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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:11 PM
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Al Franken & Ed Schultz: If Iraqis don't it together, we'll leave
It's odd to me that both are selling this point, and I wonder if this is some democratic strategy.

On the one hand, it at least differentiates Democrats from Bush who says violence is reason to stay.

More importantly though, it is completely divorced from reality. Poll after poll have shown that Iraqis want us to leave, and a recent Brit Ministry of Defense poll found that less than one percent of Iraqis felt safer because we're there. Therefore, saying we will leave is not a threat.

Are these guys uninformed, selling something or what?
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:13 PM
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1. I don't think so
Edited on Thu Mar-30-06 04:14 PM by still_one
I think they are just stating their personal views, nothing more
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:14 PM
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2. Doesn't this relate to a recent comment from the * administration --
That the Iraqi gov't better get it together fast because US public support is waning...

Sorry, no ref...
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:15 PM
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5. I heard something different
bush said it will be someone elses problem to figure out how to get out of Iraq, because he won't do it
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:21 PM
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10. Al has said this for a while
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:14 PM
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3. You go ED!!! How about: "Since they asked us to leave, we're leaving"
Every poll conducted says they want us to leave. The polls also show a majority, just over 50%, of Iraqis saying they support suicide bombings against our soldiers. Time to bid adieu!

Keep pounding them ED!
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:15 PM
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4. The US isn't going to leave Iraq. They didn't do all this just to walk
away. They will be there for the next 50 years.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:16 PM
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7. no we won't
yes, there are some who would like that, but eventually when the cost because too high, and when enough people are directly affected, we will be out of there
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:16 PM
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6. There is the possibility if we leave that Saddam might
beat the system and regain power. But maybe that's karma punishing the Bush administration for doing the unthinkable and raiding a country we had previously disarmed.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:18 PM
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8. A more likely possibility would be that Iraq will unite with Iran
That will probably eventually happen anyway
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:23 PM
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11. that's about as likely as Zarqawi or Dr. Evil taking over
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Ms. Clio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:20 PM
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9. Please don't throw me into dat dere briar patch, Bre'r Fox
is what the Iraqis would say if they were familiar with 19th century racist children's lit like Uncle Remus.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 04:23 PM
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12. great one
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Ms. Clio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 09:49 PM
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13. Thanks
I do get so tired of this liberal white man's burden BS.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:58 AM
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14. Why is it so hard to say Bush went to steal their oil, the Iraqis figured
it out, and they're pissed?
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