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U.S. Admits to Secret Interrogation Site in Baghdad . . . - D. Spires - 5/22/2004 9:35:33 PM
- The Untouchable General - Alan G. Archer - 5/23/2004 12:49:08 AM
  - Had a hand in recommending interrogation procedures, too. - Bowser - 5/23/2004 4:46:59 AM
  - re: While I do agree with the premise of your post . . . - D. Spires - 5/23/2004 1:31:43 AM
    - I promise that I will not... - Alan G. Archer - 5/23/2004 4:39:38 AM
      - re: Okay . . . - D. Spires - 5/23/2004 1:26:24 PM
        
        I do care... - Alan G. Archer - 5/24/2004 12:53:53 AM
        
        re: Proper . . . ? - D. Spires - 5/24/2004 10:50:50 PM
        
        Who's paying for it? - Alan G. Archer - 5/25/2004 2:39:03 PM
        
        re: Who's paying for it? (HTML-corrected post) - Alan G. Archer - 5/25/2004 2:55:28 PM
        
        re: Um-m -- pure crap . . . ? - D. Spires - 5/26/2004 12:07:17 AM
        
        Yes, pure crap that's costing me money - Alan G. Archer - 5/26/2004 12:15:42 PM
        
        re: PR is always good for our soldiers -- even when it's religious . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/26/2004 9:31:04 PM

Video Suggests U.S. Forces Attacked Iraq Wedding . . . - D. Spires - 5/24/2004 11:37:37 PM
- Kimmitt: "NO" evidence of a wedding. That "no evidence" trick is used a lot. - Bowser - 5/25/2004 4:23:09 AM
  - Kind of like when people say there is no evidence of WMD, when there is plenty of evidence? - REB - 5/26/2004 3:57:47 PM
- I thought the Pentagon denied it.... (n/t) - Or was it "Damage Control"? - 5/25/2004 2:58:37 AM
  - re: Oh, that's right . . . - D. Spires - 5/26/2004 12:33:16 AM
    - Cover story - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 5:26:41 AM
      - re: 2 simultaneous hits, Tom . . . - D. Spires - 5/26/2004 9:26:58 PM

The battle front that isn't making the headlines - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 6:01:59 AM
- re: The battle front that isn't making the headlines - Art Martin - 5/25/2004 8:44:02 PM
  - Not sure how "crafty" the terrorists are. - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 9:22:14 PM
    - re: Not sure how "crafty" the terrorists are. - Art Martin - 5/26/2004 4:38:52 PM
      - Cultural impact - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 8:08:48 PM
    - the tendancy to overestimate the other..... - Publius - 5/26/2004 1:51:09 PM
- re: The battle front that isn't making the headlines - REB - 5/25/2004 1:43:20 PM
  - I should point out once more... - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 3:40:27 PM

Author Tom Clancy criticizes Iraq war - Bowser - 5/26/2004 4:32:17 AM
- re: Author Tom Clancy criticizes Iraq war - SteveS - 5/26/2004 3:18:44 PM
  - "Intelligence Failures" - Lindy - 5/26/2004 5:09:06 PM
    - re: "Intelligence Failures" - SteveS - 5/26/2004 5:36:58 PM
      - re: "Intelligence Failures" - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 5:46:51 PM
- re: Author Tom Clancy criticizes Iraq war - SDG - 5/26/2004 2:53:01 PM
  - I enjoyed Red Storm Rising - alcaray - 5/26/2004 6:18:56 PM
  - Downhill after Red October :-) - Tony - 5/26/2004 4:53:38 PM
  - For me it was "Patriot Games". (n/t) - Bowser - 5/26/2004 2:59:58 PM
- Ah...the "Pat Buchanan Effect" - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 5:45:18 AM
  - AKA - Tony - 5/26/2004 2:46:33 PM
  - "knowing Clancy a bit better than you do," - Maybe not as well as you think? (n/t) - Bowser - 5/26/2004 12:49:33 PM
  - Turn on PBS at 11:30 local time. Your good buddy TC will be on with Zinni... (n/t) - et - 5/26/2004 5:51:57 AM
    - On Charlie Rose.... (n/t) - et - 5/26/2004 5:57:27 AM
- He and Gen. Zinni are promoting their new book. - et - 5/26/2004 5:36:41 AM

Marine recommended for Medal of Honor - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 6:07:17 PM

The F.B.I. Messes Up...again - Jack Herer - 5/26/2004 5:17:40 PM

The F.B.I. Messes Up - Jack Herer - 5/26/2004 5:17:24 PM

Fallujah: For this hundreds of Americans have died - Donald - 5/26/2004 1:21:16 PM
- Are "Getaway Weekends in Fallujah" available yet? - Lindy - 5/26/2004 4:38:02 PM

