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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 03:59 AM Original message |
Will Obama be to Afghanistan what LBJ was to Vietnam ? |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Do you mean that the other way around? |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If you wish. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Obama wants to bomb Hanoi? |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. no, I don't think so |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. Will someone explain to me how he differs from McCain on Afghanistan? |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. it's good to be more hawkish on Afghanistan... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. 98 senators believed the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" was true |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. "Believed" did they? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Maybe it was more "expedience" than belief, like WMD's in Iraq. nt |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. I think a lot of them actually believed it |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Most people believed it |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I was a little too young at the time |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. If Obama wanted to strike at the heart of al-Qaeda, he should start with Kennebunkport |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Sending troops into Afghanistan isn't sending them into a clusterfuck |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 05:07 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. How is an ongoing air war against civilians NOT a clusterfuck? |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. That's a disturbing - but insightful - question |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. No comparison between Barack and LBJ. If we should elect another president from TX, hopefully |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. Short answer: yes. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. "We are the Roman Empire. Get used to it." |
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Crowdance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 07:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Recommending because of this post alone. Wow. |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Wow, great post! |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. "This is what happens when war is your only product. " |
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brindis_desala (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I share your concerns vis a vis South America and I hope its campaign bluster |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. You're right. The experts want our guys (friendlies) in charge of the poppy fields. |
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mirrera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Your posts are always right on... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. What Peace Patriot said |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. PeacePatriot, you deserve a prize. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. == |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. Afghanistan is different. In Vietnam, we didn't create the North |
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rusty fender (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. YES |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. Obama will be to Afghanistan what McArthur was to the Phillipines... |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Ha ha. Good one! Best laugh I've had so far today. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. The people of the Philippines wanted to be rescued |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. LBJ sought to prove his "anti-communist" creds. Obama is out to prove his "tough" creds. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. OK: Here's some real flamebait. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You mean other than the fact that he and al Qaida took credit for it? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. But think of where we got all our information. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. No.... Al Jazeera had comments and quotes from al Qaida leaders taking credit for it.... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. This is more complicated than using Occam's Razor, my friend. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Wouldn't a better question be if bin Laden was smart enough to plan 9/11 ... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. Bin Laden didn't have anywhere else to go safely besides Afghanistan |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Short answer: No, Afghanistan is not Vietnam. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Pakistan....maybe |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well, what I meant was that I thought you were asking whether Afghanistan will have the same effect |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. NO |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
40. Will * be to the USA what Hitler was to Germany? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-22-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
45. It doies seem like classic mission creep doesn't it |
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