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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:49 PM Original message |
Yes I knew of Obama's Afghanistan escalation plans... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. blahblahblah... ihateobama... blahblahblah. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. On this issue... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Pakistan is down with it. Afghanistan is down with it. VoteVets is down with it... |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. yeah...real funny |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Deleted message |
SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. From bvar22, with which I concur: |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Interesting. The question is why hasn't this been thought of already and done. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Wow, channeling Kerry |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Good points. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
41. and thank you! |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. NATO is down with it too...Some folks here are pretty casual about letting |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And the UN Secretary General... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Al Quada is in 80 to 100 countries. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. That's what the Soviet leaders said. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Afghanistan is FOR it? |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. *hands you your cookie* * |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. You have dared to question the great and powerful Obama, Shred |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Immediately I am called an "Obama hater" |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Answer the questions in post #26 |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah, I am ready for an escalation and for a long-term slog and fully support it. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. What are you willing to sacrifice then? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It's always easy to say you'd enlist when you know the military would never take you |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Fuck you. I went once and I'd go again for the right reasons. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. According to the BBC Al Qaeda is an invention of the CIA |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, I stand corrected.... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I'd trust the BBC over anything the American media has fed us |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Not at all - I like the BBC... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Watch the DVD then make your decison |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Hoooookaaaaayyyy - |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I'll believe AQ is a figment of the CIA's imagination as soon as I see black unmarked ........... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. It may not be a CIA creation, but it also doesn't have a particular zip code |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Have you read Obama's plan? My guess is no, or else you would know .............. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Uh huh, I suppose the soldiers will be carrying candy canes |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Thanks for answering my question, you've made it painfully obvious that you haven't .......... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Let me guess you had that typed up and ready to go |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. It's not a personal attack, it's statement of fact. You're attacking the man without .............. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Such bullshit |
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insanity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. I agree with your first two points, but |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. So then what is the President's motivation? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. False dichotomy. He isn't lying, nor necessarily lied to |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. AGAIN ..... WHAT is his motivation for doing this then? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I just told you, I believe his motive is GOOD |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. You don't even know what his strategy is, for if you did then you wouldn't even bother ......... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I didn't start this thread |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Because you are misrepresenting Obama's plan. You think he's sending in more combat troops ........ |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
63. Write us from the front lines and let us know how it's going. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. he could send a few robots into the hillsides and caves in Afghanistan |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. And he's "president enough" to allow us to see the coffins coming home if the families allow it. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
26. Answer these four questions |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I can play!!! |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Thank you..... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. You realise those were arguments used in support of Iraq War II right? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. So then the solution is.......... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. How about starting by not killing any more civilians or Americans |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. And you realize that his solution is not JUST a military one..... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Of course those efforts are worthy ones |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Except that they weren't supported by facts in that case |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. But surely the solution to civil rights abuses |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Pakistan's democratically elected secular government is in danger of falling to the Taliban |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. Some of these questions are rigged |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
68. I reject your premise. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
38. Here are some dissenting views from yours..... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
56. I doubt this will involve the number of casualties that Iraq involved |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
57. Only 1 rec? Jeez, where are the rest of the Nader folks? |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:45 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. With the Kooch folks. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
62. I listened. I knew. I opposed. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
64. I'm sure he understands very well... |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
69. I am on the opposite side of that argument |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
70. How many people swore on this forum that Obama was just doing what "he had to do" to get elected |
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