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We should use a few of these force multipliers in Iraq. - Scott Evil - 7/30/2003 8:17:29 PM

'Did war compromise al-Qaida hunt?' - Robert - 7/30/2003 4:15:34 PM
- To answer your question... - Don - 7/30/2003 7:58:47 PM

US Sezs new WAVE of terror attacks planned WORLDWIDE? - carl - 7/30/2003 3:15:13 PM
- Just great... - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2003 6:33:37 PM

California Circus - alcaray - 7/29/2003 5:06:55 PM
- Hate to rain on your parade, but... - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 7:02:07 PM
  - And yet, they keep voting for passage of these budgets - alcaray - 7/29/2003 8:42:26 PM
    - California - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2003 2:16:08 AM
      - Thanks for making it simple! - alcaray - 7/30/2003 4:28:45 PM

A Leftist gets it. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 6:58:41 PM
- Winston Churchill - Gary - 7/30/2003 4:16:06 PM
- re: A Leftist gets it. - gbaikie - 7/29/2003 9:09:43 PM

Tony Blair Still In Trouble Over Exaggerated Iraq Claims - Don - 7/30/2003 1:35:15 PM
- And, while we're spending $4 billion a month in Iraq... - Don - 7/30/2003 2:16:26 PM
  - Meanwhile: Memo warns of new hijack plots - Don - 7/30/2003 2:21:22 PM

A nation dominated by the right wing is doomed to flop around in circles, going nowhere. - Davin L. - 7/29/2003 4:46:06 PM
- Our agents have 'taken care of' the link in this post (n/t) - The vast right-wing conspiracy - 7/30/2003 12:59:48 PM
- Link didn't work. Repost please... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 7:27:59 PM
  - At guess, I'd say Davin was scooped by alcaray in the post below (n/t) - Tony - 7/29/2003 7:33:09 PM
    - re: At guess - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 8:00:03 PM
    - correct, Tony, my link differed, but the content was the same. (n/t) - Davin L. - 7/29/2003 7:59:23 PM

Another quote from a soldier in Iraq you won't see in the Times - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2003 8:35:43 AM

CATO INSTITUTE: Bush Must Account for WMD Allegations - Don - 7/26/2003 2:26:49 PM
- 'Only Nixon could go to China' - Robert - 7/26/2003 4:50:26 PM
  - Cato - Tom Brosz - 7/26/2003 10:24:45 PM
    - re: Cato - Robert - 7/26/2003 11:38:11 PM
      - Threats - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 12:05:09 AM
        
        re: Threats - Robert - 7/27/2003 12:40:08 AM
        
        re: Threats - gbaikie - 7/27/2003 7:49:20 AM
        
        re: Threats - Robert - 7/27/2003 5:12:51 PM
        
        re: Threats - gbaikie - 7/28/2003 9:23:26 AM
        
        Twenty million - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 6:38:59 AM
        
        re: Twenty million: is this the number of bogus justifications we have to go through? - Davin L. - 7/28/2003 4:24:14 PM
        
        re: Twenty million - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 3:44:35 AM
        
        Tom, did you really think you could use revisionism on me? - Davin L. - 7/29/2003 4:18:30 AM
        
        revisionism? - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2003 2:57:00 AM
        
        re: Twenty million - Robert - 7/28/2003 3:52:05 PM
        
        re: Twenty million - McFly - 7/28/2003 2:12:57 PM
        
        re: Twenty million - gbaikie - 7/29/2003 11:14:26 AM
        
        re: Threats - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 1:06:28 AM
        
        re: Threats - Robert - 7/27/2003 8:32:20 PM
        
        Pakistan - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 6:44:34 AM
        
        re: Pakistan - Robert - 7/28/2003 4:11:13 PM
        
        re: Pakistan - gbaikie - 7/29/2003 9:39:33 PM
    - re: Cato - Don - 7/26/2003 11:33:16 PM
      - Lied? - Tom Brosz - 7/26/2003 11:49:35 PM
        
        How high the bar is - Don - 7/27/2003 12:05:37 AM
        
        re: How high the bar is - Greg - 7/27/2003 4:01:13 AM
        
        Saddam's credibility - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 4:58:15 AM
        
        re: Saddam's credibility - Greg - 7/27/2003 7:07:12 AM
        
        Theories - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 12:56:10 AM
      - No monoliths - Fox - 7/26/2003 11:48:00 PM
        
        re: No monoliths - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 12:25:29 AM

