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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:54 AM Original message |
Everyone - it was NOT the "surge". It was the SUNNI AWAKENING! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. It was the Splurge. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Good one! |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Good name! Splurge vs Surge! |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Bob, that's perfect!!! Send it to Keith... |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yes! Get it to KO and let's get the media talking about it! |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. That picture of Cindy reminds me of something |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. The al-Sadr cease fire helped too - Aug. 2007. /nt |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Here's an interesting "tidbit" about the al Sadr cease fire: |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. McCain wants us to think the Iraq occupation began in January 2007, |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Bob Woodward's new book claim that it was new covert techniques rather than the surge |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Interesting. The point still is that the Dems (and Obama) were right. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. To claim that a single factor "caused" any particular outcome in Iraq is simple-minded. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. new techniques = bribery |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. When I first heard about the bribes on NPR and emailed some |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. If Bush and Bremer hadn't disbanded the army, the Sunnis would have been with us all along |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Too late. Obama already let O'Reilly force him into saying that the "Surge" worked. |
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eshfemme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. What's sadder is that the Sunni Awakening is now being punished for their hard work |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yeah, it seems it's a little too "complicated" for the |
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Johnbluedude (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. Great point |
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