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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 05:25 PM
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Hagel: Bush speech worst blunder since Vietnam
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to send about 21,500 more U.S. troops to Iraq is the greatest U.S. foreign policy blunder since Vietnam, Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel said on Thursday.

"I think this speech given last night by this president represents the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam if it's carried out," Hagel, a possible U.S. 2008 presidential candidate, told a congressional hearing. "I will resist it."




http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WBT006395.htm
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neoblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 05:27 PM
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1. Overlooking the invasion itself? nt.
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 05:31 PM
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5. Exactly my thought.
That's not conviction speaking, that's campaign speaking.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 05:27 PM
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2. Sounds like Chuck's really going to run
For now, I'll take it (attacking Bush).
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 05:28 PM
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3. If it's carried out... little did we know
That it had already begun.

Good to see so many Republicans waking up to whiff the cappuccino.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 05:28 PM
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4. Hagel the money man!
Watch for him in 2008.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 05:36 PM
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6. Hagel, not McCain or Guiliani, would be the toughest republican to beat in '08
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bluewave Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 05:49 PM
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7. I hope Hagel is the Republican nominee
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 05:50 PM by bluewave
At least then IF we lose (which I doubt at this point), I won't fear for a nuclear holocaust.

Giuliani scares me a little. Look how he treated his ex-wives.

McCain truly frightens me. He looks mentally unstable. Even people on the right agree he is not fit to be President. The Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker tirade and his outbursts suggest mental illness.
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etherealtruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 06:27 PM
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8. Reid said it was NOT the worst mistake since Viet Nam ...
Tells interviewer from NPR: It is the WORST mistake in US history EVER.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 06:32 PM
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9. *Blunder* is a highly refined lifestyle for this asshole.





Look up blunder in the dictionary and it will probably have his photo beside it.







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