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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:38 PM Original message |
Murtha on Hardball: Generals tell him 25 years to train troops in Iraq |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. very interesting.... |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. "10, 20 years" was part of the PNAC plan and R's bought into it |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I have 5 and 7 year old boys. I am NOT giving them to the war for Oil! |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Why I joined Green Party also, spineless Dem votes |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I wash my hands of the DLC. Give me a McKinney or a Kucinich instead |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Mush Mouth Kerry ... |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Draft this.. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The Joint Resolution was unconstitutional but no Dems are challenging it |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. We The People can challenge it |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Don't "recall" elections move much quicker? |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Good luck with that ... |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. No draft before the election ... |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Bring the troops home Now |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. kicked |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. A lot of times you hear "so and so for president", but I'll say here & now |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. why not Murtha for president? I'm impressed with this guy |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Howzabout Feingold/Murtha in '08 ? not bad, eh ? |
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PegDAC (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. How about |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. There are American soldiers dying over there with less than 2 years |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And Murtha made the point that in Vietnam |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. K-n-R!!! |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. If Bush has his way, we will have troops there the rest of my life |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's absurd that it would take 25 years to train them |
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emald (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. hasn't happened in the last two thousand years |
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ngGale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. IMO, Murtha is spot on... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is absolute BS and Murtha knows it - This is exactly the same reason |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. "14 `enduring bases' set in Iraq..." |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. If they brought these guys to the US ... |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. My God. What has * done? |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Congress abdicated ITS responsibility in declaring wars |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. What has * done? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. Well-- it's taken 25 years to train the US public to buy this bullshit |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. Sounds like setting up a sweet retirement fund n/t |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Hi BadgerKid!! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. we are already bankrupt with $333 billion deficit under BushCo and |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. We still have troops in Korea 50 years after the fact. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Uh, you forgot ... Europe and Korea don't have insurgencies going on....nt |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. So a lot of the Iraqi "troops" will be in their 50's |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. so, if we have a phased withdrawal based on "benchmarks" ... |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. They would need a draft ... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. Read: "un-trainable." It shouldn't take 25 years to train an army, so |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. I heard Murtha on NPR yesterday.. |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Cons don't want to leave until every drop of oil has been drained |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. At this rate, my grandchildren might occupy Iraq. |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. Only one answer: PULL OUT NOW! |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. They screwed EVERYTHING up!!!! |
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BigYawn (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. Why are US troops still in Germany and Korea after 60 years and 50 years |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. endless war |
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Trevelyan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I will vote Murtha for President, strange to see someone who actually does |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
50. 25 years sounds about right |
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