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Republicans in Congress call data backing Iraq war "weak" - Don - 9/28/2003 2:22:02 PM
- re: Regardless, it wasn't "weak" a few short months ago . . . - D. Spires - 9/28/2003 7:52:28 PM
  - Always weak. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2003 6:06:49 PM
  - The coalition of anti-American, anti-Bush, pro-Saddam and democrats - ebnelson - 9/29/2003 12:19:39 AM
    - re: The coalition of anti-American, anti-Bush, pro-Saddam and democrats - DemocratcuzIcanbe. - 11/20/2003 5:15:39 AM
      - Actually a pretty good post from out there somewhere... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2003 3:29:05 AM
    - The House Intelligence Committee??? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2003 6:04:55 PM
  - re: A few short months ago ? - Raoul - 9/28/2003 8:19:47 PM
    - re: And you're pretending far harder than Don . . . (n/t) - D. spires - 9/28/2003 9:01:23 PM
      - re: Occupying Iraq - Raoul - 9/29/2003 9:57:28 AM
        
        re: That's pretty much what I meant . . . - D. Spires - 9/29/2003 6:21:57 PM
  - That's precisely the problem - Don - 9/28/2003 8:02:18 PM
    - re: You're playing a losing game, Don . . . - D. Spires - 9/28/2003 9:00:04 PM
      - Terrorists were and are more likely to get nukes from Russia or America... - alcaray - 9/29/2003 6:01:17 PM
        
        re: Yeah, right . . . - D. Spires - 9/29/2003 6:25:48 PM
      - should we invade. . . - Publius - 9/28/2003 11:21:22 PM
        
        re: I am assuming that you say no, with no question about it . . . ? - D. Spires - 9/29/2003 12:36:01 AM
        
        re:Really? - Raoul - 9/29/2003 9:20:09 AM
        
        re: You'll need to read the entire post, Raoul . . . - D. Spires - 9/29/2003 6:11:13 PM
        
        Failure? - Lindy - 9/29/2003 4:20:59 PM
        
        re: No idea what you're going on about . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/29/2003 6:07:54 PM

A note from Iraq - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2003 2:31:05 AM

Remember Afghanistan? - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2003 7:57:11 PM

What's on Syrian TV - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2003 7:46:44 PM

Deal on 9/11 Briefings Lets White House Edit Papers - S - 11/14/2003 7:44:12 PM
- What part of "highly classified" is giving you trouble? - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2003 9:24:37 PM
  - What part? - S - 11/14/2003 10:40:44 PM
    - re: What part? - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2003 11:34:06 PM
      - The warnings are clear, specific, and abundant - S - 11/15/2003 8:52:08 PM
        
        They are a few out of hundreds or thousands of possible warnings and scenarios over that time. (n/t) - Please provide complete context. - 11/15/2003 9:36:11 PM
        
        "Suicide bomber(s)...could crash-land an aircraft...into the Pentagon, the CIA, or the White House." - S - 11/15/2003 10:51:31 PM
        
        Something bad is going to happen tomorrow - Larry J - 11/17/2003 10:49:20 PM
        
        It was bad alright - S - 11/18/2003 8:20:27 PM
        
        And once again you miss the obvious - Larry J - 11/18/2003 10:55:06 PM
        
        Oh come on - S - 11/19/2003 12:31:24 AM
        
        It's obvious you don't know what you're talking about - Larry J - 11/19/2003 2:24:46 PM
        
        Wrong again - S - 11/19/2003 5:02:23 PM
        
        We all know where this is headed... - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2003 10:49:14 PM
        
        Pearl Harbor - S - 11/15/2003 11:07:56 PM
        
        Bzzzztttt....wrong - ebnelson - 11/16/2003 2:08:27 AM
        
        Your ignorance is showing - S - 11/17/2003 8:36:14 PM
        
        You confuse op-ed with history - ebnelson - 11/20/2003 2:59:35 PM
        
        You prefer faith to history - S - 11/20/2003 6:06:42 PM
        
        re: Your...don't really have a word for it...is showing - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 5:11:31 AM
- Why am I not surprised? - Disgusted - 11/14/2003 7:57:54 PM

