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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:17 PM Original message |
Gen. McChrystal Threatening to Resign Over Afghanistan |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I say |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is this like a temper tantrem General style? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't take news leaks seriously |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah, those Pentagon Papers were rubbish in the 70's. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. At least Ellsberg had the balls to go public |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The truth isn't always deliverd by real men. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:22 PM Original message |
Hey, McChrystal! We've been in a meatgrinder before... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. no he's not |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Actually I pulled my quote from McClatchy... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Could you get the quote please |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Of course, here goes: |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. That does not say McChrystal is threatening to resign |
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JBoris (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Exactly, the OP's title is misleading... at best. nt |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Oh good grief! |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. resign for allowing a report to leak - are you serious? |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I'm sorry but what part of "Classified" was too taxing |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. so you have proof that "the general" leaked a clasified report? |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Who do you think leaked it, the White House? |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. you are saying the exact same things the republicans said about Shinseki - Did you not learn |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Misplaced analogy |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. the lesson here |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. False premise to crown a misplaced analogy |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You cant even keep track of your own argument --- here are your words |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. What sort of victory are we supposedly working toward in Afghanistan? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. You don't run a war on gossip |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. The fact is the US assigns the role of deciding policy to the CIVILIAN leadership |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Maybe they'll replace him with Westmoreland..or Abrams...to find the light at the end of the tunnel. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is Cheney's work. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. McCrystal needs to STFU and do as he's told. He has been given |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Unless we allow him to vanquish Islam, he'll hold his breath. |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Are you being stupid or did i miss the sarcasm - you need to really rethink what you are saying |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The good general needs to keep his complaints private and work it out with his CIC, |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You obviously didn't read or learn anything from the last time we went through this. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. The good generals are not yes men for the administration |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. i could not agree more - and here is this |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. If we had the troops would it help to put in 500,000 like we had in Vietnam |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Elect a Republican to the White House if you want the |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. My post was to clearly show that increasing troop strength has nothing to do with success. |
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choie (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Good!!! |
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JBoris (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Umm.. no he isn't. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe he needs to go.. Dick Cheney will get him a job |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. Say hello to the next FauxNoise Military Adviser. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why weren't there dozens of resignations during the reign of pres shit-for-brains? |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. not dozens..but |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Shinseki...a voice in the wilderness... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Eat shit and die McChrystal ...fucking war monger. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Appointed to his current post by the current President |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. Bubye! n/t |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. This is some more RepubliCON meddling ... |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. Analysis of the possible dispute: |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
45. IF this is true... |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Actually he didn't live -- at least politically. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
53. Good! End the war.. bring our troops home.. what's so hard about that? |
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