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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:16 AM Original message |
why did the Congress (Dem and repuke alike) allow Iraq to happen? |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wasn't as against the war then as much as I am now. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. believing that Powell cares about anything other than Powell |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Bush was going in with the original UN res from 1991 if he had to - |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. of course I don't let king george off the hook |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Divide them in categories - those who wouldn't have gone in after weapons |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. death by long, slow, painful torture |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't buy that they were misled. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. politicians |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. You are so right. |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Exactly how it appeared to me. Leaders need insight ,wisdom and the |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. America must realize ever increasing profits to shore up her |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have always been against the war |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. how do we hold the war mongering profiteers accountable? |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Who was it that said we had to throw the |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. that's a start |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've been asking myself that question since 2003... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. and the "democrats" in congress just keep caving and caving and caving |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. It stunk from the very start ... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. It wasn't the Congress. It was the American people. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I think you hit it right on the head |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. MILLIONS of ordinary people marched in opposition |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. The News Media is Not Our "Psyche", Despite Their Claims to the Contrary |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. I keep wondering myself. |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. No one was misled, no one in Washington that is..... they knew. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. so they are not only traitors |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. 9/11 |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. I couldn't disagree more with the premise that |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Doesn't mean it's not true |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. And yet Hayden is in. We are still fighting in Iraq and Bin laden is free. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Blame those Democrats who still go along with him |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I think it has to do with ethics and courage. These reps aren't running |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. Who's they? Over 130 Democrats voted against the war. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I'm not asking about the ones who didn't |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. You're not "asking" about anything |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. The mood of the country was for war. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. $$$ and power and privilege |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. Neocons planned it for $$$ and world domination |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. $$$$$$ |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Capitalism with a Fundy Christian twist |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Puh-raze Jeebiz |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. One word: Spineless |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. I believe it was more calculating than spineless |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Oh,no doubt. But for the majority, war means money for their corp. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. When there's a bar fight, nobody's watching the cash register. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. there's the trouble |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. Congress rarely stops wars |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. Because Saddam was a grave threat |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. Easy. republicans are evil, and Democrats are cowards. |
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