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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:10 PM Original message |
I get damned angry when I see posts at DU that attempt to trivialize the truly monstrous |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well said n/t |
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scarface2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
312. if s h is a monster..... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. I just thought he deserved a fair and impartial trial |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:12 PM Original message |
And the gas was supplied by Donny Rumsfeld and GHWB-41! |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Be prepared. Your about to be told you know nothing |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. I'm sorry, Liz |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
130. I disagree. |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #130 |
146. The problem with me is that I didn't understand that Bush's involvement |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #146 |
177. Bingo! |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #130 |
183. to each his/her own |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. You get angry about the fact we supplied the gas? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. BAM!! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Did you READ my post? |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. Why is lately that when someone says they are pissed about one thing, someone |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. My point EXACTLY. You get it, don't you? And I appreciate you taking the time |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #61 |
166. well said |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:25 AM Response to Reply #61 |
271. exactly and thank you7. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #61 |
283. Why some might think we are |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:08 AM Response to Reply #61 |
291. Sadly it's not just lately. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #291 |
307. Our detriment and the cabal's benefit. No longer is it acceptable to view |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #307 |
313. Yep. What kind of geek am I? I've actually lain awake at night... |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
334. Amen! n/t |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Is that what he said? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
161. Deleted sub-thread |
Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:16 AM Response to Reply #62 |
293. Yes, he was a monster, and |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #62 |
318. Yes, but he was OUR monster |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #318 |
320. Does the fact that he received support and funding from the U.S... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #320 |
321. The question should be "What kind of a monster does it make us?". |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #321 |
324. Not if we're discussing the OP. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #324 |
327. No it doesn't absolve Saddam of his responsibility, but I will not |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #327 |
335. I don't think we're doing that here - |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #320 |
337. No, but does he deserve all the credit? |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
114. I know. He didn't mention any environmental concerns in the OP either |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
340. OBL who? |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. And I get truly angry when I see posts supporting the death penalty |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I told you I didn't care about the pros or cons of the execution. |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Excuse me? You dare talk about right and wrong |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Hey, it's easy to be easy when you're easy. |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
72. Yeah, Interesting comment |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #72 |
122. Be my guest. You're welcome to whatever opinion you want to have of me. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #122 |
224. Easy like Sunday morning |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
229. Doesn't the whole thing make you sick? Again Bush Co plays a hand |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I don't read that this poster supports the death penalty.Isn't that a fight for another string? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
100. This is about the poster's opinion of *Saddam Hussein* |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm sorry |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. What we are left with is |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. You didn't see the pictures of all the dead Kurds? That's not "someone saying." |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. if this is the case |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. And that makes a difference, why? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. well, 148 versus "hundreds of thousands" makes a huge difference |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. Becausethat was supposed to be the NEXT PHASE of his trial, that's why. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
98. I'm sorry, but that doesn't make a lot of sense |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #83 |
138. Exactly what happened with McVeigh |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #138 |
151. Thank you, thank you. Maybe someone will listen to you, since they won't listen to me. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #151 |
245. I listen to you. You did good, dear |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #138 |
187. I see |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #187 |
190. But that's not the point of this discussion. The discussion is whether... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #190 |
203. however |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #203 |
220. Don't you think it's wrong to hi-jack a thread on a different topic... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #220 |
222. happens all the time |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #187 |
214. No, you don't see |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #214 |
221. no, "YOU" don't see |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #221 |
232. Wrong |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #232 |
344. I suppose you threw me for a loop |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #344 |
352. No problem |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 05:28 AM Response to Reply #221 |
379. That link answers my question as to why they wound up |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:36 AM Response to Reply #83 |
247. No they knew they couldn't convict |
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BushLiesDaily (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:32 AM Response to Reply #83 |
275. Actually the death of 148 people |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:41 AM Response to Reply #83 |
