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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:07 AM Original message |
Barack Obama to abandon European missile-defence shield, say reports |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hallelujah nt |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good, it was a waste of money. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. Time for Uncle Dick to make his rounds of the M$M propaganda shows again. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
120. he'll have a tough time from his hospital bed |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. The problem with the IRAN thing is that from the Russian point of view it has been a cover story |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I agree |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
138. One step at a time... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
82. Deleted message |
humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #82 |
97. What? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
124. Yes, that is the other take on this - trading the ABM launchers for Russian cooperation on Iran |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #124 |
137. Please fill me in because I don't know much about the relationship between |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #137 |
143. I'll give you a couple quick answers |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. I see your point. I have done lots of settlement negotiations in my life. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #144 |
158. With all our nukes you say we are a paper tiger? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #158 |
161. All the nukes -- it only takes one well placed nuke to ruin the economy |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. thank god |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Every since Raygun |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
89. Wow - a break from Raygun and Bush policies! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. It was nothing but a wasteful boondoggle to shovel cash to the military industrial complex anyway: |
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NecklyTyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. The defense industry will not be pleased with this decision |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good lets pull out of Europe |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. Excellent news |
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SwissTony (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. This isn't a climbdown (apparent or otherwise) |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. Thank God |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. YAY |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. Star Wars: Stupid idea under Raygun, stupid under Bush, Stupid under Bush-Lite |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
63. Nice Bill, And a great Idea :) |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
121. Agreeing with Barack's decision makes me Bill O'rally? |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #121 |
165. No, Dude, I was only commenting on the photo |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
109. Obama just can't win with you, can he? |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #109 |
117. No, Bush Lite is Chimpy. Bush was his clueless dickhole father |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #117 |
127. Ah, I see now. My apologies. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:38 AM Original message |
Your post is a lie...and fucking cliueless |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
123. As I write this in Chinese pinyin, please understand I live in the PRC |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
116. Apparently I need to clarify my response: THANK YOU BARACK FOR PULLING US OUT OF THIS |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. Greetings from across the ocean! Let peace ring out once again. |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:08 AM Response to Reply #116 |
163. fwiw: this fellow DUer understood you the first time |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. U.S. suspends missile defense shield plans |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Good, let's use the savings to pay for health care for ALL Americans. n/t |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Second the motion! |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
92. 3RD! |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Obama scrapping missile shield for Czech, Poland |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Europe needs to start paying for it's own defense! We're not made of money! |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Europe's defence ? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. I agree - this was all about Bush & Cheney & Condi & Rummie's cold-war |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. ... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I believe that is change. |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
23. Great news, now we can afford healthcare for all Americans |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
24. Glad to hear it. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
55. Off subject, but when I was a kid I heard 'hare brained' as being |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #55 |
67. LOL! |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
25. K&R |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. Awful news. Empowers the thug Putin. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. You don't think this "shield" would actually WORK, do you? Do you WANT another Cold War? |
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Venti Mocha (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I would rather have a cold war.... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. So between the end of the cold war and now |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
125. Which begs the question.... |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #125 |
139. It would have placed US troops within Russia's sphere of influence |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #125 |
155. Aren't you all bunched up about Venezuela buying two dozen tanks? |
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espiral (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
159. " Do you WANT another Cold War?" |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Actually, the shield would have empowered Putin. |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. This is the idiot mindset that propped up the Cold War |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
140. Umm, in case you haven't noticed the cold war is over |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
156. Obama gave up a rook, yet didn't capture even a pawn. That's no way to play geopolitical chess. |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. Score one for our side. |
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kegler14 (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. This thing has been a joke for 25 years. About time. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
30. Thank God. This was a colossal boondoggle of the most dangerous kind. Halliburton must be PO'ed. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. thank goodness |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
34. So America has thrown Eastern Europe under the bus again |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Wall Street and London banks destroyed Eastern Europe |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
80. You're half right |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Explore the current state of Latvia and Hungary |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. The Cold War is over, kiddo |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #44 |
71. Not so much of a kid |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Obama = FDR is a GOOD thing - right? |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
78. Don't ask me that question.... |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #78 |
119. Of course they won't., |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #78 |
134. You'd get a better sense of how Eastern Europeans feel about this |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. it's 2009, not 1965 |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
73. Oddly, a lot of people sort of think it's the 1930s. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #73 |
102. the difference in Policy: taking care of people or creating global friction |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
74. Yes, the date is different |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #74 |
