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| somerled | Dec 2 2004, 10:18 AM Post #31 |
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Hell - nothing wrong with that approach . |
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| Minuet | Dec 2 2004, 10:18 AM Post #32 |
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And once again you miss the point. I said "Well if one defines a big fish by where they come from rather then what they do then that person is a complete idiot. " Think about it for more then the usual 10 seconds you give yourself to come up with a glib answer. |
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| Dandandat | Dec 2 2004, 10:21 AM Post #33 |
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Time to put something here
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So you agree with the misuses of power in order to get your political way because you can not get it legitimately. Some how that doesn’t surprise me. |
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| somerled | Dec 2 2004, 10:22 AM Post #34 |
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I can't speak for Gvok , but I was following thing very closely as I was opposed to the adventure from the outset and a very long way from convinced that an invasion was justifyable. And there was an awful lot of bulldust being tossed about then by Bush and his pals then and since. |
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| Wichita | Dec 2 2004, 10:22 AM Post #35 |
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Personal Response With a nephew headed into the war zone, I spent a great deal of time reading in the period of time prior to the war. Had I been asked the primary reason for war in Iraq prior to the war, I would have said that it was because Sadaam Hussein had a history of mass murder and that he continued to support the torture and killing of his own people as well as reward the people who killed Israelis. Further, given the fact his forces fired nearly every day on planes in the "no-fly" zones and given the information that he had WMD's, it appeared that he was escalating his attacks - not cutting them back - and that he had the capability to make those attacks even more deadly. All information available prior to the war and among the reasons given for the war. Again most proven to be absolutely true. End of Personal Response |
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| somerled | Dec 2 2004, 10:28 AM Post #36 |
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Your recallection is very different to mine and that of most of the world's population. Perhaps - you are giving Bush and Rumsfeld the benefit the doubt and have convinced yourself since that this is so. |
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| Dandandat | Dec 2 2004, 10:34 AM Post #37 |
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Time to put something here
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So you are here admitting you had strong preconceived notions on the subject form the beginning and we are to believe that these notions did not cloud your judgment while the case was being made? right. I guess by them you mean WMD and I would agree with you (except for the fact that it was not Bulldust) that WMD where shown strongly in the case to go to war. But they where not the only reason given and they where not shown to be the most important reason. They where used as a means to mobilize the western world. Who in our selfish and self absorbed vain would have scuffled at any other reason that did not impact our direct and “immediate” lives. Perhaps the reason why so many believe that WMDs where the only reason that was given, is that WMDs was the only reason these people took note of. They just let everything else slip by because it had no immediate impact on their daily lives. |
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| Wichita | Dec 2 2004, 10:37 AM Post #38 |
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The Adminstrator wRench
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Personal Response BTW, since you are contact with most of the world's population, how are they doing? Things going well with the jobs? Any new baby pictures? Who's getting married in that tribal village? Just curious .... End of Personal Response |
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| Intrepid2002 | Dec 2 2004, 10:41 AM Post #39 |
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UNGH!
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With all this going on with Rumsfeld, can we safely assume he will not be the next cabinet member to resign his post? |
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| Fesarius | Dec 2 2004, 11:51 AM Post #40 |
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^^^ Just the opposite, I would think. |
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| Dr. Noah | Dec 2 2004, 11:53 AM Post #41 |
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This is pretty much moot since the U.S. is exempt from being tried for war crimes by the World Court. |
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| Intrepid2002 | Dec 2 2004, 12:14 PM Post #42 |
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UNGH!
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^^^^ touche'! forgot about that. |
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| Fesarius | Dec 2 2004, 12:33 PM Post #43 |
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^^^ So did I, in all honesty. |
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| benetil | Dec 2 2004, 12:48 PM Post #44 |
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I really despise Donald Rumsfeld. I don't know if he is a criminal or not, but I think he's a genuine jerk. I thought it was really funny (in a sinister, dishonest kind of way) how he (Rumsfeld) dropped completely off the radar screen during the weeks leading up to the election - to be replaced by dyed-in-the-wool Republicans like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rudy Guilianni and several hip-hop bands. Ah well - par for the "Bush" course. |
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| Wichita | Dec 2 2004, 12:55 PM Post #45 |
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Personal Response Actually Cabinet officials typically DON'T campaign for incumbents. I wouldn't say that it has never happened, but it certainly is extremely rare for it to happen IMO. I would have been more surprised to have seen him than to not have seen him. End of Personal Response |
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