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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:13 PM Original message |
McChrystal: A Social and Political Liberal who Banned Fox News |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unless he wants to run as a real liberal? n/t |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's What I Thought |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. ny times says miltary thinks it's unwinnable.... |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. So... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. "win"? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. What's killing me is that this poster is thinking something that wasn't in the article. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. as is the notion that "liberals" think uniformly.... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Dude, I don't think liberals are for endless war. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. no one's for "endless" war ..... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. whatever...a war WITHOUT a timeline freaks me out. n/t |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. war by itself is enough to freak anyone out..... |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. This Isn't About Survival |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. "The chances of getting killed by terror are 100 times as remote as getting killed by lighting." |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Agree to Disagree, and that's okay of course |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Getting killed by nature is quite different than getting killed |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. One $Trillion Dollars |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I agree with you...our methods of fighting terror sucks big time |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Wars are winnable, Guerrilla wars are not |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. So why are we there? |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Because we are fools....just like sending troops to Viet-Nam |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. You didn't read the article properly. The man wanted an ENDLESS war. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I can see your point |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. A war where he had to send troops home starting next year. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Thought I read somewhere |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Guerilla war that can be turned around I think...well we might have. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. That was my understanding too |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. McChrystal didn't want to listen to those that felt Karzai was untrustworthy. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. McChrystal as a liberal doesn't really jive with what Sy Hersh wrote about him |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That doesn't disprove that he's a liberal. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I can't say this enough. I've never heard of a liberal who wants an ENDLESS war... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It was a tongue in cheek post on my part. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
43. You can believe all that and CALL yourself a liberal but that doesn't make you one. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Heh. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. He may not like Fox but that doesn't make him a liberal. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. he could be liberal like supportive of gay rights, govt programs etc but pro war also |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. dude again.. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. yeah, but it could explain why he might not like Fox News |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. I see. There are a few here. n/t |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. His staffs reflect similar "liberal" thinking, I would reckon..... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. similar offensive comments are made on DU all the time |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. But doesn't make it liberal. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. true |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. this was more of a case of Civilian vs Military leadership |
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bonzotex (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. Marc Ambinder is not particularly bright... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. Ambinder's sources re McCrystal are... |
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LeftyAndProud60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. He's a liberal that became disenchanted w/ Barack Obama. I said it before and I'll say it again, |
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