284. AndBesides, we might have learned something in that "next phase"... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
336. But we couldn't let it get to that next phase, because WE would be implicated. |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 05:17 AM Response to Reply #66 |
378. I think they were going to try him on those next... |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #57 |
218. Cause studies show that Iran's gas did it in Halabja, but hey |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #218 |
225. please read this thread |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #225 |
306. Thanks-- read part of it last night-- also read Cole's salon piece |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #306 |
311. That is an excellent article. Oh man, this things gonna blow, huh? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
341. I guess you did not see this |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Many people, those that lived, have been outspoken: |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. Thank you for a rational voice. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
102. Props really go to DUer serioustan, but I've read about the horrors. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
75. could not these people or their relatives be called to tesify |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #75 |
92. OK. They picked one instance of Saddam's crimes, but there were |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 05:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
381. Thanks for the link--recommended reading n/t |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
295. CatWoman, I just hate remembering the time he had his soldiers throw the babies out of the incubator |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:18 AM Response to Reply #295 |
298. yes indeed |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Again Remember our kids are there now on lies |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Also remember the bill we have rung up |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
86. This isn't about "the other madman." I guess you didn't READ what I said about that. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. The "Saddam gassed the Kurds" claim is controversial... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. No, it isn't: |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
93. Once again, I appreciate your participation. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #93 |
170. I'm sorry that people were so anxious to read what they wanted in your post... |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
251. Actually it is and the Iraqi forces had just cleared out of the area |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:19 PM Original message |
Specifically this section: |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
254. Five years after the event, nope, my money goes on the Iranians |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Oh, please....Hussein was a barbarian not a teddy bear with a bad temper |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. right...Iran and Iraq were gassing each other...Kurds were, tragically, "collateral damage" |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
77. The case was bullet-proof |
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L A Woman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. that is on par with "the holocaust never happened" |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I'd say it was a mini-Holocaust. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Back that truck up a minute! |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I'm sorry, I mistook your ignorance for willful denial of Saddam's crimes.. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Apologies accepted. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. The Claim is NOT That There Was No Chemical Warfare |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. I refer you to the HRW report. |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:55 AM Response to Reply #68 |
259. Yes and it states "appears" did you read that or just skip over it? n/t |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
80. read the link provided by the poster before you say that... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
309. Especially since Saddam was not convicted for it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thing is, do you really know what he did and didn't do? I realized |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Saddam was "A" monster. The US was not the only country that played ball with him |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. That's right. We just popped his cherry. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
82. Think so? Maybe we did and maybe we didn't. Who will ever know. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. We know. We recruited him when he was a kid. It's not up for debate |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #89 |
140. The guy hasn't been a kid in decades. He was a multi-national dictator. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:36 AM Response to Reply #140 |
280. Last try. The CIA recruited this guy when he was in his early 20s. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. And how many people must now die because....? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. good post, Kentuck |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. You see the bigger picture. Thousands dead for a senseless vendetta. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
104. Yes, there are. And nobody should make excuses for them, either. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. And if we invade another country of one of these "bad guys"...? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #109 |
119. Where, specifically, did I say THAT? I'd be interested in knowing. |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #104 |
127. Define "excuse" them. Does that mean we invade their country, kill lots of people |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #127 |
133. I never said anything WOULD "be solved." Did I? Did you read my post? |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #133 |
167. Of course I read your post. Did you read mine? |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Agreed |
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L A Woman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Thank you, Redstone |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
108. You're welcome. (And you're rational and write well. I like that.) |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. I couldn't agree more. |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Brother Redstone we are on the same page most of the time |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. He didn't say it was |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. But this is the cost our kids |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. The OP wasn't trying to justify the war in Iraq or killing Saddam... |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
84. So you think his death is worth 25,000 wounded 3000 dead troops |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Did you read the damn OP? |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #91 |