Nuke-Mart - RobVG - 5/25/2004 3:40:27 PM
- Not really news - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 6:34:11 PM
  - "It's been hard enough keeping track of the crap that was left over in the old Soviet Union, and I'm not sure how well that was done." - RobVG - 5/25/2004 8:01:34 PM
    - re: "It's been hard enough keeping track of the crap that was left over in the old Soviet Union, and I'm not sure how well that was done." - gbaikie - 5/26/2004 3:08:52 AM
      - Link - RobVG - 5/26/2004 4:01:30 PM
      - How many wake-up calls do we need? - RobVG - 5/26/2004 3:56:30 PM
- scary (n/t) - SDG - 5/25/2004 6:13:23 PM

801 - Donald - 5/25/2004 1:56:50 AM
- re: 801 - REB - 5/25/2004 1:34:08 PM
  - Mission Accomplished - Jack Herer - 5/25/2004 2:33:31 PM
    - re: Mission Accomplished - SteveS - 5/25/2004 6:38:13 PM
    - 18,000. Sure it isn't 17,500? - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 4:06:23 PM
      - re: 18,000. Sure it isn't 17,500? - REB - 5/25/2004 4:56:07 PM
    - re: Mission Accomplished - REB - 5/25/2004 2:52:33 PM
  - re: 801 - Donald - 5/25/2004 2:29:10 PM
- Total BS! - REB - 5/25/2004 12:16:56 PM
  - re:Plenty of WMDs here too - Raoul - 5/25/2004 4:26:14 PM
  - Good grief - Donald - 5/25/2004 12:23:48 PM
    - Good grief is right. - REB - 5/25/2004 1:09:27 PM
      - Cripes - Donald - 5/25/2004 1:31:29 PM
        
        re: Stockpiles - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 6:09:45 PM
        
        Cripes- My feelings too. - REB - 5/25/2004 1:36:39 PM
- Not true at all. - David F Mayer - 5/25/2004 4:23:09 AM
  - That is possibly the saddest post I've read. - Bowser - 5/25/2004 4:30:08 AM
    - Yours is one of the most ignorant posts that I have read. - David F Mayer - 5/25/2004 5:03:09 AM
      - If they had WMDs, they'd be using WMDs. - Bowser - 5/25/2004 2:51:44 PM
        
        re: If they had WMDs, they'd be using WMDs. - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 4:09:05 PM
        
        you're assuming bin Laden is fairly stupid - . - E.P. Grondine - 5/25/2004 10:30:13 PM
        
        He's certainly no genius - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 10:54:20 PM
        
        He's had the biggest "military" success in history. - Bowser - 5/26/2004 2:36:22 AM
        
        9/11 was not a military success, it was a surprise punch to Americaâ€™s nose. - REB - 5/26/2004 12:54:21 PM
        
        The USA and USSR had nukes pointed at each other... - REB - 5/25/2004 4:37:56 PM
      - Why aren't we being told more about this Sarin shell? - Gary - 5/25/2004 6:04:00 AM
        
        A bit more on the subject - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 7:35:53 AM
        
        re: Why aren't we being told more about this Sarin shell? - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 7:22:17 AM
- You might want to alter your mantra slightly - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 2:57:08 AM
  - And when did HTML code start working in the subject line? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 3:02:56 AM
    - How about links? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 3:05:06 AM
      - Dont do that! - <font color="pink"><b>Tony</b></font> - 5/25/2004 2:01:56 PM
        
        oops :-D (n/t) - Tony - 5/25/2004 2:03:20 PM

Sarin confirmed in shell in U.S. lab tests - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 9:13:29 PM
- re: Sarin confirmed in shell in U.S. lab tests - REB - 5/26/2004 12:00:30 PM

I thought leaders TOOK responsibility... - MrPex - 5/25/2004 4:58:02 PM
- "Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you get a lot of scum on top." (n/t) - Jack Herer - 5/25/2004 5:28:39 PM
  - I've heard: 'like a septic tank. The biggest plops tend to rise to the top' (n/t) - daniel L - 5/26/2004 6:08:14 AM

Ex-U.S. Marine: I Killed Civilians in Iraq - et - 5/25/2004 5:38:12 PM
- 37 prisoners have died in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan - Eric - 5/26/2004 3:57:18 AM
  - Feel free to start your own threads. - et - 5/26/2004 5:49:27 AM

"General Is Said To Have Urged Use of Dogs" - and Kimmitt's denial. - Bowser - 5/26/2004 4:42:21 AM

Andrew Sullivan makes a point - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 3:19:14 AM
- And a very poor one at that. He should read Chomsky before writing. - Bowser - 5/26/2004 4:09:47 AM

Sources: Major Terror Attack Possible This Summer . . . - D. Spires - 5/26/2004 2:55:41 AM

What Turns Us Into Torturers . . . - D. Spires - 5/24/2004 10:45:28 PM
- By Demonizing the "Enemy" and pulling out the stops of the...... - Geneva Convention - 5/25/2004 1:47:23 AM
  - re: Thank you, Genevieve . . . - D. Spires - 5/26/2004 12:14:52 AM

