And Bombing Iran Will HelpThe Current Administration, HOW?

babsbunny

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Thu Mar-16-06 09:30 AM
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And Bombing Iran Will HelpThe Current Administration, HOW?

Do they think it will win back the support of the American People? America will hate them worse! I don't get it! :rant:

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ewagner

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Thu Mar-16-06 09:33 AM
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1. There is a certain percentage

of people who will "rally around" the President "in a time of war".

Remember what happend with the invasion of Iraq?

All the poll numbers were against Bush* until the "first bomb fell". His advisors told him that would happen...that as soon as the war started his support numbers would go up and sure as hell they did....

They are expecting the same thing to take place here.

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laugle

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Thu Mar-16-06 05:32 PM
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15. Yes but I am hoping that people will not be fooled again!!

I sure hope the whole damn thing BACKFIRES on them!!

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wake.up.america

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Thu Mar-16-06 09:33 AM
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2. This whole thing is dangerous for the Americans and Iran, Perhaps he

does care about US opinion any more.

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wake.up.america

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Thu Mar-16-06 11:09 AM
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5. This whole thing is dangerous for the Americans and Iran, Perhaps he

does NOT care about US opinion any more.

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Sparkman

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Thu Mar-16-06 09:41 AM
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3. Iran is influencail now & in post civil war Iraq. Shiite theocracies both.

If U.S. military bases are to persevere in Iraq, intimidation through bombing an/or sanctions soften the battle ground they control.
Notice the Berlin Wall fell, and then appears on the Mexican border, in case bunker mentality has escaped anyone's notice here. Is DU democratic or underground?

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Auntie Bush

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Thu Mar-16-06 09:48 AM
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4. He's going to do a good job of bombing the hell out of them and

become a REAL commander-in-chief again..."a war president!"

Right now he's a loser-in chief! But as usual... stupid people can't learn by their mistakes and he'll attack without thinking or planning for the consequences of his actions. World War 111?

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wiggs

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Thu Mar-16-06 11:31 AM
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6. This is the oil and energy and defense industry administration

Low approvals don't matter when you control the events, stories that are written about the events, and elections.

Plus, Iran could easily be the excuse for getting troops out of an embarassing, no-win situation in Iraq. ...not to say that Iran will be better, but temporarily that storyline could work.

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Doctor_J

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Thu Mar-16-06 11:34 AM
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7. Whenever lots of people die, *'s approval goes up

9/11 (LIHOP), Shlock & Auggggh, his astounding record of executions in Texas. The only thing he does well is kill people, and wtih his back against the wall he'll go back to what he does best.

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laugle

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Thu Mar-16-06 05:38 PM
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16. Unfortunately, I think you hit the nail on the head, I woke up

with a sick feeling when I heard about the bombing in Iraq. I actually thought when I turned on my talk radio that he was already bombing IRAN!

That spooked the hell out of me!! I guess I am more rattled than I thought!!

Damn, just when you think it can't get any worse, it does!!

I just know that bastard is going to pull an "OCTOBER SURPRISE." The question is will the American people support it?

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OregonBlue

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Thu Mar-16-06 11:38 AM
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8. What pollsters will have the guts to start asking the question

should the United States preemptively attack Iran as part of the war on terror? Repugs need to know now that the American people are not interested in seeing more of our soldiers die, more of our money wasted so the rich can get richer and the oil companies can reap more rewards.

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BigYawn

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Thu Mar-16-06 11:59 AM
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9. Why do you think the bunker busters were developed in a hurry?

Iran's nuclear weapons program is mostly underground
and in deep bunkers. Bush is itching to test the
recently developed bunker busters. I understand Israel
has acquired them also. Who could they be for? Hamas
has no deep bunkers in PCA.

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SixStrings

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Thu Mar-16-06 11:59 AM
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10. Hello? It means more money to spend on the military, on

weapons, on clothes, on food, etc, etc, etc. And who supplies this? Who gets wealthy off the $billions$ spent on war? Do you actually think they give a rat's ass about what people's perceptions of them are? It's all about money. War is a gov't's means of taking money from 1 pocket and stuffing it in the other pocket. Republicans, Democrats, impeachment, censure, supreme court, Roe V Wade, etc, etc are all little distractions to keep the masses ignorant and in the dark about the real issues in American gov't - Who profits from war and who makes the decisions to go to war?

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MrPrax

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Thu Mar-16-06 12:06 PM
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11. What happens when...

they do attack Iran and it does win back the support of the American people?

Not outside the realm of possibilities, especially given the fact, there are NO significant foreign policies differences between the two parties.

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Minnesota Libra

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Thu Mar-16-06 12:26 PM
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12. It will make everyone scared and shut them up for a while nt

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hadrons

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Thu Mar-16-06 04:06 PM
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14. and it will give the kool-aid drinkers another chance to bully around ...

Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 04:12 PM by hadrons

"'em I-merica hatin' peoples" ... I remember it wasn't the invasion itself that got the freepers hard, it was the war protestors that were heating them up

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librechik

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Thu Mar-16-06 12:35 PM
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13. Scotty is making it clear--this is an attempt to prove "pre-emptive

strikes" are a viable option. And they don't care how much collateral damage they make, as long as the "hotbeds of insurgency" (i.e., neighborhoods) are destroyed.

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