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I Agree, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2014 #1
Me too agree! betsuni Jun 2014 #44
And, I do.. Too bad those with their hair on fire like chucky todd don't give him an ounce Cha Jun 2014 #2
Obama tried to extend the Iraq war MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #3
Please! No facts. merrily Jun 2014 #22
I know right? He sure as hell wouldn't listen to a lying piece of excrement like Chalabi Dragonfli Jun 2014 #4
The good thing regarding this situation is Obama is hitting all time lows in poll numbers, so in quinnox Jun 2014 #5
KICK! Cha Jun 2014 #6
Please stop posting the neocon lie that the "surge" had anything to do with the fall-off in eridani Jun 2014 #7
in agreement. n/t 2banon Jun 2014 #8
While I'm not going to go into debating the surge, I do agree with your last post... Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #11
Do not forget 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #51
Sick. You are suggesting he kill children and re-engage in a fruitless war for POLITICAL REASONS! grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #9
Yes. That's exactly what I suggested. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #10
Drones = dead children. We are creating a hundred thousand bin ladens with our endless war. We grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #12
I agree actually. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #13
If we use Vietnam as a lesson - we left, and now they make our baseball hats! The domino theory grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #14
Not the Domino Theory 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #52
I would submit that our meddling caused Pol-pot, et al, as well - in fact it was the North Vietnames grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #53
They were coming one way or the other 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #54
In my view, we should have supported the norths independence movement from the start: grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #55
There is that Old Sticky Alliances Crap again 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #56
Missed opportunities go back even further to the Treaty of Versailles, had Ho Chi Minh been Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #61
The U.S. had a plan to invade Laos, which it almost did in late '63/early '64 pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #62
When I went back to Vietnam in '93 they already had a Hard Rock Cafe in Saigon pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #59
Bush dramatically increased drone attacks in his last year in office. Still, Obama beat Bush on merrily Jun 2014 #43
It's not the government's. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #48
Again, Bush accelerated them before he left office, so merrily Jun 2014 #63
I know but, more people in Iraq scares the shit out of me Nobel_Twaddle_III Jun 2014 #15
You're not alone. I'm scared too... Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #17
He is wrong to send ann--- Jun 2014 #29
He has shown good judgment fujiyama Jun 2014 #16
I agree davidpdx Jun 2014 #20
He had a lot of encouragement to back off on Syria. merrily Jun 2014 #41
Our problems in the Middle East go way, way back. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #18
More like the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Europe & America sowed the seeds of WW II and much else Hekate Jun 2014 #21
Exactly ... that and the BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #23
And centuries before that, the idea by those countries that they could and should merrily Jun 2014 #26
Very true ... but conquest and "empire" were not BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #34
Thanks for the info. merrily Jun 2014 #37
I apologize if it seemed that I was BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #39
No apology necessary. I didn't perceive your post as an attack. I just gave the context merrily Jun 2014 #40
You might also find this BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #27
Before that. merrily Jun 2014 #42
I agree with you, DI Hekate Jun 2014 #19
When did you decide that your fellow Democrats should be your targets? merrily Jun 2014 #24
Mon Jun 4, 2007, 09:10 PM QC Jun 2014 #35
Of course. I should have sensed it at the time. merrily Jun 2014 #38
Bunk. This is W's 4th term. Pres. Obama copies W's MrTriumph Jun 2014 #25
Yes, your post is Bunk. Cha Jun 2014 #30
Bull Hekate Jun 2014 #31
The difference is W actually bombed. jeff47 Jun 2014 #45
Super Obvious.. from EarlG back when this was in the news.. Cha Jun 2014 #60
I don't trust him on this ann--- Jun 2014 #28
Really? Shock and Awe? Hekate Jun 2014 #32
Nice try ... LOL BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #36
Yes, sending 273 troops is exactly like sending 20,000. jeff47 Jun 2014 #46
He was handed a horrific foreign policy plate cali Jun 2014 #33
It's also a nation that has had only one comparative economic meltdown in its modern history... Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #57
Nope. alarimer Jun 2014 #47
That is a very flimsy view... Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #50
Weak sauce.. President Obama goes with his own council and what he thinks is best for Cha Jun 2014 #58
K & R Scurrilous Jun 2014 #49
Few if ANY Politician can be trusted on ANYTHING, too much money involved and money trumps Exposethefrauds Jun 2014 #64
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