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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:16 AM Original message |
Iraqi, arrested by US, relates an amazing dialogue with one Marine |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ugly diatribe. I hate it . I believe it. nt |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. "Our troops" are our least informed demographic. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Misinformed is more like it. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Uninformed becomes the misinformed far too quickly. n/t |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. what an embarrassment |
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Beacho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. That is one of the most untrue generalizations |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Can we require college degrees to enlist in the military? |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Well, sure. It's called The Draft. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. * has a degree from Yale AND Harvard. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Universal Soldier by Buffie Sainte-Marie: |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. This is fiction, right? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It sure reads like fiction |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I don't see that. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Bingo |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Oh, of course, because a soldier could NEVER be wrong and an Iraqi right. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Don't go putting words in my mouth |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Strangely enough, it felt real to me. |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I completely agree. I'm sure a marine is going to end a conversation |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Why are you insisting this is made up |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Well, I said..."probably made up" to be exact because neither you or I |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. It seemed plausible enough... |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I agree that not all would behave the same way, but most under those |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I certainly will share it, one way or the other. |
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Nabia2004 (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. It reads like English is his second language - nt |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Of course it is not his first language. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Looking back on pre-invasion man-on-the-street interviews in Baghdad ... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. You simply don't DO an occupation with combat troops. Criminy, the |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What is that reason? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. A lot of profits to be made in chaos. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. I think it's as simple as they wanted to remove Saddam ... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is about being brainwashed and institutionalised & indoctrinated |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. One shouldn't overlook the last part of the dialogue |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. This is why civilised societies invented courts of law |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. The convoluted thinking of a Republican would confuse an educated |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sounds faked. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. It *does*, but then .... |
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Last Stand (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. Sounds like the rebuttal to the fake RW emails. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. SONIC hand bombs?? What are they? |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sounds like they've gotten the witch trial mentality... |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. While this conversation reads as fiction to me, and not very well written, |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. That Marine is a stupid, sadistic robot |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I wonder how this marine will feel... |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. One thing I'm confused about. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It seems to be part of a longer story. |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not surprising. Stupid leadership = Stupid Marines... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. The soldiers were lied to and are constantly told they are in Iraq |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
39. reminds me a lot like |
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Beacho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. I'm not buying this either |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. The site vouches for Qasem. |
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Beacho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I'm not doubting the persons arrest |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. So just to be clear, in March 2003 |
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