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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 04:27 AM Original message |
Iraq's "unprecedented social services" BEFORE bush's invasion... |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Unicef report, 1993. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 04:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's all gone bye-bye now, |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. They hate us for our education system. n/t |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 05:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Oh geeez...ya know I never even thought of that! And don't forget our |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, under saddam, Iraq was a thriving socialist nation with a high |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 07:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Highest number of PhDs per capita than any nation on earth, |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Iraq was not a true socialist country |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Agreed. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. The rest of the country |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 07:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No one is "idealizing" Hussein. FACTS are just FACTS. and I don't |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. More than just YOUR set of facts |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 07:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. "My set of facts"...rotflmao!!! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It's real funny |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Whatever. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. So do you think they |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. And if she criticized Saddam she'd be gang-raped and have |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Link please. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Here's one on tongue amputation for Iraqis who criticized your dear leader |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:08 AM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Hey geek, can ya JUST ONCE try to post without hurling insults? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #75 |
86. Okay, here's another you'll just dismiss out of hand. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #86 |
92. You might want to shorten that to DU rules. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:45 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. I linked to an article where a member of Saddam's regime |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:54 AM Response to Reply #93 |
96. FACTS again for ya geek, although I know ya don't like em. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:58 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. This was a member of the regime admitting that he cut the tongues |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:00 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Ok you don't have any link for your assertion. Thank you. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #104 |
106. To clarify, they're going to charge and execute him for this crime. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #106 |
113. This is your own opinion? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #113 |
116. There's no evidence Saddam's regime was responsible for Halabja? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #116 |
121. geek, watch the news. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #121 |
125. Yeah, I'll be watching for the "Saddam's lawyers claim |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #125 |
133. Great. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #133 |
135. You trust Saddam's supporters. I'll trust the ENTIRE human |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #135 |
144. LOL! Yeah them medical doctors were 100% "Baath bootlickers" |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:47 AM Response to Reply #144 |
148. Fact: you can't/won't name a single credible human rights organization |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:50 AM Response to Reply #148 |
154. FACT: Yes I can. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Yeah, and OJ is still out there looking for the real killer. eom |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:55 AM Response to Reply #157 |
161. Hey, easy enough for you to prove me wrong; do a LN search. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:59 AM Response to Reply #161 |
163. I know you won't name a single credible human rights organization |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #163 |
167. Only 1 excuse, and it's the same excuse I gave you the first time |
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dutchdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:17 AM Response to Reply #101 |
177. Ya... Member of the 'regime' |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:08 AM Response to Reply #96 |
109. The Iraqis believe it |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #109 |
115. Kurds = liars. Didn't you get the memo from Baath party HQ? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #115 |
124. Nope, I believe the medical doctors. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Is the evidence of the ENTIRE interntional human rights community |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #109 |
118. Yes, I've read all the reports, including the doctors who found no |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Yeah, and you IGNORE the work of EVERY single human rights |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #119 |
129. And HRW has been WRONG so many times on Iraq already that |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Name ONE credible human rights organization that maintains |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #131 |
136. Oops careful with your reading please! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:40 AM Response to Reply #136 |
139. Do you have the name of a single credible human rights organization |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:45 AM Response to Reply #139 |
145. Yep. Got Lexus Nexus? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:48 AM Response to Reply #145 |
151. My position is that they don't exist. You have offered no evidence |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:52 AM Response to Reply #151 |
156. Fine. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #156 |
158. No it wasn't justified. Thanks for conceding the point on human rights |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:01 AM Response to Reply #158 |
166. Sorry, dear, I don't "concede" you anything. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #166 |
169. As I said, you will never post an example of a credible human rights |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:16 AM Response to Reply #169 |
176. Not "excuseS", my dear. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #176 |
183. As I said, excuses. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:37 AM Response to Reply #183 |
193. LOL! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:42 AM Response to Reply #193 |
199. I've researched it, and found that every single credible human rights |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:40 AM Response to Reply #199 |
217. Is this credible enough for ya? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #217 |
230. The actual evidence overwhelmingly indicates that Iraq gassed |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #145 |
261. Lexis Nexis has part of it free |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #118 |
126. "collateral damage" |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:40 AM Response to Reply #126 |
140. I really get a kick out of how you always assert what I would do or |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:33 AM Response to Reply #140 |
187. Worse off than in 1979 |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:38 AM Response to Reply #187 |
