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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:59 PM Original message |
Israel is preparing the battlefield |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, they did challenge the Israelis to a mano-a-mano fight, and now |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Hezbolla challenged Israel. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That's what I said. The Lebanese government GAVE them half of Lebanon, |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You weren't specific. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Sorry. I should have been more specific saying it was Hezbollah who |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. No, they didn't. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The Lebanese government is very fragile and does not have control over |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. then for Israels security... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Yes, that worked so well during Lebanon's civil war didn't it? |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Hezbollah came to power because people with a common... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. I am not arguing that there are not many people who would like to |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #78 |
85. point taken. i would argue... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #78 |
95. Funny |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Hezbollah could probably beat Lebanese forces |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I won't be as nasty to you. Your post comes off that way. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Deleted message |
mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Don't be so high and mighty. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I said the Lebanese GOVERNMENT is responsible. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Fine. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. I saw you say that earlier, and you're right. But is that the fault of |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. You seek blame, |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #56 |
77. yep! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I disagree |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. do you suggest they get in line for genocide again? nt. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. How did you get that from |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. they are striking at targets that are a threat to their security. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
79. Good points |
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Andromeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
92. Very good points, kj... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yeah, but I'm not surprised |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Hatred for their government - a fixed asset - not the people. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. Go read the comments at the linked site |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Did you read those comments? n.t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 05:09 AM Response to Reply #52 |
94. Alas, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. That wasn't |
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enigmacat (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. "They" challenged Israel? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Hezbollah DID challenge Israel. Publicly. And how, from that, do you |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. i feel the same way about radical islamist apologists. nt. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
80. Are dead Israeli citizens collateral damage too? |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. What does that have to do with whether or not |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Israel has been exercising restraint. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. And then they bomb those who do try to get out. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Because this is about "sides" in a war |
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akazoo (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. how do you justify the complete destruction of the Lebanese infrastru |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Abducting two soldiers? How about firing over a THOUSAND rockets |
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akazoo (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. What is this teeth for teeth mentality?? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. When you can make a post that's not gibberish, I'll answer. |
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akazoo (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Sorry for being unclear! |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
84. The G8 nations put out a statement about Israel having |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. The G8 statement also called on Israel to exercise restraint |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. they fire countless rockets into Israel from Lebanon. |
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akazoo (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. It will not help!!! |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. so they did more than kidnap soldiers... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. welcome to DU--you are probably going to get flamed big time for your |
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otokogi (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. mano-a-mano - how childish a characterization |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. Deleted message |
niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. "at the well of sarah and hagar" |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. The women always try to stop the madness, don't they? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
76. Yes, their attack was unprovoked and outrageous |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you, very objective, very informative, is it true? |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. well infoclearinghouse |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Okay, but I meant could they be manipulated into reporting |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. well yes this could be seriously bad |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It's a repost from Strafor |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. From a military perspective it makes sense... |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. And what will happen when the Hezzies shoot the rockets |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Syria better stop them or they get wacked. nt |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. If that happened, I have no doubt Israel would destroy them in Syria. nt |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Which WILL happen. Thanks for pointing that out. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. The sledghammer approach to foreign relations. Worked well in Iraq. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. the approach advocated by many here... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. The Nazis used that methodology against the partisans and Jews. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. so the Jews in Israel are Nazis? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. The methodology of collective punishment is much the same. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
73. taking out missle batteries and Hezbollah infrastructure is... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #73 |
89. They didn't need to. The RAF and the Americans were doing it. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. They have hemmed the "fish" up in a barrel. They are preparing |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Well my fear is |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. I believe that Israel and the Hezbollah would like that. In that |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
62. I am not so sure about the massive ground swell from the Arab countries. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
82. Those are some subtle points that I hadn't thought of. You sound |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Well, then those 2500 hezbollah shouldn't have been shooting the rockets |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I don't try to defend Hezbollah. I think they are a group of |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I think you're right, it could have been their strategy. Which is about as |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. I don't think there is a real solution |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Well said. But if that "idea" occupies a specific territory, and launches |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. The only parallel I could come up with is the KKK |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. The only solution I see is to make them and their ideas |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
81. At this point a majority of American voters realize what is going |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
93. In a way |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's a reasonable bit of writing. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. true, you'd think Hezbollah would be mindful of the addage... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. This seems like speculation to me. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. The article implies the U.S. government only plans to save white Americans |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #74 |
90. where do you see "white" in that paragraph? |
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