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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 08:44 PM Original message |
How many wars have we not won? Korean War, Vietnam War, War on Poverty, |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. As Orwell said ... |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. War are not meant to be won but ............ |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. We're clearly not winning the War on Stupidity, either. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. You can win the battle, but never the war |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. you forget a great victory |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. The American Civil War |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. They also should have gone into Texas |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You might be right. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. That's what Union General Phil Sheridan said |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Phil Sheridan |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. As the man said... |
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Donailin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. everytime we declare war on something |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. War on drugs. n/t |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. War of 1812 |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't consider the Korean War a defeat. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It just wasn't a victory after the PLA came in. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. But the Korean War is not over. All we have is an armistice with |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. And South Korea is a thriving democracy. n/t |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Absolutely and I've enjoyed every day I've spent there. Hyundai has |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. They must be selling a jillion of those cars. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Philippine-American War of 1898-1913? |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. excellent post |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Learned the concentration camp example from the Boer War British who |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. How quickly everyone forgets - Granada! Remember the great victory |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. But we won those didn't we where winning is defined as being able |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. That was the one where Clint Eastwood and Mario Van Peebles |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I declare war on "Compassionate Conservatives" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. The War on Poverty actually made a lot of progress |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 12:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. There's been no progress since the 1960s |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Pretty much was all over when RFK was killed. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Mexico 1915 |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Right, but the lack of progress was not due to the programs themselves |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. The Brave Assault on the Bonus Army Marchers |
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