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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 07:53 PM Original message |
Possibly offensive war question, but have to ask it... |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Shrub and Halliburton were the only people that wanted to bring us |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bin Laden called us a paper tiger that wimps out and won't fight |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That fear is BULL SHIT. WE will fight for a good reason. We must |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. We leave when we have been defeated, it is not cutting and running |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. What does OBL have to do with Iraq? |
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laura888 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Exactly! And what IS the principle that we are fighting for in Iraq? |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Of course any one with a brain knows they taunt us, just as they did |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. How about the principle of not getting our people killed? |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. But in Afghanistan we DID cut and run!! |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, yeah, there's a lot of ego tied up in it |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:03 PM Original message |
Look at Murtha's proposal. It is a peace with honor. |
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nickyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. ...and Col. Murtha refers to a "redeployment", which is very different |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yes, if we get his message out, it may turn some heads. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Wherever they are "redeployed"... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. There is no "honor" |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Be sure and tell all the Right Wingers that. You will certainly |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Welcome to the last 6 years of the Vietnam War. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Exactly ... that's what I was thinking. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. It won't take six years to wind this wone down, though. |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. I live in Oklahoma and I work with republicans......... |
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Proud_Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It's not surprising if you really think about it. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. If they knew the robber-barons on the bushco side call them |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 03:47 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It is a big jingoistic circle jerk! |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 02:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. How do you drop a dime on them? |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 07:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Funny you should ask |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. you mean their good germans |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. This was supposed to be an "easy" war |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think they do fear being branded as losers......... |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think you are right and there are other concerns too |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Frankly |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 08:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Guilt is |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Those are such wise words |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. The difference is similar to the |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's a big question, |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. BushCo never wanted the Iraqis to have pride |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. no, we went there |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Of course they could care less about this war, its fighting in general |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. Some Republicans got tongue tied trying to speak about Iraq, but... |
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Hyernel (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Bush White House view is this... |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 03:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. BINGO! Welcome to DU! |
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newswolf56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. The sad and infuriating truth is that most Americans are as bigoted |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Unless there are more literal believers than there used to be |
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newswolf56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. Unfortunately America is in the midst of a Fundamentalist revival, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
23. If protecting Iraqis is irrelevant, why is killing them important? n/t |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. I am especially amused by those who insist that Iraqis deserve "freedom" |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. I care more about the Iraqi people now than I ever did. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 02:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Funny though |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. It is vientam all over again |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. American's global image and selfimage has been badly damaged by Bush |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 08:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Soldiers are dying so bush* can save face. This is insufferable...eom |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. It's my impression |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 04:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. It is the Barbara bu$h mentality, "Why should I bother my beautiful |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
39. Freeper 38-year-old sister said typical repug meme............. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
40. The troops should have come home the day |
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liberalpress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
41. Good War vs Bad War |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
43. Your right of course |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
45. Yes, I get that feeling, to an extent. |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. We have to live with it esp. since it wasn't a just war to begin with |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
54. This brings up another question I have |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. Chickhawk war ego, American war ego. Can't leave unless we say "win." |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. Yes!!! I always thought that!!! |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
59. I have thought exactly the same thing. It really p*sses me off... |
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