105. actually it's time we all do change |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #50 |
85. You obviously haven't seen the many posts wanting Obama to do what LBJ did. n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #85 |
103. the difference in Policy: taking care of people or creating global friction |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
94. What? Now "Eastern Europe" is our responsibility? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #94 |
104. the whole world is our responsibility. But Trying to get our government to invest in the tax payers |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
135. I'd rather be friends with Russia than Eastern Europe any day. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
141. Try again, Eastern Europe never wanted the damn thing in the first place |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
153. Could you define where Eastern Europe was thrown under the bus? |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
35. Another piece of the neocon |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
36. throwing a bone to the left to cover for not having a public option in the healthcare bill. |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
93. bone |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
37. Elections have consequences |
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NikolaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
42. That's Great News! n/t |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
45. Criminal Chimp was violating the ABM treaty anyways. This is a good thing. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. Excellent. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
47. I hope this is true. The only thing Star Wars part II is good for is to |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
49. OMG... this makes too much sense |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
51. Obama walks on water |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
87. If that happened I would have to agree. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
52. Good. Very good. nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. It's about time he did something good. Let the EU defend itself. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. It just sort of happns |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
72. it was never a EU defense, but pure neocon bullshit |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #72 |
164. Thank you. (n/t) |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #72 |
166. I assume that the "please stop that nonsense" was not directed at me. |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
56. Great. Scrap that crap |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
57. Have we heard from any DUers who say he's "just like Bush"? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. crickets nt |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
77. It wasn't just scrapping. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
59. Use the saved money for Single Payer HC |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
60. stupid idea in the first place- just another givaway to the defense industry and repuke politics |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
61. BBC ticker curently says |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Not really |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #62 |
95. SlingBlade |
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Dr_Willie_Feelgood (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #95 |
108. The sad reality is, though... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
66. I am quick to criticize when the President maintains |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. +1 |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
69. "He's disarming us!" -- the inevitable screams. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
70. Maginot Line, see it does pay to have a President that knows history and can read. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. You mean, Gates is more concerned with defense than with the |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #76 |
84. Pres. Obama & Gates are both in a huge fight with the defense industry right now. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. And that is the wisdom of cutting a defense budget with a Republican SOD |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. and I think he is more interested in the guy in the fox hole than the factory owner |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
75. Good. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
79. Gee. I wonder if Big media will turn this into a scare campaign |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #79 |
98. commies |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. That's right. Remember the Domino Theory? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #98 |
129. LOL! and too true... |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
83. Change we can believe in....yeah, right.....oh wait.....IT IS! Chew on that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #83 |
100. Deleted sub-thread |
avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
90. I wonder if this decision is about our country being broke as it is |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
91. Great! The MONEY can go to MEDICARE FOR ALL. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. From your post to Obama's ears. |
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vinylsolution (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #91 |
106. Absolutely! Think of the $billions.... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
101. I wonder what Russia has agreed to in exchange? Backing off weapons to Venezuela? |
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Dr_Willie_Feelgood (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #101 |
111. That's THEIR business, not... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
107. well *that's* some change I *can* believe in! |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
110. We need a pro march. We need to show the military-media-industrial complex that we |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
112. "Abandon"??? You can always count on the MSM to use loaded words. nt |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
113. more money for health care - I hope the GOP wakes up soon, they are causing this! :) |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
114. Boner is already complaining about it, but what else it new? |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
115. Great! It was a waste of money. nt |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
118. This faith based missile defense never worked. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
122. funny how none of the news stories i can find give the |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #122 |
136. Yep! |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
126. Oh noes! Al Qaeda will exploit this hole in our defenses with their ICBMs!!!!11!! nt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
128. I believe this is a smart decision. |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
130. Hope he can explain it to the American people |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
131. Obama to Scrap European Missile Shield Plan, New Defense System Will Focus on Stopping Shorter-Range |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
133. Excellent decision! |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
142. I want my 500 Billion in Development funds back! |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
145. Glad to have this waste of money killed |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
146. Obama scraps Bush's European missile defense plan |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. Another worthless Pentagon boondoggle gets scaled back (A little) |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. US to deploy ships with interceptors to Europe |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Mediterranean (& probably Gulf) Aegis already deployed, apparently: |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. WH Fact Sheet on U.S. Missile Defense Policy |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #146 |
150. Oh that Obama, he's such a corporate tool |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. In this sense, you mean? |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
154. excellent! |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
157. Thus proving once again that those who say "OBAMA IS JUST LIKE BUSH" have their heads up their asses |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
160. The only bad thing about this |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
162. Well done Mr. President! |
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