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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:18 AM Original message |
Wow! ..... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. They left some out. That ten year period between 1973 and 1983 we waged plenty of war. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. Just like Rome. Nt |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Or Oceania. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Astute observation. n/t |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Yep. "You want peace, prepare for war . . ." |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. How sad! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
78. The War Machine HAS Sucked Us Dry. |
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Worship Money (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Also |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Good point. I think of all the people coming home with PTSD and head traumas. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. It's dangerous & scary. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. self delete |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's in there. Look again. |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. They counted 143 years of them |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. ''Money trumps peace.'' -- George Walker Bush, Feb. 14, 2007 |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
84. Great link. I haven't felt such revulsion since the last time I watched Bush. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. This list is very incomplete. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. Also forgot the french 'quasi-war' where we learned how to sink ships with our navy. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. You know...I agree with the sentiment...but this is a stretch |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I disagree. If anything this list understates our history of war. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. To lump in WWII and the Civil War...with VietNam and Iraq is ridiculous... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Why? |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. WWII and the Civil War were justified... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. "Justified" is a matter of opinion. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yes...almost everything is a matter of opinion it is true... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
73. Those who parse between good wars and bad wars... |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. Couldn't have said it better myself. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
79. "Justified" or "Unjustified", |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. And not only did they exaggerate wars that were not wars... |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You're right... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Let's be honest - the Korean War wasn't a war. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. But the "Korean War" actually was a war. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #46 |
75. Actually it was a war. It was between North and South Korea. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Right |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Like a buddy of mine who served in Serbia said to me once... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
72. List of wars involving the United States |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's a bit of a stretch to call the 47 yr cold war a "war". But they left off the Korean War. nt |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Yes, I recall the Korean "War" |
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In Other News (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. Gotta rec it! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. Was the Korean War chopped liver?! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. My thought exactly. Did they forget about that war? n/t |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I'm thinking that it's included in the Cold War. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. The Korean War was not a cold war. There was combat in that war. n/t |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. +1 This left out the Korean War (1st U.N. "Police Action" before Vietnam) n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. our country sure is evil, no? |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I don't know why it was left out.. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. the poster sure implies that - a history of war-mongering |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You could be right... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. Then there are the wars on nouns and abstract concepts . . . |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
31. Damn. nt |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
32. You, or whoever created the list forgot the Korean war which is still a military stand off |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. This is very similar to the record for France and Britain. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. War is what evil empires do best. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. WTF is Freedom Falcon? |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I was wondering the same thing. What IS it? Anybody? nt |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. That's the code name for the Libya Operation |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not sure I agree with listing the Cold War as being "at" war. |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
43. You should add The Korean War separately. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. Wow is right! nt |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
47. "We are a war like people. We like war because we're good at it!" - George Carlin |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
48. Ain't Imperialism grand .... !!!! YIKES! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. I can hardly wait for Falcon Freedom Fest! |
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Serve The Servants (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
50. We seem to be in an era where |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. And we can look forward to Operations Enduring Falcon... |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:44 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. "Free Dessert" is one war I could really get into! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's a fact. kr! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. wow is right. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
55. its hard to make profit |
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Proles (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. I agree the list is a bit of a stretch. I also don't get the point. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
59. "War, War. What is it good for"... |
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micraphone (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
60. Losing too the |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
61. War is a racket. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
62. We are at war against the planet 24/365. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
64. How many years has the Drug War being on also? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
65. Anyone else notice we stopped "war" in 1973... |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #65 |
74. Don't need the same Congressional approvals for "Operations". It |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Just like "surgical strike". |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
66. Take the profit out of war and you can take the war out of this country! |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
67. I can't keep up - I didn't even know about these "Falcon" operations ... |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
68. We are Barbarians for Real |
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canuckledragger (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
69. K & R |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
70. And the names keep getting stupider & more desperately "patriotic." "Freedom Falcon?" Jesus. |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
71. Wow indeed |
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kooljerk666 (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
77. You missed a few............ |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. You missed a few, too. |
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kooljerk666 (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Yes i should have read more closely b4........ |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
82. Almost 40,000 American troops were killed in the Korean War. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. But it wasn't a war..... |
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