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Iraq Commentary - Donald - 5/12/2004 2:39:53 PM
- re: Iraq Commentary - Perspective - 5/12/2004 3:15:34 PM
  - LEt's assume this is true - Tony - 5/13/2004 1:39:04 PM
    - re: LEt's assume this is true - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2004 7:57:51 PM
  - WMD and Syria - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2004 5:01:49 PM
    - I hope you think I'd be one of the two - Tony - 5/12/2004 8:33:22 PM
      - re: I hope you think I'd be one of the two - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2004 7:48:57 PM
        
        You didn't touch the Kay thing with a ten foot pole, but thanks for the vote of confidence :-) - Tony - 5/13/2004 9:28:29 PM
        
        P.S. Proving a negative - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 3:36:10 AM
        
        Check the premise. - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 3:04:27 AM

ROTC enrollment up - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2004 9:25:18 PM
- Army enlistment rate is exceeding its needs... - Larry J - 5/13/2004 10:19:41 PM

Reform Party endorses Nader (!) - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2004 9:38:55 PM

Mainstream Media Agenda Exposed...again - phil - 5/13/2004 7:27:08 PM
- Losing their audience - FrankC - 5/13/2004 8:47:17 PM

"we have mobilized and deployed a National Guard unit as a cheap source of labor for a rich, defense contractor?" - Bowser - 5/13/2004 2:37:02 PM
- "rich, defense contractor?" Who ever heard of a POOR defense contractor? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/13/2004 6:55:20 PM

Spanish soldiers returning home - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2004 6:36:42 PM

Forced Iraqi brain-drain - McFly - 5/13/2004 5:46:01 PM

Opinions from Spanish soldiers and Iraqis in Diwaniyah - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2004 8:06:26 PM
- Leave appeasement at home - Tony - 4/22/2004 3:12:32 PM
  - Like I told Mary Anne a while ago, it doesn't really matter what you or I think. - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2004 6:06:36 PM
    - Actually. - Bowser - 4/22/2004 6:22:00 PM
- Another Iraqi opinion - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2004 3:52:34 AM
  - re: Another Iraqi opinion - Joel - 5/13/2004 5:19:15 PM
  - Another US opinion. - Bowser - 4/22/2004 5:13:49 AM
- re: Peter Ustinov - Raoul - 4/21/2004 9:20:42 PM
- Now I suspect, just a suspicion, call me cynical, going out on a limb here, takin' a chance, at the risk of being criticized, - Bowser - 4/21/2004 8:32:00 PM
  - re: going out on a limb here - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2004 9:50:40 PM
    - Perfectly good data point. - alcaray - 4/21/2004 10:12:32 PM
  - re: Hmmm ;) - Raoul - 4/21/2004 9:14:25 PM

Privates SEX PHOTOS on the 'net..... - carl - 5/13/2004 4:00:48 PM

US to build FASTEST COMPUTER - carl - 5/12/2004 3:18:44 PM
- re: I wonder what they'll use it for, I have some ideas - Success_Machine - 5/12/2004 7:49:21 PM
  - The Human Genome Project is based at ORNL - Lee - 5/13/2004 12:36:18 AM
    - Yup, plus ID basic protiens - carl - 5/13/2004 3:56:18 PM
  - They could also design and build - HAL - 5/12/2004 10:21:46 PM

Belmont Club update - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2004 3:49:29 PM

Something to think about - LJ - 5/13/2004 3:13:17 PM
- And something else... - Larry J - 5/13/2004 3:41:50 PM

Backfire? - Perspective - 5/12/2004 3:06:46 AM
- Well, Hizbollah seems to agree with me... - Perspective - 5/13/2004 1:46:22 AM
- Possibly against the US. - Bowser - 5/12/2004 2:33:30 PM
- Not in the ROW - FrankC - 5/12/2004 5:23:33 AM
  - re: Not in the ROW - RobVG - 5/12/2004 2:57:09 PM
    - re: Not in the ROW - SDG - 5/12/2004 11:26:10 PM
      - That's the rational response :) (n/t) - RobVG - 5/13/2004 3:11:05 PM
- Nost Islamics will see this as justified I am afraid. - Scott Evil - 5/12/2004 3:21:02 AM
  - Sure - Perspective - 5/12/2004 3:51:47 AM

President Bush a Progessive & Kerry a Conservative? - REB - 5/13/2004 1:54:18 PM

From the "It's About Friggin' Time" Department: Bush slaps sanctions on Syria. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2004 6:02:56 AM
- re: From the "It's About Friggin' Time" Department: Bush slaps sanctions on Syria. - p - 5/13/2004 1:48:41 PM

Prison Abuse Said Bigger to U.S. Than 9/11 - Nick - 5/13/2004 12:18:47 AM
- No wonder the Catholic church is in decline. - Lee - 5/13/2004 3:23:53 AM
- not inflicted by terrorists but by Americans against themselves - FrankC - 5/13/2004 1:07:44 AM
  - And if the Vatican has lost it's moral authority over the sex scandals, - - - - Bowser - 5/13/2004 5:15:21 AM
  - Agreed, and here's their most damning peice of evidence they don't want anyone to see... - Nick - 5/13/2004 1:44:35 AM

In Publicâ€™s Eyes, Kerry and Bush at Parity on Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2004 1:17:53 AM

