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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:47 PM Original message |
Poll question: When did Americans last fight a war to protect American freedom? |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Other = Vietnam |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Other = Grenada |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Ah, the 'fun' war. I almost forgot about it. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. There are 'Nada vets who can't visit a golf course without flashbacks. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Really? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Not really. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Weeeeeelllll. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Oh, yes, weren't there some American medical students on the island? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Someone came and got us all right. The same clowns that knew the |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. F'ing amazing but true. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Right. LBJ, Nixon |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. LBJ and... |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Ha. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Damn it, yes. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Which explains why, 30 some years after we left Vietnam to the Commies, there is a |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. The Viet Cong (financed by China) won. |
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Altean Wanderer (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Said tongue in cheek I hope |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:04 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Unfortunately no, |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. War of 1812 was a war of aggression |
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loser_user (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. So true but |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Welcome to DU! |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. More to it than that ... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. Proud of my ancestor |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. WW II seems the obvious choice |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. True |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, I see it as the last "moral" war |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That seems logical to me, too. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. You mean the Nazis who were... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I was actually referring to the Japanese and Pearl Harbor |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. The US war with the Japanese was not about freedom. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Thank you, CB |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. Other |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Insightful answer. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. There are no "actual indigenous Americans". |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Well, I know that, of course... |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Excellent post |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Every war we fight, right or wrong, protects American's freedoms |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. There is another possibilty. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. A thoughtful, gentle response. Thank you. . . . . .n/t |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. To be frank, that's a rather dumb position to take... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. That supports fascism, not freedom. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Or: Bogus wars diminish our civilian soldiers willingness. NT |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm thinking the Revolutionary war. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. agree |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. You want to know what's interesting? The United States has been in a state of war... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I wonder how the American figure compares to other countries'. (nt) |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Not any worse or better than most other European empires of the past... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. WW1 wasn't defensive |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Good point, the justification for that war was thin for Americans. |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. How about WW2? |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. I like that article. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. That is so. We had no business being in that war |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. none. |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Not even WW2? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. american freedom was threatened how? |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Well, the world's "freedom" in general was threatened, wouldn't you say? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. possibly, but that wasn't the question asked. |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Well, I see it like this... The US is part of the world, thus it does cover it.. |
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Louie the XIV (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. 19 people don't think WW2 was fought to protect the U.S. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Arguably the Russians and the Germans would've come to a stalemate |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Well, didn't the US supply the soviets with massive amount of resources? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. The war would have likely ended in, say, '48 or '49 instead of '45 |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. We armed the "Nazis", we took the "Nazis" IN our government. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I am no war monger |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. I think pretty much every credible historian would disagree with your "reality." |
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Louie the XIV (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. So an unprovoked attack on a U.S. Territory(later to become a state) |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. We all are fighting |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
63. ww2 and 1812 |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
65. amazing...we should`t have fought world war two. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. This thread unfortunately displays some of the worst tendencies of the DU echo chamber |
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