Okay, maybe computers on Wall Street are not such a good idea - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2003 5:28:58 PM

"It's 'peace' psychosis in a nut's hell" - Larry J - 11/19/2003 2:27:31 PM
- An amazing summary - ebnelson - 11/20/2003 2:01:26 PM
- All over the map - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 6:51:54 PM

What IS in a name, anyway? - Fox - 11/18/2003 10:01:13 PM
- Reverse polarities and degenerative patterns (long) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/19/2003 7:20:58 AM
  - PS - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/19/2003 9:11:23 PM
    - A couple of points - Mary Anne - 11/20/2003 1:46:13 PM
- Definition of the union - SteveS - 11/18/2003 11:35:52 PM
- I could care less if gays marry. - Scott Evil - 11/18/2003 10:40:06 PM
- It's okay by me - FrankC - 11/18/2003 10:25:42 PM
- re: What IS in a name, anyway? - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 10:20:02 PM
  - re: Keeping the government out of the wedding party - Fox - 11/19/2003 6:07:44 AM
    - A lot of good info. Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 4:57:26 PM
  - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 11:18:56 PM

She's available - Donald - 11/20/2003 1:41:36 PM

Gasbag under investigation - Donald - 11/20/2003 2:21:44 AM
- re: Gasbag under investigation - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2003 2:55:37 AM
  - withdrawals - FrankC - 11/20/2003 4:05:56 AM
  - I suspect.... - Donald - 11/20/2003 3:19:29 AM
    - That's the problem - SteveS - 11/20/2003 3:50:00 AM
      - Multiple felonies - Donald - 11/20/2003 5:00:48 AM
        
        IMO you are wrong - FrankC - 11/20/2003 5:59:01 AM
        
        Yes and No - Donald - 11/20/2003 1:34:06 PM
      - the dilemma - FrankC - 11/20/2003 4:23:28 AM
        
        re: the dilemma - SteveS - 11/20/2003 5:00:29 AM
        
        Still not getting it... - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2003 4:41:55 AM
        
        A couple of links - FrankC - 11/20/2003 5:36:16 AM
        
        The friendlyFeds have expanded it a bit... - ebnelson - 11/20/2003 5:04:52 AM
  - Relax, Tom - Robert - 11/20/2003 3:17:48 AM

Followup on Saddam/al Qaeda memo - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 8:06:06 PM
- If it is real - ebnelson - 11/20/2003 5:45:43 AM

burning down the house - Greg - 11/19/2003 3:52:37 AM
- Bush looks up to Ariel Sharon and is following his lead and tactics. A mentoring of sorts by Ariel to his protÃ©gÃ©. (n/t) - Jack Herer - 11/19/2003 5:30:16 PM
- re: burning down the house - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 5:01:02 AM
  - I suppose all those complainers about war crimes are just a bunch of pansy asses - Greg - 11/19/2003 6:46:29 AM
    - Oddly, all pretty much the kind of thing Saddam and his goons used to do to his own citizens. Hello? Clue approaching on runway 5. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 4:41:07 PM
      - not the point as usual - Greg - 11/20/2003 3:26:48 AM
        
        re: not the point as usual - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2003 5:08:41 AM
        
        You have missed the point, the clue and the train (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/20/2003 4:45:42 AM
    - Please look up definition of 'straw man' - ebnelson - 11/19/2003 1:50:12 PM

What the 82nd Airborne Division has been doing - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 5:06:57 AM
- And another military update - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2003 1:26:24 AM

Memos? What memos? - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 7:01:56 PM
- If the OBL/saddam memo is credible - ebnelson - 11/19/2003 5:09:43 AM
- Pentagon Debunks Reports on Osama-Saddam Ties - S - 11/18/2003 10:38:05 PM
  - Robert? A textbook example here. - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 11:32:51 PM
    - Wouldn't touch this with a ten-foot pole! - Robert - 11/20/2003 12:28:25 AM
    - A textbook example, indeed - S - 11/19/2003 12:20:47 AM
      - btw -- notes on grammar - S - 11/19/2003 6:05:40 PM
      - News reports ***that it was NEW INFORMATION*** are inaccurate. (n/t) - Not original contents of original memos! - 11/19/2003 9:05:16 AM
      - Never read any of it, did you? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 1:12:38 AM
        
