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Thu Mar-04-10 10:30 AM
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link. I loved it.
I'll be singing that all day.
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| -The Picture ***GRAPHIC*** |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 02:17 PM |
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K&R |
FiveGoodMen |
Mar-03-10 02:28 PM |
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The Iraq War is not the media's fault. It's the Bush Administration's fault. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 02:38 PM |
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The media was complicit. |
jtrockville |
Mar-03-10 02:51 PM |
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Yes, they were. But the Bush Admin would have invaded Iraq no matter what. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 02:58 PM |
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They could not have done it with out the media. |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 03:21 PM |
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Oh yes they could have. And would have. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 04:57 PM |
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That's not a very compelling argument. |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 05:07 PM |
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That argument doesn't |
Enthusiast |
Mar-04-10 09:34 AM |
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That's not a very compelling argument. |
AlbertCat |
Mar-04-10 01:30 PM |
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Yep. The only difference would have been, they'd have declared war |
RaleighNCDUer |
Mar-04-10 12:54 PM |
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if the media had shown coffins coming back and this poor kid and |
roguevalley |
Mar-03-10 10:55 PM |
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You're missing the point of the story. |
SpankMe |
Mar-04-10 11:39 AM |
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That is a popular assumption - |
Mike K |
Mar-04-10 03:04 PM |
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Amen, JTrockville. Had the Media revealed the truth and |
Ecumenist |
Mar-04-10 11:06 AM |
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I agree with what you say. |
Plucketeer |
Mar-04-10 12:04 PM |
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The media could have done their job |
GCP |
Mar-03-10 02:56 PM |
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It wasn't Gannet it was....M???? Yes, but the Bush Admin would have invaded Iraq no matter what. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 02:59 PM |
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McClatchy -- the Washington bureau. |
LuckyLib |
Mar-04-10 09:41 AM |
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+100 |
avaistheone1 |
Mar-04-10 01:42 AM |
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There are no more Woodwards and Bernsteins. |
BonnieJW |
Mar-04-10 08:21 AM |
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True, although our govt can't sell mass deception sans a massive propaganda apparatus |
Echo In Light |
Mar-03-10 02:59 PM |
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they spread the lies |
G_j |
Mar-03-10 03:03 PM |
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Thats true some of us were saying even before (*) even |
HillbillyBob |
Mar-03-10 03:53 PM |
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Holy crap. Ever heard of Michael Kelly? Judith Miller? |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 03:20 PM |
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Yes, but there were reporters reporting on what a bad idea it was. A couple actually |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 04:58 PM |
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Where did I "let the Bush admin off lightly"? |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 05:09 PM |
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Let us not forget the craven Democratic senators who voted for the IWR. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Mar-03-10 03:23 PM |
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And even David Letterman supported it. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 04:59 PM |
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The MSM cheerleaded the war |
Taverner |
Mar-03-10 03:28 PM |
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USA! USA! USA! |
ThatsMyBarack |
Mar-03-10 11:18 PM |
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The Illegal invasion of Iraq |
Dyedinthewoolliberal |
Mar-03-10 05:18 PM |
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Blaming the Bush Administration for Iraq is like blaming Ronald McDonald for heart disease. |
Marr |
Mar-03-10 06:31 PM |
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very well put. n/t |
nyc 4 Biden |
Mar-04-10 08:27 AM |
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oh wow. can we just call them "partners" then? |
NoSheep |
Mar-04-10 12:42 AM |
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The Nuremberg Trials; Read about them, learn about them, love them.... |
liberation |
Mar-04-10 01:32 AM |
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And Maria Fucking Cantwell's fault |
Jax |
Mar-04-10 02:05 AM |
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There are degrees of culpability. Bush administration #1, congress #2 and the media #3. |
20score |
Mar-04-10 02:11 AM |
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It was the fault of the media, too, and ultimately our fault, n/t |
Orsino |
Mar-04-10 04:44 AM |
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Yes, but... |
proReality |
Mar-04-10 05:49 AM |
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The Corporate Whores in our media keep us distracted with bunk - Bread and Circuses. |
ShortnFiery |
Mar-04-10 07:31 AM |
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I have to disagree. |
nyc 4 Biden |
Mar-04-10 08:25 AM |
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how many in congress would have voted for this ... |
guyton |
Mar-04-10 08:40 AM |
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If you drive a car it's YOUR fault. |
cliffordu |
Mar-04-10 10:13 AM |
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And the invertebrates in the Democrotic Party |
swilton |
Mar-04-10 10:41 AM |
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I just read "The Good Soldiers" by David Finkel |
renate |
Mar-03-10 02:55 PM |
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Bush and Cheney will go to their graves never regretting a single thing |
GCP |
Mar-03-10 02:58 PM |
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Well, I'm a Christian, and I assure you that there is, indeed, |
liberalhistorian |
Mar-03-10 03:25 PM |
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I wish I WERE a Christain just so I could really really believe in hell |
dixiegrrrrl |
Mar-03-10 03:34 PM |
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K&R |
yorgatron |
Mar-03-10 03:35 PM |
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I'm with you. |
driver8 |
Mar-03-10 03:48 PM |
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I am incapable of understanding how any mother could acquiesce to her child |
dixiegrrrrl |
Mar-03-10 04:06 PM |
