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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 05:37 PM
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"Light at the end of the tunnel..." CBS eve. news reporting military in
Iraq now saying that. Where have we heard that before?
:eyes:
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 05:37 PM
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1. That light at the end of the tunnel is
a train coming.
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slor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 05:50 PM
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3. LOL...
but is is sad if they even believe that.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:46 PM
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15. The light at the end of the tunnel is the L train (nt)
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 05:43 PM
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2. Who'd they interview? Did Wile E. Coyote enlist?
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 05:55 PM
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4. First, we turned a corner
Now it's a "light at the end of the tunnel" vaguely appearing.


I'd say, myself, we're at the "Tipping Point." (kudos to Billy Collins)
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xray s Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:01 PM
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5. the light at the end of the tunnel is an illuminated sign
DEAD END
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Kraklen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:01 PM
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6. literally?
Are you serious?
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 08:13 PM
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16. Sorry 2 B so late, had to go to town...yes, literally.
:eyes:
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:05 PM
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7. I remember writing an report in 1962 or so . . .
I was in the 10th grade I think, and we all had to pick a current events topic to research and report on . . . my topic was Vietnam, and I vividly recall that my report ended with a quote from Gen. Westmoreland about "seeing the light at the end of the tunnel" . . . (at the time, I actually belived him) . . . some things never change . . .
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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:31 PM
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13. there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
that's the point. the USA really never had anything at stake in vietnem; it couldn't 'lose' the 'war' even if it wanted to, it finally just left and declared victory, no hard feelings! the vietnamese never were the enemy, and when they finally forced the US rulers to look elsewhere for their 'opportunities' no one cared. same with iraq. the US hasn't anything at stake in iraq; if the US left tomorrow within a few years US companies etc would be over there anyway, and relations eventually restored, as if nothing ever happened. Consider the hate between the arabs and israelis, or between the tamils and the buddhist majority in sri lanka; or between the tutsis and the hutus in rwanda, or even between black and white americans! that's hatred, deep and gut wrenching and mindless, but real! the usa pig class USED vietnam, and now iraq (and obviously nicaragua, el salvador, chile, haiti, iran etc earlier) for certain reasons, but there never was any real 'hate' involved....which, in a way, makes americans even worse then the hate driven psychos like the hutus, or kkk, or the tamil tigers etc, who had at least some reasons for being monstrous
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smartvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:06 PM
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8. Get off the train tracks! nt
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Sparkman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:08 PM
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9. Those lights are the depleted uranium induced halucinations. LIARs n/t
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:10 PM
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10. Wow. I didn't know LSD was that much of a problem in the military today.
Who woulda thunk it?

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matt819 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:19 PM
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11. God damn, these people are fucking crazy
So, we have 22 dead in the first 3 days of August, and there's light at the end of the tunnel. God help us when the sun really starts shining in - there's no telling how many dead Americans that will take.
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:22 PM
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12. Yeah, Light At the End Of The Tunnel, It's A Near Death Experience
And we'll be lucky if we're actually resuscitated.
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NeoConsSuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:43 PM
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14. After these past few days..
I hate to say it, but that light is the blast from an IED.
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