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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 07:26 AM Original message |
War costs are hitting historic proportions (LA Times) |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a good thing "conservatives" are running the war |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Because it's ok to spend on killing but not |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Republicans are good at cutting taxes, but that's all. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You mean cutting taxes for the wealthy, while they tuck it to the middle class |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. *Excellent* article. Thanks for the link. nt |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Here's a little more since you seem to have an interest |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. "many thousands more Vietnamese" killed? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. an estimated 4-5 million |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Yep, that was a giant error |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. How many of those deaths were after the US pulled out of Vietnam? |
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AliceWonderland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. My thought too -- now there's an Orwellian recasting of history |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why is it they giddily spend our tax dollars for war, |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. It's because rich people benefit from war profiteering. Universal health care helps poor people. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. At least in Vietnam we were able to secure the road to the airport. n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well, we didn't have an AWOL preppy cheerleader running things back then |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. Always follow the money. |
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tecelote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. Troop Surge = Higher War Profits. |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. exactly! |
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jeffreyi (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Makes Osama & colleagues happy, |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. Have we even started with the nation building part? |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. Wars cost too much money nowadays |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
16. A conscripted army ... |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. and Osama Bin Laden has still not been found. nt |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. expensive gig. |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. Billions of dollars, yet there's still not enough money |
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