Consumer Confidence Plummets - alcaray - 7/29/2003 4:22:27 PM
- Finally managed to scratch one up, huh? - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 7:25:34 PM
  - Economic bad news is so hard to find, these days. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/29/2003 9:40:31 PM
- aw nuts. Scooped! :-) (n/t) - Tony - 7/29/2003 5:09:24 PM
  - Story of my life! (n/t) - alcaray - 7/29/2003 5:33:19 PM

Reuters: Consumer Confidence Suffers Surprise Fall - Don - 7/29/2003 7:46:47 PM
- Meanwhile: Stocks Fall as Bond Slide Unnerves - Don - 7/29/2003 7:50:45 PM

And the Pentagon finds a convoluted scheme to shoot themselves in the foot. - alcaray - 7/29/2003 4:45:35 PM
- a convoluted scheme to shoot themselves in the foot. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 7:38:54 PM
- A good thing that you are around to out all the dumb people at the Pentagon - Scott Evil - 7/29/2003 5:03:24 PM
  - Well you guys only out the "leftists". A little balance? - alcaray - 7/29/2003 5:22:21 PM
- A good thing that you are around to out all the dumb people at the Pentagon N/T - Scott Evil - 7/29/2003 5:03:11 PM

Christopher Hitchens again on Iraq - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 3:14:45 AM
- Despite the short term Baathist revenge attacks, things are definitely improving in Iraq - Matt Burley - 7/27/2003 5:09:06 PM
  - The last 4 paragraphs of the article you cited - Mary Anne - 7/27/2003 6:12:47 PM
    - They have a lot of oil to sell. - Scott Evil - 7/28/2003 9:43:42 PM
    - re: The last 4 paragraphs of the article you cited - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 6:03:21 AM
    - Well now that Iraq's oil wealth is no longer diverted to build opulent presidential palaces and filling up Baathist bank accounts... - Matt Burley - 7/27/2003 7:49:26 PM
      - Fortune-telling - Mary Anne - 7/27/2003 7:56:07 PM
        
        I don't know. Do you know of any perfect governments on earth? - Matt Burley - 7/27/2003 8:28:18 PM
        
        No. But that's not the point. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2003 8:51:59 PM
        
        Re: One doesn't predicate the success of a program on its most optimistic possible outcome, but on its most pessimistic - Scott Evil - 7/28/2003 9:54:29 PM
        
        The big picture - Robert - 7/27/2003 8:49:16 PM
        
        re: The big picture - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 5:52:25 AM
        
        Cost effectiveness - Robert - 7/28/2003 3:41:04 PM
        
        re: Cost effectiveness - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 8:23:26 PM
        
        re: Cost effectiveness - Robert - 7/28/2003 9:33:27 PM
        
        From one punchdrunk fighter to another...That's the truth! - Scott Evil - 7/28/2003 10:09:45 PM
        
        re: From one punchdrunk fighter to another...That's the truth! - Robert - 7/28/2003 11:47:06 PM
        
        Star Trek utopia - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 2:56:13 AM
        
        re: Star Trek utopia - Robert - 7/29/2003 4:01:11 AM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 5:04:31 AM
        
        re: Star Trek utopia - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 4:59:43 AM
        
        re: Star Trek utopia - Robert - 7/29/2003 4:04:20 PM
        
        Warping this thread out of here... - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 6:50:31 PM
        
        re: Cost effectiveness - Marcia - 7/28/2003 9:42:53 PM
        
        You and me both (n/t) - Robert - 7/28/2003 10:03:15 PM
        
        I don't believe that Iraq has been a distraction at all - Matt Burley - 7/27/2003 10:22:38 PM
        
        I'm not convinced - Robert - 7/28/2003 1:35:57 AM
        
        re: The big picture - Marcia - 7/27/2003 9:13:04 PM
    - re: The last 4 paragraphs of the article you cited - Marcia - 7/27/2003 7:09:32 PM
      - "Who's fault is that? I have to ask!" - Mary Anne - 7/27/2003 7:51:19 PM
        
        re: "Who's fault is that? I have to ask!" - Marcia - 7/27/2003 8:32:33 PM

Excerpts from the 9/11 Report regarding Saudi Arabia - Robert - 7/29/2003 6:44:21 PM

