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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:02 AM Original message |
US military experts: Prepare for a decades-long counterinsurgency campaign |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. So, there is to be a draft! |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Draft process starts March 2005 - I've been saying this for 2 years. |
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SouthernDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Huh? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. so how do you suppose the US occupies Iraq for another 15 years? |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. The contractors leaving are why Rummy is in Iraq now |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. ah yes... remember the days when they were calling it a 'cakewalk'? |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Apparently they're lining up in places like Colombia... |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Bush didn't "can" everyone else yet keep Rummy on for his intellect |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Australia? They hung with us in Vietnam until we lost that one too |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Australia led the UN international peace keeping mission in East Timor |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I hope that he has a plan to pay for this |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Isn't that where the "crisis" with Social Security comes to play? |
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anakie (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. While john hoWARd is prime minister |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. not only do most insurgencies last decades... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You weren't supposed to give the punch line n/t |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. D'oh! |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. And history shows that the Vietnamese and Afgan "insurgencies" |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. "There must be some way out of here," |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is insane. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 07:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. true... |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. A German Gun Crew Shells a Housing Block |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Nope. There ain't no similarities there...I wish n/t |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
13. One wonders if we should believe anything they say? |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I'm not wondering. They're truly insane. |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. Will is the substitute for reason |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. THEY WILL TRY WITH HUMPTY |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. But, with CEO millions invested in a losing cause, Iraq, |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. When you are no longer competive economically |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. AAH YES--- !!! !the ignorant "volk" element |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Unenlightened human minds |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. So Iraqis and Americans who aren't born yet will be killing each other |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. WAR WITHOUT END |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. I have a sneaking suspicion ... |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. and be prepared for decades-long deaths for this Bush war |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
28. Could "finishing the war" be a rationale adding on a 3rd term for *? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. The more things change---- The more they remain the same. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. Those that don't learn from history's example, end up repeating... |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is perfect. It's exactly what these Straussian dictators want to hear |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
37. AKA decades long money making scheme... |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-04 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. decades wasn't part of the deal |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-04 01:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Unless they have Republicans running point on scout missions............ |
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