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natrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 02:06 PM
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34. most everything else in his administration is off a right wing script, this no different
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  -I might not agree with him on the war, but Obama deserves respect for how he decided! KansasVoter  Dec-05-09 12:34 PM   #0 
  - Sorry, but if one reaches a wrong decision  spoony   Dec-05-09 12:36 PM   #1 
  - I disagree. I think he thinks he is right and has reasons for it. You might feel different.  KansasVoter   Dec-05-09 12:38 PM   #2 
  - So anyone who makes a wrong decision deserves no respect?  ClassWarrior   Dec-05-09 12:55 PM   #6 
  - I didn't address respect, you can respect his wrongness all you want.  spoony   Dec-05-09 01:42 PM   #17 
     - Respect was the main premise of the thread.  ClassWarrior   Dec-05-09 01:52 PM   #22 
        - You really like that smiley, I see. But it was not the subject of my post.  spoony   Dec-05-09 01:58 PM   #25 
           - Yes, the subject of your post was that the decision was wrong. I agree with you. The OP...  ClassWarrior   Dec-05-09 02:12 PM   #37 
  - Are you completely comfortable with such certainty?  treestar   Dec-05-09 01:01 PM   #8 
  - Like it or not, the facts are that OTHER nations ARE affected by the behavior of the U.S.  patrice   Dec-05-09 12:49 PM   #3 
  - Excellent post, and thank you for the voice of sanity.  polly7   Dec-05-09 01:38 PM   #15 
  - I think the HC Ins debate and now this make it pretty clear who controls the U.S.  patrice   Dec-05-09 01:48 PM   #20 
  - P.S. That IS deliver Pipelinestan into the hands of Transnational Mercenaries who  patrice   Dec-05-09 01:57 PM   # 
  - Very well stated.  BlueMTexpat   Dec-06-09 02:29 AM   #46 
  - Bushco cheapened the presidency and views of it.  JohnnyLib2   Dec-05-09 12:50 PM   #4 
  - The decision was actually politically expedient (or an attempting to be)  Oregone   Dec-05-09 12:52 PM   #5 
  - I agree with you on all points.  Birthmark   Dec-05-09 01:01 PM   #7 
  - Everyone should  tyne   Dec-05-09 01:08 PM   #9 
  - oh, a PR piece impressing us with the "thoughtfulness" of the decision  ima_sinnic   Dec-05-09 01:13 PM   #10 
  - Actually....  tyne   Dec-05-09 01:15 PM   #11 
  - what do you mean? the end result is --- escalation of war  ima_sinnic   Dec-05-09 01:22 PM   # 
     - Just more mad double-speak.  spoony   Dec-05-09 01:59 PM   #26 
        - great! prove me wrong! you think I like blood & guts or something? (nt)  ima_sinnic   Dec-05-09 02:01 PM   #30 
           - .  spoony   Dec-05-09 02:04 PM   #32 
              - ..  ima_sinnic   Dec-05-09 02:14 PM   #38 
  - not NECESSARILY the same. You are speculating about the future, not only by inference, but also  patrice   Dec-05-09 01:22 PM   #12 
  - the decision is escalation of war, the same "result" by "instinct" or by "logic"  ima_sinnic   Dec-05-09 02:00 PM   #28 
  - Point to where the OP said "it was okay, since it was done so 'thoughtfully.'"  ClassWarrior   Dec-05-09 01:34 PM   #14 
  - It does not "say" that anywhere.  ima_sinnic   Dec-05-09 01:54 PM   #23 
     - hey ima  Skittles   Dec-06-09 04:32 AM   #47 
  - Indeed, but from the views expressed we're apparently  spoony   Dec-05-09 01:44 PM   #18 
  - So compared to musing over it with Gates at Starbucks?  neshanic still   Dec-05-09 01:24 PM   #13 
  - No, part of the delay was filled with "leaks" so as to allow the MSM to *Manufacture Consent.*  ShortnFiery   Dec-05-09 01:39 PM   #16 
  - Evidently  tyne   Dec-05-09 01:45 PM   #19 
  - Yes, I did read the article. I don't BELIEVE everything I read. eom  ShortnFiery   Dec-05-09 02:01 PM   #29 
  - It takes time  Moochy   Dec-06-09 10:15 AM   #48 
  - Its actually worse if he studied the situation  spiritual_gunfighter   Dec-05-09 01:52 PM   #21 
  - It's not like we didn't have a chance to talk him out of it....  Clio the Leo   Dec-05-09 01:57 PM   #24 
  - We, the unwashed masses, were not INVITED into the national debate. It was all "the professor's" ...  ShortnFiery   Dec-05-09 01:59 PM   #27 
     - wow--"pre-orchestration"--and that is so true  ima_sinnic   Dec-05-09 02:09 PM   #35 
        - Yes, we have no power to change a fully corrupt right wing duopoly.  ShortnFiery   Dec-05-09 02:26 PM   #40 
  - In other words he didn't begin perpetual warfare but rather improved it with thoughtfulness  Dragonfli   Dec-05-09 02:04 PM   #31 
  - I agree. I think there is a great deal of spinning of an astronomically  avaistheone1   Dec-06-09 02:16 AM   #45 
  - Obama does not have an easy job!!!  Ernesto   Dec-05-09 02:05 PM   #33 
  - most everything else in his administration is off a right wing script, this no different  natrat   Dec-05-09 02:06 PM   #34 
  - i wonder what it's like in the alternate universe in which you reside...  dionysus   Dec-05-09 07:15 PM   #43 
  - My comment has nothing to do with Obama.  polly7   Dec-05-09 02:10 PM   #36 
  - I'm satisfied that he was questioning the assumptions on which the war is based.  TwilightGardener   Dec-05-09 02:20 PM   #39 
  - If you and others HONESTLY believe the narrative above, then yes, we deserve ...  ShortnFiery   Dec-05-09 02:28 PM   #41 
  - I'm sure Bush press releases touted that president's thoughtfulness...  Orsino   Dec-05-09 07:01 PM   #42 
  - YES!  Powdered Toast Man   Dec-05-09 07:16 PM   #44 
 

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