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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:45 AM Original message |
Platoon defies orders in Iraq |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. WOW! Now what we need is to let the rest of the troops over there |
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detroit (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
92. Freduhms on da merch! |
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Born Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 05:01 AM Response to Reply #92 |
179. Support the Troops! |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #92 |
208. But we know that he has a real problem dealing with shame |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
136. Mutiny on the Bounty!! It is far past time. |
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Amigust (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
161. This is a good one for letters to the editor. |
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skylarmae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. maybe we ought to jump on this before it becomes one of the stories that |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yes! |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
130. Yes and they need our |
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Skie (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 08:47 PM Response to Reply #130 |
146. kids |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sounds similar to stories out of the Vietnam War.... |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
96. YES! And you can't imagine how |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #96 |
131. What if they gave a war and nobody came: |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 08:41 PM Response to Reply #131 |
145. Thank you -- perfectly, totally wonderful |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #96 |
173. Indeed. These combat refusers are heroes. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Yet our best trained, best educated, best equipped, ..." |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. as a matter of fact, its safe to say |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. I was waiting for this. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Support our Oops :) |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
139. HA! "support our Oops" priceless. |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. What can we do to help them? |
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Indiana_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Email the article to your congressmen and ask for |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
109. Operation Truth |
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No2W2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #109 |
124. Isolated incident???? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. Ohmigod! Now even our military hates America! |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. Jackson, Mississippi newspaper, by the way |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The fragging will start soon? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Haven't read any reports of that yet, but it can't be far away |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. What says Hackworth? |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Next group will be smarter, don't go to jail for 5 years, |
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Skarbrowe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
105. I knew of people who SAID they had to take out their LT in Viet Nam |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
144. They will be known as the Platoon that saved America and the World!!! |
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llywrch (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 12:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
167. I Doubt There will Be Fragging |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. This kid had asked Mom what happens if he decks his CO- |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. And so the fragging thoughts begin |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:31 AM Original message |
said it was like being at home |
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AtTheEndOfTheDay (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. Makes me wonder what it's like |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Being at Home in the single wide-- drinking a 12er of Pabst tonite |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. I want to know what color the 17 members were on this suicide job |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
99. I would imagine it would be about 50/50 |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
156. Honesty is refreshing |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. Jesus! Five years confinement!!!!!! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
72. I agree they should not have to be imprisoned, |
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Tigahs_ (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
153. truly representative of how evil |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. This should be MAJOR news |
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cthrumatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. you are assuming we have "the old media" ...not the new corporate owned |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. sigh, I'm old enough to remember when there was a media |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. me too Jacobin... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
79. Ahhh yes - dinner and death. I remember it well. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
157. Waking up to breakfast and bodycounts on the radio. |
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Tigahs_ (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
154. aint dat da truth. . . |
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Tigahs_ (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
155. double post, my bad. |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. This and 20 troops dead in the last 4 days should both be news |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 02:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
176. No, the most important issue facing America is... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 01:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
168. it's pretty near the top of the MSNBC web site |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 04:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
178. Just have a little patience |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. SERUV !! |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. kick |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
24. Contaminated fuel refused at one base, returned, sent to another base? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. And If the Base Accepts and Uses the Contaminated Fuel |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
162. The irony in all this |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
25. We need to demand our TV stations cover this story (esp Sinclair ones) |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. I just emailed the story to my |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'm going to email Michael Moore |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Excellent idea! |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 01:24 AM Response to Reply #29 |
169. M. Moore on Leno tonight said he had 3000 letters from US |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
32. This is BIG. I've said all along it would happen eventually. |
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vogonity (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. Wow. One way that Iraq is different than Viet Nam... |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
34. this story is posted in 3 places now |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. now in Hattiesburg American & -Marine Corp, Army,Navy & A.F. Times.com |
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indie_voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Kos has it too. n/t |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. fantastic! |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 01:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
