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Mon Nov-08-04 09:12 AM
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Allawi gives OK to 'clean Falluja' |
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"Clean," what the hell does this puppet mean by "clean?" http://www.cnn.com/:grr:
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:13 AM
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1. Hmmm ...clean as in "cleansing"..now where have we heard that terminology? |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:14 AM
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4. soon, the GREAT cleansing will come |
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and everything will be all clean and shiny again
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:54 AM
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13. note the "purification" language here, too. |
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Edited on Mon Nov-08-04 09:56 AM by Mike Niendorff
It's one of the things Dave Neiwert has commented on a lot (ie: the RW's penchant for the same "national purification" talk that fascist movements have historically used).
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:14 AM
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2. So foreign leaders are commanding US troops now? |
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Edited on Mon Nov-08-04 09:16 AM by underpants
That was the first thing I thought when NPR reported on this in almost exactly the same headline and manner.
Great.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:16 AM
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5. funny, I believe * said that would NEVER happen nt |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:25 AM
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9. Why I thought it was one of the main points of the campaign |
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But then I might have been paying TOO close attention to such matters.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:14 AM
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what he means by "clean".
What a proud, proud day for America!
May God/dess have mercy on our souls. :cry:
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:16 AM
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----------------------------------------------------------- Support Cobb, Nader, and Badnarik as they pursue recounts! http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/electionreform.htm
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Spider Jerusalem
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:18 AM
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7. Time to send in the exterminators, says Allawi. |
democracy eh
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:21 AM
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8. Javex, lysol, street sweepers, carpet steamers, etc... |
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planting trees, flower gardens, community art, I am sure...
winning hearts and minds through beautification
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:27 AM
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10. Sounds like the Nazi term "liquidate" |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:39 AM
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11. When you clean, everything ends up shiny and *white*. |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:49 AM
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12. Don't you love the wording. Since we've shit all over Iraq...... |
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Edited on Mon Nov-08-04 09:50 AM by spanone
maybe as in 'ethnic cleansing'?
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Mon Nov-08-04 10:17 AM
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14. Isn't this a Blitzkrieg or Ethnic Cleansing? |
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Nice to see that we are learning from the past only to repeat it.
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