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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:52 PM Original message |
Poll question: Poll: Do agree or disagree with these 12 goals for Iraq and the Middle East? |
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madmunchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know enough about the situation to agree with all of the goals |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. ALL of these goals are dependent upon U.S. hegemony in the ME.... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Letting Iraqis achieve their own goals is the goal. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. yes, frankly.... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Iran is already occupying parts of Iraq in a sense. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. yes, they are ALLIES, not OCCUPIERS.... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Uh...tell that to the people killed by the death squads. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. that is, unfortunately, precisely the situation that the U.S. occupation... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Your fist assertion is correct, your second is not. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I did not say that sectarian violence is CAUSED by the occupation.... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You still seeing the problem as an Iraqi problem. It's a regional problem. |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Who voted for the pemanent bases in Iraq and oil revenue not going to the Iraqis? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I did-- and I assure you that I read them.... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Except it won't be Iraqis determining their own future. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. don't you think at this point that they are more deserving of that role... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Its not about who deserves what.....as we didn't deserve to go into |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. it won't happen as long as people within the "opposition party..." |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. A year ago, Democrats didn't control congress, and the polls hadn't |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Absolutely. We are in agreement there. |
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CarolNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. So you are saying then that we should have permanent bases... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. did you read my comments...? |
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CarolNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Yep, this is what I thought you said...yet... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I don't disgree with that goal-- I disagree with the underlying assumption... |
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CarolNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Oh, OK. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. What about: Bring our troops home, but don't lose? n/t |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Bingo! That's what it's all about! Now let's discuss what it means not to "lose"... |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Agree with most of them! |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. He also said "there are no guarantees," if you read the whole OP-Ed. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. you want to believe that the "war on terrorism" is real... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Clark has spoken often and well on the need to address the root causes of terrorism. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Unfortunately my friend, the War on Terror is real in the sense that |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. ahh, who else do we know who invokes 9/11 to justify U.S. "force projection" |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It's not about that at this point......get real and stop attempting to |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. you're right-- I do like to think I'm not just one of the herd.... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Reality: |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I won't argue with the reality in Iraq today. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. and you are saying what, exactly? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. That shouldn't be a goal? |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Kick for the evening crowd. nt |
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