring what some of them doing, you are condoning it, |
The Stranger |
Jun-02-06 05:22 PM |
#154 |
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Nice strawman. No one is saying it's ok. |
Beelzebud |
Jun-02-06 05:04 PM |
#143 |
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I pray every day that the murders and rapes of Iraq women |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 05:10 PM |
#147 |
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I'm not the one twisting words. You are. Nowhere have I said what |
Beelzebud |
Jun-02-06 05:13 PM |
#150 |
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I see I am going to have to pray harder for you. :) |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 05:23 PM |
#155 |
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Being stressed out and low paid is not an excuse. But sending soldiers |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 05:24 PM |
#156 |
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Just reading "preexisting serious mental disorders" flashed the |
Amonester |
Jun-03-06 02:40 AM |
#203 |
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Wouldn't happen. |
knitter4democracy |
Jun-02-06 11:56 AM |
#13 |
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I won't stop supporting the troops |
dogday |
Jun-02-06 12:01 PM |
#18 |
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I support you. Troops are human, not machines. |
johnaries |
Jun-02-06 12:02 PM |
#20 |
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You know... |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 12:06 PM |
#23 |
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Yep, especially considering the ones doing it AVOIDED |
johnaries |
Jun-02-06 12:44 PM |
#51 |
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I want you home. Now. |
libnnc |
Jun-02-06 12:05 PM |
#21 |
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I do not paint the entire military with the dishonorable |
DearAbby |
Jun-02-06 12:06 PM |
#22 |
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"We love our country and [we] fight for a collective of individuals . . ." |
coalition_unwilling |
Jun-02-06 12:07 PM |
#24 |
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You're wrong. If you live in this nation, if you're an American citizen |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 12:14 PM |
#29 |
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I have spiritually seceded from the Empire, so I beg to differ. |
coalition_unwilling |
Jun-02-06 12:36 PM |
#43 |
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As long as you're living here, you are as responsible as anyone else. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 01:13 PM |
#71 |
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No |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 01:25 PM |
#83 |
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So the "good Germans" didn't bear any responsibility for what Hitler did? |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 01:29 PM |
#86 |
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Not if they spoke and worked against it |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 01:32 PM |
#88 |
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I worked against it too, I wouldn't say I am "complicit." But I share |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 04:36 PM |
#129 |
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I disagree |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 04:40 PM |
#132 |
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One thing we should all be doing, besides continuing our opposition |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 05:26 PM |
#157 |
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It'll be harder to convince sane people that |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 05:36 PM |
#161 |
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I don't either. One more reason we just need to pull them all out of Iraq |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 08:57 PM |
#183 |
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Let's see. Does not paying any federal taxes since Oct. 29, 2004 |
coalition_unwilling |
Jun-02-06 01:43 PM |
#92 |
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Thank you |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 12:38 PM |
#45 |
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On your side! |
eek |
Jun-02-06 12:09 PM |
#26 |
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We know that these guys were a small minority |
warrens |
Jun-02-06 12:10 PM |
#27 |
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Warrens, |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 12:15 PM |
#30 |
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TN: I am somehow surprised that you are even allowed to read DU |
eek |
Jun-02-06 12:19 PM |
#32 |
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Yeah it pisses the higher-ups off.... |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 12:33 PM |
#42 |
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Jun-02-06 01:27 PM |
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THAT you serve is to your credit. WHERE you serve is to our discredit. |
TahitiNut |
Jun-02-06 12:21 PM |
#34 |
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Well put, TahitiNut. I strongly agree. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 12:24 PM |
#37 |
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Well said. |
ItNerd4life |
Jun-02-06 12:27 PM |
#39 |
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I support... |
Ohio Joe |
Jun-02-06 12:23 PM |
#36 |
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here's an inspiring tale of Troup Support |
soleft |
Jun-02-06 12:26 PM |
#38 |
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Now that's support. Thanks for sharing. I challenge all DUers to do that. |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 06:28 PM |
