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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:36 AM Original message |
No Pull-Out, Says Iraq War Vets Group |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. For those that remember, vets were saying the same thing about Viet Nam |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That Swiftboat Vet buddy of Nixon's was big on that score, remember? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The difference is, more vets were for Viet Nam at the time then they are for this |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That's not how I remember it. Nixon constantly carped about The Silent Majority |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I was referring to the war through Johnson. When Nixon took over it started changing /nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. No one was griping until the latter part of Johnson's tenure. Johnson just |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That was my point. Unlike the Iraq war, there was initial support for the Viet Nam war |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Oh, no...the draft was THE turning point. That's what got even the LAZIEST bastards up off their |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The draft was all through the Viet Nam war. I know, I got a 2S deferment for college |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yeah, true--but it wasn't "universal conscription" until the lottery + they took the OLDEST first. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. yeah, you are right , I forgot abot that. A walk down memory lane |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Vets for what Freedom???? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Corporal Hartmann is an idiot! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. These guys are EXACTLY why I don't give a shit what vets say. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Well....that was an interesting remark. nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. You are making an incorrect generalization. You are basing your opinion on a small group |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yeah, I figured I made a pretty half-assed and abrupt post so I |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Your statement about a mission is right on, and MOST soldiers in Iraq know the con |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oi Vey---what IS "the JOB" pray tell? Once upon a time, the "mission" was to get rid of Saddam. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. The trouble is that the mission will never be over. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. IMO, the Republican/neocon vision is to leave Iraq after the oil is gone. n/t |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Sure it will...once the oil is pumped dry; then we can leave 'em to their own devices. NT |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. Can we say brainwashed to believe anything their higher ups say |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. More like ass kissing IMO. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. These dumbasses really need to STFU |
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rakeeb (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. wow....you couldn't cut through that irony with a K-Bar.... |
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