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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:00 PM Original message |
From Istanbul, a letter to Hillary Clinton's supporters. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. She does not support continuing this war. Another ignorant expat....nt |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. She supports withdrawing troops and leaving bases... to be precise. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
51. please post a link |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The same link works for bases until 2013. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You haven't done your homework... |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Here's the NYTimes article on Hillary's war policy. It's specific. |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. The same link can tell you about Obama's intention to remove all combat troops in 16 months. |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Ah, friend, you know he's parsing, right? |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Wow, you lost this argument about three posts ago. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 06:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Not all of us Expats are ignorant, thankfully |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. actually, it reads like right wing spam |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Great, but I'm still voting for Hillary n/t |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Do you have a question or something to add? |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. oy these darn Cicada's are everywhere |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Deleted message |
awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. How about you write something of substance: some proof of my misunderstanding of HRC's war policy. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. YOu are distorting Clinton's position. She wants us out of Iraq. |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It's just the truth. Here's the New York Times article clarifying her position. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. her position is no different than Edwards and Obama and Biden. |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Please read the policy, it is specific. She envisions American troops on the ground in 2013. |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You come across as angry, and you've called me a liar without offering any proof. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I have not called you a liar. I am DAMN ANGRY |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. If you are angry, then look up the actual differences in their war policies. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. you are wrong. There is no substantive difference between Obama's and Clinton's |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The difference is this: Clinton will pull troops out and leave bases; Obama's out in 2009 |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. How would you protect the aid workers that will need to remain as the combat troops are withdrawn? |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Obama plans to use the UN to protect aid workers. And you're right, it will be difficult to leave. |
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russian33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. oh come on! since when? |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Yeah, they bombed our embassies, because we left soldiers in Saudi Arabia |
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russian33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. my point is your statement is wrong |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Obama will guard that embassy. |
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russian33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. seriously? no, is this like a joke post? |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. There's a few things about the culture here that you'd have to know to understand. |
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russian33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. don't democracy and freedom of speech kind of go hand in hand? |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Freedom of speech and democracy do in fact go hand in hand. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. And it's not just about Kurds and Armenians... |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Exactly! You hit the nail on the head. Thanks, I didn't really know how to put that. |
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russian33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. as for understanding culture and such... |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Genocide is genocide. |
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russian33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. ok, i'm really trying to be polite, cause you seem like a really cool and nice person |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Interesting! The press here is lying about that! Hey, thanks for the link! |
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russian33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. happy to help |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Yeah, it's appreciated. I can't help but wonder why the press here isn't talking about Hillary's |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Perhaps it stems back to Bill's role with Hastert and the genocide bill going through congress... |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. I agree with you on a number of these issues. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. ...I do not see what your problem is |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. Have fun, thank you. |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Will do, and thank you. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. If you're in Turkey, perhaps you could set up a row of signs like this to greet any neocons... |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 05:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Great pictures! Yeah, American policies in Iraq have driven our approval rating in Turkey down |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
45. An amazing post. A very worthy K& R |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Hey thanks! I appreciate the compliment. |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. please dont hold your breath! |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
53. The point of the bases is to harness & privatize Iraqi oil wells. Hillary admitted this herself. |
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awaysidetraveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Has she? That's the kind of specificity that we need here on DU. |
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