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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 08:24 PM
Response to Reply #18
19. I put neutral and other; do we need another in-between category?
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  -How did you feel about the Gulf War in 1991? Jed Dilligan  Oct-20-08 07:50 PM   #0 
  - against - protested  eleny   Oct-20-08 07:51 PM   #1 
  - Against, protested. n/t  sfexpat2000   Oct-20-08 07:51 PM   #2 
  - Supported. n/t  bbinacan   Oct-20-08 07:53 PM   # 
  - Do you feel the same way now--that it was a good thing to do?  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 08:06 PM   #15 
  - Against it and protested  ikojo   Oct-20-08 07:53 PM   #3 
  - I turned 17 in a peace camp--spent the whole war living outside.  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 07:54 PM   #4 
  - a hard one to answer...  1awake   Oct-20-08 07:55 PM   #5 
  - against but unable to protest  pitohui   Oct-20-08 07:55 PM   #6 
  - I was 14, young, dumb, and the son of a hard core Republican  Downtown Hound   Oct-20-08 07:56 PM   #7 
  - Too young and uninformed.  blonndee   Oct-20-08 07:56 PM   #8 
  - That was when I deserted the center, and went hard, hard left from then on.  tjwash   Oct-20-08 07:58 PM   #9 
  - That was when they closed down our press, remember?  sfexpat2000   Oct-20-08 08:00 PM   #10 
  - All I remember is watching the green night vision footage on CNN with John Holliman  high density   Oct-20-08 08:00 PM   #11 
  - I was against the war, but I remember feeling conflicted.  SmokingJacket   Oct-20-08 08:00 PM   #12 
  - Against it but too busy raising three young children while  Sukie   Oct-20-08 08:01 PM   #13 
  - I was against it and lost friends over it, but couldn't convince anyone it was wrong.  FiveGoodMen   Oct-20-08 08:01 PM   #14 
  - I covered the war (with a Pentagon press pass) for an aviation news publication.  DemoTex   Oct-20-08 08:17 PM   #16 
  - i was duped by that faux witness on c-span.  pansypoo53219   Oct-20-08 08:22 PM   #17 
  - Can I have mixed feelings?  bemildred   Oct-20-08 08:22 PM   #18 
  - I put neutral and other; do we need another in-between category?  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 08:24 PM   #19 
     - Mixed feelings is another category.  bemildred   Oct-20-08 08:32 PM   #23 
        - I think "supported" is equivalent to "thought it was justified."  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 08:37 PM   #24 
           - I disagree. nt  bemildred   Oct-20-08 08:46 PM   #25 
              - Why?  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 08:48 PM   #26 
                 - Because it's not that simple.  bemildred   Oct-20-08 08:50 PM   #27 
                    - Well, I see this as a dodge.  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 08:59 PM   #30 
                       - You asked for our views. You have mine.  bemildred   Oct-20-08 09:00 PM   #31 
                          - All I'm getting from you  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 09:03 PM   #33 
                             - I don't see any reason to think that more "explaining" would make it any clearer to you.  bemildred   Oct-20-08 09:06 PM   #35 
                                - I think you were a war supporter and you don't want to say it,  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 09:08 PM   #36 
                                   - Think what you like.  bemildred   Oct-20-08 09:11 PM   #37 
                                      - It is possible to write and yet deliver no substantial content.  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 09:24 PM   #39 
                                         - Indeed, it's clear this has been a waste of time.  bemildred   Oct-20-08 09:27 PM   #40 
  - As the war began, the story behind it unraveled  Hardhead   Oct-20-08 08:25 PM   #20 
  - I happened to be in DC at the time, and happily joined in the protests.  Beregond2   Oct-20-08 08:28 PM   #21 
  - I was 11 at the time - and still hated Bush!  EOO   Oct-20-08 08:29 PM   #22 
  - My first child was born the week the Gulf War broke out  Danmel   Oct-20-08 08:53 PM   #28 
  - That was such an obvious set-up -- wrong-footing Saddam because he "didn't know his place."  TahitiNut   Oct-20-08 08:59 PM   #29 
  - I just saw it as a big ad for weapons  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 09:01 PM   #32 
  - Too young at the time, but read about it later and realized it was another war based on lies...  Solon   Oct-20-08 09:04 PM   #34 
  - I was against it, but I was in Japan with a group of students for the whole thing  Lydia Leftcoast   Oct-20-08 09:15 PM   #38 
  - I was against it and remember writing an essay in college  Tutankhamun   Oct-20-08 09:36 PM   #41 
  - Protested vigorously.  dailykoff   Oct-20-08 09:42 PM   #42 
  - Saddam was set up to take the fall for being a less-than-loyal CIA stooge.  Vidar   Oct-20-08 09:43 PM   #43 
  - And poll how many Americans have ever heard of the Basra Highway Massacre.  LynnTheDem   Oct-20-08 09:51 PM   #44 
  - After they killed the 300 civilians in Basra, I wore all black to class  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 10:00 PM   #45 
  - Kick for the late night  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 10:58 PM   #46 
  - I had sex under a tree that had a yellow 'troops' ribbon tied around it  Toucano   Oct-20-08 11:29 PM   #47 
  - Some of my first and most memorable experiences of you-know-what  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 11:45 PM   #52 
  - I was in High School when the first Iraq war happened.  Diclotican   Oct-20-08 11:32 PM   #48 
  - Thanks for your perspective.  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 11:43 PM   #50 
     - Jed Dilligan  Diclotican   Oct-21-08 12:09 AM   #56 
  - I supported it.  MrSlayer   Oct-20-08 11:37 PM   #49 
  - Good for you for being honest.  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 11:44 PM   #51 
     - Well learning the truth helped a lot.  MrSlayer   Oct-21-08 01:34 AM   #58 
  - Other-  youthere   Oct-20-08 11:46 PM   #53 
  - Must have sucked.  Jed Dilligan   Oct-20-08 11:49 PM   #54 
     - It SO sucked. Big time sucked.  youthere   Oct-20-08 11:51 PM   #55 
  - I was against it but didn't really do anything since I was a 14 yr old high school student.  ContinentalOp   Oct-21-08 12:28 AM   #57 
 

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