#174 |
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What if they threw a war and no one came? |
IndyOp |
Jun-02-06 12:28 PM |
#40 |
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Thanks |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 12:40 PM |
#46 |
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Not saying 'love it or leave it' but |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 01:39 PM |
#90 |
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Actually, the US military is making us less safe, not more so |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 01:51 PM |
#93 |
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No, it isn't the |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 02:15 PM |
#101 |
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I'd be happier without a military |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 02:19 PM |
#104 |
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Social defenses won't deter an aggressor. |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 02:34 PM |
#108 |
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This is not the first time I've been called unrealistic |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 03:50 PM |
#115 |
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Question: |
brentspeak |
Jun-02-06 02:37 PM |
#109 |
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"Safety" they "afford" her? |
The Stranger |
Jun-02-06 05:21 PM |
#152 |
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"affords you" |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 05:40 PM |
#165 |
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I didn't ask you to define it, or give me synomyms. |
The Stranger |
Jun-02-06 05:49 PM |
#166 |
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I think it means |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 05:53 PM |
#168 |
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Why |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 06:01 PM |
#172 |
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I'm not |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 05:57 PM |
#169 |
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This doesn't Pertain to Iraq persay but... |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 12:48 PM |
#57 |
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The credo that most troops live by is a myth. We are all being lied to. |
IndyOp |
Jun-02-06 04:34 PM |
#126 |
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If the volunteers quit en masse, Bush would institute a draft. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 01:15 PM |
#74 |
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At least a draft is a government's way of admitting it is acting |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 01:41 PM |
#91 |
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A draft will just create a boundless supply of troops for the |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 05:28 PM |
#158 |
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The draft pushed people to oppose the war. n/t |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 05:36 PM |
#162 |
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Uh-huh. But thirty thousand soldiers died AFTER the draft was |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 09:04 PM |
#184 |
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I support our troops, even when some lose control |
LonelyLRLiberal |
Jun-02-06 12:30 PM |
#41 |
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As an Active Duty member, I will always support you |
maxrandb |
Jun-02-06 12:37 PM |
#44 |
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I support the enlisted ranks (working class), not the Officer Corps |
coalition_unwilling |
Jun-02-06 12:40 PM |
#47 |
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Well said! nt |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 12:43 PM |
#50 |
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Spoken like a true Marxist! |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 04:27 PM |
#123 |
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As opposed to a 'false' Marxist??? |
coalition_unwilling |
Jun-02-06 05:12 PM |
#149 |
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I will NEVER support murderers of innocent women and infants |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 12:43 PM |
#49 |
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And all war is murder nt |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 12:44 PM |
#52 |
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Nobody is asking you to, cassiepriam. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 01:17 PM |
#77 |
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I did not blame him. I just did not agree with his excuses for murder. |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 01:22 PM |
#80 |
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Jun-02-06 01:24 PM |
#81 |
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I don't either |
alarimer |
Jun-02-06 04:46 PM |
#136 |
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As a former Marine, I will never quit supporting the troops. |
Uncle Joe |
Jun-02-06 12:46 PM |
#54 |
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Were you officer or enlisted? |
coalition_unwilling |
Jun-02-06 12:48 PM |
#56 |
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Enlisted n/t |
Uncle Joe |
Jun-02-06 12:51 PM |
#58 |
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I'm feeling conflicted about enlisted troops right now. |
coalition_unwilling |
Jun-02-06 01:09 PM |
#67 |
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From the Jump- |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 01:14 PM |
#73 |
