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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 05:46 PM Original message |
I'm confused. Is the "surge" working? In what sense is it supposed to work? |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. The "surge" "working" is supposedly measured by decreased troop deaths |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Its weird though... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The surge was far bigger |
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Genanderson (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Not exactly |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The realproblem being, not what are the numbers of bodies |
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Genanderson (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Seems to me |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Since we aren't allowed to simply colonize Iraq |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Like Bill Clinton said "It all depends on the meaning of is" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Bill also said the surge is working |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. It worked just great. BushCo just got another 70 billion dollars for the invasion. |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. And charging the military $3/gallon for gas when the market bears 15 cents/gallon in Iraq. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Permanent Bases and 10 year timeframe remain a media vacuum |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. "putting pressure on the Iranians and also tempt them to strike those forces" |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. How could a surge work when the very premise of the action... |
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Genanderson (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. ummm |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No, I'm saying it's a stupid question |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-24-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Besides, the 'war' is over...it's now an occupation |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. It was intended to give the Iraqi "govt" breathing space to get their act together. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bush got more war funding- it worked. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. Anything you want it to do |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. LOL but Harry Reid recently said the surge worked too... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-24-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Oh, I forgot |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. It did work! It distracted us from pulling out the troops long ago. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. If violence is down, is it because of the increased level of |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The Busholini gamble has paid off so far. |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. The surge seems to have won the spin war for sure. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. What happened with all the troops that were supposed to come home |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-23-07 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. TV says so. People believe it. Simple equation. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-24-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's the "last throes"! |
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