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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:51 PM Original message |
Iraq Prime Minister: It was Iraq who refused to let U.S. troops remain in Iraq |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Iraq still seeking U.S. trainers: PM Maliki |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. They are really trying to bury this here, so many unrecs, so little time (they must hate truth) |
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MjolnirTime (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The truth is the Iraq War is over. |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes! thank Goddess the Iraqis had enough of us, someone had to end it as we sure weren't /nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Um, |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Exactly. You would have to pretend that Obama has not been reducing troop numbers |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Well, which is it? Did Obama and the military want to keep troops there or not? |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Yes |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Posting your google search? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Talk about a slanted article/post. You say it yourself in your post...Iraq did NOT refuse to let |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Iraq also wanted troops to stay... |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Unrec. Ask the American people if they give a shit? It's the end to an unpopular war. |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think they should know that Obama not only wanted it continued, but also unaccountably |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You tell 'em then. See if they give a shit. |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Why then do you keep us from "telling them" with unrecs? besides, some do care about the truth |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Tell 'em over at Free Republic, I'm sure they care much more than "Democrats". |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. That is your answer? "The truth is not convenient so you should be posting at freeperville?" |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Unlike you & I, Greenwald is not a "Democrat". |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Neither is Bernie Sanders, but he acts according to the same principles our party was founded on. /n |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. With a choice between Sanders & my party, I'll always choose the "Democratic" party. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Actually that is heavily biased.... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
62. it's easy to see just how much this burns you up.... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. FACT:"the two governments failed to reach an agreement over giving American soldiers legal immunity" |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. The article itself reads exactly opposite your claim |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Gee...you think this is a pattern of some sort? |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's the fourth stage of ODS... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. The current MSM talking point is that all this foreign policy success means nothing for 2012. |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. That's gonna be a real 'monkey' wrench... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Not that it's any of our "business"... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think this was the President's calculated strategy to provide political cover for leaving... |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. He maintained that he wanted to be "as careful getting out, as we were careless going in". |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. It's like living in the Twilight Zone. n/t |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
46. That is the point.. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. Unrec... |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. But I thought the Iraqi government was a puppet of the imperial United States. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. I know this week has been hard on you. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. LOL... |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
47. LOL! |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. How many times is this bullshit spin going to be posted on DU. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. As long as the gullible keep a'kicking and a'rec'ing |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Actually, they already basically said they would keep up to 10K there, |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. K&R |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. The anti-war movement has won! Obama and others who wanted to keep U.S. troops in Iraq have lost! |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Your whole post is wrong. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. There were dozens of credible news reports on Obama's efforts to keep U.S. troops in Iraq posted. |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. LOL! Keep spinning Mister Deejay |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. so the antiwar movement forced his hand with an agreement Bush signed? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
53. The anti-war movement isn't taking credit for Iraq's decision to not allow U.S. troops remain. |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Your own words: "The anti-war movement has won!" |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Oh ffs... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. hey man, it's what i call free entertainment. pure comedy gold... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. LOL, spinning like a top, by now it's just a punchline... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. Interesting. And I am not one bit surprised. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I'm not surprised that some folks are falling for the spin, instead of the truth. n/t |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Pass the salt. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
41. WOuld have been better for all parties to keep 5000K trainers in the desert... |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
54. It's up to the Iraqi people, not U.S. troops and the Obama administration to determine their future. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I agree...that is why we didn't stay there... |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I disagree. I'm against permanent U.S. military bases and U.S. troops in Iraq. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I disagree. I'm against permanent U.S. military bases and U.S. troops in Iraq. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Me too |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I disagree. I'm against permanent U.S. military bases and U.S. troops in Iraq. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. I thought the US could occupy any country it wanted? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
55. Bit of a love/hate thing going with al-Maliki, I think. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. We'd still be occupying the Philippines if they didn't ask us to leave too. |
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