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I agree with you in that there needs to be a full investigation, |
Uncle Joe |
Jun-02-06 01:25 PM |
#82 |
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As a US Citizen, |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 12:51 PM |
#59 |
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What Right Wingers really mean when they say "Troops"... |
RobertSeattle |
Jun-02-06 12:51 PM |
#60 |
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There is an unspoken (or maybe spoken?) understanding |
lebkuchen |
Jun-02-06 12:54 PM |
#61 |
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Not True |
true_notes |
Jun-02-06 01:11 PM |
#69 |
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We'll see if there will be retribution |
lebkuchen |
Jun-02-06 01:22 PM |
#79 |
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Don't fight for me |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 12:55 PM |
#62 |
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Most Americans figured the troops would be passing out candy |
lebkuchen |
Jun-02-06 01:27 PM |
#85 |
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Again, I spoke out against this war from day 1 |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 01:30 PM |
#87 |
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"shock and awe" made the US' intent in Iraq obvious from Day 1 |
lebkuchen |
Jun-02-06 01:58 PM |
#95 |
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Exactly |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 02:03 PM |
#97 |
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I'll say it again: the US military is not a police force, a peacekeeping |
smoogatz |
Jun-02-06 12:59 PM |
#64 |
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:Kill people and break things |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 01:16 PM |
#76 |
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All due respect to you and your beliefs, but there are circumstances |
smoogatz |
Jun-02-06 02:01 PM |
#96 |
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Speak for yourself |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 02:05 PM |
#98 |
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All of us who pay federal/state income taxes |
smoogatz |
Jun-02-06 02:14 PM |
#100 |
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You never miss the opportunity to take a swipe at my religion |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 02:16 PM |
#102 |
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Jun-02-06 02:31 PM |
#107 |
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Lordy. Okay, I'll try again. |
smoogatz |
Jun-02-06 03:01 PM |
#110 |
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Strange. |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 06:06 PM |
#173 |
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Can you or anyone who has served in combat help me out here.... |
Virginia Dare |
Jun-02-06 01:13 PM |
#72 |
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If your best friend gets blown to pieces right in front of you... |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 04:32 PM |
#124 |
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According to every report I've seen |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 04:34 PM |
#127 |
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Didn't I say 'I'm not excusing'? |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 04:39 PM |
#131 |
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You said you weren't trying to excuse it |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 04:41 PM |
#133 |
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Actually, |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 04:45 PM |
#135 |
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Why are you perpetuating a right wing lie? |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 04:48 PM |
#137 |
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In the first place... |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 04:57 PM |
#140 |
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Thanks for your reply to my OP.... |
Virginia Dare |
Jun-02-06 05:00 PM |
#142 |
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That I can understand. |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 05:07 PM |
#146 |
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Okay, I can see wanting revenge... |
Virginia Dare |
Jun-02-06 04:35 PM |
#128 |
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I haven't served, but I read something about the govt. supplying |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 04:45 PM |
#134 |
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I also read somewhere... |
Virginia Dare |
Jun-02-06 04:53 PM |
#138 |
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Oh THAT's good news! |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 04:58 PM |
#141 |
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Almost one in ten troops have been diagnosed with a serious mental |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 05:17 PM |
#151 |
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It says 1 in 10 RETURNING are diagnosed... |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 08:06 PM |
#179 |
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The Hartford Courants research is referring to DEPLOYING soldiers. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 09:15 PM |
#185 |
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It doesn't say that 1 out of 10 DEPLOYING soldiers |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 09:38 PM |
#188 |
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But isn't this debate beside the point, really? They shouldn't be sending |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 10:04 PM |
#190 |
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Of course they |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 10:34 PM |
