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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 04:18 PM Original message |
Why'd Obama switch on detainee photos? (Iraq's PM) Maliki went ballistic ("Baghdad will burn") |
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ThirdWorldJohn (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. So Iraq is indeed a much more dangerous place thanks to Bush/Cheney. n/t |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Nah Malaki is our Puppet Mayor of Baghdad |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. I trust Obama |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's such a disaster in Iraq, I understand not wanting to make it even worse |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I'm with you and President Obama |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Power corrupts |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. So you want more dead and maimed children? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 05:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. So you want to shred the constitution? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Don't waste your time arguing with them |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. The best way to provoke terrorists is to cover up and refuse to prosecute. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. We need prosecutions for torture. Even General Petraeus |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 03:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
43. I'm afraid at the rate he's going, Obama might be tried for complicity in torture. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
64. The treaty requires prosecution and Obama refuses (so far) to prosecute. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #64 |
71. My point exactly. nt |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Please don't do that. |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Barack Obama is not George Bush |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Well, we agree on that one! |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Wanting accountability over personality or party is not cynicism. It's citizenship. nt |
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solstice (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Well said. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
62. Yet, in every single court case that was pending, Obama has taken the exact same position Bush took. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. see #32. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
65. See # 63. We're lucky if we don't get another 911 because of Obama's positions on this. It's |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Thank you, sofa king. I totally agree, and I think you articulated it |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
59. Bravo |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I don't trust any politician. |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. I trust Obama, too. Completely. |
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telmerc (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 04:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. I trust him as well |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. I suspected the same |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. It's a fool's paradise. He's leading this Nation off of a cliff but with a smile and the banksters |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. soooo we have to deceive the world to prolong our illegal occupation? how--Reaganesque n/t |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Not quite Reaganesque, I think the Iraqis already know about the photos. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. I'm ready to recant that. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. How do you know Maliki gave the advice? Because allegedly two military |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Obama needs to hide war crimes in Iraq to keep the Iraq War going. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. What a load of crap. If they didn't go balistic over the Abu Ghraib, |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
72. Eh . . . |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Iraqis would demand that U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq a year earlier than planned" |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Iraqis actually fear a the if the US leaves.if you follow 'non biased' news sources |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. The extremists can still exploit this even if the Photos aren't releases. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. This sounds like a CIA psy-ops story to me. |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. Here's a couple of interesting lines: |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. When he abruptly changed his mind |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Your faith is touching. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. He is not a moderate/liberal. He is not even a moderate, unless you mean moderate |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Its not up to Obama, the court has already ruled for the release |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. K and R. This should come as no surprise to any thoughtful person |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. They would only go ballistic if nobody was held accountable. |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. ding ding ding! |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. but the surge is working, the surge is working- democracy has come to iraq |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yeah, right. As if there's not enough to burn Baghdad already out there on Al Jazeera |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. What utter bullshit. nt |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Imagine! Putting the welfare of Iraq before |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
67. No, it's more like "Imagine falling for this unattributed story and not giving a crap |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. it's always somebody else's responsibility. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. They say "withdraw from Iraq early" as if that were a bad thing |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
53. Bring it on |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
74. Yes, that's what I couldn't figure. "If we release the photos, we'll |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Definition of Transparency- "characterized by visibility or accessibility of information" |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. and we believe this why ?. |
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Titonwan (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Horse shit. |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. Even if I believed this BS, it's not Obama's decision to make - he's not a little king. nt |
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quickesst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. Ouch! ........again. This makes how many? |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. That's interesting and also frightening. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Maliki said whatever the Pentagon says he said. n/t |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. Thanks, I needed that! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Look at this from Odierno's wiki entry: |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
48. Is "Why'd" an actual word? nt |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
49. Bullshit! Obama's doing for Dubya what Clinton did for Poppy. It's VILE. We must FORCE HIM to |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. You have a point... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
57. I thought Baghdad already burned |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
58. Maliki is either lying or misinformed. (nt) |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. The story that there were MORE photo's available for release first made the news in early May |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
61. K&R |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-03-09 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
73. It's the right move. |
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