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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:57 PM Original message |
Wellll looking like we may be sending 40,000 more troops into Afghanistan... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Where are you getting this intel? when was this decided? nt |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Oh it's possible. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
57. They know the Generals will always be asking for more personnel, I'm just |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. History repeats itself |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. More than once... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. BHO = LBJ? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Contractors outnumber troops in Afghanistan: Troops protect Corporate Interests! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Send them all HOME! NOW! |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Link? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Someone hinted at it on a talk show. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. ;) |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. When Is The Peace March |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. United for Peace and Justice is working on it |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Either do it right, or don't do it at all... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. We should have left after we won |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Well put! |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. We NEVER took out their leaders!! |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have no proof we are BUT |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. In 1968 we had over 500,000 troops in Vietnam, a country half the size of Afghanistan. |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Vietnam is NOT Afghanistan... |
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lefty369 (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. well said samrock |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. the supposed terrorists were saudis and egyptians. how come the US hasn't invaded SA or egypt? |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Cause they are not in Saudi Arabia pr Egypt.. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. riiiiight..... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. So how is that working out? 100,000 troops can't police and secure a nation the size of Afghanistan |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. We are not there to police and secure the nation forever!! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Vietnamization with the same excuses and results. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. oh for petes sake learn about why we are there |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. My brother lives 4 blocks from ground zero.. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. We kneejerked an attack with NO PROOF |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. Really? So you are personally in possession of our total withdrawal date? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. then enlist. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Oh, the one-trick pony, still pushing that fallacious talking point. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. oh Im so concerned about your opinion |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. Politicians and generals playing CYA with cannon fodder. Vietnam redux. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. We're there for freedom and democracy. |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Soooooooo |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. "We"? I won't give you directions to the nearest recruiting office. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sorry, I refuse to support those who support an illegal, immoral war |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Illegal?!?!!? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Bush and Cheney thank you for your support. nt |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Soooo you deny we were attacked!?! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. you didnt read any of the links I gave you about the pipeline |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I know about the pipeline and read about it.. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. The USA is in perpetual war all the time and will use any excuse to profit from war |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. the Taliban attacked us? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. +1 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Illegal due to a number of reasons |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. The naive pacifists seem to have forgotten that Afghanistan is not Iraq. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Show me one guerilla war that was ever won. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Oh, one other difference, |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. The Afghan people dont even want us there |
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samrock (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. We don't want to be there either!!! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. we see what happens when the US is there |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. Well you certainly seem to want to be there |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. Please provide a link to support your statement. n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. See post #26. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Well that explains it then. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. And they are really pushing it hard. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
60. Gee, that doesnt sound very "revenue neutral" to me. |
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