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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:28 PM Original message |
Military Says Wars Strain U.S. Manpower -may not be able to win a new war |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. indeed, imagine if we had to face a REAL threat!!! |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmm...now where did I hear that before... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Maybe also in 2004, but I wonder what does this country need |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. We can't win the two we're in now. |
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devinsgram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 06:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Exactly, someone at the Pentagon needs to learn to tell the truth. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Somebody should have mentioned... |
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n2mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thanks shrub |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. So this is an admission of incompetence. |
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skylarmae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought that at the end of Vietnam, we said never again fight |
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Charles19 (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Depends on the definition of winning |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Just let 'em ... then he'll have no more support |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Um, win a "new war", how about an old war? |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. The problem is we have not won any wars including Vietnam, Iraq |
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Lizzie Borden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. As I recall, WWII was the last war we won. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 06:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Hey now, what about Greneda? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. If a powerful nation "blitzkrieged" the US tomorrow, we would be so |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 03:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. LOL! Where do you get such an idea? |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 06:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. And who might this "powerful nation" be? Do they have a large navy.... |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. Won't * just take this as a challenge? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. He's talking about us attacking someone else, not anyone invading us. |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Any *new* wars? |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I'm with you, NeoConsSuck... |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. Surely this will rally |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is actually a prelude to the draft n/t |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bush replied, "Bring 'em on"! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Couldn't win another war? These idiots haven't won the 2 we are in now n/t |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Anyone feel a "draft" coming on? |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. If our citizens stand still for a draft... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm curious how a military draft could be stopped.... |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 06:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That's the only logical reason why the Pentagon would make such... |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. Sounds like good news, actually |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. "But the president continues to be confident " That is so reasurring! |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. A very strange PR move by the Pentagon... |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. Yea, lest we not forget we're not even fighting a "real" military here... |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. demo dutch |
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Charles19 (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. I wonder if they are saying things like this to sucker Iran into |
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harpo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. So instead of a draft...let us get attacked again so more people join? |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. One thing that makes me happy in all this- |
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