126. I know but its not worth a thing |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #84 |
134. This wasn't about that... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. delete...replied to incorrect post |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. You might want to go back and read his post |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. Saddam was not worth what? A war. Agreed. Death? Tell that to the Iraqi's |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
129. I never said "it was worth it." If Ihad the choice to leave him in power or start this |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. And I get angry about the 3000 dead American kids who were sent into a senseless meat grinder just |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Why not reply to the content of the OP? |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Why not face reality? THe ONLY reason we are reading about this tonight is because of W. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. But .. but .. that'd take effort! |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
113. Yes, and it takes EFFORT to think through the fact that W led thousands of kids to their deaths |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:52 PM Original message |
Show me where the OP suggested he was. I'll wait. (n/t) |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
121. You are arguing with yourself. I have no time for that. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Alright then, fabricate whatever you want to respond to instead; it's a free country. (nt) |
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MODemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
97. I agree; and Sadam could have been brought down with one bullet |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:44 AM Response to Reply #97 |
195. Personally, it woulda been better if * |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. We ought not have given the bastard the gas. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. The entire world created this guy, Saddam was into whoever would serve his power interests |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. We are in Bizzarro World. The US had no right to try Saddam. The |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
65. Oh yes, this was done in as underhanded a way as this whole damn war |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
165. Let Me Ask This As Bluntly As Possible: Do You Believe For A Second That He Wasn't Guilty? |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #165 |
242. It doesn't matter |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #242 |
263. Seriously, What On Earth Were You Just Yammering About? No Idea How It Relates To My Post. |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #263 |
281. Um, actually you are on a tirade not me |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #165 |
310. If Saddam was not given a fair trial, then we are no better than he was. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
261. I totally agree......it should have been conducted in a a venue suitable for this |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. Did Saddam "pull the trigger"? Where are the hundreds of people |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. delete |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. They seem to be engaged in a civil war at present |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. Yes I know. It was a rhetorical question at best. If there were to be |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. I daresay it means more to those who were tortured by SH than you or I |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #85 |
99. Possibly. For now. But this brings no one back, and does nothing |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #99 |
115. Its their country. Not ours. We've already fucked them up by trying to enforce "our" values |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
169. Maybe Not The Only Guilty Party, But Still Guilty Nonetheless And Deserving Of His Fate. n/t |
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4nic8em (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Me too Redstone, |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. I do too, Redstone. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #42 |
206. Correction- Iraqi Olympic soccer team_ |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. show me the money...already |
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dicknbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. THe whole Sadam is a butcher thing is overblown.... |
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dicknbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
76. We have all been brainwashed. Remember the "BABIES THROWN FORM INCUBATOR " story??? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
78. "Was he a bad guy? Probably" What are you freakin' kidding me? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
79. The OP was not an attempt to excuse Bush or justify the war... |
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dicknbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #79 |
96. The Bush family are responsible for the Deaths of Millions of Muslims |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #96 |
139. OK, but that's not the point of this post! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
144. "He was a bad guy probably?" EXACTLY what I was talking about. Have you read a newspaper |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. Hi |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
110. Welcome to DU! |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #110 |
118. I read |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:09 AM Response to Reply #118 |
135. Heheh! |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
60. Cognitive dissonance... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. Redstone, this execution had nothing to do with the gassing of the Kurds. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
162. And that has, specifically, WHAT to do with what I said in the OP? |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #162 |
211. It just has to do with the fact that he was never called to account for the |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #211 |
231. It would have been nice for them to have had their day in court, I agree. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #231 |
240. Thanks...I just wanted to get the point across that I believe that none of his |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
69. Jeez, people have some serious reading comprehension problems here |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. Agree 100% |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
95. Yeah and there's too damn much of that going on these days on this board |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
74. As it turns out though, he did not have any involvment with terrorists. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
81. Thank you for saying it. He was a monster. And deserved a trial. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
87. I can see the monstrosity that was Saddam and also realize |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
90. Did they hang Stalin? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #90 |
