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North Korea and Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2004 4:50:25 PM
- And what have Bush's buddies, the Paks, promised? Oh, - Bowser - 5/4/2004 5:19:50 PM

136 U.S. troops died in Iraq in April 2004 - Donald - 5/1/2004 2:24:52 PM
- Don's Death Count in ecstatsy. - ebnelson - 5/2/2004 6:57:17 AM
- Meanwhile: What the conservative media doesn't want you to hear - Donald - 5/1/2004 2:27:16 PM
  - Geez, Donald, if it wasn't for Nightline, nobody on this board would know people were being killed in Iraq. - Tom Brosz - 5/1/2004 6:23:33 PM
    - How the hell is that a political statement?! - R.L. - 5/1/2004 10:54:27 PM
      - re: How the hell is that a political statement?! - Tom Brosz - 5/1/2004 11:24:52 PM
        
        STUPID BULLSHIT ARGUMENT - R.L. - 5/2/2004 3:22:44 AM
        
        Am I surprised Tom didnt answer? - R.L. - 5/3/2004 5:08:09 AM
        
        I'm not, in fact I'm suprised I bothered responding to you with this. (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 5/3/2004 6:15:57 AM
        
        That was really more of a taunt than a response... (n/t) - McFly - 5/3/2004 8:01:52 PM
        
        It was more a word to the wise from a moderator - FrankC - 5/4/2004 4:35:48 PM
        
        The more obvious political statement - Donald - 5/2/2004 12:31:25 AM
        
        re: The more obvious political statement - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 2:21:05 AM
        
        Apparently you don't read posts - Tony - 5/3/2004 1:01:41 PM
        
        What a load of beans - FrankC - 5/2/2004 2:06:14 AM
    - Geez, Tom, you're one of those who don't want to talk about it - Donald - 5/1/2004 7:32:00 PM
  - Koppel's comment - Donald - 5/1/2004 4:13:27 PM
  - And: Keeping count - Donald - 5/1/2004 2:36:27 PM

Business as usual at the U.N. Human Rights Commission - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2004 5:40:18 AM
- So you think America belongs on a Human Rights Commission? - Bowser - 5/4/2004 5:49:27 AM
  - Deja vu: can anything other than the U.S. and Israel piss you off? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2004 3:55:51 PM

Marine news - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 8:27:51 PM
- Do the people of Iraq deserve democracy. - David F Mayer - 5/3/2004 1:17:27 AM
  - I'm not as pessimistic on this as some people - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 2:57:13 AM
    - Also, consider this - Buck Galaxy - 5/3/2004 4:10:45 AM
  - Do you? - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 2:32:01 AM
    - If I lived under Saddam Hussein and somebody booted him out of power, I would be THRILLED to assist the invaders in every way possible with the creation of a new government. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/3/2004 10:01:12 PM
      - Big talk. - Mary Anne - 5/4/2004 12:39:31 PM
      - Obvioiusly. Equally obvious is your assumption that everyone should think precisely as you do. - Fox - 5/4/2004 1:03:49 AM

"Unfit to be Commander-in-Chief" - FrankC - 5/3/2004 3:45:40 PM
- Who is CNSNews? - Larry J - 5/3/2004 9:07:07 PM
  - Link to their history - FrankC - 5/3/2004 9:33:25 PM
    - re: Link to their history - SDG - 5/4/2004 5:23:36 AM
- And I wonder who's paying those people and expenses? - Bowser - 5/3/2004 5:06:07 PM
  - That's actually a very good question. - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 5:39:17 PM
    - Update - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 8:05:56 PM
  - That's a fair question - FrankC - 5/3/2004 5:22:59 PM
- Not really news to me. - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 4:09:55 PM
- The link - FrankC - 5/3/2004 3:53:55 PM

Interesting question. If Abu Ghraib was Saddam's torture prison, - Bowser - 5/4/2004 2:38:22 AM
- "Abu Ghraib as "the bastard daughter" of the open-ended detention of suspected al Qaeda detainees at Guantanamo " - Bowser - 5/4/2004 3:32:26 AM
  - An "international firestorm"....... - Lindy - 5/4/2004 4:19:26 AM

