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30rock Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 04:30 PM
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Greenwald mocks one of the most ironic headlines ever
Headline is here: http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0810/Odierno_Troops_staying_in_Iraq_to_prevent_foriegn_interference.html?showall

Glenn Greenwald tweets: "This is the most ironic headline since Gates & Mullen said WikiLeaks had "blood on its hands""

http://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/20731700447
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 04:32 PM
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1. that headline is sort of WTF
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 04:37 PM
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2. Why not just post the headline here instead of giving politico hits?
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petersjo02 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 04:42 PM
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3. Exactly what I'm thinking.
Wouldn't have been any more trouble. As it is, I won't click on Politico.
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ljm2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 04:42 PM
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4. Here is the headline:
"Odierno: Troops staying in Iraq to prevent foreign interference"

That is truly a WTF headline.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 04:44 PM
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6. WTF only? It's a LOL WTF OMG headline! -nt
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-10 04:55 AM
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14. Yeah politico are a bunch of asshat trolls.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-10 04:56 AM
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15. Because they want to give Politico hits for some reason
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 04:42 PM
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5. LOL
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 04:51 PM
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7. Welcome to DU, 30rock!
:party: :party: :party:
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30rock Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 05:06 PM
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8. :-)
thank you.
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 05:25 PM
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9. ouch! that's hilarious.
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 05:30 PM
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10. "We had to destroy the village to save it." That is all. n/t
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-10 04:13 AM
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11. "Troops" staying in Iraq
As if "the troops" were the ones who said, "hey guys, let's stay here".
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-10 04:15 AM
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12. omg that is hilarious
K&R
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-10 04:55 AM
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13. It's worthy of the Onion.
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