'Babylon 5' Actor Dies . . . - D. Spires - 5/25/2004 11:49:51 PM

Iraqis lose right to sue troops over war crimes - Bowser - 5/23/2004 1:30:47 AM
- re: And . . . ? - D. Spires - 5/23/2004 2:40:56 AM
  - re: And . . . ? - Mary Anne - 5/23/2004 12:46:28 PM
    - re: And . . . - D. Spires - 5/23/2004 2:12:37 PM
  - A picture. Who NEEDS immunity? Answer that, and we'll move on. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/23/2004 4:22:05 AM
    - re: People who could be 'charged' -- now move on . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/23/2004 1:39:16 PM
      - Exactly! Now, who has something to fear from being charged? (n/t) - Bowser - 5/24/2004 4:57:22 AM
        
        re: How about that PFC standing on a Baghdad street corner guarding an Iraqi bank . . . ? - D. Spires - 5/24/2004 10:13:05 PM
        
        Obviously you don't know what a "war crime" is. - Bowser - 5/25/2004 4:51:05 AM
        
        re: Thanx . . . - D. Spires - 5/25/2004 11:44:33 PM
        
        Yeah and who needs a lawyer if they're not guilty - FrankC - 5/24/2004 4:29:49 PM

Text of the President's speech - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 1:06:57 AM
- Text of Andy Rooney's segment - 5/22/04 "60 Minutes" - Fox - 5/25/2004 3:37:52 AM
  - re: Andy Rooney - overkill. - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 4:43:42 AM
    - re: Andy Rooney - overkill. - RobVG - 5/25/2004 6:30:00 AM
      - re: overkill. - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 10:25:24 PM
        
        re: overkill. - RobVG - 5/25/2004 11:25:25 PM
    - GWB and Iraq - overkill! - Bowser - 5/25/2004 4:54:41 AM

So with President Bish directly speaking about his policy for Iraq transition, what does the American media do? - ebnelson - 5/24/2004 11:42:25 PM
- Shamefulout his policy for Iraq transition, what does the American media do? - E.P. Grondine - 5/25/2004 1:41:03 AM
  - The U.N. again... - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 3:34:22 AM
    - re: The U.N. again... - E.P. Grondine - 5/25/2004 10:22:57 PM
      - Oh, speaking of the U.N. - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 10:58:20 PM
      - re: The U.N. again... - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 10:41:49 PM
- re: So with President Bush directly speaking about his policy for Iraq transition, what does the American media do? - gbaikie - 5/25/2004 1:28:24 AM

White House repackages stalled U.S. policy: Rallying speech doesn't answer key questions - Bowser - 5/25/2004 7:50:00 PM
- re: key questions - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 8:34:50 PM

Dawn breaking in the environmental movement? - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2004 2:59:13 AM
- Nuclear power depends upon vast subsidies. It can NOT complete in a free market. - David F Mayer - 5/24/2004 11:00:43 PM
- Gotta go nuclear. At the moment there's no other realistic choice. - Bowser - 5/24/2004 4:39:11 PM
  - Purest humbug. Lies from the Nuclear Power Industry. - David F Mayer - 5/24/2004 10:54:21 PM
    - re: Purest humbug - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2004 11:16:07 PM
      - Wrong: There is NO reasonable limit to the output of Sea Solar Power Plants - David F Mayer - 5/25/2004 1:51:11 AM
        
        re: Fresnel Lens & OTEC hybridization - Success_Machine - 5/25/2004 7:41:08 PM
        
        Well, I hope you can get one built someday - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 5:25:37 AM
        
        We HAVE the money no. The Abell foundation has given us an interest-free loan to cover building the plant. It will take only three years to pay it back. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/25/2004 5:39:37 AM
  - Waste issues. - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2004 4:58:05 PM
- I love it when radicals demonize the opposite polarity's radicals for being so damn radical.... (n/t) - et - 5/24/2004 6:10:52 AM
- This may not be significant - Gary - 5/24/2004 5:30:41 AM
- Antarctica would make a perfect waste storage site. - Lee - 5/24/2004 3:52:37 AM

Alliance of Democracies - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2004 4:29:56 AM
- re: Democracies; the vertuous cycle - Raoul - 5/24/2004 6:01:52 PM
  - re: Democracies; the vertuous cycle - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2004 7:22:49 PM
- What happens if they don't agree with the US on something? - Bowser - 5/24/2004 4:32:47 PM
  - the magic of the market place, or see you at the gas pump........... - Publius - 5/24/2004 9:29:24 PM
    - re: the magic of the market place - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2004 11:00:43 PM
      - drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico........ - Publius - 5/25/2004 4:47:05 PM

A small note from the European Parliament - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 2:52:38 AM
- Hey! This is not the Europe of Konrad Adenauer, nor of DeGaulle, nor of MacMillan. - Jacob Samorodin - 5/25/2004 3:22:48 PM
- Some more recent EU debates - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 4:03:59 AM
  - Proof that democracies are not fool-proof. When a democracy is run by fools, the result is foolishness. - David F Mayer - 5/25/2004 4:56:15 AM
    - re: Proof that democracies are not fool-proof. - Raoul - 5/25/2004 4:32:03 PM
    - re: Proof that democracies are not fool-proof. - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 5:14:12 AM
- What does he mean? - FrankC - 5/25/2004 3:27:16 AM
  - re: What does he mean? - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2004 4:13:22 AM

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