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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 02:21 PM
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35. Here are five that would be better.
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  -This Guy?!?! tekisui  Jun-23-10 01:58 PM   #0 
  - Yep. nt  Guy Whitey Corngood   Jun-23-10 01:59 PM   #1 
  - Uh-huh..  truebrit71   Jun-23-10 02:00 PM   #2 
  - He executed the surge......  FrenchieCat   Jun-23-10 02:02 PM   #3 
  - He is a fucking liar and a war-monger.  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:04 PM   #5 
  - I agree with his former commander who called him "a boot licking chickenshit"  Fozzledick   Jun-23-10 02:12 PM   #17 
  - The vast majority of DU used to agree with you. Now?  Ignis   Jun-23-10 05:27 PM   #61 
     - +01  Greyhound   Jun-24-10 04:12 PM   #77 
  - What tekisui Said (nt)  Dinger   Jun-23-10 05:22 PM   #56 
  - So you're now saying "the surge worked"  Smashcut   Jun-23-10 02:08 PM   #8 
  - It wasn't simply the surge that worked.......  FrenchieCat   Jun-23-10 02:12 PM   #15 
     - Oh no, you are very, very flexible, that is obvious.  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:13 PM   #20 
     - Beat me to it.  Smashcut   Jun-23-10 02:13 PM   #21 
     - Yes.....I'm a liberal.  FrenchieCat   Jun-23-10 02:18 PM   #26 
        - Blah fucking blah.  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:19 PM   #30 
        - Keep calling me names.  FrenchieCat   Jun-23-10 02:22 PM   #36 
           - .  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:23 PM   #37 
        - wow. Sad to see that since our guy is in power, many people are fine with the war$ now.  krabigirl   Jun-23-10 06:46 PM   #72 
     - BTW why do you write all of your replies like a haiku?  Smashcut   Jun-23-10 02:15 PM   #24 
     - I don't.  FrenchieCat   Jun-23-10 02:20 PM   #31 
     - Really? Even Democrats believe that? Wow. A change of Admin doesn't make this action correct.  saracat   Jun-23-10 04:04 PM   #53 
  - LMFAO!!  jonnyblitz   Jun-23-10 02:12 PM   #14 
  - Frenchie you're correct  NJmaverick   Jun-23-10 02:18 PM   #27 
  - Violence is up in Iraq.  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:20 PM   #33 
     - Violence is up in Iraq as of recently due to the fact  FrenchieCat   Jun-23-10 02:27 PM   #39 
     - Violence is up because American-led nation building and surges  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:45 PM   #44 
     - When you say violence is up are you comparing the violence prior to the surge with now  NJmaverick   Jun-23-10 02:40 PM   #42 
        - Does it matter?  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:45 PM   #43 
           - Yes it matters a great deal  NJmaverick   Jun-23-10 02:59 PM   #46 
  - Brutal ethnic cleansing not the surge is what brought the level of violence down.  Luminous Animal   Jun-23-10 05:23 PM   #58 
  - Our plan is to keep 50,000 troops... er advisors in Iran forever.  Spheric   Jun-23-10 05:47 PM   #65 
  - the "surge" == bribing Sunni elders and tribal heads....payoffs.....  amborin   Jun-23-10 06:18 PM   #67 
  - So now you believe he is "not" doing PR tricks for his  waiting for hope   Jun-23-10 07:31 PM   #75 
  - Wow - no one's feeling all warm and fuzzy inside?  nc4bo   Jun-23-10 02:02 PM   #4 
  - War is progressive and liberal and fixes EVERYTHING!!!  YOY   Jun-23-10 02:04 PM   #6 
  - And yet, we're still getting out next year.  tridim   Jun-23-10 02:08 PM   #9 
     - Out next year?  tekisui   Jun-23-10 07:47 PM   #76 
  - Clark or Shinseki should get the job  mwrguy   Jun-23-10 02:07 PM   #7 
  - Wes Clark is retired and Eric Shinseki already has a job.  Arkana   Jun-23-10 02:09 PM   #10 
  - Unfortunately, neither one is still in the Military.  name not needed   Jun-23-10 02:09 PM   #11 
     - those on the retired list still hold a military status, and are recallable as needed.  mwrguy   Jun-23-10 02:14 PM   #23 
