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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:34 PM Original message |
This American Will Not Support Obama's Escalation into More War in Afghanistan. And I Am Not Alone. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Politcally, he is leaving himself open to be hit from both sides. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. well said |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The only ones to be impressed with this shit are the ones who make money off of it. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
106. The War Profiteers -- Obama's true base. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. "Are you a prisoner?" |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #113 |
148. That's too tough for me to deal with. nt |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #148 |
165. I know. When I heard him say it my blood ran cold. |
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Ysabela (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
70. We control the world supply of opium. We're NEVER leaving Afghanistan. n/t |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #70 |
108. True. |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
137. Bad Geography lesson here |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #137 |
166. The illegal stuff is much more lucrative. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. OK |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Fuck it. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Al-Qaeda is in Somalia. Should we invade there, too? |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Al-Qaeda operates in several countries, |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Hear that, guys? We're "peace freaks" now. Remember "Jesus freaks"? |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yes. Peace freaks. People that don't support any military action under |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
62. I think this is a mistake and that we should leave, but I don't NOT support |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
71. a simplification worthy of a Republican |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #71 |
172. My point is that this is a complex situation. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #172 |
189. if that's your point then make it |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
84. And if you were living in the criminal states that could be justified |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #35 |
95. So tell us your history of fighting wars |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #35 |
102. "People that don't support any military action under...."? |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #102 |
173. Yeah, you people. Was I not clear? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
104. Under the circumstances |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
141. Peace freaks, liquid diamond? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
144. When did we start letting chicken hawks in here? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #144 |
156. probably a member of the 101st chairborne div--pajama-hadeen brigade |
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oge (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #156 |
161. DUZY! |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #144 |
174. Chicken hawk? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #174 |
187. Yes chicken hawk. That would be the term for those who support war |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
153. wow--you really do paint with a broad brush, don't you--where in the HELL do you come off |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #153 |
175. Exhibit A |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #175 |
191. sweetie, you are in WAYYYYYY over your head here, because you have no f****** idea who you are |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
168. fucking WAR MONGERS - like YOU!!! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #168 |
183. Amen to that. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
188. Duh. Of course I would have protested the Civil War. The people that died were not the ones |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #188 |
195. In the case of the Civil War, it did solve the |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
152. wonder why this person thinks "peace freaks" is an insult? think the poster wandered over from |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #152 |
176. It's an insult because you think ALL wars are wrong. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #152 |
182. Yes, I do wonder that. I put him on ignore right about the time I posted this last night, disgustin |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
151. wow-- "peace freaks" is an insult, you think? DAMNED RIGHT I am, and DAMNED PROUD of it. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Are we going to bomb Iran too? Or outsource that to Israel? |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
87. Hell, why not Black Water or another mercenary army? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. You are inventing unlikely future events as a basis for war in the here and now |
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cravermi (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I totally agree! |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. At this point, it might be cheaper and easier to let the Taliban re-take Afghanistan... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Yes ..the Taliban are Al-Qaeda. The Taliban are responsible for 911 ...yuh ...ok. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. As far as I can tell Al Qaeda could plan an attack on America from DC |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. Taliban =/= Al-Qaeda. They are two separate entities. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
133. For all we know, some sort of deal might be in the works with the Taliban right now. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
154. remember that they offered to turn OBL over during the cheney admin--they wouldn't accept. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
86. There are lies in your post. I would like to think they are not willful. |
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thehardtruth (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #86 |
118. destabilizing Pakistan? |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. Putting words in someone else's mouth makes for an easy win, eh |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #86 |
120. The "BIG LIE" is... |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #120 |
132. if Obama escalates then it IS HIS ESCALATION. He is CIC. The buck stops at his desk. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Absolutely. So weird how Obama's defenders are now suggesting he isn't top dog. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #120 |
169. If he had some cahones he could resist. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #86 |
136. Of course we are. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
93. Really? How did we leave Vietnam? |
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thehardtruth (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
117. Fuck it, indeed |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #117 |
157. welcome to DU |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
162. Are you willing to pay a war tax |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
167. Yeah - the "DOMINO THEORY" worked so well in the 60's!!! |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
199. This AM on MSNBC |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. Are the Taliban and Al Qaeda bad enough to combat? |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Finally some sanity in one of these threads. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. Sanity? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #44 |
76. You know, when you lay it out like that, point by point, you gotta wonder |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. It really is a shame you guys missed VietNam |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
115. +1 |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Have you signed up yet? |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Here's my suggestion. Volunteers only for ANY theater of engagement. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Like a horse with a broken leg, my fellow troops would shoot me right off. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Why aren't you in prison for protesting against the war? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Ah, I see - because it's easier to be an armchair warring dilettante, isn't it? |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Think back to WWII. A good war? Supported by people who did not serve in uniform? |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Just as easy as being an armchair anti-war dilettante |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
139. Shouldn't you be able to answer that? |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. ***yawn** |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Get some sleep first. This is a serious issue. |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I don't need sleep. I need you to stop using the same |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Who said anything about no circumstances? |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. So the Al-qaeda in Afghanistan was not a direct threat to this |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Tell RimJob I said hello! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #52 |
89. al-qaeda = former US allies. So when did they become devil-men? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #89 |
122. Deleted message |
niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
158. the fascinating thing is how many people drool over war, get hard over the idea of OTHER people |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
171. They weren't when Chuck Colson brought them to D.C. as his guests. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
185. It was an ILLEGAL War of CHOICE, BASED ON LIES. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
99. Hey you are drooling on your Snuggie |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Mind the cheeto stains, darlin' |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. ROFL. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. :D |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. New? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
