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Grex > Agora56 > #31: It is time to get the hell OUT of Iraq! | |
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scholar
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response 108 of 133:
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Feb 26 23:26 UTC 2006 |
:(
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sholmes
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response 109 of 133:
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Feb 27 02:32 UTC 2006 |
>>>> Which is one reason why won't invade North Korea, even if they have ten
times the WMD's as Iran ...
or NK would not be attacked cos NK actually has WMD and I doubt they would
have any scruples about using them if attacked.
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naftee
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response 110 of 133:
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Feb 27 02:32 UTC 2006 |
:(
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gull
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response 111 of 133:
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Feb 27 06:34 UTC 2006 |
Bru's right, an Iranian invasion would draw a major response from the
U.S. Besides, it's unnecessary. If through some miracle a functioning
government is installed in Iraq, it will either be an Iranian ally or a
puppet of Iran within a decade. If no functioning government is
installed, Iran will cement their influence by giving arms to whichever
side they prefer in the Iraqi Civil War.
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rcurl
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response 112 of 133:
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Feb 27 16:30 UTC 2006 |
I stopped calling it an Iranian invasion, because the Shia dominated Iraq
government could *invite* Iran in to *restore order*. Why would the US
respond negatively to the democratically elected Iraq government asking for
assistance from Iran? We aren't having much success in restoring order, and
all our troops could come home.
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richard
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response 113 of 133:
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Feb 28 00:53 UTC 2006 |
re #105 mcnally cut the sarcasm, we don't have enough soldiers and you
know it. There's these myths that are out there, that we can't lose
any wars or ever run out of soldiers. Vietnam should have dispelled
the first myth, and the second myth should have been dispelled by the
end of the draft. We have lost wars and we CAN run out of soldiers.
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mcnally
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response 114 of 133:
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Feb 28 01:23 UTC 2006 |
And now we have a new myth -- the one about the people who believe
that we can't win a war or run out of soldiers..
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nharmon
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response 115 of 133:
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Feb 28 03:37 UTC 2006 |
Its a recursive myth!!!
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cross
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response 116 of 133:
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Feb 28 06:13 UTC 2006 |
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tod
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response 117 of 133:
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Feb 28 17:58 UTC 2006 |
China is our biggest threat by far. The fact we're mired in Iraqi
infrastructure has been nothing but a porkbarrel process for defense
contracts and defense spending. (Notice I didn't say defense build-up because
the National Guard seems to have been chopshopped everytime they return to
the USA i.e. sent back without their tanks and Hummers, etc)
Yesterday was supposed to be a meetup of governors with GW but I suspect the
news won't really cover the fact that GW is still cutting National Guard
budgets even though they've lost a ton of equipment in Iraq.
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rcurl
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response 118 of 133:
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Feb 28 19:57 UTC 2006 |
Re #116: WHAT? And go against the democratic choice of the Iraqi electorate?
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cross
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response 119 of 133:
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Feb 28 21:27 UTC 2006 |
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twenex
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response 120 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:02 UTC 2006 |
Nobody said that we would approve of people who want to ensure the destruction
of Israel.
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tod
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response 121 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:04 UTC 2006 |
Then why are we in bed with the Saudis?
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nharmon
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response 122 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:05 UTC 2006 |
And Todd comes out with the trump card ;)
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twenex
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response 123 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:12 UTC 2006 |
Re: #121. Politics.
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cross
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response 124 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:21 UTC 2006 |
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twenex
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response 125 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:24 UTC 2006 |
we preach one thing and practice another.
This isn't news.
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rcurl
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response 126 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:47 UTC 2006 |
That doesn't make it right.
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twenex
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response 127 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:51 UTC 2006 |
I didn't say it did. But supporting Hamas out of a misguided sense that "if
we do that, it makes our support of the Saudis somehow less relevant/shocking"
isn't right either. Hamas are a bunch of bloodthirsty savages, and engage in,
or manipulate, just as much religious fanaticism as al-Qaeda.
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tod
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response 128 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:52 UTC 2006 |
We import half our stuff from China.
The rest, we import from South America, which isn't happy with the USA.
We're mucking up the Middle East claiming its to spread Democracy. Yet, Rummy
just admitted we've been paying off the newspapers to print sunshine and
happiness stories under our installed REGIME.
I dunno...the hammer is going to fall one of these days and these countries
are just going to pull the plug on us. There's absolutely no reason why they
shouldn't just be changing customers from USA to China and let us rot.
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happyboy
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response 129 of 133:
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Feb 28 22:56 UTC 2006 |
china could send us into another depression.
if i were taiwanese i'd be thinking about a move to new zealand
about now.
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gull
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response 130 of 133:
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Mar 3 22:25 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:127: Actually, the hypocrisy has nothing to do with the Saudis.
It's that we've once again demonstrated that we're only in favor of
democracy as long as people vote the way we want them to vote.
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happyboy
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response 131 of 133:
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Mar 4 15:41 UTC 2006 |
...and otherwise we're down with your dictatorship as long
as it's a rightwing exxon friendly dictatorship.
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gull
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response 132 of 133:
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Mar 7 22:13 UTC 2006 |
He's OUR SOB!
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