Dems care about ending the Iraq war as much as they care about ending the drug war

mdmc

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Wed May-30-07 04:20 PM
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Dems care about ending the Iraq war as much as they care about ending the drug war

Hey DU! Where does your candidate stand on the drug war? Unless you support Kucinich or Paul, you stand with the prohibitionists. Am I right or am I right?

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ComerPerro

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Wed May-30-07 04:22 PM
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1. oh good, another "taking my ball and going home" thread

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mdmc

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Wed May-30-07 04:30 PM
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4. I'm playing ball with Kucinich

but I know Hillary and Bill will return to the White House in 2008 :toast:

The Clinton's will love having the anti-war crowd (anti-drug war AND anti-Iraq war crowd) against her - it will make her look more moderate, hawkish, and electable. Having code pink and Cindy protest the dems helps the dems look more middle of the road and electable.

Our next President will be leaps and bounds better then any Bush. They just won't end the Iraq war (end it and admit defeat? hell no - Hillary will show Bush how to win the war the right way) or the drug war (or am I wrong?).

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johncoby2

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Wed May-30-07 04:36 PM
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7. No shit. Someone call the waaaaaabulance for them.

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gravity

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Wed May-30-07 04:23 PM
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2. You're wrong

If it was easy to end the Iraq war, they would have done it by now.

The problem is that Bush is still in charge of the whole mess at the moment and is calling the shots, while the democrats don't have the political support at the moment to do anything about it.

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PDJane

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Wed May-30-07 04:26 PM
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3. They didn't have to do anything........

Just let the funding run out.

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Saturday

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Wed May-30-07 04:30 PM
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5. Not to mention Lieberman.

Lieberman is in control even more than Bush IMO. All he has to do is to threaten changing to the Repuke side and the Democrats shut up. Why? They'd lose control of all the comittees. So they have to appease Lieberman until they gain enough support from other Repukes to get something done about the war.

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mdmc

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Wed May-30-07 04:34 PM
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6. In 2009 do you think President Clinton will admit defeat and withdraw?

I think she will show America how to win the war on terror! But, time will tell.
In 2003, very few people thought we would still be fighting "against" Iraq. Most people thought the war would be over by 2005.

I know (or at least I think I know) that a stable, pro-west, unified, democratic Iraq is at least 50 hard years off in the future. We either stay the course or flip/flop and withdraw.

I opposed the war from the start (actually, since 9-12-01) because I knew that overthrowing Saddam would lead us in to a century long commitment.

Peace to you.

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mdmc

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Wed May-30-07 04:37 PM
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8. ending both wars that I mention will be very hard

It takes courage to stand up against something powerful. I hope our party does that and more.
:toast:

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