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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:45 AM Original message |
Don't Quit Supporting Us (Troops). |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm angry at the organization |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I guess it's relative... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The buck stops at W |
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mylittletribe (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. not shooting the messenger.. at all |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. . |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:50 AM Original message |
Duplicate. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Our people should not be in this situation. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
99. Some are on their 4th tour of duty. Gen. John Batiste said last night on |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm trying......... |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. You'll always have my support. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. Mine too. eom |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think it's time that US service personnel remember three short words.. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. I support you, true_notes |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Thanks For the Words |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. Anyone who bashes the troops, calling them "murderers" in general |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Anyone? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. It's just as much OUR collective responsiblity as the soldiers. If our |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I accept all of that |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Me, too, bigtree. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. I am not responsible |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. I have been active and loud since long before the war began, too, |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I have no voice in this "democracy", so I'm not responsible for |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
187. I won't take responsibility for this war either. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. Support, for me, means trying to bring you home from a war based |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. Deleted message |
pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I'm sure the poster isn't trying to justify that awful incident. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
55. It is not a few and we know it now. It is widespread. |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
122. I don't know that. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #122 |
148. Please read the foreign press. You can get a very good idea |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. Did you know almost one in ten troops is sent into combat with a |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #153 |
163. Yes I am personally aware of mentally ill men sent to Iraq. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #163 |
175. I forgive you DU mods for censoring me and refusing to let me |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #175 |
186. All the Iraqis are living in hell. I agree. |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #148 |
171. No, thanks. I have better sources. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #171 |
200. none so blind as those that are willfully blind.... |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. deleted (truenotes) |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Congratulations on winning the "Troop Bashing Post Of-The-Day" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:10 PM Original message |
Not "the troops." Certain individual soldiers. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
75. Deleted message |
pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. delete (dupe) |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Does a civilians "high stress" involve being shot at or blown up? |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
65. Are infants doing the shooting? Pregnant women in labor? nt |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
89. Comparing stresses of war to stresses of daily life is idiotic. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #89 |
113. I know war is hell, but why shoot babies? Why rape women? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #113 |
130. I have seen absolutely no one here say it is |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #130 |
145. I have not blamed any innocent soldier. I just do not buy that |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #130 |
154. But by ignoring what some of them doing, you are condoning it, |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #113 |
143. Nice strawman. No one is saying it's ok. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. I pray every day that the murders and rapes of Iraq women |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. I'm not the one twisting words. You are. Nowhere have I said what |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #150 |
155. I see I am going to have to pray harder for you. :) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #147 |
156. Being stressed out and low paid is not an excuse. But sending soldiers |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:40 AM Response to Reply #156 |
203. Just reading "preexisting serious mental disorders" flashed the |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Wouldn't happen. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. I won't stop supporting the troops |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. I support you. Troops are human, not machines. |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You know... |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. Yep, especially considering the ones doing it AVOIDED |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. I want you home. Now. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. I do not paint the entire military with the dishonorable |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. "We love our country and [we] fight for a collective of individuals . . ." |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. You're wrong. If you live in this nation, if you're an American citizen |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I have spiritually seceded from the Empire, so I beg to differ. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. As long as you're living here, you are as responsible as anyone else. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. No |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. So the "good Germans" didn't bear any responsibility for what Hitler did? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Not if they spoke and worked against it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #88 |
129. I worked against it too, I wouldn't say I am "complicit." But I share |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. I disagree |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #132 |
157. One thing we should all be doing, besides continuing our opposition |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #157 |
161. It'll be harder to convince sane people that |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #161 |
183. I don't either. One more reason we just need to pull them all out of Iraq |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #71 |
92. Let's see. Does not paying any federal taxes since Oct. 29, 2004 |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Thank you |
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eek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. On your side! |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. We know that these guys were a small minority |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Warrens, |
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eek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. TN: I am somehow surprised that you are even allowed to read DU |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Yeah it pisses the higher-ups off.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. THAT you serve is to your credit. WHERE you serve is to our discredit. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Well put, TahitiNut. I strongly agree. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Well said. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. I support... |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. here's an inspiring tale of Troup Support |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
174. Now that's support. Thanks for sharing. I challenge all DUers to do that. |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. What if they threw a war and no one came? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Thanks |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
90. Not saying 'love it or leave it' but |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Actually, the US military is making us less safe, not more so |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #93 |
101. No, it isn't the |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. I'd be happier without a military |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. Social defenses won't deter an aggressor. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. This is not the first time I've been called unrealistic |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #93 |
109. Question: |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #90 |
152. "Safety" they "afford" her? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #152 |
165. "affords you" |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. I didn't ask you to define it, or give me synomyms. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #166 |
168. I think it means |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #168 |
172. Why |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #166 |
169. I'm not |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. This doesn't Pertain to Iraq persay but... |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
126. The credo that most troops live by is a myth. We are all being lied to. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
74. If the volunteers quit en masse, Bush would institute a draft. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. At least a draft is a government's way of admitting it is acting |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #91 |
