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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:46 PM
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Rep. Barney Frank: Bin Laden Killing ‘Strengthens The Case’ For Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Rep. Barney Frank: Bin Laden Killing ‘Strengthens The Case’ For Withdrawal From Afghanistan
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/02/barney-frank-withdrawal/

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Look, part of the argument against this reduction is that it was reputational, for staying in Afghanistan. ‘We can’t look like America was driven out.’ ‘We can’t go away with our tail between our legs.’ All of those metaphors. Well, we just killed Osama bin Laden, and I think that takes a lot of the pressure away — a lot of the punch away from the argument that ‘oh, it will look like we walked away.’”
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:46 PM
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1. Why yes, yes, it does.
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:47 PM
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2. yay for Barney :) bring the troops home to their families!
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:47 PM
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3. K&R
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:47 PM
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4. Bring 'em home!!!
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:47 PM
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5. Thank you, Rep. Frank. I hope we see more of our legislators
speaking out along the same lines.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:48 PM
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6. Agreed n/t
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:48 PM
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7. That and the fact we shouldn't be there in the first place and that the war is lost.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:50 PM
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9. Details, details.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:50 PM
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8. X-fucken--
Zackly!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:50 PM
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10. Absolutely
Rec
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:51 PM
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11. All right, pack it up, head for home.
(What's that going to do to the unemployment rate though?)
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