        "...barely worth the paper it's written on" - S - 11/19/2003 7:18:55 PM
        
        Yeah, didn't think so. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 7:57:56 PM
  - "Senate Panel Eyes Justice Dept. Leak Probe" - Larry J - 11/18/2003 11:02:29 PM
    - re: "Senate Panel Eyes Justice Dept. Leak Probe" - S - 11/18/2003 11:48:54 PM
- More on the Intelligence Committee memo - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 9:11:03 PM
  - Pilfered? lolololol rotf&lmfao - ebnelson - 11/19/2003 5:14:57 AM
- More memos I apparently missed... - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 8:58:52 PM

JACKO 2B arrested on multiple counts......... - carl - 11/19/2003 8:44:35 PM

The Iraq mess - Raoul - 11/17/2003 8:39:16 PM
- It is no more difficult to imagine - ebnelson - 11/18/2003 4:07:09 AM
- I'm thinking about going over there to straighten it out - Buster - 11/17/2003 10:40:57 PM
- "Solution remains the same: massive U.N. deployment." Wow. Where have I heard that before? - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2003 9:08:21 PM
  - re: The UN - Raoul - 11/17/2003 10:09:20 PM
    - Communism should play as big a role in the world as apartheid or naziism - ebnelson - 11/18/2003 4:10:47 AM
    - re: Communism is NOT Democracy, it is dictatorship at it's worst. (... and he thinks slavery is bad) - Marcia - 11/18/2003 3:50:36 AM
      - re: re:So why are people so afraid of communism? - Raoul - 11/18/2003 6:41:44 AM
        
        re: re:So why are people so afraid of communism? - McFly - 11/19/2003 2:48:43 PM
        
        re: re:Fascism - Raoul - 11/19/2003 6:52:23 PM
        
        re: Thank you, McFly. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/19/2003 4:47:37 PM
        
        :- O >| - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 5:33:32 PM
        
        re: Obsession - Raoul - 11/18/2003 8:01:48 PM
        
        re: Obsession - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 9:46:13 PM
        
        re: Belgium is a democracy - Raoul - 11/19/2003 7:00:56 PM
        
        Tom you've been brainwashed into paranoia. - Anne Leftleaner - 11/18/2003 5:58:37 PM
        
        re: re:So why are people so afraid of communism? - Scott Evil - 11/18/2003 2:23:59 PM
    - re: The UN - McFly - 11/17/2003 11:05:22 PM
    - re: The UN - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2003 10:45:13 PM
      - re: Good thing 'Euros' doesn't have a mind of it's own. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 11/18/2003 3:30:47 AM
        
        re: So, it's Eros. - Marcia - 11/18/2003 3:38:14 AM
        
        Freudian slip or clever word play? (n/t) - RobVG - 11/18/2003 3:40:17 AM
        
        re: Just a spontaneous F-slip, dear Rob. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/18/2003 4:18:29 AM
        
        re: Sorry, Rob! (Freudian slips are ok) (n/t) - Marcia - 11/18/2003 4:22:09 AM

Why the US Must Carry the World - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/18/2003 6:36:01 AM
- re: Why the US Must Carry the World - Lindy - 11/18/2003 6:19:56 PM
  - just curious - FrankC - 11/18/2003 8:46:14 PM
    - If you were to interpret from Lindy's posts... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/19/2003 4:07:13 PM
    - re: just curious - Lindy - 11/19/2003 4:43:34 AM
  - Actually, it is "de jure," unless you just live in America for one day. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 6:29:19 PM
- Pie in the Sky Nationalism - Lindy - 11/18/2003 6:06:30 PM
  - Lindy Lindy Lindy... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/19/2003 4:42:03 PM
  - Case in point. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 6:13:25 PM
- It's been said before. - RobVG - 11/18/2003 5:21:49 PM
  - re: It's been said before. - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 5:54:12 PM
- As an immigrant... - McFly - 11/18/2003 4:53:23 PM
  - Arms sales - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 5:21:28 PM