158. A draft will just create a boundless supply of troops for the |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #158 |
162. The draft pushed people to oppose the war. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #162 |
184. Uh-huh. But thirty thousand soldiers died AFTER the draft was |
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LonelyLRLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. I support our troops, even when some lose control |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. As an Active Duty member, I will always support you |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I support the enlisted ranks (working class), not the Officer Corps |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Well said! nt |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
123. Spoken like a true Marxist! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #123 |
149. As opposed to a 'false' Marxist??? |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. I will NEVER support murderers of innocent women and infants |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. And all war is murder nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
77. Nobody is asking you to, cassiepriam. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I did not blame him. I just did not agree with his excuses for murder. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #77 |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
136. I don't either |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
54. As a former Marine, I will never quit supporting the troops. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Were you officer or enlisted? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Enlisted n/t |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. I'm feeling conflicted about enlisted troops right now. |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. From the Jump- |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. I agree with you in that there needs to be a full investigation, |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. As a US Citizen, |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
60. What Right Wingers really mean when they say "Troops"... |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. There is an unspoken (or maybe spoken?) understanding |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Not True |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. We'll see if there will be retribution |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. Don't fight for me |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
85. Most Americans figured the troops would be passing out candy |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Again, I spoke out against this war from day 1 |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. "shock and awe" made the US' intent in Iraq obvious from Day 1 |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Exactly |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. I'll say it again: the US military is not a police force, a peacekeeping |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. :Kill people and break things |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #76 |
96. All due respect to you and your beliefs, but there are circumstances |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Speak for yourself |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. All of us who pay federal/state income taxes |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. You never miss the opportunity to take a swipe at my religion |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. Deleted message |
smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #102 |
110. Lordy. Okay, I'll try again. |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
173. Strange. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
72. Can you or anyone who has served in combat help me out here.... |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #72 |
124. If your best friend gets blown to pieces right in front of you... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. According to every report I've seen |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. Didn't I say 'I'm not excusing'? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. You said you weren't trying to excuse it |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Actually, |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. Why are you perpetuating a right wing lie? |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. In the first place... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Thanks for your reply to my OP.... |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. That I can understand. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. Okay, I can see wanting revenge... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #72 |
134. I haven't served, but I read something about the govt. supplying |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. I also read somewhere... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. Oh THAT's good news! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #141 |
151. Almost one in ten troops have been diagnosed with a serious mental |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #151 |
179. It says 1 in 10 RETURNING are diagnosed... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #179 |
185. The Hartford Courants research is referring to DEPLOYING soldiers. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #185 |
188. It doesn't say that 1 out of 10 DEPLOYING soldiers |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:04 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. But isn't this debate beside the point, really? They shouldn't be sending |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #190 |
193. Of course they |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
78. I am sorry to cause trouble for the mods, who delete my posts. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #78 |
106. Well, if you'll never stop speaking out about this issue |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. Sir, how do you know I haven't? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #106 |
116. She won't like their responses? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
94. A friend of mine has a bumper sticker... |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
103. If I think about picking up a broad brush... |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
105. Anyone judging needs to walk a mile in those kids shoes beforehand. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #105 |
139. That's where I'm trying very hard to come from here... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #139 |
170. Hatred, it's not logical, but generally speaking neither is war. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #170 |
176. Thank you so much for that post... |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
111. Wes Clark said it well on O'Reilly's show |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #111 |
125. Well said. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
114. Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
117. Deleted message |
pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #117 |
159. One in ten troops are seriously mentally ill-- before they get there. |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #117 |
160. How do you know? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #160 |
164. Calling someone mentally ill isn't condemning them |
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brmdp3123 (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. The post that I was responding to |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
118. Stop paying for this war |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
119. I still have my "Support The Troops, Impeach Bush" |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
120. I never started |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
121. I don't support the troops. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
144. There is only one common denominator here |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
177. This is just Viet-nam all over again.... |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
178. I've always blamed the brass. From the president to the generals. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
180. i am not angry at the soldiers. i am not even angry at the soldiers |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
181. The total lack of accountability at the very top of the chain of command |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
182. Come on now, you know DUers do not hate service members. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
189. true_notes, |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
191. Fallujah changed my son.I hate the bastards that made him what he has.. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:59 AM Response to Reply #191 |
201. That breaks my heart for you and him |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
192. I do not know when you enlisted, but I will say this much..... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #192 |
194. Because |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #194 |
195. Obviously they all didn't sign up after 9/11. Only a fool would think |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:08 PM Response to Reply #195 |
197. Did you forget your "burning question"? |
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Sugarcoated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
196. I support you with all my heart true notes - it's why I'm a Democrat. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
198. This war was based on lies....I remember 9/11, and I remember |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
199. participating in a crime against humanity is NOT supporting America.... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
202. Truenotes, your service is appreciated more than I can say |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
204. Deleting benign posts only makes matters worse. |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #204 |
205. I agree, cassiepriam. n/t |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
206. I support the troops |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
207. www.AnySoldier.com |
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