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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:05 PM
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Chimpy is comparing Iraqi war to Revolutionary War on KO.
:dunce:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:07 PM
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1. Well he tried WWII and that got no play, then he tried the Civil War
still, nothing on the ho-hum meter. I'm sure he will compare it to every war CEPT Vietnam. :eyes:
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lyonn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:08 PM
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2. Keith will have discussion on the Walter Reed article
by Dana Priest also.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:17 PM
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8. coming up now n/t
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BeFrank Donating Member (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:10 PM
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3. I see his point. A worldpower occupies a fledgeling nation and tries
to impose its own form of government. Unfortunately we more closely resemble the British than the American revolutionaries.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:11 PM
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4. Didn't its cost recently exceed that of the Revolutionary War
adjusted for inflation? Hopefully, Iraq won't exceed the 4,435 American battle deaths suffered in the Revolutionary War.
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:16 PM
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6. Very good - you know the true numbers.
I am impressed with any that know the costs.

And of course, you are quite correct.

Joe

We will never really know the deaths on the prision ships - but otherwise - good reasearch!!
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:15 PM
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5. I know....and he's "King" George
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:18 PM
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9. That is good!!
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:31 PM
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14. Who lost BOTH wars
:rofl:
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:16 PM
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7. and Pakistan to the "wild west"..smirk
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MikeNearMcChord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:22 PM
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10. Maybe Shrub will use the battle of Agincourt as the
backdrop in the war on terra and give us the Saint Crispin's day speech.:evilgrin:
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:29 PM
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11. I was annoyed with his comment that George Washington didn't think
Democracy was just for the U.S. I suppose that could be true, but didn't Washington also warn against foreign entanglements?

I caught a bit on on Randi Rhodes today where they said Bush's speech was interrupted several times today because of the loud sound coming from Washington's grave where the father of our country was spinning at an alarming rate.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:29 PM
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12. When He Gets to Pickett's Charge...
... wake me up, OK?
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:36 PM
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15. Classic.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:31 PM
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13. Just as long as he doesn't actually call the Iraq War "Armageddon"
and stops comparing it to anything else.
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