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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 06:46 AM

unhappycamper (60,364 posts)

It Should Be Over. It's Done. No More. Get Out.

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It Should Be Over. It's Done. No More. Get Out.
by Abby Zimet
08.24.12 - 10:58 PM

This week marked the 2,000th American death in a 12-year war that has barely been mentioned by either candidate in this election season. In honor of that obscene milestone - never mind the 100,000-plus dead civilians - the New York Times ran The Roster of the Dead, a four-page spread showing the face, age and hometown of every dead American servicemember. Stop and look at it. And remember: when people get blown up, not everyone dies.

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It Should Be Over. It's Done. No More. Get Out. (Original post)	unhappycamper	Aug 2012	OP
it's over. get out.	xchrom	Aug 2012	#1
Bring them home, get the HELL out.	hobbit709	Aug 2012	#2
Too many people making too much money	B Calm	Aug 2012	#3
Eh, we're still fighting a Republican war from the 1970's ..	Fumesucker	Aug 2012	#4
We cant proceed to fix it as long as people want to blame Republicans.	rhett o rick	Aug 2012	#7
Post removed	Post removed	Aug 2012	#10
So your thing is 'the two parties are the same party' and also 'other people are idiots'	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#11
I think you misunderstand.	Fuddnik	Aug 2012	#16
Thank you. The misunderstanding is usually based in lazyness. People want to believe	rhett o rick	Aug 2012	#18
You either didnt understand my post or	rhett o rick	Aug 2012	#17
To clarify	rhett o rick	Aug 2012	#19
The MIC rolls on, devouring lives and wealth. At this point, the war machine appears to be more	Magoo48	Aug 2012	#12
K&R nt	avebury	Aug 2012	#5
K&R	drm604	Aug 2012	#6
K&R	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#8
This could be THE winning issue for Obama	Loudestlib	Aug 2012	#9
Yes-- no normal perszon wants this madness to go on	NoMoreWarNow	Aug 2012	#13
this hits close to home...	blueamy66	Aug 2012	#14
...	Lucinda	Aug 2012	#15

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 06:53 AM

xchrom (108,903 posts)

1. it's over. get out.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 07:00 AM

hobbit709 (41,694 posts)

2. Bring them home, get the HELL out.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 07:00 AM

B Calm (28,762 posts)

3. Too many people making too much money

for it to be over.

This is the one thing that bothers me about voting for Obama. Why in the fuck are we still fighting this republican war?

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 07:05 AM

Fumesucker (45,851 posts)

4. Eh, we're still fighting a Republican war from the 1970's ..

Except this one is a domestic war against our own people, Tricky Dicky's Drug War..

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 07:58 AM

rhett o rick (55,981 posts)

7. We cant proceed to fix it as long as people want to blame Republicans.

It is not a "Republican war". While we are focusing on hating Republicans, looters from both sides are at work. We mistakenly think that voting Democrat will solve our problems. It isnt that simple. We live in an oligarchy with a sham two party pretend system. Of course the Democratic Party is much better than the Republican Party. Good cop bad cop.

Too many people are too easily fooled. That's what we need to fix.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 08:47 AM

Bluenorthwest (45,319 posts)

11. So your thing is 'the two parties are the same party' and also 'other people are idiots'

I find it interesting that you are eager to blame the people but hesitant to place any blame at all on Bushco or the Republican Party.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 09:26 AM

Fuddnik (8,846 posts)

16. I think you misunderstand.

And the old "the two parties are the same party" putdown is no longer a rational defense when you examine the facts.

The wars and the imperialism will continue as long as both parties are funded by corporations, to include Energy, Defense, Insurance, and Finance. This fiasco has it's roots with Carter and Brzezinski, and continues through Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush II, and Obama.

Is that enough blame for you? Brzezinski still brags about his role to this day.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 11:54 AM

rhett o rick (55,981 posts)

18. Thank you. The misunderstanding is usually based in lazyness. People want to believe

that by merely electing Democrats their work is done and life will be swell. I would expect more of DU members.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 11:52 AM

rhett o rick (55,981 posts)

17. You either didnt understand my post or

Putting words in the mouths of posters is a cheap trick to make it easier for you to make your point. It's called intellectual dishonesty.

I am currently and will continue to work hard to reelect Pres Barack Obama and local Democrats.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 11:58 AM

rhett o rick (55,981 posts)

19. To clarify

Nowhere do I advocate voting third party, nor do I suggest that both parties are the same.

Our country is controlled by the 1% and they are to blame for our situation.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 09:02 AM

Magoo48 (2,933 posts)

12. The MIC rolls on, devouring lives and wealth. At this point, the war machine appears to be more

powerful than any one or two branches of the government. This horror is raging in, and being financially supported in the name of "We The People". What will we do?

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 07:06 AM

avebury (10,702 posts)

5. K&R nt

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 07:22 AM

drm604 (16,230 posts)

6. K&R

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 08:07 AM

AnotherMcIntosh (11,064 posts)

8. K&R

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 08:23 AM

Loudestlib (980 posts)

9. This could be THE winning issue for Obama

I hope the Democratic party gets on this before the Republicans do.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 09:08 AM

NoMoreWarNow (1,259 posts)

13. Yes-- no normal perszon wants this madness to go on

only the evil defense contractors and everyone who benefits from the war machine.

Out of fucking Afghanistan now.

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 09:11 AM

blueamy66 (6,795 posts)

14. this hits close to home...

was just talking to an old beau of mine (ummmm, my first love)....Air Force...help load the bombs for Libya in the UK back in the day....he says "get the fuck out, now"......waste of lives......

when will it end?

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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 09:14 AM

Lucinda (29,660 posts)

15. ...

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