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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 04:39 PM Original message |
Ya know something? I think I could stomach our endless war policies |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. The President is for "ending" the wars, not "endless" wars like the Neocons. nt |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. more argument for "fucking for virginity..." |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Obama is ending both wars. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. When they are "ended" I will believe him. nt |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. I think that it's patently absurd to end a war by sending additional troops... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Obama is no Einstien then, that's for sure. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Obama is ending both wars. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Until they are ended, they are still active. nt |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. But one can prepare for peace by preparing to end war. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oh, and here I thought that Obama was committing another 30,000 troops or more. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. We finally have an exit strategy that will get us out of Afghanistan |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I'm not sure that leaving 50,000 troops in Iraq is ending it. It will make it smaller, yes, but it |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. FYI, it does not include mercenaries whose numbers have increased |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. by getting us in deeper...? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. As to this, wouldn't they have been in Iraq |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. We have 120000 troops currently in Iraq. It's far from ended at this point. The plan is |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Actually yes, he's all for endless wars |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess getting on TV and talking about how much this country sucks would have been much better |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Far more honest, at any rate. This need to go to war all the time really sucks. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. I hear ya, TD! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. Erect bogeyman, wave flag, give money to the Pentagon, send in the cannon-fodder. Works every time. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. The only reason we're still there is that STUPID FUCKED IT UP |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. No President can say that stuff |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Our good side tends to develop better when there are NO ILLEGAL WARS. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. The slaughtering and abuse of the Natives and trade in Slaves began under the British Empire |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Yes the slave trade was happily carried on by the Quakers and others |
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change_notfinetuning (750 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. But no one beats us at making the world safe for hypocrisy. n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Very succinct slogan, and a lot more truthful than the notion of promoting |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. That was my exact thoughts at that point in his speech |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. The rest of the world knows most Americans would steal the pennies off a dead mans eyes |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. Unlike the genocide of the Native Americans, Slavery was not a uniquely American institution |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. In his memoirs, Albert Speer reports a conversation that he had with Hitler |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Slavery was not a uniquely American Institution but America has a unique slavery history |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. Great post, TD |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Me and my lil ol' potty mouth. |
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