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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:27 PM Original message |
Joseph Galloway on McNamara: "Reading an obit with great pleasure" |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R. |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hope they don't bury that bastard at Arlington, that would be an insult |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. His instructions to his wife were |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Oh darn, I was hoping for a lottery for tickets to his funeral |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I just hope the poor worms don't choke. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I am betting that no one will EVER |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. I take issue with Mr. Galloway on this. McNamara kept the Pentagon at bay as long as he could. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Are you kidding? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. To me, the worst was that he did not speak up against the Iraq invasion. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. He was probably afraid to - |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Geeze. Even so, it doesn't absolve McNamara -- why should his life matter more than all the lives |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Just between us (OK, I'm kidding you), |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Agh -- Kissinger! Even McNamara is a piker compared to that evil fuck. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. And he knew Vietnam was bullshit but refused to go public when the light finally dawned |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Humphrey had his heart in the right place about some important things, but he was also a toady. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. No. Gen. Lemnitzer and the JCS proposed NUKING the Soviet Union in late 1963 |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Agent Orange was McNamara's idea |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. What is there to say? Evil, evil, evil, evil... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. McNamara failed to stop war -- that's enough to damn most souls, I imagine. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Rachel is discussing now |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. I miss Halberstam. His works were very important. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's some comment from Galloway....! |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. "We were wrong" ... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Shameless kick -- for a little variety in GD, ya know... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Poor boys fight rich men's wars and that was Vietnam in a nutshell." |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. +1 -- Who profits? Who dies? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. May he rot in hell for an eternity |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. May Kissinger join him soon. (nt) |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. +1 |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. Another one of JFK's "Best and Brightest" who led us into Vietnam. |
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