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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:37 AM Original message |
Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President-by Ray McGovern |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. kpete? Ray McGovern? DOUBLE KK/RR |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. KnR |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. knr!~ A 21,000 troop surge. It's Obama's War now. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Make that Obama's Quagmire now. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. k n r |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. But..but...like Nixon he "has a plan". K&R |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. Nice to see somebody learned their lessons from Vietnam, |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. The first paragarph is chilling - |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. Liquid war: Welcome to Pipelineistan |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. "launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 BC |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. No more foolish than President Johnsons |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Johnson escalated VietNam.. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 05:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. He turned it into a real war |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thank you for yet another relevant post. I look forward to them always. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. it will be interesting in the coming months here @ DU |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. knr |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. And you forgot the final lasting effect of empire - collapse of empire |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. How will they react? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
55. Those who "support Obama's Afghanistan policy wholeheartedly" should volunteer to fight Obama's war. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Obama determined to "Look Forward, Not Back" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. Deleted message |
rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Lol |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Perfect! |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. +1 |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Poutrage poutrage boo hoo hoo! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Lots of people who want him to fail at DU too, apparently. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. add "you want him to fail" to the bag of asinine remarks aimed at "Obama haters" |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. People who trash him as a wall street sellout by definition |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Do you go under the name Miss Cleo in your professional life? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. If you think he's a servant of wall street, how could you not |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Oh shit, another waste of time but hell, I do a lot of that here anymore anyway. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. K&R |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. waste of time to argue with teh stupid |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Nailed It! |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. excellent.. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. omg |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. Best graphic I've seen in months. |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. And the alternative is...? {nt} |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Declare victory and skedaddle. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
28. Sometimes I wonder if it isn't the old "warrior worship" syndrome in action. Men who |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. oh yes. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. The word for us veterans is 'chicken hawk' |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Um, everybody uses the term "chickenhawk". Vets don't own it. |
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empyreanisles (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Don't like the Afg. decision, but I'm willing to see if a new, focused strategy changes things. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I certainly do not hate the President, but I don't see how you can say this is not an |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. Robert McNamara is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps he is the key |
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SylviaD (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Why is Obama making this mistake? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
34. K & R! |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
38. K&R Thanks for posting |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
40. K&R !! |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
44. K & R |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours |
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anaxarchos (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. Augustus was being "non-partisan" |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
54. "Operation Incoherence" is a worthy supplement to McGovern's article |
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