U.S. Patrol Apparently Scared Off Hamill's Captors . . . - D. Spires - 5/4/2004 3:15:15 AM

"Events in Iraq have been spinning out of control" - Bowser - 5/4/2004 2:10:06 AM
- On The Title I Agree - Mark Eby - 5/4/2004 2:48:57 AM

Extremely critical report by two-star general "not read" by Rumsfeld, Myers or Kimmitt. - Bowser - 5/4/2004 2:34:56 AM

Falluja confusion as toll mounts - Donald - 5/3/2004 3:35:46 AM
- The thugs are now the peacekeepers. - Z - 5/3/2004 12:14:42 PM
  - Is it just a rumor ? or is ............... - Publius - 5/3/2004 1:28:36 PM
    - Oh Publius........ - Lindy - 5/3/2004 8:54:53 PM
    - re: Is it just a rumor ? or is ............... - Aaron - 5/3/2004 3:06:15 PM

Bob Kerrey regrets bailing out on Bush's testimony. - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 7:46:10 PM

Oil-for-Food scandal may really hit the fan now. - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 7:58:23 PM
- More on Kofi Annan, god of the Left. - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 8:46:51 PM
  - god of the left? - Tony - 5/3/2004 1:06:24 PM
    - re: god of the left - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 6:06:59 PM
- Something else along these lines - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 8:17:05 PM

Doubts over UK 'abuse' pictures - Bowser - 5/3/2004 5:19:34 PM
- re: Doubts over UK 'abuse' pictures - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 5:49:27 PM

More Compassionate, Compatible, Likeable - FrankC - 5/3/2004 5:13:35 PM

Anxious Democrats - FrankC - 5/3/2004 4:04:43 PM
- First, anxious Americans. Frightened for our country. Then anxious Democrats. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/3/2004 4:16:57 PM

From the "I Didn't Learn Squat From Dukakis and the Tank" department: - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 3:10:23 AM
- GWB, aircraft carrier, "Mission Accomplished"?? (n/t) - Bowser - 5/3/2004 4:13:28 AM
  - Aircraft carrier, mission accomplished. - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 4:31:57 AM
    - re: Aircraft carrier, mission accomplished? - McFly - 5/3/2004 1:17:53 PM
    - Even Karl Rove has hung you out to dry. - Bowser - 5/3/2004 4:49:36 AM

And the Brits - read it and weep. - Bowser - 5/1/2004 6:32:07 PM
- Or maybe not. - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 8:12:44 PM
- re: There'll be more . . . - D. Spires - 5/1/2004 8:35:43 PM
  - Thankfully the left of today was squelched during WWII. (n/t) - ebnelson - 5/2/2004 6:55:20 AM
    - WWII was a leftists' war. Had to save Uncle Joe don't you know. (n/t) - Lee - 5/2/2004 10:05:26 AM
      - I'm sure that well-known Leftist, Winston Churchill, would have agreed with you. - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 3:04:19 AM
        
        Speaking of whatifs. - Lee - 5/3/2004 3:35:09 AM
      - Both Japan and Germany declared war on the US first. What would you have done? (n/t) - Bowser - 5/2/2004 11:20:45 PM
        
        Both Japan and Germany declared war on the US first. Really? - Lee - 5/3/2004 3:25:56 AM
        
        Yes, really. - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 4:14:56 AM
        
        I know the dates. I was referring to FDR having the Navy out hunting U Boats back in 1940. (n/t) - Lee - 5/3/2004 5:16:30 AM
        
        Germany and Japan had a mutual defense treaty. - Bowser - 5/3/2004 4:56:50 AM
  - re: There'll be more . . . - Raoul - 5/1/2004 9:36:43 PM
    - re: As the last resort . . . - D. Spires - 5/1/2004 11:21:16 PM
      - re: Of course.... - Raoul - 5/2/2004 9:21:36 AM
- I'm appalled - Lindy - 5/1/2004 7:05:35 PM