Mark Steyn and the Democrats From Planet Zongo - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 5:13:09 AM
- Deafening silence? - Tony - 7/29/2003 5:06:21 PM
- The far left wing of the Democrats won't allow the war issue to die. - Scott Evil - 7/29/2003 4:27:10 PM

Some more good news from Iraq - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 4:37:20 AM

Was Saddam near his sons? - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 2:47:25 AM
- You're welcome for providing the term - Mary Anne - 7/27/2003 7:10:59 PM
  - Second-guessing - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 8:09:46 PM
    - Thank you for providing this opportunity for dialog. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2003 8:29:37 PM
      - Excuse the "scream and leap." Not your fault. - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2003 10:30:54 PM
        
        Just a minor point - Davin L. - 7/28/2003 4:05:24 AM
        
        Bottom of the arguement barrel - alcaray - 7/28/2003 10:32:18 PM
        
        No- see, it runs on a cycle - Davin L. - 7/28/2003 11:10:07 PM
        
        Thanks for stating the obvious Davin....... - Lindy - 7/28/2003 6:50:52 PM
        
        re: stating the obvious - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2003 3:14:27 AM
        
        Thank you. I'm a little cranky today myself. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2003 12:17:39 AM

Bob Hope's last "Road Picture" - Don - 7/28/2003 1:39:54 PM
- re: Bob Hope - Raoul - 7/28/2003 7:10:50 PM
  - Hope's Diamond . . . - D. Spires - 7/28/2003 9:00:16 PM
- re: To the most decorated and internationally recognized performer in the world . . . - D. Spires - 7/28/2003 6:08:54 PM
  - Department of Defense Statement on the Death of Bob Hope . . . - D. Spires - 7/28/2003 9:02:16 PM
- What a guy - FrankC - 7/28/2003 5:09:32 PM

Two more casualties in Iraq - Don - 7/28/2003 1:17:11 PM
- P.S. It was one casualty - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 5:52:48 PM
- I see your statistic, and raise you... - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 5:49:33 PM
  - Please do post these Tom...Afterall, every gun removed from the street results in countless lives saved. - Scott Evil - 7/28/2003 8:18:46 PM
  - re: from the BBC - Raoul - 7/28/2003 7:31:17 PM
    - re: from the BBC - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 8:03:34 PM
- insert stupid belligerent comment by Ed here - Tony - 7/28/2003 2:45:29 PM
  - Thanks for saving us all the time! (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 7/28/2003 6:39:08 PM

Will losses of our fighters result in abandoning the battle? - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 12:03:27 AM
- analogies - FrankC - 7/28/2003 1:32:43 AM
  - re: analogies - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 5:11:12 AM
    - Cops are keeping peace in their own communities. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 7/28/2003 11:59:10 AM
      - They're no less dead for that, are they? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 8:05:50 PM
        
        No, they aren't. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2003 8:13:22 PM
- I wonder... - Robert - 7/28/2003 12:52:17 AM
- re: What the-- Oh! NOW I get it! - Mary Anne - 7/28/2003 12:44:18 AM
  - re: What the-- Oh! NOW I get it! - gbaikie - 7/28/2003 2:40:28 AM

horny girl want you! - girl - 7/28/2003 7:00:53 AM
- It's actually surprising that more of this kind of crap doesn't sift in here - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 7:15:37 AM
  - re: It might be a chat bot - Success_Machine - 7/28/2003 12:41:24 PM

Letter to Dick Cheney - Maureen Dowd - 7/28/2003 5:13:22 AM
- re: Letter to Dick Cheney - gbaikie - 7/28/2003 12:10:05 PM

Andrew Sullivan again - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 7:27:12 AM

Now they get offended? - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2003 5:32:20 AM

Update: Afghanistan, Taliban and al-Qaeda. - Marcia - 7/27/2003 5:58:42 PM
- The real problem is in Pakistan, not Afghanistan - Matt Burley - 7/28/2003 1:46:08 AM
- As they regroup - ebnelson - 7/27/2003 8:33:10 PM
- Interesting and grim - FrankC - 7/27/2003 7:00:56 PM
  - re: Interesting and grim - Robert - 7/27/2003 8:11:50 PM
    - I'm not suggesting we leave - FrankC - 7/27/2003 8:35:22 PM
  - re: Interesting and grim - Marcia - 7/27/2003 7:25:56 PM
    - re: Not all bad news. - Marcia - 7/27/2003 7:39:43 PM
- Signs of this were plentiful in 2002 - Mary Anne - 7/27/2003 6:51:08 PM

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