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Nutmegger
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:19 PM Original message |
Stop calling it a "Surge"! |
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uppityperson
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Indeed, please use the proper word here to not downplay it. |
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Judi Lynn
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. One need NEVER seek greater proof of their dishonesty. |
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Monkeyman
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. It means the same as Vietnam |
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Poll_Blind
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. When I say "surge" I think "surge" right before a lightbulb blows. |
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Faygo Kid
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Totally agree. We called it "escalation" in Vietnam. Same here. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. But, but we are fighting an insurgency |
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onehandle
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. A "Surge" is manly. An "Escalation" is intellectual. |
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nashville_brook
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. calling it what it is -- escalation |
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mconvente
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. k and r nt |
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dave_p
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Mon Jan-01-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. It should be "The Urge" |
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BlooInBloo
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Mon Jan-01-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's what I said. They didn't even understand the issue. Fools. |
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King Coal
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Mon Jan-01-07 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Surge sounds worse than escalation. |
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pa28
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Mon Jan-01-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Sounds haphazard like a losing gambler chasing a bad bet. |
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unblock
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Mon Jan-01-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. it's the "cambodiazation" of iraq |
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teamster633
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Mon Jan-01-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe they mean "serge"... |
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stillcool
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Mon Jan-01-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Escalation" is already... |
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RB TexLa
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Mon Jan-01-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't see any real difference in the two words |
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tavalon
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Mon Jan-01-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's subconscious |
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RB TexLa
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Mon Jan-01-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. sorry if I think it sounds like a case of too much time on one's hands |
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tavalon
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Mon Jan-01-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You would do well not to underestimate the power of the subversive wordplay |
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RB TexLa
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Mon Jan-01-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I'm not concerned enough with the effect words have on idiots to read |
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sandnsea
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Tue Jan-02-07 02:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Idiots talk to other idiots, then vote |
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uppityperson
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Mon Jan-01-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. The tide surges, war escalates |
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sweetheart
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Mon Jan-01-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. the adgenda is bombing |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Mon Jan-01-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. "Splurge"? How about "Scourge"? Or, "Cannon-fodder"? |
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Bjorn Against
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Mon Jan-01-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, the term surge was created by the Bush administration |
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guruoo
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Mon Jan-01-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. escalation is the word. n/t |
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noamnety
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Tue Jan-02-07 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. I also like "the McCain Doctrine" |
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