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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:31 AM Original message |
Are airstrikes in Iraq reducing U.S. fatalities? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. No but they are doing a heck-of-a-job at "winning Iraqi's hearts and minds" |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. "Bombing the hell out of a country doesn't work." |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That's one of the big political "lies" - Japan was already trying to surrender before the first bomb |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Here's what Eisenhower had to say about these acts of State Sponsored TERRORISM. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why then didn't they just lay down their arms and surrender? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Because, just like Bush, Truman was chomping at the bit to use this horrific weapon. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Are you suggesting the Iraqis surrender? |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You're trying to put words in my mouth |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. That's why context is important. Your response to the OP took the statement out of context. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Hello? We didn't give any time to work out the specifics & address these issues - we had the TIME! |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. What issues need to be worked out in an unconditional surrender? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. You really need to read the JOURNAL articles cited above fully and stop spinning. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Here's the intelligence on the specific issues you requested: |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Because "unconditional surrender" entailed the prosecution of |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. You're absolutely correct. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. So you agree with Bush that this is WWIII? |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Absolutely not, I was only commented on the statement about bombing |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. "Doesn't work" was attached to an objective. n/t |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Yeah, we shamelessly tried to bomb them back to The Stone Age in Vietnam, |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. um, prolonging the war IS their policy |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
16. Well, spraying a crowd with machine gun fire keeps you safe, too |
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