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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:19 PM Original message |
US to remove all its forces from Iraq by 2011: Biden |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Article belies the headline |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, we are not in Vietnam anymore, so it's possible. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. We'll see |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Will ALL US combat troops leave if their is no functional government? |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Already is |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Maybe it's a South Asian English thing. |
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USA_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Should Have Withdrawn By NOW |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. Bush started the war but Congressis the one who funded the war. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'll believe it when I see it. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Given your track record, I find your skepticism reassuring. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. As do I. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sure, and close Gitmo by 20 Jan 2010, right? Assclown n/t |
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pjt7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Let's hope it gets done |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You're not tired of "hope" yet? |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Where did he say we'd get out "immediately"? He never used that word. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I sure don't recall him saying he'd get us out using Bush's |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Good luck. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. He's been in office 14 months and they're talking about another |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. And you need comprehension lessons. He said COMBAT TROOPS gone in 16 to 18 months. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I knew there'd be a renaming of the troops in there somewhere. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Is that different from the timetable Bush had announced? |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. SEE HERE |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Where does this say "immediately"? You said you'd find proof he said troops out of Iraq immediately |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Uh, if you're going to have all combat troops out in 16 months from taking office.. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. So, your main complaint is that the combat troops will be gone in 18 months instead of 16? |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Reading comprehension problems? He said... |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Count 16 months from January 20, 2009. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. So the combat troops will be gone by the end of August 2010? |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Yes they will be. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. What happened to this idea? The one you said he never made.. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. And you are bringing up an article from January 2007, before he even announced his candidacy. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Sen Barack Obama of Illinois, one of the most prominent Democrats in the 2008 presidential field |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. From an article from 2007. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Oh, I see what you mean. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. He always said a gradual withdrawal of U.S. combat troops. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Despite Obama’s Vow, Combat Brigades Will Stay in Iraq |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Nothing's changed. So those troops will be re-designated as non-combat. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. If that soothes you, I'm pleased for you. Personally I don't like someone |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. And another right wing source, The New York Times & The World Socialist Website |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. And check out this whopper from the campaign trail. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. So, again, what are you pissed about? This was from January 2007. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. What I'm pissed about is simple.... |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Well, then you weren't paying attention. He was never for the immediate withdrawal of all combat |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You can blame Congress for Gitmo. They didn't want to fund the closing and relocations. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Bullshit. You're the president. Close the damned thing... |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It seems trying to have a reasonable discussion with you is impossible. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I didn't say he was a dictator so don't put words in my mouth. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Correct! Obama is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. I can't help but think about all the US bases built there |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Handed over? Abandoned? LOL |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. But but but... if we tell them when we're going to pull out, the enemy will just |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
48. "End the combat mission in Iraq." |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
49. Raiders to Go Undefeated in Division, Secure Homefield for 2010 Playoffs, and win Super Bowl XLV by |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. we illegally went there to secure HUGE oil fields for corporations and NO ONE will be held |
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