163. Care to tell me what, exactly, that comment has to do with my post? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:44 AM Response to Reply #163 |
196. Well, goats like cheese. And don't you ask how that's related to your OP either. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #163 |
209. You brought him up, and did it in the context of justifying hanging |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #209 |
212. NO HE DIDN'T! Where did you see that? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #90 |
194. While we're throwing out non-sequiturs: "Is the moon made of cheese?" |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #90 |
216. Should they have hanged Stalin? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #216 |
219. They got him to pose with FDR & Churchill instead. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
94. DIVIDE the question ... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. This modern society endorses capital punishment in a number of states |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. Is that a problem? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #106 |
143. So long as this country permits states / citizens to determine this choice |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #143 |
152. My bad |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #152 |
178. No problem. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #101 |
112. That decision is immoral .... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:44 AM Response to Reply #112 |
198. Well you know what? That's democracy. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #198 |
236. 'Democracy' permitted Slavery .... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #236 |
239. Ok. But this OP was not about the death penalty...for anyone. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #94 |
174. For the last fucking time, I did NOT say whether he should or should not have been executed! |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #174 |
274. Geeez ...... |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
103. Seek help. There are anger management courses in most communities. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #103 |
182. Thank you SO much for the free psychoanalysis. Again. You're so generous that |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
105. Yes! Saddam was a horrible man, no doubt about it....but |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. excellent fucking point!!! |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. No it really isn't |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #117 |
125. Perhaps....but my point, |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. OK. That point is fine but it has nothing to do with the OP |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #128 |
142. Thanks for approving my post... |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #142 |
148. One thing you need to do is read the damn OP before responding |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #148 |
186. I read the damn post... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #117 |
149. I'm sorry |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #105 |
116. I thought it was |
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dicknbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #105 |
120. If the execution of the law is based on a lie then it is a fraud! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #120 |
147. You might want to inform the Iraqi's of that. They executed him, not the US. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #147 |
223. you really are naive, aren't you? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #223 |
233. Am I? Good. Now if you tell me anything more about myself, you know |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #105 |
145. The guy was executed for crimes in Iraq, not the US. |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
107. What posts are you referring to? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #107 |
124. Try this: |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #124 |
131. hmmmm |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #131 |
156. Here is a mitigation: |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #107 |
132. Splitting hairs on who makes claims of innocence or guilt doesn't change |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:09 AM Response to Reply #132 |
136. It really seems like a lot of people in this thread are replying to some |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #136 |
153. God the whole board is riddled with divisive thinking the last few days. |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #153 |
160. Excuse me? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #160 |
171. No sometimes I'm just a fucking bitch who likes to swear her |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #132 |
137. I'm reading the OP again... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #137 |
158. Do I look like your wet nurse? Find them yourself! |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #158 |
168. As I've already said... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #168 |
176. Here's one. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #176 |
180. That one just doubts that it was the real Saddam that was hanged. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #180 |
184. Did you see the title? "He was not a monster." |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #184 |
185. The first sentence is key. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #185 |
188. Yes, it is. To the poster's contradiction of my statement that SH was a monster. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #168 |
181. What frenzy? People write posts like the OP all the time. |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #181 |
191. I was referring to this bit of drama --- |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #191 |
205. If that is the OP's opinion, what the heck do you care? |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #205 |
213. I really don't care... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #213 |
235. So you're going to stand on principle on a message board? |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
141. Saddam Hussein became a symbol |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #141 |
159. The OP did not contest the death penalty in his post. Are you awake? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
150. Uh Dude. Everyone knew Saddam was sick fuck from the moment go... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #150 |
154. Here's one: |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #154 |
164. Fine. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #164 |
199. Hope you feel better devilgrrl... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
155. Do you feel the same way about Pres A. Johnson? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #155 |
204. DING DING DING! You win the prize for the single most bizarre response that has exactly |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #204 |
215. Damn, after 30 minutes of reading the responses here |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:57 AM Response to Reply #204 |
260. From your OP... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:27 AM Response to Reply #260 |
