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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:17 PM Original message |
New Pentagon Study finds that withheld Armor Could've saved hundreds.... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Can we impeach him now? |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Surely this at least approaches some kind of culpable manslaughter! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I am convinced it's all about war profiteering. |
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Peter Frank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. You know it... |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. We can impeach him after someone gives him a blowjob in the oval office-nt |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 01:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
54. What HAS Gannon been up to lately? nt |
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benddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. that in itself |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Allow me to give this vote five. N/T |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. So they are not ,in fact ,supporting our troops. |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wonder how much armor the money spent on this study could have bought? |
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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Someone should hang Rummy up by his you-know-whats. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. send him to Iraq with bad armor n/t |
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NoQuarter (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. Don't you know that |
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xynthee (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. AAAARRRRGHHHH!!!! |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Thank God these fools didn't run production during WWII |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. the Nazis are back, only now they run us |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. What company supplied the body armor? |
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satya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. You may be right, if it's DHB subsidiary Point Blank Body Armor. |
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Trevelyan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
59. Please sign petition for media to continue covering Katrina victims |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. you go to war with armor you have, not the armor you want |
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jasmeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. But apparently we had the armor right? What were they saving |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Three most over rated things in the world |
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IbeaBonehead (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. Close your eyes and imagine the Deafening Roar from Repigs.. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hey Folks, the Study is not the problem... |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Was that the article title when you originally posted? |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Geez. You think? |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. But the WH & DOD care for the troops - WTF - US is under this spell.... |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I bet Cheney had plenty of Body Armor on when he was in Iraq |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I have seen Star Wars and Vader is always heavly protected. |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. Can you imagine the reaction if Clinton had done this? |
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dcdacrazydemocrat (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. to tell u the truth, im not suprised |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. But, but, but, We needed money for the tax cuts for the super rich! |
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RedSock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. still aren't sure about getting the extra armor though |
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Trevelyan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:24 AM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Even now OUR SOLDIERS ARE NOT GETTING THE ARMOR THEY NEED |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. Should be emphasized: this was a SECRET study. Also, thread in GD: |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. Survived yes, to live as a mutilated, cripple wreck with horrible memories |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
31. What really happened |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
32. Nominated and bbtft |
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silverlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
33. Administration would rather have a dead soldier than a wounded one? |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
34. I have nothing to add....K/R |
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TheGunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
35. After all the crap the * campaign gave Kerry over the $87 billion bill. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
60. and all the Repukes who "voted against it before they voted for it" |
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LiberalinNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. It's sickening!!! Assholes who never fought in a war, yet let alone |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
39. They were saving the armor for the coming war with Iran. |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. that raises an interesting point actually |
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jbfam4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
41. Rummy said we could do it on the cheep |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. yes-- Rummy said- "you go with the army you have" |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. Proof that Bush&Co. aren't pro-life |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
44. This clearly shows the support this administration have for the troops...! |
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Trevelyan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Post on neutral messageboards like AOL and Yahoo with links |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. in an even secret-er study, hundred thousand saved if war withheld |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. But they're outlawing PROSTITUTION and MASTURBATION! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. And the military are supposed to wag their talils like spaniels |
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OU Bobcat (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. Here's something to look up... |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. Article dated 2003 |
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wiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. Nominated and Kicked |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
52. All those in charge of the Pentagon should be fired |
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agincourt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
53. Gee, I wonder, |
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Trevelyan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
55. See the results of the lack of armor - The Memory Hole |
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Trevelyan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
58. I hope Sen. Dodd is really doing this - An AOL thread about Soldiers |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. SOME are even, in their blind subservience to bush |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
62. The greater pity... |
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