170. MSNBC aso |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
35. A comment from another Web board |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. maybe steve earle is their muse |
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politick (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
40. Talk About Mixed Messages! |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. To avoid being flamed to a crispy critter...... |
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Emboldened Chimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
66. Um, that's Mexed Missages... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
84. Certainly, we wouldn't want the Bush administration..... |
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chimpy the poopthrower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
42. When the troops start rebelling... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
86. Mutiny is not specific to naval services. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
141. Mutiny is a service-wide term |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. this callous attitude toward the troops |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
71. What? Any more info on this training anywhere? n/t |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
98. What the HELL is "an experimental skydive"?? |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #98 |
147. we did |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:16 PM Response to Reply #98 |
152. Have you seen "Need for Speed"? About the pills pilots etc are |
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illuminaughty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 12:31 AM Response to Reply #152 |
166. Great program. Some of what their taking is a pill called |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #166 |
187. Thanks for the reminder of one of the pills. What they're doing to those |
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orangeotter (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
47. extremely newsworthy |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
49. Smart people. Jail is safer. (nt) |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. When was the last time you were in jail? |
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Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
149. I have been in a Military jail |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. Woo Hoo It Made Yahoo! |
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noonriser (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
90. Done. n/t |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
106. Done! |
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Ima (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
114. 4.23 |
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othermeans (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. Let's get it on the news its still 4.23 when I voted. Needs to be a 4.9 |
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Days Between (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
113. done |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:51 PM Response to Reply #113 |
140. Done. but down to 4.12 |
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Invalence1 (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:25 AM Response to Reply #50 |
201. Done! |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. Link to Guardian story about it |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. Ann Coulter calls it "cleaning the swamp" |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #52 |
172. I have been watching her venom lately on a lot of shows |
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seventhson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. I Sent it to DRUDGE and GUESS WHAT??? It made FRONT PAGE!!! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Osama in China??? |
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seventhson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
137. Osama in China was on LBN earlier today, I think |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #137 |
194. China gets away with Genocide in Tibet, now with protecting Ben Forgotten |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
54. This sounds "heroic" on the surface, but what about the guys they left |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. But I wonder if the ones who made it |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. They said they were another platoon from the same company. They |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
73. But the Fuel Was Contaminated Anyway |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
82. Good question, especially in Iraq. nt |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. I agree in theory, somewhat, but the article mentions no other platoon |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Facts supercede stereotypical assumptions everytime. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. Contaminated Fuel |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. we should all reserve judgement until the investigation has been completed |
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chrislrob (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
102. atreides1, I agree that |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
89. Are those soldiers better off with the fuel for raids and patrols |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #89 |
121. According to CNN the CO has issued stand-down orders for all the |
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CHICKEN CAPITOL USA (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
165. halliburton tanker escorts |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 01:40 AM Response to Reply #54 |
175. According to the article they are usually |
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sisenor (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 06:24 AM Response to Reply #54 |
181. But don't you think that the commanders who send these guys on dangerous |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 07:33 AM Response to Reply #54 |
183. Waiting for contaminated fuel? |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
197. The fuel was contaminated |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. the link to this story is not working 4 me. (clarion ledger link) |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. their server crashed? too much traffic? |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Barbara Starr, CNN -- HAS PLATOON REFUSES ORDER STORY NOW!!! |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. i just got 84 hits on google news so the story is getting out! |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. Great work DUers!!!! 57 hits in Google News as of now |
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shrdlu (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
62. Send over the War President... |
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Zak (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. Being passed around Canada Too!!! |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. Kick for personal responsibility. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
67. So what!! |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
87. bawahahahahahah! |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. If their story turns out to be true -- that they weren't properly equipped |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
69. I've recently talked to several guys freshly back from Iraq |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #69 |
174. tht they are dirt and worthless? I was watching some vets |
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davepdx (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
70. Aaron Brown responded to my email |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Since you've got his electronic "ear" |
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davepdx (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I'll give it a try |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 02:14 AM Response to Reply #78 |
177. He's an egotistical dick. I had fun with emailing him recently. |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
209. NIGHTLINE TONIGHT!!!! |
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Pluvious (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