145. Integrity would be new for you. n/t |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
65. Hopefully Obama's strategy will include an increase in reconstruction jobs |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. You dare have a Smedley Butler avatar |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Huh? Smedley Butler was a pacifist? Sorry, not following. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. He recognized a corporate war when he saw one. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Was WWII a corporate war? Can any war the U.S. wages be righteous if somebody profits? |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
112. There are only 100 Al Qaeda left in Afghanistan. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #49 |
91. Here's a little thing that Smedley Butler wrote in 1935: |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #91 |
101. That is a valuable link. He DOES sound like a pacifist doesn't he? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
130. You can't obliterate an idea. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. I will continue arguing, as you do, that war is not peace. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. You are not alone. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
77. Uncle Sam needs your help again -- |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
116. Country Joe |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #116 |
125. I think all the old protest songs are appropriate again. nt |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. we enter The Graveyard of Empires |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
135. The Graveyard of Empires. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. he had a chance to stand out in history as a great and courageous leader |
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twitfinder (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Dying |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Out! Now! |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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2tr4nqued (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. So Obama escalates, and then he loses in 2012 |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. you shouldn't have voted for him.....he ran on escalating afghanistan |
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tan guera (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
79. I didn't vote for him or Hillary |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
100. He ran on 'No Mandates'. He ran on 'no income tax for social |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #100 |
109. +1 |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
181. well he did say he was going to focus on Afghanistan |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. I stand with you - and I say we have a mass rally to take this county back |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. one term only |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. K&R |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
48. K&R |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. I am very disappointed.... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
57. Excellent editorial. Wish Obama could read it. Recommend. nt |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
58. Why do you think the President takes this decision more lightly than you? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. The Taliban are not that bad. They can be reasoned with. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Noted. Now I'll sleep better. nt |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. The Taliban kill those who disagree with them. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. And? What does that have to do with international relations? |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. The Taliban are in Pakistan and they don't want to leave. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. They won't once we can shift our focus away from occupation and towards containment |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Containment can last decades. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. So can occupations. nt |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #74 |
110. Yes, I am getting tired of this occupation/containment shit. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
146. So do we. But we call them "wars" when we do it. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Journalist Saira Shah: Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
178. Wow. Fucking wow. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #178 |
180. It is not the American goverment's job to protect the women in Afghanistan. |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #180 |
186. I never implied we should police the world. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
184. First, from what I understand, citizens of neighboring countries think of Afghanis as "cuckoo" |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
177. Thank you for your eloquent post. |
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jonathon (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
59. How do we protest this and have any effect? |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #59 |
69. I want to know the answer to this also. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #69 |
78. If Viet Nam serves as an example, we can't. |
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tan guera (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
80. Stop sending money |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. We have to convince our critters, varmint by varmint, not to pass funding for the war |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
83. There's one thing we have going for us |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
66. K&R. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
75. There are escalations as well in South/Latin America and Africa |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
82. K & R |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
85. I won't either... fighting there is totally pointless. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
88. I had such hope for an Obama presidency . . . |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
90. do people still believe an operation as complex as 9-11 was planned and controlled from a cave |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #90 |
96. Never underestimate the power of denial |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
92. Don't worry... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #92 |
111. Why did he even bother? Must've been an ego trip. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
94. People are already protesting with War is not the Answer signs in Newburyport, MA |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #94 |
124. Great news. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
97. Here's another appropriate verse: |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
98. K&R. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
103. You are not alone... |
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bongobobtherealone (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
105. I just wish....................... |
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12string (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
107. escalation |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
114. I will continue to support my President because.... |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #114 |
179. FREEPER! |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
119. Right there with you. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
121. You are not alone. nt |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
123. I will not support it either, and I'm taking it to the streets |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
127. Another Democratic President with no coattails. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
128. Then why did you vote for him? This was part of his campaign. |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #128 |
138. I agree. I am giving him the benefit of the doubt. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
129. You are NOT alone - |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
131. No, it's Bush's war, and never forget that. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #131 |
140. There won't be an 'equitable conclusion.' History has made that clear. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. We will see. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. I'd love for you to be right. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
147. Damn you. "What's Going On", always makes me cry. But no matter. Small price for me to pay to |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
149. You are NOT alone!! ...K&R |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
150. K&R |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
155. expanding this invasion is a horrible mistake. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
159. NO MORE WAR!!! BRING HOME THE TROOPS!!! |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
160. This American will not support it either |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
163. No....You are NOT ALONE....K&R |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
164. Neither will I. His MAIN/WHOLE reason for getting ELECTED in the first place |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
170. So much for that Nobel Peace Prize |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
190. I'm not going to support him if he's just going to be a war party lap dog. |
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EMR1976 (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
192. I find it hard to believe |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #192 |
193. Those People? Those Afghani's..(when it was majority Saudi's who attacked us) deserve to die? |
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EMR1976 (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #193 |
194. The nationality of the attackers is irrelevant. It...... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #194 |
200. I feel sad that you are young....and have been fed PROPAGANDA...but whatever |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
196. kick |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
197. May I remind everyone that the CIA chose the Taliban to take over Afghanistan |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #197 |
198. +1000! Powerful post! |
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