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Education and family stability tend to give people a very strong sense of self worth... |
liberation |
Mar-04-10 01:34 AM |
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FYI |
Soylent Brice |
Mar-03-10 03:34 PM |
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The original article was on Salon... |
Junkdrawer |
Mar-03-10 04:00 PM |
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that's a relief. |
Soylent Brice |
Mar-03-10 04:08 PM |
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FYI |
inna |
Mar-03-10 04:09 PM |
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what the... |
Soylent Brice |
Mar-03-10 04:23 PM |
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If I remember/understand correctly, |
inna |
Mar-03-10 08:32 PM |
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delete, original link already posted |
DemReadingDU |
Mar-04-10 05:57 AM |
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i think there's a misunderstanding here. |
Soylent Brice |
Mar-04-10 07:26 AM |
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You are correct...he moved, had to sign up again on DU |
dixiegrrrrl |
Mar-04-10 08:35 AM |
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very sad - and my town in CT is having a little war over putting yellow ribbons on the Green |
wordpix |
Mar-03-10 04:10 PM |
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Take a good look at that picture before you join the military. |
L0oniX |
Mar-03-10 05:16 PM |
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Please stop enlisting |
femrap |
Mar-03-10 06:26 PM |
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"Two little kings playing their game, they gave a war an nobody came."... |
amyrose2712 |
Mar-04-10 06:49 AM |
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Thanks for the |
femrap |
Mar-04-10 10:30 AM |
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Glad I could be of service. |
amyrose2712 |
Mar-04-10 06:15 PM |
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so tragic, so unnecessary; just heartbreaking |
amborin |
Mar-03-10 09:03 PM |
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K & R |
AzDar |
Mar-03-10 11:02 PM |
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arcadian, I still question the picture. |
northofdenali |
Mar-03-10 11:35 PM |
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What is TBI and can you tell us more about why you question this? |
NoSheep |
Mar-04-10 12:44 AM |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-04-10 12:56 AM |
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well get your happy ass down to Walter reed |
pasto76 |
Mar-04-10 01:19 AM |
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I know what a TBI is, I was answering the questions presented. I have no opinion about the validity |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-05-10 12:48 AM |
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TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury. |
northofdenali |
Mar-04-10 01:17 AM |
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I agree with you. |
RagAss |
Mar-04-10 10:08 PM |
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I have seen reality medical shows -- |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Mar-04-10 01:41 PM |
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politicians on both sides of the aisle are responsible for this. nt |
tomp |
Mar-04-10 12:38 AM |
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K & R |
democracy1st |
Mar-04-10 12:44 AM |
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Investigate BushCo! ---->wake up please, Team Obama |
upi402 |
Mar-04-10 01:10 AM |
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How could that wound even be survivable? |
Ken Burch |
Mar-04-10 01:11 AM |
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The Miracles of modern war medicine! Lots of the wounded would have never made it out of theater in |
sce56 |
Mar-04-10 01:23 AM |
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Living like the kid in that picture does is a MIRACLE? |
Ken Burch |
Mar-04-10 01:32 AM |
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Johnny got his gun! |
sce56 |
Mar-04-10 09:04 PM |
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There are many cases of surgeries where doctors have actually had to remove half a person's brain |
4lbs |
Mar-04-10 06:42 AM |
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Have all the people in the photographs at the bottom of your post had hemispherectomies? |
Ken Burch |
Mar-04-10 10:02 PM |
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war propagandists are revolting |
wial |
Mar-04-10 01:44 AM |
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monsters run the show... and their talking heads have no conscience |
fascisthunter |
Mar-04-10 11:06 AM |
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Fuck it all |
anonymous171 |
Mar-04-10 01:46 AM |
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oops, forgot |
RubyDuby in GA |
Mar-04-10 05:52 AM |
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A few years ago, |
BEZERKO |
Mar-04-10 05:54 AM |
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kicked for peace and to wake people up. |
leeroysphitz |
Mar-04-10 06:00 AM |
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k&r |
TheUnspeakable |
Mar-04-10 06:32 AM |
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Bush's "Family Values" don't look good from that angle. |
Hubert Flottz |
Mar-04-10 07:18 AM |
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End the madness of Obama's war! |
grahamhgreen |
Mar-04-10 08:57 AM |
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Republicans and media: a very toxic mix. |
KansDem |
Mar-04-10 09:08 AM |
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For more pictures of the true cost of war, get the book War Against War |
david_vincent |
Mar-04-10 10:32 AM |
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Some of the many lives ruined |
Turbineguy |
Mar-04-10 12:01 PM |
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I recently replied on DU to something with the price paid by members of the service and |
demigoddess |
Mar-04-10 12:08 PM |
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wow. k&r |
samsingh |
Mar-04-10 12:13 PM |
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It isn't just Bush, and it isn't just Republicans |
Goldstein1984 |
Mar-04-10 12:48 PM |
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Unfortunately, it's always the lesser of two evils. |
deaniac21 |
Mar-04-10 12:53 PM |
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"We the People" are ultimately responsible for what we allow our government to do. |
AlbertCat |
Mar-04-10 01:37 PM |
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By looking around you |
Goldstein1984 |
Mar-04-10 01:57 PM |
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Damn right. |
pecwae |
Mar-04-10 02:10 PM |
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This thread has 200+ recommendations. I posted some graphic stuff the other day about a dead Iraqi. |
howard112211 |
Mar-04-10 01:34 PM |
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This just might not actually be about *you.* Mkay? |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-05-10 12:50 AM |
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Makes me want to cry for this young man |
fortyfeetunder |
Mar-05-10 12:53 AM |
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