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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:36 AM Original message |
CNN: More troops to Iraq |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Escalation worked great in Vietnam too n/t |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. They are recognizing they have an insurrection on their hands |
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fryguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Iraqi "Tet"? |
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happyending (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Tet offensive was bigger |
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fryguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. point taken |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Well, but the Iraqis have no ancestral/cultural ties to the Americans |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. Waist deep in the Big Muddy |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. The Busholinis give the orders and get rid of Generals who object. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Well, WE can say something, too... HERE'S HOW: |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. More dead kids . |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
76. Kids? Hell, we'll probably have a retiree call-up before long |
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soup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. thanks for the heads up |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Have all you 18 and 19 year olds registered for the draft yet? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I fear we might see a draft before the year is out |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. www.bushdraft.com |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. They are drawing down troops in Europe to send to .. |
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dawgman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. there will be a draft if Kerry wins as well don't kid yourself |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. unlikely draft if Kerry wins |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. No difference, so far |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. unlikely draft if Kerry wins |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
79. Simply repeating what you HOPE is true does not MAKE it true. |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. A signal of how desperate things |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. My dad always told me when you are in a hole already, quit digging n/t |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. My dad always told me if you're gonna be a sucker, be a quiet one |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
62. My dad told me to stay away from the US military death machine. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. "Joining a gang is supposed to be looking for a family, not shooting one." |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Well, let's see what options Abizaid gets in the next 48 hours |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Korea perhaps? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Back To The Desert |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. Where are those troops going to come from? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. theres units in some other parts of the world, like the Sunni triangle |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I am afraid that some of the units that just left Iraq |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Cripes - Mercury goes Retrograde tomorrow |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. What does that mean. Mercury goes retrograde? |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
64. communications go haywire |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. I guess the mission isn't accomplished yet. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The BBC is using this headline: US offensive to 'pacify' Falluja |
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Catfight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. There should be a line with the Fright Wingers |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Just saw a yellow ribbon bumper sticker on an SUV yesterday... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Yeah me too but this looks like it is getting REALLY bad |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
56. SUV owners with yellow ribbons are Traitors to the Military |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Just a guess, but I think the "coalition" is falling apart |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
22. when will bushco admit things are totally FUBAR? |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Are the Boys Scouts of America ready to go? |
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Catfight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. and replace the troops with the crusader's for christ |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. Send Congress. Give 'em National Guard pay and health care. n/t |
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74dodgedart (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. Bush's plan to create jobs... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
25. This thing is going down fast |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. A huge shiver just went up my spine |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. No, Abizaid wants options presented in the next 48 hours |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. You're right |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 03:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
84. 48 hours is light speed for military planning |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Marines were at LAX within hours of Iraq invading Kuwait |
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truthspeaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
33. a year too late |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
35. And the Vietnam analogy continues to to be reinforced... |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
37. Good. People have been saying for a year that they didn't have enough |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. remember what they did to Gen. Shinseki? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
81. "Abizaid has a mission, misguided as we may all think..." |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
39. they wouldn't be OUR troops |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. Flashback December 03 |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. BTW-GAO says we can't afford any of this |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. yes, Georgia could well be the next bush* mess...bush* has already |
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fryguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. WW III anyone? |
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Emboldened Chimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. You're right, it is a recipe for Armageddon |
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fryguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. SDI redux |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. Before, Rumsfeld said, 'No commander's asked for new troops.' |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
44. Remember, in BushSpeak (tm) - More troops means |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
45. Uncle Sam: I want you! |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
46. "Escalation" - by Art Buchwald |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. CNN: End of Troops Rotating out... |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I'm so sorry |
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fryguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Horrible News |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. The 1ID will be thankful to hear that news |
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MattNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
65. has anyone else |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. It is only on CNN TV |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Richard Shelby, Senator from Alabama called for more troops |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Where does Shelby think the troops who are in Iraq now just came from??? |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Hmm..Iran declaring |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
66. He should have close to 250,000 there already |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. I found a Link! Lots of other reports also... |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. The 1ID is due back Mar-Apr 05 |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
77. US general Abizaid considers sending more troops to Iraq : CNN |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Looks like the story is finally making it to the front pages |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
83. And Rummy wanted to do this on the cheap |
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