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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 09:44 AM
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Did we stop counting bodies in Iraq?
seems like it is not relevant anymore
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VeraAgnes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 09:52 AM
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1. Body count every week
each Sunday on ABC "This Week with George S". I think the count was 4 last week.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 09:58 AM
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3. Isn't that U.S. soldiers?
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VeraAgnes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:03 AM
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4. Yes.......that's actually all I'm
interested in at this time.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:04 AM
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5. I'm sorry I misunderstood you dead bodies all look the same to me
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 10:05 AM by seemslikeadream
and there's a whole lot more dead Iraqis
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VeraAgnes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:09 PM
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12. I'm not concerned
about the Iraq body count at this time. I've seen many dead bodies in my day so your 2-cents is moot.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:16 PM
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13. That's too bad you are not concerned about 1 million dead Iraqis
at this time, I am, that's why I mentioned it.
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:25 PM
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16. Do you enjoy seeing dead bodies?
Your cavalier and indifferent attitude about a million dead innocents speaks volumes.
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VeraAgnes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 04:28 PM
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17. You are so funny
When will you realize we can't save everybody all the time. I prefer a realistic goal where measurable success is an option. Our nation is weak today.

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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 04:30 PM
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18. that's a pretty arrogant statement...but who am i to judge
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 09:55 AM
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2. the media makes it "irrelevant" NBC Nightly showed not even 5
minutes about the suicide bombing in Iraq yesterday. Sickening.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:05 AM
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6. 4257.
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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:05 AM
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7. Did we start?
All I've ever heard is estimates from outside sources.

The message is clear, only american lives matter.
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:39 AM
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11. Exactly...or Afghanistan, for that matter
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:17 PM
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14. only american lives matter.
barely
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:10 AM
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8. We never did.
Any body counts of Iraqi army members, Iraqi insurgents, foreign terrorists, or Iraqi civilians are performed by combing media reports, or are performed through "so how many people do you know who died" surveys.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:13 AM
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9. “We don’t do body counts”.
General Tommy Franks
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:44 AM
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10. embarrassment? . . . horror? . . . guilt? . . . all of the above? . . . n/t
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:19 PM
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15. The AP moves its weekly and since-the-beginning counts every Saturday.
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