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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:38 PM Original message |
U.S. forces will begin to withdraw from Afghanistan in July 2011 |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. misunderstood and misreported? |
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azmesa207 (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. 2011 withdrawal |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I was listening to... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. ouch. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I welcome this news. nt |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. ARE YOU ENJOYING THE MILITARY COUP? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That question is in "dining room table" territory. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Nice Straw Man. Spin away. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Right on cue. nt |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yes, "everyone on DU is bemoaning" this or that doesn't deserve a response. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Then why give one? |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Loose quote. Why indeed. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "Loose quote." -- 'nuff said. nt |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You are right, I shouldn't rely on memory when quoting. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Alright, I will give, too. I'm still not clear on the "straw man" part. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Just the argument about what the community is upset about |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I see. I based that on looking at the Greatest Page Afghan posts that have the most recs. |
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Garam_Masala (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Exit strategy without a clearcut resolution of war is bogus. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Of course. I bow to your wisdom, O Infinitely Wise One. nt |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. taliban vacation means we night actually build an afghan army |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. the surge is guaranteed. The withdrawal? Not so much. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Yes. Because nothing Obama says is true. Of course you're right. nt |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. can you spell GITMO? DADT? Iraq? Public Option? |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good to have a timetable |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Don't believe any of it. Election ploy. Purposeful confusion. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. ihatehimheisworsethanbush |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Really? That seems childish. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. stop defending him he's murdered thousands |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Comparing Bush to Obama is a diversion, but whatever. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. its politics |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Politics it is... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not good enough. |
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elmerdem (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. this is where Freepers |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Nothing like getting in line, eh. Free speech and democracy is too messy |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. 18 months must focus group well |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. While mercenary forces are increased to compensate. |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. TPM: How Many Private Contractors Are There In Afghanistan? Military Gives Us A Number |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Privatization of the military isn't getting the attention it deserves. |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. no doubt--that's a surge in itself |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. and in the CNN thread: Obama wants Afghan war over in 3 years, officials say |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. Well, that keeps the military industrial complex |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Gee just in time for the Presidential election. Isn't that special? |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Like how the conviction of child rapist/murderer soldier Steven Green was put off until this year |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. is that anything like closing Gitmo.... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. damn those pesky fact things, right? |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. +1 |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. Sure they will - just like Gitmo will close by 20 Jan 2010. n/t |
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