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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:26 PM Original message |
Question for those who don't want to pull out now. |
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CulturalNomad (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Even if we stay...... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:30 PM Original message |
Here's the problem |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. If a gang broke into your home, killed your dog, raped your wife... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Gangs are not governments or states |
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woofless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The analogy seems rather apt in this case. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Well, that was persuasive |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. The trouble with that sentiment friend |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. Laughing. We can't even ensure a fair election in our own country |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. sounds like a perfect description of the political situation... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. The UN did not get involved in Viet Nam |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. As I see it |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. We ARE the security problem |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Civil war |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Why don't you check out the history of their last civil war? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. WHy don't you take your own advice |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Why don't you check out the history of the last time the US invaded |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Thanks Sparkly |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. 100% fear & speculation n/t |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You mean there's an effective Iraqi army, and an Iraqi government, |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I would not deny any of those factors exist |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. And I wouldn't deny that we aren't fit to be doing any of this |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. False choice between occupation & anarchy |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's a hard question to answer |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Not good for our strategic interests? |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. The price of oil |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yah....that approach has been working GREAT so far.... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Asking the US to provide stability in the ME is like |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. "cleaning up our mess" is a horrible analogy.... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. You're right in that we need a better plan than just "stay." |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm would echo what others have said... |
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Mattforclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. you've got questions... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. The UN and NATO won't go in to help unless US forces are backing them |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Answers |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Want" is the wrong word |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I think the US has a blind spot on what will emerge in Iraq |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. very well said.... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Your analogy with Iran is well taken |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Thank you. You said exactly what I was thinking, and |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. So where is the 'disaster' in withdrawing from Fallujah? |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. We should retreat to a handful of remote locations |
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