272. Would you mind, please, telling me what planet you live on? |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:00 AM Response to Reply #272 |
286. Never herd of a |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #286 |
347. I said he THOUGHT they were a threat. Nice try at twisting my words, but no cigar. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:28 AM Response to Reply #155 |
273. Very important point! |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:19 AM Response to Reply #273 |
287. We justify it by declaring |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
157. Hear Fuckin Hear Redstone! You Are 100% Spot On!!!!!!! |
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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
172. right on! |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
173. K&R. Many here seem to want to excuse all evil except our own. This country... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #173 |
234. That endorsement, coming from you, means a lot. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #234 |
342. And thank you for your heartfelt post! nt |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #173 |
244. So true, so true..... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
175. When Saddam and bush share cells we can say justice has been done. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
179. Where. Is. Osama? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #179 |
192. And that is the question...and the answer....people in the US really need |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
189. There seems to be some confusion about what Redstone said in his post... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #189 |
193. I haven't had any problem understanding this post. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #193 |
200. Well, perhaps you can explain it?? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #200 |
230. Well here's what you do. You read it, ponder it, say something like, |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #189 |
201. well, speaking for myself |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #201 |
207. You are right, but the thing is that people on DU have actually... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:34 AM Response to Reply #201 |
279. A $.50 bullet could have saved us 3000 American lives |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
197. If he was so bad than the Iraqi people should of tossed him... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #197 |
246. "Should have," not "should of." Just so you know. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #246 |
304. This tells me all I need to know about your character |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #246 |
386. Well the "red X" is for "ignore member", and you just made the list |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #386 |
389. Then you won't be reading this, will you? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
202. Redstone, why do you hate America? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #202 |
237. For its freedoms, of course. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
208. Same here. |
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julialnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
210. We don't live in the era of justice... we live in the era of influence |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #210 |
241. In the United States justice is one thing, in Iraq its something else. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #210 |
257. No offense intended, but just when was the era of justice? |
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G Hawes (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
217. Hear, hear. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
226. !! |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
227. Well just in case you didn't know |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #227 |
249. Blah, blah, blah, Saddam Hussein COULD HAVE been a nice guy, yacketa, yacketa, the |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #249 |
262. I never said he was a nice guy, typically nice guys don't run governments |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
228. Shouldn't this thread be moved |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #228 |
238. Yes |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #228 |
243. Well, that's the first time I've laughed tonight (except for when I was watchng the |
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earlybelle (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
248. I get so angry when people try to justify the loss of 3,000 US soldiers and 650,000 Iraqis |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:50 AM Response to Reply #248 |
255. And I "tried to justify" all that exactly HOW? And where, in my post? |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:43 AM Response to Reply #248 |
294. FOX would probably try to justify it that way. But. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
250. Redstone |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
252. Ok, I think after reading the OP and the posts that followed I've |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
253. Well, then I fear you will be angry with me. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:51 AM Response to Reply #253 |
256. So if the despot/dictator is allowed to live that mitigates our wrongs? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #256 |
258. He was our dictator, we empowered him. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #258 |
264. Hey look, I don't need anybody else telling me I'm falling for anything |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #264 |
266. Well, I guess you did not like what I said. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #266 |
267. Well I guess your remarks are worth just about the paper they are printed on |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:20 AM Response to Reply #267 |
269. Wow. |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:52 AM Response to Reply #258 |
288. Only if they have pissed off the |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
265. Because LA Woman's thread was locked, I'll answer here |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
268. Saddam was a nasty thug. Missed most of what you are refferring to |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
270. I guess you don't care about the polar bears drowning. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:34 AM Response to Reply #270 |
278. I guess that's just kind of the way I am. Can't care about more than one thing. |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:56 AM Response to Reply #278 |
290. what exactly would that one thing be? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
276. "Enough is too fucking much already." Oh you're right about that. nt |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
277. Agreed nt |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
282. Thanks, Redstone, for articulating that so precisely and persuasively |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
285. I'm glad he's gone....shows reminding me of how horrific he was. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
289. Ever heard of Monsignor Josef Tiso? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
