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Tue Jun-20-06 08:24 AM
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reason. 9-11 was rather unprovoked. What sickens me is that so many Americans can remember the horror of that day, and not understand that we did EXACTLY the same thing to Iraq, a hundred times over.
Who knows what we'd all become if we were occupied by a nation whose definition of freedom was so diametrically opposed to ours.
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| -I'm horrified by the Insurgency in Iraq |
cali |
Jun-20-06 08:18 AM |
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You can't understand them because you're not LIKE them. |
Redstone |
Jun-20-06 08:21 AM |
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Actually, you have lived in a country where a foreign entity bombed for no |
jobycom |
Jun-20-06 08:24 AM |
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Actually, more and more our definition of freedom is diametrically opposed |
The Stranger |
Jun-20-06 08:29 AM |
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Your second sentence: |
Redstone |
Jun-20-06 08:33 AM |
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Did and continue to do |
malaise |
Jun-20-06 09:24 AM |
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Absolutely Well Said |
dogday |
Jun-20-06 10:44 AM |
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Yeah we need to get out before the insurgency spreads |
The Anti-Neo Con |
Jun-20-06 08:23 AM |
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The insurgency is mostly the general population |
shadowknows69 |
Jun-20-06 08:28 AM |
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those are Iraqis fighting us |
alyce douglas |
Jun-20-06 08:32 AM |
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Absolutely. |
Redstone |
Jun-20-06 08:35 AM |
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So what? |
cali |
Jun-20-06 08:38 AM |
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I'm not even certain it's not some shadowy international |
shadowknows69 |
Jun-20-06 09:43 AM |
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The motivation is to humiliate the US??????? How about |
acmavm |
Jun-20-06 08:24 AM |
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sorry, that's utterly absurd |
cali |
Jun-20-06 08:29 AM |
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The US humiliated itself by going there in the first place. |
devilgrrl |
Jun-20-06 08:38 AM |
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doesn't sound absurd to me + we attack hospitals and Mosques |
otokogi |
Jun-20-06 09:35 AM |
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Oh, of course |
cali |
Jun-20-06 09:54 AM |
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Maybe that act has nothing to do with fighting the occupation |
Terran1212 |
Jun-20-06 10:52 AM |
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Oh yes, it's part civil war. And detonating oneself in a home |
acmavm |
Jun-20-06 02:02 PM |
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Humiliation and revenge aren't necessarily different things. |
igil |
Jun-20-06 04:41 PM |
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creating mass chaos under a US led Occupation makes the US |
bleedingheart |
Jun-20-06 04:39 PM |
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In part, almost certainly. |
igil |
Jun-20-06 04:37 PM |
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CNN.com - Some Iraq suicide bombers 'forced' - Jul 27, 2004 |
NNN0LHI |
Jun-20-06 08:26 AM |
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Just to play Devil's advocate |
XemaSab |
Jun-20-06 08:27 AM |
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And exactly HOW do you propose that we'd be able to stop them? |
Redstone |
Jun-20-06 08:39 AM |
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I don't have an answer to that |
XemaSab |
Jun-20-06 09:19 AM |
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But, but, but |
malaise |
Jun-20-06 11:31 AM |
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Obviously Bush is the wrong man for the wrong job |
XemaSab |
Jun-21-06 12:24 AM |
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Don't forget -- their country was illegally invaded, its civilians torture |
The Stranger |
Jun-20-06 08:27 AM |
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I've endlessly conveyed my disgust |
cali |
Jun-20-06 08:34 AM |
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Yeah, there are so many here that give comfort to the terrorists. |
devilgrrl |
Jun-20-06 08:40 AM |
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The legitimate insurgency does not use suicide bombers... |
Finder |
Jun-20-06 08:50 AM |
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What would you do |
Jed Dilligan |
Jun-20-06 09:43 AM |
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I imagine I'd do what most Iraqis |
cali |
Jun-20-06 09:50 AM |
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I take insurgency to mean the movement against US troops |
Jed Dilligan |
Jun-20-06 09:52 AM |
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I was wondering how long it was going to take the OP to twist some DUers... |
NNN0LHI |
Jun-20-06 10:23 AM |
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Right back at ya, Don. |
The Stranger |
Jun-20-06 10:39 AM |
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Jun-20-06 10:59 AM |
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Jun-20-06 11:00 AM |
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The tip off for me was the way the OP tiptoed all around post #5... |
NNN0LHI |
Jun-20-06 11:28 AM |
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well, perspective is everything. |
bigtree |
Jun-20-06 11:36 AM |
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LOL |
cali |
Jun-20-06 11:46 AM |
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"the fact that some of the insurgents are f*cking murdering |
wtmusic |
Jun-20-06 11:57 AM |
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Some elements of |
cali |
Jun-20-06 12:15 PM |
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Huh? |
wtmusic |
Jun-20-06 04:55 PM |
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our presence in Iraq, is fueling the fire |
alyce douglas |
Jun-20-06 08:31 AM |
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And a whole bunch of permanent military bases. |
sinkingfeeling |
Jun-20-06 08:34 AM |
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It's Vietnam, redux |
Warpy |
Jun-20-06 08:37 AM |
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Here's how we left Vietnam: |
LibDemAlways |
Jun-20-06 10:10 AM |
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I guess the big questions is |
TallahasseeGrannie |
Jun-20-06 08:53 AM |
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Sorry this is a World of Nation States |
genie_weenie |
Jun-20-06 09:33 AM |
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The 'insurgency' is not one force directed against just the U.S. |
bigtree |
Jun-20-06 09:55 AM |
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Great post |
Jed Dilligan |
Jun-20-06 10:42 AM |
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Surprise |
cali |
Jun-20-06 11:09 AM |
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that's a very upright statement. Unprovoked violence is never acceptable. |
bigtree |
Jun-20-06 11:14 AM |
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I wish I could K&R just your post |
NNN0LHI |
Jun-20-06 10:48 AM |
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Reads like you've seen NGIC powerpoints. n/t |
genie_weenie |
Jun-20-06 12:23 PM |
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Actually, it is....by definition |
wtmusic |
Jun-20-06 05:01 PM |
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Living under tyranny, Draconian sanctions, and WAR for so many year |
Terran1212 |
Jun-20-06 10:49 AM |
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Maybe they feel they have more to die for than to live for |
Bandit |
Jun-20-06 10:53 AM |
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Bring them home |
senseandsensibility |
Jun-20-06 05:00 PM |
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