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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:55 PM Original message |
U.S. launches first missiles against Gadhafi forces |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Praying for the safety of our men and women in uniform. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fox News? Just found article on CNN.com |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thanks a lot! Fixed. |
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TMcCaleb (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. wow |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Great, this war will absolutely wreck the economy. |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Actually, it may, in the end HELP the oil markets, and thus... |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. it would be nice if more people are freed from an insane dictator |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Good one! Yes, let's get rid of Walker and send him to Libya. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. There's going to be agitation from Khadafi supporters for months. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Hahaha FOUR dollar gas? Hang onto your ass... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. SELF-DELETED BY MEMBER |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. I did notice how quickly a 'humanitarian' intervention came with oil involved. |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Gang warfare |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. non-combat cruise missiles |
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jmzzll (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. No blood for oil! |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Welcome to DU!!! |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here we go again, I'm disgusted. Cannot we mind our own |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. The enablers of Obama and Bush |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Well we minded our own business when genocide was committed in Rwanda, |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. +1 and our so-called "leaders" never learn about these quagmires that we "must" enter |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
61. This IS business. 'Gotta blow up the old and dusty bombs/missles so's we can make more. ' |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Can I get a receipt for each missile fired? |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. $575K per unit. |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Oh wow thats a big number. Thanks for the info. |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
69. is that with or without the missiles that the brits fired? n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Kaddafi may as well give it up right now. He stirred up a hornet's nest. |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
62. I don't think the rebels have much of a chance against his amazons. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. WOW. Gotta give the WAR Profiteers credit. |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah, life is cheap. Now if we could just have that power to |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Well you see, in order to enforce a no-fly zone we have to raze every last scrap of anything on the |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. The ground bombardment is necessary to take out defense systems that could fire at |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. "not intended to feather the nests of war profiteers"---Really? Read this (and 2+2 =4): |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Yes. I explained all that on DU yesterday... |
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Cognitive_Resonance (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Good. nt |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Mexico will be next |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
63. Syria will be next. |
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diveguy (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. 112 cruise missles for 20 targets |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. $64,4000,000 |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. What a shame we have no money for healthcare for the young and elderly, |
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diveguy (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
52. aint that the damn truth |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
66. We got a 3rd war to pay for, can't afford health care for the citizens who are paying for the war. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. oh geez. :( Didn't know it was at that point. |
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faz (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Shame on Obama administration |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. yes it is. pretty much. |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
60. It's totally different! Obama is not Bush! |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. But, hey!, they're cheap ($575K a pop). |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's about time. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. sure. and there are still WMDs hidden in Iraq too. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Imagine you were one of these men |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. it's war propaganda to justify blood for oil. NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL! |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. No it's not. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Saddam Hussein's brutality was well documented too. This is war for oil. Don't doubt it |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. So should we have let Gadaffi simply murder several hundred thousand citizens? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Sounds like propaganda to justify war for oil me. Hope and change my ass. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #50 |
67. So why did we let him take power in 1969 and stay since then? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Now there's a popular uprising. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. And so someone should stop us from doing the same, like in Iraq |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. more "hope and change"TM!! Amerika, f yeah! |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hmmm.... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. oh, geez, how did I not guess "America is going to be taking the leading role" ? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. So, instead of getting us out of war, he dragged us into another one? He's slicker than Libyan oil. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. jeez |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. 3 wars instead of 2. |
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faz (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Sooner there will be 4, 5, 6 wars |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
53. No problem, he went to Congress for an AUMF didn't he? No, well |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. We can't afford Head Start but we can ALWAYS |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. yes and then our "leaders" pass the costs onto those Head Start kids who can't get jobs as adults |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
58. World Police on the march. |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. marching is so 20th century. this is the video desk jockey era of death-dealing. |
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