Latest on the Terri Schiavo case - Donald - 11/19/2003 4:06:06 PM

Washington Post story and the original sources - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 7:27:34 PM
- re: Washington Post story and the original sources - Robert - 11/18/2003 9:38:03 PM
  - re: Washington Post story and the original sources - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 10:04:36 PM
    - re: Washington Post story and the original sources - Robert - 11/19/2003 12:06:34 AM
      - re: Washington Post story and the original sources - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2003 1:05:56 AM

FOX News Yellow Journalilsm - Donald - 11/16/2003 5:23:49 PM
- Cripes! - Robert - 11/16/2003 8:57:43 PM
  - Ignoring Don - FrankC - 11/17/2003 5:12:22 PM
    - re: Ignoring Don - Robert - 11/17/2003 6:08:08 PM
      - Dan vs Don - FrankC - 11/17/2003 7:50:09 PM
        
        "censure" vs. "censor" - Robert - 11/17/2003 9:15:10 PM
        
        More on the Chinese Water Torture - Robert - 11/17/2003 9:37:33 PM
        
        A note on why Don's posting technique is no worse than mine - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 8:04:21 PM
        
        And neither bothers me - Robert - 11/18/2003 9:14:13 PM
        
        No argument from me - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2003 10:05:07 PM
        
        Nor from me - Robert - 11/17/2003 11:37:36 PM
        
        Links to others - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 12:00:03 AM
        
        But Tom... - Robert - 11/18/2003 12:49:43 AM
        
        Current Events is basically the news - Larry J - 11/18/2003 2:35:46 PM
        
        In theory, anyway... - Robert - 11/18/2003 4:13:43 PM
        
        re: In theory, anyway... - gbaikie - 11/18/2003 6:30:06 PM
        
        correction - gbaikie - 11/18/2003 7:40:18 PM
        
        In theory, anyway... - Robert - 11/18/2003 6:43:01 PM
        
        re: In theory, anyway... - gbaikie - 11/18/2003 8:45:30 PM
        
        Held together by chewing gum, baling wire...and paper - Robert - 11/18/2003 9:19:57 PM
        
        Good advice on sources - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 6:26:25 PM
        
        re: Good advice on sources - Robert - 11/18/2003 6:47:09 PM
        
        "deadline pressure" my foot. - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 7:22:22 PM
        
        See also: - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 7:34:09 PM
      - re: Ignoring Don - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2003 6:16:21 PM
        
        Agreed (n/t) - Robert - 11/17/2003 6:44:01 PM
  - I'm beginning to think my posts are getting transcribed into Sanskrit... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2003 9:25:32 PM
- The real story - Donald - 11/16/2003 6:13:52 PM
  - About-Face in Iraq - Donald - 11/16/2003 7:14:31 PM

Media in Iraq doesn't quite get a clue - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 5:20:55 AM
- It was a message to your beloved commander and chief... - Jack Herer - 11/18/2003 5:56:05 PM
  - Yeah, the soldier flipped off a cameraman because he knew Bush would see the picture. Right. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 9:13:00 PM

Guantanamo fan clubs - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2003 7:49:57 PM
- re: Guantanamo fan clubs - McFly - 11/17/2003 10:40:20 PM
  - Al Jazeera is not even trying to do journalism - ebnelson - 11/18/2003 5:31:34 AM
- Tom, pull your head out of your rear! - Davin L. - 11/17/2003 8:43:12 PM
  - And for goodness sake don't forget to wash your hair after you do so! :-) (n/t) - McFly - 11/18/2003 8:11:33 PM
  - I agree with Davin. Tom you are way over the top. - Scott Evil - 11/18/2003 1:04:52 AM
    - LOL - FrankC - 11/18/2003 3:38:07 AM
  - Okay, that's one vote against the site. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2003 9:30:58 PM

Again, a little more history - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 7:49:38 PM

Another Iraqi blogger - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 6:09:05 PM

Chomsky gets nominated for the Dowd Award - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2003 6:04:00 PM

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