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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:38 PM Original message |
The military did not get us into this war. They did exactly what they were ordered to do. |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Soldiers follow orders but Officers in high places are corrupt. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. While that may be true, it was not Petraeus that got us into this mess. It was the Neocons |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Agreed, but....... |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Please look at this figure: |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your post is insulting. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. They do not make the policy. They carry out the agenda set by the Administration. |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not McPoodle. Please! Poodles are smart, attractive, and evolved - everything McBush is not! n/t |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I stand corrected and I do agree, Poodles are very nice animals as opposed to some of the |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why the enlistments and reenlistments? That's what I can't abide. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I know young people that signed up out of financial need. After their tours, they had |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. What would we call poor and unskilled Iraqis if they came here and began killing Americans? |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Hey, wait a minute...active duty here |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Damn right! It was the profiteers who dragged us to war! n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. The military didn't collaborate with criminals, the officer corps did. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Well he just kept going down the line until he found Generals who would cooperate. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. To a degree, Obama, like JFK, has little choice about the officers |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. Define military. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. There were members of the military brass who did not think Iraq was a good idea. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The war is illegal under US constitution, UN Charter and intl law. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Well then where is our Congress? Isn't it up to them? They authorized this nightmare!!! |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. True as well. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Having lived in Tacoma, I know a lot of these guys and while I am totally opposed and |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It's not about condemning them. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I couldn't agree more but it's the Congress that makes those decisions. We need to go after them. |
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