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Holly_Hobby
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Wed Jan-31-07 11:15 AM Original message |
US May Have Botched Iraqi Training - private contractors to blame |
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Kagemusha
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Wed Jan-31-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. As a previous thread noted, Petraus led that 2004-05 effort |
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tanyev
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Wed Jan-31-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. A detail conveniently not mentioned in the article. |
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Kagemusha
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Wed Jan-31-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I checked quick with Google to make sure I was right, too. |
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Jacobin
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Wed Jan-31-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. oh man |
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tabasco
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Wed Jan-31-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. And the mafia. Loyalty is the key consideration, not competence. |
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acmavm
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Wed Jan-31-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh hell yes, a country with a society that has a recognized |
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LibDemAlways
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Wed Jan-31-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's insane, isn't it? Whenever I hear the blowhards in |
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Kagemusha
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Wed Jan-31-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Umm, historically, police in that region aren't there to fight "crime". |
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subterranean
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Wed Jan-31-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Is Arlen Specter deluded? |
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Kagemusha
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Wed Jan-31-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. We're talking Arlen "Magic Bullet" Specter here. |
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Nickster
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Wed Jan-31-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ahhh, remember Bernie Kerik? What they aren't saying is how people were vetted for |
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brentspeak
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Wed Jan-31-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, this comes as a major surprise. Private war contractors swindling the taxpayer. |
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