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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 08:08 AM Original message |
Olbermann: By prolonging the war, Afghanistan will turn into Vietnam |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. He's a wingnut lefty hanging onto the bottom of the bus. nt |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. He has always taken an anti-war stance - |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Obama always promised to get Afghanistan right. He always said that we needed out of |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Because what does "getting Afghanistan right" mean? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. To try it with a strategy. Because basically BushCo just sent people over with guns |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Criticism of a bad decision is not necessarily shock. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Right. I am not shocked, just opposed to escalation. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. After the speech, it will be : |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Ah, you must have seen this before. n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I don't recall Obama promising to escalate the war and more than double U.S. troops in Afghanistan. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. He promised an increase of 2 brigades |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. I think we know where Keith will end up.... |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. And Olbermann is an expert because... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. uh, no. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. Airhead |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. he's an actor |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. A Sportscenter jock is how I first saw him |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Yeah, and Lord knows, first impressions are ALL that count. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Or too lazy to do real reporting |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Bullshit. I have never seen him give anything but his own opinions, always. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. So you prefer the 'fair and balanced' Fox thing |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. I think we should just try to shore up the government |
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krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. The man does not even VOTE |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not sure how |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. Olbermann is a shock jock |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Where did you get THAT information from? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. While I appreciate many things about Olbermann, I can't imagine why a President of the United States |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Precisely. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You're setting up a straw man to knock down. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Wow! You inferred all of that from my post? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Well you think the press has no part in a democracy? |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. In roughly 10 years, 58,000 U.S. servicepeople fell in Vietnam |
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