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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:55 PM Original message |
When are we going to stop the "Pakistan is our ally" bullshit. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe in some parts of the world, things are more complicated than "friend" or "enemy." |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yep. Anyone can reason with them at a million dollars a minute. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. I agree |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Who was that spy from Israel? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Probably when we stop sending them $20 billion a year in "aid." |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. It's really $20 Billion to US defense contractors |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. +1,000 (nt) |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. The enemy of our enemy is our friend. C'mon, get with the program! |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Oh, sorry. My bad. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Even so, they are more reliable historically as allies than India, Iran or China. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. India is the world's largest democracy. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The world's largest democracy where their citizens are free to starve while they fund vanity space |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. lol it takes less than 0.1% of the budget :)) |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Iran or China? Sure. But India?! |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. :))) |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. We shouldn't be such generous allies |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. And we can't "walk away" because ...? |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. We can't walk away because the region is complex |
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AmandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. neo cons will say Stop The Wars |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pakistan is our ally if we and they say they are. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. And our "ally" didn't know that Bin Laden was in their back yard? I'm shocked! Shocked! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Completely agree. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. they have a nuclear arsenal...nukes. it's beyond corporatism. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's a precarious situation. I'll leave the details of it to the experts |
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noise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The experts who tell us we need body scanners |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. We only gave them money to help us catch Bin Laden.. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. i like working toward ally than declaring enemy. nt |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Who says they have to be an "ally," or an "enemy?" |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. We need to quit sending them money asap. |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. they let us use their sea ports and land routes to supply our forces.... |
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BlueDemKev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. Good Question.... |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. I Totally Agree |
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