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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:13 PM Original message |
Poll question: Was Truman right to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. This was, pure and simple, an experiment on the people in those cities. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You are correct |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It was wrong to even test it. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes. My grandmother died of cancer because of the test. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. the emperor should have been hung |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. "Hanged" not hung. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. Well, that depends on whether the emperor was hung or not. |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. and OUR government conducted radiation experiments on OUR citizens! (link) |
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wurzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. It was a huge war crime by any standards. |
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Doctor Smith (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. It was mass murder. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. And having 600 planes drop firebombs to burn entire cities isn't? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Statements like yours concerns me. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You'll kill a million people to save 100,000? Your statement concerns me |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. No! I would never kill anyone, and don't you ever try to put murderous |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
98. no it's not |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
61. here's the key: the million aren't white american soldiers. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. If you were firebombed, you would have a CHANCE of escape. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. How do you escape when the entire city is on fire? |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Thousands of people did. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Thanks for mentioning those movies. Americans need to learn what really |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Dresden was a result of unlimited bombing of London |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. The war was essentially over. Dresden was about terrorizing Germany. |
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WMliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
73. dresden was to terrify russia |
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Doctor Smith (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Fire bombing Dresden and Tokyo was also mass murder. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. Your post indicates you are not fully familiar with the facts, or the |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes/ No |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. The immediate rush was |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 03:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. I sort of agree. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. ...tell us how you really feel, mr. sagle. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. I'm glad we won and the Axis lost. The A-bomb saved lives. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
85. BULL |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #85 |
90. I ain't got no time for revisionism. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. but you got time for regurgitating propaganda, eh? |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 12:31 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Gar Alpo is a pro-red wacko. |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. It was mass murder and terrorism. |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. It was the ultimate act of terrorism. |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. U.S. News and World Report, August 15, 1960.....(link) |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. one of SEVEN cardinal sins: Science without Humanity (caution: graphic) |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Yes A voice of reason |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. just this summer, Japanese victims came to America to ask just a |
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mfritz (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Why was invasion necessary? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Ahh, a voice of reason in the wilderness! Invasion was never "necessary." |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I'm personally glad we invaded. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Well, it still wasn't "necessary," but things worked out somewhat OK. |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. Bullsh*t...effects of radiation were understood very clearly (caution!) |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. What Truman should have done... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I won't flame you |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. I'll answer you both in this "non-poll" |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. You give a harsh, stark version of our national tragedy |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. When the military has a new toy |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
83. That is precisely what scares me about the new |
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Mick Knox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Lame 20 20 hindsight BS of the worst kind |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Cool - looks like we've got more informed people than not. |
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Mick Knox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Inncocent lives would have been spared? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Yes, I do. |
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Mick Knox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Wrong - so very very wrong |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yes, you are. But it's okay, you'll learn one day. |
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Mick Knox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oh Ok |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I thought it was us who wanted the U.S.S.R. to declare war |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. USSR didn't have suffiecient force projection to go "island hopping" |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. What is the difference between suicide and national suicide? |
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Bush was AWOL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yes. and any other answer is absurd |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
37. Absolutely, Truman was right |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Typo correction: |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
95. I agree. Truman was right. |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. They could have detonated it over land where the power of the weapon |
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tjfreeman (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. No, absolutely not! |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. Absolutely. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. very apropos moniker... |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. It's why I despise Truman and cringe that he is considered |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
53. No. The Japanese were ready to surrender. |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. ...so close they tried a coup against the Emperor... |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
100. Kind of contradicts your argument, doesn't it. |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
55. This is much more complicated then yes and no... |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
56. Not at that point, no... |
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Mike Niendorff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. Absolutely, positively, and without question: |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
70. slaughtering non-combatants is never OK |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
71. It will be remembered in a thousand years. |
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i like pizza (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
72. no |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
74. Sorry, no. It's one of the worst decisions ever made by a US President. |
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Gwerlain (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
75. I am not sure, but |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. He was absolutely right. |
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veracity (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
77. To understand the impact - if you were not around then.....read this. |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
78. A Nation of the DEAD: 100 million KILLED in the twentieth century |
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adamrsilva (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
79. The results of this poll are the reason people don't trust liberals/Dems |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. most are ignorant |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:39 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. How do you know the Emperor didn't care about Japan? |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:40 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. all our wars were WON BY DEMOCRATIC Presidents...reTHUGlicans have always |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. excuse me but .... |
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Gwerlain (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:32 AM Response to Reply #79 |
97. You have committed a logical fallacy: |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #79 |
99. Nobody said America is evil. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
80. No Military Leader in Theater at the Time thought it was necessary |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
87. Conventional firebombing and invasion would have killed far more |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. all military leaders in theater at that time DISAGREE with YOU |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:00 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Thanks for the link |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:19 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. my pleasure |
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veluthukaran (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
89. no |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Blessed are the Peace-makers for they shall be called children of God |
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Robin Hood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
101. OMFG!!!! I can't believe that 66 DUers' voted yes. |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:44 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. No surprises really. |
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