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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:34 PM Original message |
Afghanistan is NOT "Obama's Vietnam." |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. It can be likened to Vietnam in that an escalation could bog us down there |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. We may have BEEN there for almost 8 years, but we haven't been doing anything there |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Exactly what JFK and Johnson said |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. That doesn't mean Obama's lying or wrong. |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Doesn't matter what it was based on |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. I doubt he's staying in Afghanistan because he thinks it's "winnable." |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. So you are saying he wants to stay to lose? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I think there is a very clear |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is that fact, well |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. That's a SAVER! |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You may also like this one too |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. I just simply couldn't believe it when I saw that |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Thank you... |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Obama Controls Whether Bush, Cheney, And Rumsfeld Go Down |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. They're trying to split the left again |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Judging by the DU, it may be working... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. It always does |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. DU's split with itself as a matter of course anyway |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. What are his objectives and where is the exit strategy? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. For his objectives, read this: |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Thanks! I was looking for that (nt) |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Give it time, if he continues down this path of militarism, it will be his Vietnam |
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cwcwmack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. yup |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I don't know about you, but I was always for the war in Afghanistan... |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Obama's not trying to push our ideals onto the Afghans... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Well, as I've stated before, |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. It isn't yet, but it can easily become exactly that. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. His goal is to get those who attacked us and in the process try to |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FUCKIN THANKYOU!! |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. YOU'RE WELCOME, YOU'RE WELCOME, YOU'RE WELOME!! |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yep... that is just about it!! Could not have said it better myself |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Thanks, Peacetrain! |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. It sure as hell isn't his Grenada. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. No no he's calling it "America's war" now |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. We had ONE MILLION troops in Vietnam. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It peaked at 542,000 in 1969. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I stand corrected--Afghanistan would be 1/9th |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's not Vietnam. Just another oil company scam |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I don't buy it. Obama is not an "oil man." Neither is Biden. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Tell the class where all that Afghani oil is located, will ya, sport??? |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not yet, no, he still has a chance to get out. |
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