Kerry says he'd put McCain at Pentagon - Bowser - 5/12/2004 4:06:06 PM
- re: Old . . . - D. Spires - 5/13/2004 12:49:21 AM
- Some Democrats are annoyed at the implicit assumption in Kerry's offer (n/t) - m - 5/12/2004 9:56:21 PM
- re: Kerry says he'd put McCain at Pentagon - SDG - 5/12/2004 5:04:15 PM
  - Cut and Run? Who said that? (n/t) - Tony - 5/12/2004 6:22:33 PM
    - re: Cut and Run? Who said that? - SDG - 5/12/2004 8:00:35 PM
      - P.S. I cant imagine where you got your perception from........;-) (n/t) - Tony - 5/12/2004 8:24:14 PM
      - Hoping so too - Tony - 5/12/2004 8:22:42 PM
        
        Kerry plan - Art Martin - 5/12/2004 8:34:38 PM
- Hey, if he puts Republicans in all of his administrative posts, maybe I'll vote for him! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2004 4:52:02 PM

"Democrats for Rumsfeld"!!! Drudge reporting he may leave. - Bowser - 5/13/2004 12:18:46 AM

Army Private 'Ordered to Pose' . . . - D. Spires - 5/12/2004 9:49:56 PM
- Lawmakers Say New Abuse Photos Disturbing . . . - D. Spires - 5/12/2004 10:05:07 PM

"Only bloody revenge will bring the victims peace." - Bowser - 5/12/2004 3:01:55 PM
- Arabs need to reflect on the fact that they've committed plenty of humiliation to others, too - m - 5/12/2004 10:04:35 PM
- Revenge - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2004 4:39:45 PM
- They are very lucky we don't live by their code. (n/t) - RobVG - 5/12/2004 3:28:06 PM
  - Actually, we seem to. - Bowser - 5/12/2004 3:31:40 PM
    - No - RobVG - 5/12/2004 3:42:02 PM
- Violence only brings on more VIOLENCE - carl - 5/12/2004 3:20:54 PM

Bush Middle-East Strategy Tanks - Donald - 5/12/2004 4:34:11 AM
- re: Nice choice . . . - D. Spires - 5/12/2004 4:53:39 AM
  - Thanks - Donald - 5/12/2004 5:00:39 AM
    - Old, old tactic. - Bowser - 5/12/2004 2:17:35 PM
      - Yup - Donald - 5/12/2004 3:06:11 PM
        
        re: Sorry about that, Don -- and Bowser . . . - D. Spires - 5/12/2004 9:55:37 PM
- National Council of Churches Calls Bush Iraq Policy "Dangerous" - Donald - 5/12/2004 4:45:38 AM

Letters from the front - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2004 5:51:46 PM
- All too familiar - RobVG - 5/12/2004 6:21:02 PM
- Some questioned the cease-fire in Fallujah. - RobVG - 5/12/2004 6:12:27 PM
  - I'm still a little nervous about that. - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2004 8:59:00 PM

Again...Shame on the US! - Nick - 4/30/2004 6:35:57 AM
- re: Again...Shame on the US! - Chuck - 5/12/2004 8:53:10 PM
- re: Appalled . . . - D. Spires - 5/1/2004 5:01:30 PM
- I am outraged - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2004 2:06:55 AM
  - re: I am outraged, and also puzzled - Tom Brosz - 5/1/2004 2:27:29 AM
    - Actions Are Treasonous - Mark Eby - 5/1/2004 4:17:17 AM
- The reason we rightly feel a sense of outrage - m - 5/1/2004 1:50:17 AM
  - excellent points (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2004 3:32:36 AM
- Palestinian kills Americans. - JReid - 4/30/2004 5:58:45 PM
- Use of private contractors in Iraqi jail interrogations highlighted by inquiry into abuse of prisoners - Bowser - 4/30/2004 5:40:28 PM
- General suspended, 9 Court marshals filed -- why should 'WE' be ashamed? - Justin Kelly - 4/30/2004 7:13:05 AM
  - Agreed! It's individuals that should be condemned, not the entire US Army or government. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/30/2004 8:06:12 PM
    - Al Jazeera probably already saying we're doing the same thing to poor Saddam. - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2004 3:39:13 AM
  - A - That it happened, at all. - Bowser - 4/30/2004 2:39:52 PM
    - re: A - That it happened, at all. - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2004 4:39:41 PM
      - the damage is deeper than merely bad PR...... - Publius - 5/1/2004 3:55:17 PM
        
        The effect upon the perps is way, way too often neglected. - Bowser - 5/1/2004 4:08:33 PM
  - These are often tips of the iceberg. America's high idealism and character is in freefall and the damage irreparable. (n/t) - Nick - 4/30/2004 2:01:57 PM
    - Your erstwhile high opinion was appreciated - FrankC - 4/30/2004 3:29:06 PM

Waiting for the outrage, Part 2 - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2004 9:46:16 PM
- My capacity for outrage has been exceeded lately - alcaray - 5/12/2004 8:29:46 PM
- Waiting for differential outrage? - Bowser - 5/12/2004 2:02:04 AM
  - "How anyone can see a 'right' side in this mess is way, way beyond me." Apparently. - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2004 2:48:56 AM
- Don't hold your breath, Tom. It will NOT happen. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/12/2004 1:45:28 AM
  - You used to sign "Ph. D." FrankC would like to talk with you on another board. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/12/2004 2:03:09 AM
    - Please link me to other board. (n/t) - DFM - 5/12/2004 12:18:31 PM
      - David - FrankC - 5/12/2004 5:09:33 PM

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