292. That was genocide by proxy |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
296. well said |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
297. Yes, he was |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
299. If Saddam was a monster - the US was the one that created him. |
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redherring (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
300. Guess what, America is responsible for many of those atrocities |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
301. How do we know it was Kurds? The US originally pushed the "fact" it was Iranians killed. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
302. All murdering dictators should end up at the end of a rope. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #302 |
333. Like Libya's Ghdafi, who is now a friend of the US? n/t |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
303. Bush vs. Saddam is nothing more than a gigantic mafia war |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
305. Another cheer for the executioner |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #305 |
314. Another knee-jerk poster who didn't read the OP. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
308. I probaby would get angry to, if i'd see any of those posts |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #308 |
346. Just scroll through this thread; I seem to attracted a bunch of them. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 04:45 AM Response to Reply #346 |
377. I think you and i have a different concept |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
315. Well said. n/t |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
316. Yet we do have an insight into what Saddam was dealing with inside Iraq, now don't we. |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
317. I agree with Redstone |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
319. exactly |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #319 |
345. I don't believe we've met, but I like the way you think. Thanks for pitching in. |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #345 |
360. just had to add my 2 cents |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
322. Thank you, Redstone, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
323. Great OP |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
325. Thanks Redstone... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #325 |
353. But funny how if you think one thing, people ASSUME you also think another. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
326. Agree 100% - |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
328. we are angry at the why, how and when the neo cons executed him |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
329. I get irritated when people engage in bully-like rants. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #329 |
351. Ballocks. If you feel bullied, it's because that's how you feel. Not because I bullied you. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #351 |
357. If you feel angry, it's because that's how you feel. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #357 |
369. Nope. Broken logic, there. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #369 |
384. Not at all. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
330. read Will Pitt's thread: |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #330 |
332. Thank you for posting that, I knew I'd read it somewhere. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
331. No one's trivializing it. They're bemoaning the lack of judicial integrity. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #331 |
350. And I share your concerns. I really do. But they're peripheral to my OP. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
338. Saddam probably deserved to be hanged at least as much as this guy |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
339. I've been avoiding Saddam threads... |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
343. You've been around here long enough to know |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #343 |
348. And I guess he didn't massacre the Marsh Arabs, either? Or kill ANYONE else? |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #348 |
349. Juan Cole made some interesting points |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #348 |
385. Did I fucking say that!!!??? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
354. You'll get over being angry. Saddam won't get over being murdered. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #354 |
355. The people he had murdered (or murdered himself) aren't getting over it |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
356. How you been Redstone? My honest opinion on the matter is pretty short... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #356 |
361. I agree with your honest opinion 100%. Absolutely. And I thank you for having the courage to |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:08 PM Response to Reply #361 |
366. Not an apologist- But we still don't know |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #366 |
368. Yes, I am. How many mass graves were found in Iraq? Not one WMD, but PLENTY |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #368 |
372. Perhaps |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #372 |
373. I posted about one issue. Not any "historical record." One issue. |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #373 |
375. One issue |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #375 |
376. Well, then I'll be divorced from historical context. Guess I'll just have to live with it. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
358. Forgive me for not shedding a tear for Saddam. However, this is about us. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
359. 1982, darn straight we knew. so WHY NOW? That's what I resent most: |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
362. The Truth Is... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #362 |
365. Second that. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
363. Yup. We can acknowledge that the man committed truly |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
364. It is entirely possible that Iran gassed the Kurds. In addition, what |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #364 |
371. Yes, you ARE "excusing Saddam," by focusing on "It's entirely possible |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
367. I'm starting to lose what little love I had left for my country |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
370. It was a nasty spectacle, but having said that.... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #370 |
374. That makes us ALL want to hurl, it does. |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #374 |
387. Agreed |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
380. These kind of rah-rah posts make me want to throw up. |
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Chomp (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
382. Anyone who doesn't agree |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
383. How do you know? |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
388. I get damned angry when people see through and reject the Bush propaganda. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #388 |
390. Get on WHAT message? And no, I don't mind if you want to cuss. |
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