        - True. Obama should've considered bringing Clark back for this one.  name not needed   Jun-23-10 02:47 PM   #45 
  - Yep, that ad was real productive for Moveon.Org  bluestateguy   Jun-23-10 02:10 PM   #12 
  - You like Betrayus?  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:11 PM   #13 
     - I do not know who Betrayus is  bluestateguy   Jun-23-10 02:12 PM   #18 
        - Do you like Gen Petraus as the new head in the Afghanistan war?  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:14 PM   #22 
           - Yes.  bluestateguy   Jun-23-10 02:16 PM   #25 
              - I've read you disquisition's before. They are rarely long and you are right  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:19 PM   #28 
  - Sadly, all choices were a Catch-22...  BrklynLiberal   Jun-23-10 02:12 PM   #16 
  - Ah, a flare for the dramatic  HughMoran   Jun-23-10 02:13 PM   #19 
  - That guy is a brilliant political move. Fuck the soldiers.  VMI Dem   Jun-23-10 02:19 PM   #29 
  - Just another deck chair on the Titanic being shifted for PR and political expediency.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-23-10 02:20 PM   #32 
  - question: can you name a viable alternative?  hlthe2b   Jun-23-10 02:21 PM   #34 
  - Here are five that would be better.  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:21 PM   #35 
     - Based on their names being listed in an AP article? On what  hlthe2b   Jun-23-10 02:24 PM   #38 
        - They are qualified, first of all.  tekisui   Jun-23-10 02:27 PM   #40 
           - You can do better than that...  hlthe2b   Jun-23-10 02:28 PM   #41 
           - What qualifies Navy Adm. James Stavridis?  NJmaverick   Jun-23-10 03:12 PM   #47 
              - The counter-insurgency campaign failed.  tekisui   Jun-23-10 03:16 PM   #48 
                 - So what experience does the career naval officer bring to this land locked nation?  NJmaverick   Jun-23-10 03:18 PM   #49 
                    - You're right. The top NATO commander in Europe probably  tekisui   Jun-23-10 03:22 PM   #50 
                       - i doubt if he wastes much time calling for another surge  spanone   Jun-23-10 05:24 PM   #60 
  - The longest war in American history. An illegal war that kills women and children mercilessly  Catherina   Jun-23-10 03:36 PM   #51 
  - +10000000  amborin   Jun-23-10 06:19 PM   #68 
  - i see bu$h* people  spanone   Jun-23-10 03:37 PM   #52 
  - The surge did not work. From a DU post with links.  Luminous Animal   Jun-23-10 05:20 PM   #54 
  - Brutal ethnic cleansing, not surge... Jaun Cole  Luminous Animal   Jun-23-10 05:22 PM   #57 
     - Maybe they should have called it a purge instead of a surge. n/t  Foo Fighter   Jun-24-10 08:09 PM   #78 
  - I Don't Fucking Get It  Dinger   Jun-23-10 05:21 PM   #55 
  - I do.  YOY   Jun-23-10 06:35 PM   #71 
  - That ad was a colossal fuck up by Moveon.  geek tragedy   Jun-23-10 05:24 PM   #59 
  - The violence went down because of ethnic cleansing and other factors  Luminous Animal   Jun-23-10 05:30 PM   #62 
     - That can be fairly debated, and I probably agree with you.  geek tragedy   Jun-23-10 05:41 PM   #64 
  - Petraeus is a perfect choice.  noamnety   Jun-23-10 05:38 PM   #63 
  - Yep. Petaeus is a lying sack of shit.  Luminous Animal   Jun-23-10 06:21 PM   #69 
  - Come on, Tek, when have you known the President to choose  Mithreal   Jun-23-10 06:16 PM   #66 
  - McCain was expressing his approval on the news tonight.  Individualist   Jun-23-10 06:26 PM   #70 
  - Isn't That Special  Dinger   Jun-23-10 07:17 PM   #74 
  - Yeah but think of how much bigger an open sore Afghanistan would be if he was President!  kenny blankenship   Jun-24-10 08:23 PM   #79 
  - yep..not sure whether to laugh or cry.  krabigirl   Jun-23-10 06:48 PM   #73 
 

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