194. Worse off NOW than they were in 2003 and 2002 and 2001... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:55 AM Response to Reply #194 |
205. You don't have those facts |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:13 AM Response to Reply #205 |
213. Yes actually I DO have those facts. And have posted the links so |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:18 AM Response to Reply #213 |
220. Picking and choosing again are you |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:44 AM Response to Reply #220 |
223. You amaze me. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 06:01 AM Response to Reply #223 |
226. I clicked YOUR link |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 06:08 AM Response to Reply #226 |
227. No dear; only YOUR view is correct. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 06:11 AM Response to Reply #227 |
228. You're the one with the single-minded view |
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hiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #140 |
264. That is fact. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:34 AM Response to Reply #96 |
191. They will never try him for Halabja, ever |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:39 AM Response to Reply #191 |
195. Bingo! |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #195 |
197. Not blood agent they didn't. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:42 AM Response to Reply #197 |
200. Who says they were killed by a blood agent? Which on-site investigator? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:05 AM Response to Reply #200 |
209. Nope not Steven P. Butsome of the drs were French, so they can be |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:07 AM Response to Reply #209 |
211. Really? Why does every major study not affiliated with Poppy Bush |
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dutchdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:13 AM Response to Reply #86 |
174. Article written by Peter Baker - Conservative |
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dutchdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #59 |
164. You forgot this part of the article... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. A Bush idealistic Iraq?? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. You just contradicted yourself. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. That's right |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Some people think of Saddam's regime as the good old days. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. geek one question for ya; Do YOU think Iraqis are better off NOW? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. That isn't the issue |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:12 AM Response to Reply #72 |
79. LOL! No, you can always stay in the worse andgetting worser situ. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:25 AM Response to Reply #79 |
85. It's the same 1979 FACT, linked over and over and over |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:55 AM Response to Reply #85 |
97. In your own words, you don't like it, take it up with PBS. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:57 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. You're the one doing the linking |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:46 AM Response to Reply #99 |
147. Don't like it? Take it up with PBS etc. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. It is not necessary to defend or praise Saddam to criticize the Bush's |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #76 |
80. NO ONE is defending or praising Hussein. FACTS my dear! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:30 AM Response to Reply #80 |
88. Facts cited out of context are nothing more than lies. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:47 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. I posted as much context as DU rules allow that are germaine to the |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. You don't think that the "massive deterioration" in those programs, |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:57 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. The programs were still in place. Iraq was steadily improving. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:00 AM Response to Reply #98 |
103. And those programs may be replaced. Maybe with better programs. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #103 |
141. So you think the invasion was a good thing? (nt) |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:45 AM Response to Reply #141 |
146. No. But propagandizing on behalf of fascists is not something |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #146 |
160. And hurling insults at DUers is a progressive and liberal thing to do. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #160 |
165. When it comes to fascists, I'm narrow-minded. I oppose them and their |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:06 AM Response to Reply #165 |
170. ROTFLMAO!!! The right calls me a pinko commie, and you call me |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #170 |
173. You claim that there is insufficient evidence to establish Saddam's guilt |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:40 AM Response to Reply #173 |
196. geek, wait for the media to report it. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:44 AM Response to Reply #196 |
201. Yeah, I'm sure that media story is coming up. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:49 AM Response to Reply #103 |
152. So you're unaware of Bremer's "100 Rules" then? You're unaware |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #80 |
89. You consider the LIE that the US greenlighted the invasion of Kuwait |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:58 AM Response to Reply #89 |
100. Whatever ya say, dear. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #100 |
107. You're the one citing patently false claims as facts. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:06 AM Response to Reply #107 |
171. LOL!!! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. They're probably just wore out |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #71 |
81. You sure do seem to k now what the Iraqis want/think/feel. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #61 |
69. So you misspoke in your post #50. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:06 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Two thoughts at same time |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:18 AM Response to Reply #73 |
82. Gee, sure seems to me you contradicted yourself. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
108. "You never deal with what you don't want to hear." |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:23 AM Response to Reply #108 |
120. I'll tell you what's ironic |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #120 |
123. ... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #123 |
128. Ideology |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #108 |
172. rotfl!!! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. So, you think that life under the sanctions regime was hunky-dory? |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
244. Have you ever read articles by Dobson and ilk? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. You are citing facts out of context as part of your campaign |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. How many US senators spoke of the lie of incubator babies right |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:07 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Yeah, yeah everyone's fault but St. Saddam's. I've read Baathist |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #74 |
90. LOL! You sure do love hurling insults. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:40 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. That's not a greenlight for an invasion. NOT EVEN CLOSE. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:13 AM Response to Reply #91 |
175. Well gee, you should put those stupid analysts straight! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:31 AM Response to Reply #175 |
