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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:11 PM Original message |
Glorifying Grenada: give me a fucking break, here. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. There was also a touchy-feely military movie about Grenada: Heartbreak Ridge. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Uh-huh.Although I remember that movie not being so much glorifying as |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. "Guess we're not 0-1 and 1 anymore." - most puke-inducing closing line EVER |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yes, indeed. Despite my defense of that movie, I agree. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Remember how communication was so bad soldiers had to use Grenada telephones? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. The "war" we fought to cover up Neil Bush's crimes at the Savings |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I thought it was to erase the memory of the cut and run from Beirut |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Yes. An attempt to wash those Marines' blood from his hands. |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. That's how I remember it too. He had to look like a tough guy |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. and thus began the sacred Mepubliccan tradition of |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Maybeso, indeed. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Neil Bu$h stole 1 Billion and only paid a $40,000 fine! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'll never forget that horrific event |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Interestingly |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Many of my friends were working in Grenada |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bingo! |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. A relatively bloodless war, except for the 19 dead US soldiers. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You were "11 Bravo?" I was "Blue 32," once. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Casualties and losses |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Grenada - the military equivalent of beating up your grandmother |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Damn, you just gave me a good laugh. Although it's no laughing matter. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I remember someone saying that at the time |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. A freaking perfect |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. LOMFLAN!!!!! |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. For those of us who might have forgotten where it is... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. I've always maintained that a sense of shame is competely alien and mysterious to the far right. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. It was because some under-performing wealthy medical students wanted to get out of final exams. n/t |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Probably. "Wars" have been fought over less. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Just 48 hours prior to this, the Marine barracks in Beirut was bombed- |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. humpft |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I think Lichtenstein just looked at us funny. n/t |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. No,it wasn't Lichtenstein |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. "Until then, stfu..."? Yes, zip it, indeed. I like how you think. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. well thank you... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Reagan/Bush invaded Grenada after marines barrack was blown up in Beirut. They were warned ahead |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Just so. But try to explain that to a rightwinger. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. 3 words, very simple: Cut and Run |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
34. It is not funny that you remembered Grenada, just a nostalgic horrible |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I know a guy (truth) who lost an eye and a ball in Grenada. I know it's not funny. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
36. The U.S. invasion of Grenada and the toppling of its Marxist government |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. First Grenada, then America. Them dang Commies had a PLAN, didn't they? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. Right. |
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benddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. Guess |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. That invasion was a fucking travesty. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yep, those right-wingers like to get their war on. (especially when they know they're going to win) |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. Hell yeah I remember Grenada. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
46. I liked Robin Williams' take on it. "Do you know what's in Grenada? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. A friend of mine called it The Club Med Invasion. |
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