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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:43 AM Original message |
My God...the genius of that (or, on the Jordan bombings) |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. The sheer will to face down a horrific enemy |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm weeping and speechless. K & R ....n/t |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. A geuninely brilliant, thought-provoking post |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What we needed to do was help them develop their oil, and GTHO |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. "Their culture changes verfy little in a very long time" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. ... |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. The saddest part is |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. A lot of what we are suffering today can be lain on thedoorstep of the UK |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. "... bombings to be CIA or US plots ..." |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Timing is everything with these people |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I argue against such readings |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. a star burst epiphany |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. Great Post.... |
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countmyvote4real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. The US needs to GTF out of there ASAP. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Nor was I |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. How do you know this was done by Iraqis? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Well obviously, I don't |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Too much can be made of AQ's motives and the consequences |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I have no doubt that they bungle things |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The point is that they're not going to drive people out of Amman. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Is that the point? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. The point is that they killed a bunch of Jordanians. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. The slippage between what was being "targetted" and who was killed |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Time for a reality check: |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. You behave as if the two are mutually exclusive |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. My point, which you summarily dismissed, was that bloody massacres |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I edited my response in post 70 |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Iraq is a much different theater than Jordan. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. That's your position |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #71 |
83. "There is nothing that undercuts a movement's legitimacy within |
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Freedomfried (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. You waaaaaaaaay overestimate these fuckwads. |
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dutchdoctor (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 04:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If you underestimate your enemy you'll never defeat him |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 06:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Nice False Dichotomy... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. And yet notice that I explicitly called the act evil in my post |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I Fail To See The Nuance |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I agree |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
65. You confuse lunacy and mental imbalance with genius |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. No, I do not |
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dutchdoctor (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Nowhere in my post I said you had to |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 06:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. wow. you should be our next preznit. you figger things out just as easy. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Worshipping? |
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Freedomfried (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
79. Good, I've heard enough out of you. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. well-- that contributed exactly nothing to this discussion.... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
24. I Don't Get The Parable... |
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lakeguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. are we innocent of the blood spilled in iraq even though some of us |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. When |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. When |
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Dunvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. When American's bomb wedding parties? How soon we forget... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You missed the main qualifier: "deliberately" |
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canichelouis (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
58. collateral damage is the term we use |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I'm glad you're not in charge on anti-terrorism, then |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You Struck Gold... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Wrong again |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Like Popeye |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I share all of your concerns |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. that includes a significant number of U.S. military personnel... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
27. Why Amman? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. well said...well thought out, but of more concern is your point |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
54. This might be off-topic, |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. There are and have been several insurgencies |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
78. If what you're saying is true, how could we possibly win? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Now you're catching on |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
33. Brilliant and recommended! BTW....notice how quickly Zarqawi |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. You're saying the US is somehow behind this? nt |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Yes. I wouldn't put it pass the Bushco. Do you recall the incident |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Ridiculous |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Is this not a conspiracy? Can you look at this dispassionately? |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
45. here is a partial video clip of that |
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rolleitreks (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
46. Nicely done, worthy of your namesake, |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
48. Well...I agree *someone* has a will to do unspeakable things... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. You know, Brando improvised that soliloquy. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I know |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-05 08:53 AM Response to Reply #51 |
81. Good! I like the documentary even better than the movie. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
52. kick |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
53. Hussein said the same thing at the start of the invasion |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
56. What a thoughtful post. |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
57. ...the will. To do that. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. "The horror! The horror!" |
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northamericancitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
68. Horrifying but so true. |
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Goldensilence (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
75. kudos to you |
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northamericancitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Welcome to DU Goldensilence. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. Hey man you stole my favorite post! |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-05 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
80. Check out this article from A Times-Jordan Bombs a Terrorist Master Stroke |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
84. Guess what? The Jordanians are now waving flags and screaming |
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