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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:51 PM Original message |
The WH business of deciding and deploying troops before announcing is dismaying |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. No, Americans want our troops HOME. It's only the power elites in D.C. that DEMAND it otherwise. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I wish |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Last poll I seen MOST Americans would be for invading Iran |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree with much of what you've written here. I have to hope an exit strategy is |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. There has been quite a debate on this at this point, |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The POINT is that Congress has abdicated it responsibility to declare war in both countries. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. and? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. AND either Congress "declares war" and we give it all we have, to include universal draft ... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Obviously it isn't the "and/or" that you are demanding...... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. + 1. n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. no, we're not the CIC |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. He doesn't think he is an island either...... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. If it's not a new 'war' |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. We're you not paying attention during the campaign where he promised to increase troop levels |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. However, since the people who actually attacked us, al Qaeda, have moved back to |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. considering that you've got all your emotional button words in there, hey? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. There is no pipeline. There's probably not ever going to BE a pipeline. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Damn right! Just like he campaigned against insurance mandates! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. If you trying to say he's not perfect, |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. There has never been a perfect president or perfect human |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. The lapdog congress is too timid to defund the new emperor's war. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. New Emperor = over the top |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Without a congress to control him, he is able to, and is, acting the emperor. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Good to know where you stand, |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. As a pacifist, my focus is on the pawns sacrificed while the masters play chess. |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. no declaration of war |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. What if something happened in Afghanistan that necessitated this moving forward? |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Anyone to the left of George W Bush should feel betrayed. |
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