OK, how do you think it sounds to soldiers that this war is unwinnable?

lottie244

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:39 PM
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OK, how do you think it sounds to soldiers that this war is unwinnable?

Is this not the ultimate 'treason' or endangerment of our troops to have the Commander-in-Chief say that we can't win the war that we are fighting? Who started this war? And now the pre-emptive attacker is saying the war can not be won? OK vets...you tell me this is a man who deserves to be Commander-in-Chief!

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revree

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:40 PM
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1. GREAT POINT.

We all need to use this point in letters to editors, etc...

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lottie244

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:44 PM
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4. What I want to know is what the hell are the Kerry campainers doing?

The have blown every opportunity to use Bush's own words and actions against him.

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DieboldMustDie

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Mon Aug-30-04 08:10 PM
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14. John Edwards has responded.

"After months of listening to the Republicans base their campaign on their singular ability to win the war on terror, the president now says we can't win the war on terrorism," Kerry running mate Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) said in a statement.

"This is no time to declare defeat. It won't be easy and it won't be quick, but we have a comprehensive long-term plan to make America safer. And that's a difference,"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/elections/conventions/rnc/chi-040830bushadmits.story

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Joylaughter

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:43 PM
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2. Repubs would argue

that the terrorists started the war. Some DUers and others would argue that * MIHOP and that means * started the war on "terror" as well as the war on Afghanistan and the war on Iraq. No matter who started it, I think it can be argued that Dubya has just given comfort and aid to the enemy by saying the war is unwinnable.

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karlrschneider

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:44 PM
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3. Ah, good one, I hadn't even thought about that!

:toast:

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Cocoa

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:45 PM
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5. plus it encourages the enemy

Osama is dancing around his cave right now.

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jimshoes

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:47 PM
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6. If the goddamn pubs would attack the

Taliban like they've attacked John Kerry, the war on terra might just be over by now.

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MadcityRock

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:49 PM
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7. Poll the troops

Ask if they too love the war so much they want it to last forever. Then ask those who say no if they think someone from their unit will be the last to die for this mistake.

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UdoKier

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:50 PM
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8. The notion of a "WAR ON TERROR" is false from the outset.

The same as tthe idea of a "war on drugs" is stupid.

It is, by nature, an international police action.

Crime, drugs, terrorism will always be with us so long as we have any semblance of a free society. I prefer a free society with the risks over a totalitarian dictatorship. Call me crazy.

I suppose the only reason they concocted the "War on Terror" rhetoric was as a cover for the expansionist wars they KNEW they would evenntually start...

Even in 50 years, we couldn't kill the fallacy of a "cold war" holding back "godless communism"

I wonder how long THIS scam will keep people terrified?

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Skittles

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:57 PM
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12. literally, war IS terror

so a "war on terror" makes no sense

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MadcityRock

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:57 PM
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13. Hey, Crazy, you're not alone

I'm one who'd also prefer a free society with the risks to totalitarian "safety". Each month more Americans are killed in traffic than died on 9/11 - will we be safer with a "war" on automobiles? And who said: "Those who would trade liberty for the illusion of security deserve neither"? Wasn't it some disloyal evildoer?

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lottie244

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:50 PM
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9. Don't you realize that had Kerry said the very same thing he would be

plastered on Drudge by now as "giving aid and comfort to the enemy."

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bpilgrim

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:52 PM
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10. never ending war

Edited on Mon Aug-30-04 04:56 PM by bpilgrim

just like the corps like it

"The term 'permanent war economy' is attributed to Charles Wilson, CEO of GE, who warned at the end of World War II that the US must not return to a civilian economy, but must keep to a 'permanent war economy' of the kind that was so successful during the war

more...
http://motoloco.macioce.net/2004/08/chomsky-on-znet-interview-synopsis.html

see also...
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Herman%20/Manufac_Consent_Prop_Model.html

peace

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proud patriot

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Mon Aug-30-04 04:53 PM
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11. I can't imagine the betrayal they must feel

:mad:

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Disturbed

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Mon Aug-30-04 08:27 PM
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15. War On Terror?

Somebody should ask Dumbass what he thinks that phrase means?

Seems to me he has said that the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq are part of the War On Terror.

Seems that he has some explainin' to do.

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SammyWinstonJack

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Mon Aug-30-04 08:32 PM
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16. bush the awol coward should be impeached!

He thinks it's now okay to admit he made "mistakes", and the war on terra is now "unwinnable" And we are to accept that after 976 troops killed and how many wounded? And how many innocents killed( they are all innocent btw!) Impeach bush*!

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mike_c

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Mon Aug-30-04 08:43 PM
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17. Bush has exactly ZERO interest in "winning" the war on terra....

Notwithstanding that he's correct-- it cannot be "won"-- keeping up the WOT rhetoric is the only real foundation for his misbegotten campaign.

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stavka

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Mon Aug-30-04 08:59 PM
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18. This WAR is Unwinnable

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