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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:11 PM Original message |
Debate Question: Will you admit the "surge" worked? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'll agree that dead people are quiet. |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:13 PM Original message |
Maybe the insurgents ran out of ammo |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. kurth |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Do they have access? |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. kurth |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Okay, thanks for the info! |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. kurth |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Only if you admit the 'war' is now an 'occupation'. What good is our useless media ? nt |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. When I came home drunk and punched my wife in the face, can she admit |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Was that really the verbatim question? |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Actually, I toned it down a bit |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Well, someone has to. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Here's the transcript. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. That IS bad. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. It worked like if you called the fire dept because your house was burning |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. The general public doesn't know the real reasons for the decrease in violence. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc |
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GainesT1958 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'll happily admit that question... |
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red2blue (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. I call bullshit |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. It depends on what it was supposed to do. It DID reduce the killing |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. But that is my point - it DIDN'T ! |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. I will admit that the surge, or escalation as it were... |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is violence down, or did they just redefine what violence is? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. the Surge is not working...NO POLITICAL PROGRESS. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. Interestingly, NPR did a special on this very subject this morning. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. This is my answer also |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sure. It worked. Bring them all home ! nt |
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