185. Uh, your reading comprehension needs serious work. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:02 AM Response to Reply #185 |
208. You are entitled to your own opinion, of course. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:06 AM Response to Reply #208 |
210. Did I miss the part where Saddam asked for permission to invade Kuwait |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:34 AM Response to Reply #210 |
215. Hey why dontcha read the UN reports! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:36 AM Response to Reply #215 |
216. It's been fun debunking you. Good luck on your snake oil sales. eom |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:01 AM Response to Reply #216 |
218. Alright, I'll help you out, poor thing. LAST TIME though. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #218 |
232. Did April Gillespie order Iraqi tanks to invade Kuwait? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #232 |
252. LOL! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #252 |
256. Just say that Saddam bears full responsibility for all of the |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #216 |
265. It frankly looks to me like Lynn has the facts and all you have is insults |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:10 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. How many devils on the head of a pin? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:18 AM Response to Reply #77 |
178. Nope you don't, neither do I. But FACTS are something I am very |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:34 AM Response to Reply #178 |
190. Facts like the fact that the US gave Saddam the green light to invade |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
102. I do not give a single fuck about Saddam Hussein. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Then why are you citing 1979 UNESCO awards for Saddam? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #105 |
111. GOOD GRIEF already! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:11 AM Response to Reply #102 |
112. We are not fixing Iraq |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:21 AM Response to Reply #112 |
179. No we cannot do OCCUPATION BETTER. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #179 |
198. So don't complain about the Shia rule |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:32 AM Response to Reply #198 |
214. Apples to oranges. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
245. For the record, I agree with you. n/t |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I agree with Lynn that this is not idealising Saddam. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Gosh |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Good point. These were Iraqi government programs, not Saddam's. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. These were crony programs |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Link please. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Link please??? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Link please. Unicef praised Hussein's programs; UNESCO praised |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Oh for pete's sake |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Not related to your assertion; any link to back that up? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. You wouldn't care |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:24 AM Response to Reply #64 |
84. Ahhh...so you know what I think/feel/care about. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:27 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. One article, over and over and over |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:21 AM Response to Reply #87 |
180. PBS is infamous for their propaganda! As is Unicef and UNESCO. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:25 AM Response to Reply #180 |
222. No YOU are |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 05:14 AM Response to Reply #222 |
225. Yes they all verify the social programs the Iraqis no longer have. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
114. Maybe you can't handle the fact that most things in life aren't b&w |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:24 AM Response to Reply #114 |
181. Not just B&W, Commie, but simply the FACTS, regardless |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
266. I don't think that Lynn is trying to paint Saddam as a saint. I think tha |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
189. Which is the lesser of two evils? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:46 AM Response to Reply #189 |
202. Sadr is much less powerful, therefore he is the lesser evil. eom |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:53 AM Response to Reply #202 |
204. But Saddam's in jail... |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:57 AM Response to Reply #204 |
206. Ya, Saddam's a bit down on his luck right now. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
242. Sort of like Roy Moore from Alabama |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #242 |
248. What a morally grotesque comparison. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #248 |
249. Shake it baby!!! n/t |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. The US has been more of a terrorist in Iraq than Saddam |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I hadn't thought of it that way before, but more Iraqis suffer daily |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. How much are dues for the Saddam fan club? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. So sad how some people simply cannot face FACTS. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Unlike you, I'm aware of a fact called "time." |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
182. Oh I see, I didn't realize there is a time limit to topics for discussion |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:32 AM Response to Reply #182 |
186. No, time as in 1979 UNESCO praise not being relevant in 2004. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Havung a problem with the facts? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh sure, pick CUBA! That's so not fair! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. See #6 |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. From the very article you've so eloquently quoted... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And so? |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Study this for awhile! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Self determination?? |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. So now you want to talk about the genocide of Native Americans? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I have no problem with that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
241. Yuo took what you wanted from what I posted |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Yes, the point was to point out the parallel between the US and Saddam. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Deleted message |
sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. lol, true |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. He only gassed 5,000 people . . . |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. So which links are "dishonest bullshit"? PBS? Unicef? UNESCO? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Dishonest bullshit is not acknowledging that Saddam's pursuit |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Nothing to do with what my OP is about. YOU said my OP is |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. You're saying that Bush destroyed Saddam's social welfare state. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Yes there was indeed free hospitalization for all Iraqis until bush |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Saddam's wars and their consequences, including the sanctions, |
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dutchdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
149. Let's turn this one around |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #149 |
