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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 03:49 PM Original message |
Is David Petraeus Our Generation's William Westmoreland? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. You read my mind. Absolutely! He's our "Westy". n/t |
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katmondoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. YES For days I have been reminded of Westmoreland |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That's been my experience as well |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I Was A Kid But The Arguments Are The Same... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes indeed. Complete with 'body counts' |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Except Beytraus is an evil puppet! |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I Think He Believes In His Mission Though His Mission Is Fundamentally Flawed... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was thinking "Baghdad Bob" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Vietnam's civil war didn't end until the North won. The US delayed that for 10 years. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I'm Not A Military Genius Though I Expect That To Be The Final Outcome |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Yugoslavia had its economy destroyed by the IMF after Tito died. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. As You Know Tito Was Part Of The Non-Aligned Movement |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. This is why Iraq as a construct flies against the historical norms in this region |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. More a Henri-Philippe Petain. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. Naa, ours is like westmoreland made of mercury... |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. Let us be fair. General Petreus and Amb. Crocker |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They can lay out lies like when David told us those weather stations |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes,exaclty so. He has so disgraced his uniform. n/t |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. He does remind me of him. |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Our record as the world's policeman since World War II = |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 07:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I'd Rate Korea Is A Success... |
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