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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:33 PM Original message |
Kucinich on Iraq Troop Withdrawal: You Can’t be In and Out at the Same Time |
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ReliantJ (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dennis is the man! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Once again Dennis is right |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. We're just going o have to do a better job this time. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Yep, and I am proud to have voted for him. nt |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. More political grandstanding from Kucinich... does he want more troops to die from a careless exit? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. it's true that the troops are needed for any transfer to international control |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Kucinich is "over his head"??? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. THREE FUCKING YEARS! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The White Man's Burden don't you know? |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. "you and your weapons of death" |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. If you think we should take three or more more years to get |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. DU's best feature is the Ignore tool |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. That doesn't made sense on any level. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I don't believe you nt |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. I know for a fact that the Iraqi military isn't ready to stand on their own... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I've heard this same bullshit for five years. We've been close for five years. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. We aren't creating a democracy in our image... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. The "I've been there" argument doesn't fly. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. "The people who have been there...are...the most out of touch and least informed" |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. It's just the plain truth. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Sounds like you're the one buying the propaganda... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I read it. You think you're there to help the Iraqis. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Again, you're wrong |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. They don't need your assistance. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. You sure do think you know it all, being that you've never met any of them... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. You are occupying their country. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Gee, thanks for the info...[/sarcasm] |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Amazing how armchair experts thousands of miles removed from |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. It's amazing the those armchair experts have been right every step of the way |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. I beg to differ... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
80. Are you saying that the American military is laughably incompetent, |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Try reading some of my posts again... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I've read them and you have not answered the question. For five years |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Oh really ? |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Really? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I'm sure everyone killed in Iraq in the next 18 months will die carefully. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. More will die if we just up and leave... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. No problem. We can call the occupation "residual forces" and the dead "collateral damage". |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Straight talk... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. 50,000 "residual force"..... |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Most will be advisors...like myself |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Thanks for your super-secret bullshit post. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Bullshit? I guess you're better informed than someone who's here in Iraq |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That's true almost as a rule. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Propagandized? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Why don't you know that they're capable of running their own country? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
77. That's utter bullshit. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. No, that's the truth. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. And I bet you feel that... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I've never heard that, but if you say so. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Thanks for the posts. Most of us have our minds made up, one way or the other, |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. To answer some of your questions... |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. It is time to hit the streets again |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yep. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It would be interesting to see if Obama |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. no. but they can give you the in and out and try to convince you they're making ice cream |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. kcik |
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EraOfResponsibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. You're cool, Dennis, but STFU |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Why should he not continue to tell the simple truth? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Talk is cheap. Delivery is expensive. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Democrats easily could have put a stop to this crap by now. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. Oil companies will not be denied. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
81. Afghanistan as well. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. Somebody forgot serve Dennis his kool aid. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. When did very basic truths become Kool-Aid? |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. What "basic truth"? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The basic truth that 50K troops in Iraq doing combat operations |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. My position is one of those that will stay... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Of course not. You just show them where to drop the bombs. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. You really have no idea what I teach them, do you? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. No, I don't know. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. It might be a snarky internet "game" to you, but it's not a "game" to me... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. You're still playing your game. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I guess you're right... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Whether or not you want to say what you do, I don't care. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I don't see how my job is a "game", but to each his/her own. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. My position is one of those that will stay... |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
74. We're on the same page. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. A majority of DUers are now pro war. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. On second look, I think I misinterpreted your post. |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
52. Giggidy gooo. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
63. Kucinich: The perfect should always be the sworn enemy of the good. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Yes, Dennis is responsible for keeping troops in Iraq. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. He certainly isn't "responsible," but neither is he particularly helpful in getting them out. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Barack Obama is that compromise of which you speak. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. You mean put politics over viable solutions? |
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