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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:43 PM
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Why do I feel Americans are being cruelly manipulated ?
On top of the terrible photos of abuse and torture of Iraqi detainees, we now see a video today of a young American being beheaded. The timing is suspect, if nothing else. And the manipulation of emotions and feelings, intentional or not, is obvious to anyone that wants to look at themselves in the mirror. The feelings of disgust from yesterday are replaced with feelings of revenge today. We want justice. It's a total turnaround in only one day. And we must question the whys and hows....
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hippiegranny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:45 PM
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1. yes,
the timing is just a mite too coincidental, especially after bush's p.r. disaster yesterday.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:47 PM
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2. well
I thought yesterday that it was all breaking to distract from Kerry's $25 million ad buy.

But, that's probably just the tinfoil side of my brain. :tinfoilhat:
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:48 PM
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3. Because Americans are being cruelly manipulated
I would guess.
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gottaB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:49 PM
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4. Because you took the red pill?
eom
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stumblnrose Donating Member (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:53 PM
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5. Geez
Are u suggesting that our fearless leader would actually kill an American to fuhrer his purpose?
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:54 PM
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7. I didn't say that.....
But my opinion would be biased and probably worthless...
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:58 PM
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9. After all, what's is One compared to 3,000+ on Nine Eleven
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:54 PM
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6. Considering the beheading happened last month, what took
them so long? Their MO is to heat up a frenzy of hate since 9-11. I will be so happy when the twilight of the BFEE happens, if I am still alive.
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Nashyra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:56 PM
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8. Remeber the song "blowin in the wind"?
especially the line about "how many times can a man turn his cheek and just pretend he does not see?" I think that's how it goes.
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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:58 PM
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10. I think it will have the opposite effect.
I see all the violence in Iraq as one big ball of violence and I think the American people will see it that way also. We no longer have a reason to be there. We never did but all the reasons the koolaide drinkers talk about have vanished.

We are left fighting a war without anything to gain for it. We are no longer liberators. We have created a world that is as bad as the one we were supposed to free the Iraqis from.

I don't think the American people will take up sides against the people they felt good about bringing democracy to.

What are we saying? Kill the ungrateful bastards?
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David Dunham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 07:02 PM
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12. I agree.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 06:59 PM
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11. The manipulation is in high gear...
We will all be dizzy for a couple of days...even the strongest amongst us...
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Jim Warren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 07:11 PM
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13. It is and has been for a very long time
Some of us are just now waking to it.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 07:13 PM
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14. More Americans need to wake up that we have an apparatus brainwashing
America. Its called Compassionate Conservatism. Nice name, bad shit.
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Jim Warren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 08:51 PM
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15. Agree Opi
and the trance has called itself by other names as well.
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