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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:07 AM Original message |
Remeber this, we gave the chemicals to hussein that he used against the Kurds |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. We gave, but someone else made the choice to use |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No, the GOP leadership knew exactly what Saddam had planned |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Whatever |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. sorry, but have you ever heard of Iran Contra |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. are you sure you really support this position??? its like saying |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. So are you saying that we 'expect' other, lesser, people to do the wrong thing? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. well, riddle me this: |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Ok |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Different kind of culpability |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. Saddam bought stuff from lots of people. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We sold him the chemicals |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Certainly. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It does if we know he's predispositioned to violence |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Don't presume to speak for me. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Who are you talking to with your post? n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. You. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Explain to me why I have issues with accountability, please n/t |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. both parties are responsible. This was our foreign policy at the time |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Well, then we agree. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I don't think we are. I already sensed we were in agreement. Sorry if it came out wrong |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Wasn't it the Belgians or the Dutch |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. LOL! nt |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. I saw a very nice documented list of arms and chemical |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. So are you saying the US did not participate? /nt |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I think he just means |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. no doubt about it, but that does of course that does not excuse anyone |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. People do seem to forget |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
48. In this context "US" is shorthand for "the west" |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. We knew what they were being used for, and how do you exonerate the Iran/Iraq war? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No doubt. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I don't.. saddam is guilty, and so were we, that is all I am saying |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. i don't know what we stand for- i guess i don't |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. you are right about that. At least there is possible hope with a Democratic Congress |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. Poison Gas doesn't kill people, people kill people. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. That's good. Can we say that about nukes also? |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is rich -- the US. supplies Saddam with the chemicals, he uses them and he's the culprit |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. So if I give you a gun |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. No, you're on the hook also n/t |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Actually, if you give someone a gun, and they do not go through the mandatory waiting period |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Well, the US arms dealers that sold him weapons is off the hook |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. If you know the intent of the shooter and give him the gun you're complicit in the crime. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Isn't there a crime of aiding and abetting in there somewhere? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. It's exactly the kind of logic my wife uses when I |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. We both are. In fact we literally embraced hussein after that |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
22. "We" as in which President? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. both reagan and both bushs |
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4nic8em (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Interesting dialog... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. excellent, if you actually wanted you could probably be a journalist in the U.S. today |
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4nic8em (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. of course not.. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
47. which is probably why he was not on trial for that, |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
50. Exactly. The hypocrisy gets me. Plus, are there not mass graves |
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