74. But it was OK for Boosh to refuse a direct order |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
77. Somehow they'll try to spin it as Kerry's fault |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
88. I AM SO FUCKING PROUD OF MY HOMEBOYS AND GIRLS!! |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Hey, I grew up in Alabama |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. LOL! |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #95 |
108. Blessings, thanks, hugs, kisses to ALL of them |
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CarinKaryn (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
93. Maybe they'll be the start of the end of the war |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
94. I have heard from |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. The only reason this one was reported is because the guys... |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:41 PM Response to Reply #97 |
160. You are so right - and it is scary |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
100. CNN PICKING IT UP -- NOW / 5 pm eastern |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. The CO ordering a "safety stand down" |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
103. per UCMJ, you can refuse illegal orders and suicide missions |
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chrislrob (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #103 |
116. Don't think you can refuse suicide missions... |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #116 |
127. you wont be convicted for disobeying an order that surely gets you killed |
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chrislrob (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #127 |
195. Well ain't this a bitch? |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
104. Bravo! The bravest thing done in Iraq thus far. |
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lfs5 (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
107. Could this be October surprise? |
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lfs5 (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Addendum: |
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GoldenOldie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Can anyone recall seeing a special on a Arkansas Guard Unit |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 05:08 PM Response to Reply #107 |
112. Right -- |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
115. CBS news played a voice mail left by a soldier on her |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
117. Just got an msnbc news alert about it |
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misscoko34 (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. speechless |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
118. There's a reason brave generals traditionally LEAD the troops ... |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
120. Memorable Quotes from The Outlaw Josey Wales |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
123. Thank God! They took a stand!.......BRAVO!! |
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vs the introvore (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
125. PMCS |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #125 |
138. Thank you VS for taking us into the mind of a responsible |
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Technowitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #125 |
164. Thanks, PMCS, for this really excellent viewpoint -- and welcome to DU! |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 09:29 AM Response to Reply #125 |
185. Thanks for the thorough post. |
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captain disgruntled (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 03:05 PM Response to Reply #125 |
192. Thanks, VS--you were obviously |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
126. Good for them!!! |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
128. my letter to jeremy hudson reporter for the Clarion Ledger |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
129. I am proud of these young men and women. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Nicely said.... |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
133. Link Unavailable? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
134. good on them. |
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nedbal (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
135. May 24, 2004 Guardsmen Speak Out on Reassignment in Iraq |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
142. Our allies see the futileness of this endeavor and now our |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
143. OMG!!!!!..........This is INCREDIBLE!!!!.........I salute those guys!!! |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
148. Yes...Yes...YES... |
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Insider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
150. photo from yahoo/ap |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
151. Salon.com has a story on this unit of reservists |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #151 |
189. thanks for the tip- good article-Salon has more details. |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
158. 12.3.03 Charlotte Observer story on this unit's deployment |
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Amigust (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
159. Self Deleted |
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sr_pacifica (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-04 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
163. Mississippi congressman will start a congressional inquiry |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
171. Once the story of this gets out, this will become much more common |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
180. The Daily News: Probe Iraq mutiny - "Suicide mission" |
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ezekiel333 (507 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
182. Amber McClenny |
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Tigerlily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
184. kick |
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T Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
186. these threads in GD |
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ezekiel333 (507 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 12:36 PM Response to Reply #186 |
188. KICK! RAISE PURE HELL!!! eom |
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wabeewoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
190. This just saddens my heart |
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ezekiel333 (507 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
191. Their concerns may be 'valid,' Army spokesman says... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
193. This is outragous! |
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Lizzie Borden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
196. I'm proud of these people... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
198. I'm suprised that no one else has refused to go... |
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freeminder (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
199. the true will of the people will prevail, |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:00 AM Response to Reply #199 |
200. This story seems to be taking off, which can only be a good thing |
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freeminder (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:43 AM Response to Reply #200 |
202. Well I hope it gets legs - I can find it all over the net on the left, |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #202 |
206. I heard this story covered on MSNBC, |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #202 |
210. The story was also the subject of an opinion piece in today's NY Times |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
203. 17 member unit does not a movement make... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:51 AM Response to Reply #203 |
205. WTF do you know about it?... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #203 |
207. I've seen interviews with soldiers |
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Paleocon (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
204. Good for them.... |
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