Mark Steyn on Ted Koppel and the cost of war - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 3:08:25 AM

Some good news - Donald - 5/2/2004 1:59:49 PM
- Kidnapped U.S. Contractor Found Safe . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2004 5:09:36 PM
- And some bad news - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 4:20:39 PM
  - The purpose of these killings was to further provoke the Israelis - m - 5/2/2004 10:06:50 PM
    - The plan you mention - Buck Galaxy - 5/3/2004 2:19:48 AM
  - (Insert the usual ethically-challenged invalid parallels with Israel attacks here.) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 7:16:38 PM
    - Don't have to. The comments by folks who love killing Muslims speak for themselves. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/2/2004 11:22:27 PM

753 - Donald - 5/2/2004 7:51:14 PM

Washington Post: A Way Forward in Iraq - Donald - 5/2/2004 2:57:17 PM
- re: A Way Forward in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 7:12:50 PM
- Vivid reminders that war takes a deadly toll - Donald - 5/2/2004 3:29:20 PM
- Seattle PI: A war gone terribly wrong - Donald - 5/2/2004 3:24:17 PM
- Wolfie's Fuzzy Math - Donald - 5/2/2004 3:20:57 PM

Understanding the President and His God . . . - D. Spires - 4/29/2004 11:56:45 PM
- It's all in the Interpretation....... - Lindy - 4/30/2004 2:30:39 AM
  - You'll never find bin Laden in front of a picture of Allah, or even of Muhammed. - Mary Anne - 4/30/2004 5:00:21 PM
    - Pictures of bin Laden - m - 4/30/2004 11:27:11 PM
- I certainly hope America's reaction to Sep. 11 - m - 4/30/2004 2:24:50 AM
  - It's not exactly an "embrace"....... - Lindy - 4/30/2004 2:41:19 AM
    - re: Careful, Lindy . . . - D. Spires - 4/30/2004 4:26:51 AM
      - our founding fathers............ - Publius - 5/2/2004 1:41:59 AM
        
        re: Gee, I feel so damned enlightened . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2004 3:02:22 AM
        
        Not much enlightenment there, actually. - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 3:34:56 AM
        
        and George Washington grew hemp on Mt. Vernon..... - Publius - 5/2/2004 1:00:23 PM
        
        re: Yeah, and I harvested pot in Panama . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2004 5:30:07 PM
      - Founding Fathers?? - Lindy - 4/30/2004 3:00:14 PM
        
        re: Well, that was sorta my point . . . - D. Spires - 5/1/2004 1:11:27 AM
        
        And half (or more) drunk as well... - FrankC - 5/1/2004 3:58:10 AM
        
        re: Universalists . . . - D. Spires - 5/1/2004 3:55:17 PM
        
        a list - FrankC - 5/1/2004 6:16:14 PM
- Oh, darn . . . - Fox - 4/30/2004 2:11:12 AM
  - Follow-up - Fox - 4/30/2004 3:58:58 PM

Iraq War Veteran Criticizes Bush on Radio - Donald - 5/1/2004 9:39:52 PM
- So, an anti-war National Guradsman is great, while all the others are no good? - ebnelson - 5/2/2004 6:53:47 AM
- re: Iraq War Veteran Criticizes Bush on Radio - gbaikie - 5/2/2004 12:51:15 AM
- Commentary - Donald - 5/1/2004 9:44:57 PM

Gunmen Kill Several at Saudi Oil Compound . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2004 4:36:36 AM

DEA Agent shoots self in leg........ - Carl - 5/1/2004 8:43:25 PM
- Fraternity Blows Cannon Into Apartments . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2004 4:18:04 AM
- This genius should be ordered to walk from California to Hawaii. - David F Mayer - 5/2/2004 1:45:11 AM
- re: I would think that would be his last safety seminar . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/1/2004 11:29:19 PM

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