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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:00 PM
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Hardball: Breaking - Tweety Says Bush WILL SEND 20,000 MORE TROOPS
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 06:01 PM by matcom
Senator(R) from Oregon told Bush today at a meeting he will NOT support the "surge"

on edit: Tweety just got word "in his ear" at the end of the show

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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:01 PM
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1. is he going to pull them out of his ass???
Thought we only had 9000 to send.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:02 PM
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2. We're cloning, didn't you hear?
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:04 PM
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6. Right, but after "careful" consideration he can then claim that he worked with the Dems and
will only send 9,000 troops. This way he still gets to look tough, he gets to send more troops, and he can say that he compromised with Congress. They said this was all a political manuever in the beginning, so why wouldn't they blow smoke to make themselves look good now?
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:09 PM
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10. they are pulling some from Afghanistan
again
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:27 PM
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17. and will this be in his speech?
I think not.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:43 PM
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21. lol!
uh no, bush will act like we have unlimited human resources. :puke:
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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:32 PM
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19. No we have 9000 here
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 06:34 PM by Monkeyman
The 173rd Germany and 4th ID Korea will be called heavy combat units. There is about 40,000 he can pull from other Countries
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:37 PM
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20. I can see pulling them from Germany, but Korea???
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:02 PM
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3. Where's he going to get the 11,000 non-existent troops?
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:03 PM
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4. Where are they supposed to come from?
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 06:07 PM by Lone_Star_Dem
I thought the military had told him all they have ready to deploy are 9k. That leaves him 11k short.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:13 PM
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12. They get the by keeping troops there longer
Those scheduled to come home will end up staying longer.

Also, the shortages can be proven by my own family story. My brother will have just arrived in Kuwait, he flew out last night. he is a RETIRED naval officer. He retired ten years ago, got married, started a family and now a decade later they decide they need him and he has to go to the middle east for a full year deployment.

Bush is destroying our military, slowly but surely.
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:16 PM
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13. Sending the good mojo
that he will be ok. Hugs
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:20 PM
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14. Thanks
I'm hoping the Lady watches over him and bring him home safe.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:25 PM
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16. Ahh, more stop loss in action.
I should have guessed. They're not shy about using that this time around, are they?
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:03 PM
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5. But on CNN the headlines say Bush is only sending 10,000
It's all a bunch of propaganda bullshit. It's all lies. The ONLY point is to drag it out for two years, no matter how many troops are there. This is nothing but a stall. 100%. Kill more kids to protect Bush's legacy.



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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:06 PM
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7. I'd like to send 20K troops to the White House to remove the current occupant
That's the only good use for them right now.

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JanusAscending Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:10 PM
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11. Here, here ! I'll second that motion!!
n/t
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bluewave Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:07 PM
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8. The Republican Senator from Oregon will not support this, he reports nt
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:08 PM
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9. Reality is just non-existent for Bush.
I mean, :wtf:


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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:20 PM
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15. This "surge" talk is all about moving the line of debate. That's *it*.
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 06:21 PM by Marr
I don't think Bush really cares if they actually increase the number of troops in Iraq. His goal, as usual, is political. He's changed the subject from "should we be there at all?" to "should we commit more troops?".

There's nothing to win in Iraq- anyone can see that. The Bush Administration simply wants to maintian the status quo until they leave office in a couple of years.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:31 PM
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18. Will somebody ask the pretender-in-chief where and how he came
up with that number. He pulls a number out of his ass and no one (read.. media) questions the number. They just call it a surge (Bushie words).
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:48 PM
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22. There's a poll in my Repub area and more than 60% disagree w/it
They usually vote about 60% Repub here.
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