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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:46 PM Original message |
Been thinking about the McChrystal incident and I have one question... |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. :) |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. What was it about Truman that led MacArthur to believe he |
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benlurkin (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Truman wasn't a General |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. When I said "both generals" |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. FDR |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. FDR, in addition to being a great president |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. perpetuation.... a decade as a society of less patience, now now now |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. agreed- |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Skin color. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That doesn't explain why he also felt free to attack Biden |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Contempt by association. n/t |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. As they say, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't forget "Bite Me" Biden |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. The problem, as usual, is Republicon Family Pharisee Values |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Oh baby! One hell of a post! |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. They have a word for people like the President. I believe Mike Prysner |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. They did the same thing to Kennedy and to Clinton. n/t |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yes, they seem to hate Democrats, even though McChrystal "supposedly" voted for Obama. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. He's a Democratic President, that's all it takes, imo |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. What was it about Bill Clinton |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:41 PM Original message |
Oh, that sweet bluff should have been called. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. And that was AFTER the Rand group produced studies |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Face it. McChrystal cannot win in Afghanistan, and his outburst was about that. |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't think it's skin color. I think it's Obama's equinimity. He allows |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yeah, I thought so with the Joe Wilson outburst, too |
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