Tag: war
group name: letsdebate
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November 23, 2006 02:56 AM EST --
So, it looks like they may try it again. The Democrat led senate is showing little sign of challenging Gates, even with his record on Iran/contra. Will they be able . . . more
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November 17, 2006 07:54 PM EST --
Today on commondreams.org there was is a story that had been published yesterday, 11/16/06 by Agence France Presse. In my persistence, I am assuming that those of you people who are OK with torture . . . more
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November 21, 2006 07:17 PM EST --
I have been dismayed by the polls on Iraq. The question of whether we should withdraw immediately or not. I have been adamantly against the war for the very start. . . . more
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July 17, 2007 02:10 AM EDT --
In recent months, outsourcing has been elevated to a whole new level. Forget about help desks and computer programmers. The Pentagon is now outsourcing its fighting men. The US army is renting out entire . . . more
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October 17, 2006 10:41 AM EDT --
The America I Believe In doesn't torture people or use cruel, inhumane treatment. . . doesn't hold people without charge, without fair trials, without hope, and without end. . .doesn't kidnap . . . more
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October 24, 2006 10:09 PM EDT --
<h1>The Path from 9/11</h1>
We can never move beyond 9/11 until we have a complete, thorough and non-partisan investigation of the events of the day and what underlies them.
<h2>Rory . . . more
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November 14, 2006 03:44 PM EST --
Just in case there was any doubt how dangerous the neo-con agenda is to our constitutional rights Amy Goodman on Democracy Now reported this morning that a bill has passed through the House making those . . . more
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November 20, 2006 11:05 PM EST --
The Draft
In case you haven’t heard, there is a talk of bringing back the draft again. It literally makes me shiver. The idea of taking men away is scary enough. The idea of sending them off to . . . more
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November 30, 2006 07:57 PM EST --
One of my pet peeves is hypocrisy! What I often find amazing is when people do not realize how amazingly hypocritical they are being. When we look at all the innocent Lebanese that were murdered . . . more
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November 09, 2006 07:38 PM EST --
I have been thinking about this for some time now. Why do the comments to the political postings get so nasty? If you are more "liberal leaning " then getting along with and exchanging . . . more
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November 13, 2006 08:12 PM EST --
We are all so serious! Maybe it is time to lighten it up just a bit.
I was having a conversation with a woman the other day and she said "The dumbest thing Bush ever said was..." . . . more
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September 11, 2007 04:08 AM EDT --
So, according to the progress report – and all those fancy charts - delivered by US general Petreus, the surge is working. Impressive percentages are being trotted out about the fall in number of . . . more
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March 19, 2007 12:22 PM EDT --
I’ve been reading a few articles here on Gather over the weekend regarding Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Approaching the 4th Anniversary of this war has brought out Anti-War protesters, who over the . . . more
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January 15, 2007 11:17 AM EST --
During the Vietnam War the US had 537,377 troops stationed in South Vietnam; which had a population of 16 million people. This meant there was about one American soldier for every 29.77 South Vietnamese. . . . more
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December 06, 2006 12:54 PM EST --
In March 2006, at the suggestion of Republican Rep. Frank Wolf, the Iraq Study Group aka The Baker Commission, was formed and "charged with delivering an independent assessment of the . . . more
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November 05, 2006 08:18 PM EST --
Just look at what is happening now! They put Saddam into a "Kangaroo Court" & now they are gonna kill him. This helps who?
Days before the "election" just in time . . . more
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November 10, 2006 07:34 PM EST --
What comes to mind when you think of war? Perhaps it's the feeling of victory or defeat or the image of soldiers marching across a war-ravaged terrain. Something that probably does . . . more
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June 19, 2007 08:53 AM EDT --
Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has twice denied a decorated Iraqi war veteran, National Guard Lieutenant Anthony Circosta of Agawam, Massachusetts, a pardon for . . . more
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January 15, 2007 11:35 AM EST --
US Vice-President
Dick Cheney accused critics of the administration's new strategy in
Iraq of playing into the hands of
Osama bin Laden and global terrorism.
Cheney said withdrawing forces from Iraq . . . more
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February 13, 2007 04:32 PM EST --
The United States President and State Department announced today that the six-party talks in Beijing have yielded an agreement with North Korea to take steps toward nuclear disarmament.
North Korea has . . . more
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