#193 |
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I am sorry to cause trouble for the mods, who delete my posts. |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 01:20 PM |
#78 |
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Well, if you'll never stop speaking out about this issue |
brentspeak |
Jun-02-06 02:30 PM |
#106 |
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Sir, how do you know I haven't? |
cassiepriam |
Jun-02-06 03:37 PM |
#112 |
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She won't like their responses? |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 03:57 PM |
#116 |
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A friend of mine has a bumper sticker... |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 01:53 PM |
#94 |
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If I think about picking up a broad brush... |
sadiesworld |
Jun-02-06 02:17 PM |
#103 |
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Anyone judging needs to walk a mile in those kids shoes beforehand. |
tjwash |
Jun-02-06 02:21 PM |
#105 |
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That's where I'm trying very hard to come from here... |
Virginia Dare |
Jun-02-06 04:56 PM |
#139 |
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Hatred, it's not logical, but generally speaking neither is war. |
Uncle Joe |
Jun-02-06 05:59 PM |
#170 |
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Thank you so much for that post... |
Virginia Dare |
Jun-02-06 07:39 PM |
#176 |
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Wes Clark said it well on O'Reilly's show |
stanwyck |
Jun-02-06 03:30 PM |
#111 |
| -
Well said. |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 04:33 PM |
#125 |
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Jun-02-06 03:47 PM |
#114 |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jun-02-06 03:57 PM |
#117 |
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One in ten troops are seriously mentally ill-- before they get there. |
pnwmom |
Jun-02-06 05:30 PM |
#159 |
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How do you know? |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 05:35 PM |
#160 |
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Calling someone mentally ill isn't condemning them |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 05:39 PM |
#164 |
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The post that I was responding to |
brmdp3123 |
Jun-02-06 05:51 PM |
#167 |
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Stop paying for this war |
mycritters2 |
Jun-02-06 03:58 PM |
#118 |
| -
I still have my "Support The Troops, Impeach Bush" |
Cleita |
Jun-02-06 03:58 PM |
#119 |
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I never started |
Pastiche423 |
Jun-02-06 03:59 PM |
#120 |
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I don't support the troops. |
Zhade |
Jun-02-06 04:15 PM |
#121 |
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There is only one common denominator here |
magellan |
Jun-02-06 05:04 PM |
#144 |
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This is just Viet-nam all over again.... |
Xenotime |
Jun-02-06 07:39 PM |
#177 |
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I've always blamed the brass. From the president to the generals. |
FloridaPat |
Jun-02-06 07:42 PM |
#178 |
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i am not angry at the soldiers. i am not even angry at the soldiers |
seabeyond |
Jun-02-06 08:18 PM |
#180 |
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The total lack of accountability at the very top of the chain of command |
Humor_In_Cuneiform |
Jun-02-06 08:21 PM |
#181 |
| -
Come on now, you know DUers do not hate service members. |
lonestarnot |
Jun-02-06 08:25 PM |
#182 |
| -
true_notes, |
FLDem5 |
Jun-02-06 10:00 PM |
#189 |
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Fallujah changed my son.I hate the bastards that made him what he has.. |
w8liftinglady |
Jun-02-06 10:10 PM |
#191 |
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That breaks my heart for you and him |
Hekate |
Jun-03-06 01:59 AM |
#201 |
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I do not know when you enlisted, but I will say this much..... |
Joe Fields |
Jun-02-06 10:20 PM |
#192 |
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Because |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 10:57 PM |
#194 |
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Obviously they all didn't sign up after 9/11. Only a fool would think |
Joe Fields |
Jun-02-06 11:03 PM |
#195 |
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Did you forget your "burning question"? |
Breeze54 |
Jun-02-06 11:08 PM |
#197 |
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I support you with all my heart true notes - it's why I'm a Democrat. |
Sugarcoated |
Jun-02-06 11:05 PM |
#196 |
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This war was based on lies....I remember 9/11, and I remember |
TK421 |
Jun-02-06 11:23 PM |
#198 |
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participating in a crime against humanity is NOT supporting America.... |
mike_c |
Jun-03-06 12:50 AM |
#199 |
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Truenotes, your service is appreciated more than I can say |
Hekate |
Jun-03-06 02:26 AM |
#202 |
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Deleting benign posts only makes matters worse. |
cassiepriam |
Jun-03-06 04:27 PM |
#204 |
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I agree, cassiepriam. n/t |
I Have A Dream |
Jun-03-06 07:35 PM |
#205 |
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I support the troops |
Raine |
Jun-03-06 08:34 PM |
#206 |
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www.AnySoldier.com |
TexasLawyer |
Jun-03-06 09:01 PM |
#207 |
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