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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:01 PM Original message |
Libya will swiftly turn into a monumental cluster fuck |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Already a clusterfuck if you're a loved one of the innocents that got in the way of a $1mil missile |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. None of those killed a single innocent person. Even the people shot at by US marines |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. we respect your work on the ground there. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Lies and propaganda is well chosen. Please try to keep up with current events |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. And that's the truth |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Any innocent people at the bombing sites will have been prisoners, kidnapped by Gaddafi. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. I just wish that for once we could successfully hand one of these off to France |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Can't do that, then they would be in charge of the oil |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. It already did. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yep. Not to mention the costs. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Tell that to the warmongers! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. The tragic mess started before we got there. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Kadafi may well not be deposed or killed |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I agree. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. I don't think there was going to be a happy ending for Libya if the UN |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. I suspect they had/have their eye on a remake of the Contras. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. what libya turns into is yet to be seen. |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. I 'm hoping it does not. n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. U.S., allies agree on key NATO role for Libya |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. Meh. I predict a Bosnia-like stasis |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. Don't know. Western Interest was not being served by Gaddafi regime. Replacement will better |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. The "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner is being dusted off as we speak. nt |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Obama needs to take aircraft landing lessons... nt |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
56. I have an heroic imaginary picture of him........ |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. what is the point of this post? |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. I am so disgusted with this adm. now |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. The rebels are not inspiring confidence so far in their military abilities |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. The crystal balls are working overtime. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'll be glad, but history doesn't encourage optimism. |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. And I'm glad they decided NOT to intervene |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Except that a hypothetical doesn't equal a fact that happened. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
55. Actually, France did decide to intervene on the side of the Confederacy. |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. France got involved for geopolitical reasons too... |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Kaddafi could become Obama's Saddam. nt |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. I hope you are wrong, but I don't think you are. We're making a bad situation worse. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. A bad, bad situation, being bombed into a WORSE, WORSE, more BLODDY MESS |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's already rocketing into the abyss: |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. the neocons want ground troops and whaddya want to bet? |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. Of course it will. 5 years down the line, these "freedom fighters" will be our enemies. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. You're wrong, and you'll see. And I look forward to your thread admitting you were wrong. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I sincerely hope that I am wrong. And yes, if I am, I'll say so |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Nor will I. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. I agree k&r |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. Total clusterfuck... complete with the Goat Option. nt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. This goat option? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. if I'm not mistaken- |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Aww, dang. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. Cali, I fear that you are right and I fervently hope that you are wrong. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
43. I hope not, with job #1 well finished |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
49. Do you mean 'more of a clusterfuck than without any outside intervention'? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I did? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Much of the military has turned against Gaddafi. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Yes, here: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. thanks. so I did. |
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