162. I don't think we disagree. The only difference is that Bush is wiping |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
267. This is so simple... |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. My old roommate was from Baghdad...and he can personally attest to that. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. What a very excellent suggestion, JohnnyC! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. If Saddam hadn't invaded Kuwait, there wouldn't have been sanctions. |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. You blame Saddam for the deaths of Iraqis due to US? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Logic lesson for you: Blaming Saddam does not equal blaming the victims |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Let's think that through |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:47 AM Response to Reply #43 |
224. Well.... |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #224 |
231. I didn't know that theft justified military invasion. Thanks for |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #231 |
233. Nothing justifies military invasion. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #233 |
234. What the Kuwaitis were doing is completely irrelevant to my point. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #234 |
235. You fell for the strawman |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #235 |
236. Do you know who gave Saddam most of his weapons? |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #236 |
237. Another strawman. We were doing it, whether we were in the top 3 or not. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #237 |
238. Are you talking about the US, the French, the Chinese, or the Russians? |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #238 |
239. Yes, you are right! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #239 |
243. Well, the Russians, the Chinese, and the French gave Saddam |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #243 |
251. And then we bombed his citizens to get back at him. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #251 |
255. No, saying that things were miserable under Saddam isn't a justification |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 11:39 PM Response to Reply #255 |
257. You keep trying to make it personal with Saddam |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 11:42 PM Response to Reply #257 |
258. I agree. Which is why attempts to talk about 1979 Iraq make no freaking |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #258 |
259. Who brought up 1979 Iraq? It wasn't me. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 12:02 AM Response to Reply #259 |
260. Wasn't accusing you of apologism--sorry if you got that impression. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #234 |
240. Not irrelevent to the points you are trying to make.... |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #240 |
247. If you don't want to be accused of being a Saddam apologist, don't |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #247 |
250. Well we defended the "communist " side militarily in WWII... |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #250 |
254. Stalin was a murdering pig, just like Saddam was. |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #254 |
270. Bush is a murdering pig. Do you defend him? |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #224 |
269. There have been a lot of unfounded accusations in this thread. Thank you |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
268. Thanks.. I think that it is time to look at facts and not US propaganda. |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. The entire Wikipedia article about Saddam is worth a read. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's so sad |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
66. That's why freepers hate Saddam so much |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:10 AM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Saddam was in no way a liberal. He was a fascist. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:23 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. Yes, he was |
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dutchdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:27 AM Response to Reply #78 |
184. You mean this fascist? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:33 AM Response to Reply #184 |
188. The one on the right is a fascist. The one on the left very possibly |
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hiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #188 |
263. "aspirations to be a fascist" |
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pox americana (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
110. This may have been mentioned already |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #110 |
117. Did they bribe the suriviors of Halabja and HRW as well? |
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pox americana (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #117 |
122. Possibly. I'd need more information than that to make a judgment. (n/t) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #122 |
130. Deleted message |
pox americana (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #130 |
132. I'm sorry, I thought this was a discussion, not a food fight. (n/t) |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Sorry, but people who entertain the possibility that the entire |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:40 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Nice straw man. See my observation below. (nt) |
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pox americana (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #137 |
143. NGOs have been known to take bribes. Look into it. Good night. (n/t) |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:51 AM Response to Reply #143 |
155. HRW hasn't. eom |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:35 AM Response to Reply #122 |
192. Wouldn't be any need to bribe HRW; they take info from people; |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #117 |
134. "much of" and "all" are different things. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:42 AM Response to Reply #134 |
142. People who believe that the survivors of Halabja |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:48 AM Response to Reply #142 |
150. Let me ask you a question about a better known episode. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:49 AM Response to Reply #150 |
153. Based on much flimsier proof. There are MOUNTAINS |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #153 |
159. Wow. You get the "Understatement of the Week" award. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #159 |
168. There was evidence--albeit flimsy and fabricated--regarding |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:49 AM Response to Reply #168 |
203. Better change that last comment while you can still edit it., |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 02:59 AM Response to Reply #203 |
207. Pelletiere was a policy flunky under Poppy Bush |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #110 |
271. Thanks for the post. Here is an interesting short excerpt: |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
212. Not to mention Saddam was in full compliance |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:06 AM Response to Reply #212 |
219. The UN said he was in full compliance in 1993. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:23 AM Response to Reply #219 |
221. They passed 1441 in 2002 |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
229. No wonder we had to take him out |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
246. You post is MISLEADING |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #246 |
253. *I* don't say shit; |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #253 |
262. I don't think they like facts. |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #253 |
272. ***I SAY FAR LESS SHIT THEN YOU***** |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #272 |
273. All she is saying... |
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