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From the New York Times--Bush looking damn good. - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 4:36:56 PM
- I think everyone knows those polls are adjusted to show approval. n/t (n/t) - Walter - 4/18/2003 3:08:41 PM
  - Yeah, the NYT stays up late nights trying to think of ways to make Bush look good. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2003 5:18:38 PM
  - I for one do not know that - phil - 4/18/2003 4:18:55 PM
  - Did I Just See Someone's Knee Jerk? n/t (n/t) - Perspective - 4/18/2003 9:48:47 AM

SEATTLE PI: Where are the banned weapons in Iraq? - Don - 4/18/2003 12:58:55 PM
- The inspectors need more time! ;) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2003 5:16:40 PM
- Meanwhile, On the streets of Baghdad - Don - 4/18/2003 1:00:22 PM
  - Re: Meanwhile, On the streets of Baghdad - gbaikie - 4/18/2003 3:34:12 PM
    - I'm telling you the UN Oil for Foot program money has dissapeared... - Scott - 4/18/2003 4:17:54 PM
      - opps that's "Oil for Food"...I wan't my $8 Billion Dollars! (n/t) - Scott - 4/18/2003 4:19:02 PM
  - In a city of 5million, with no commerce or work - ebnelson - 4/18/2003 1:21:13 PM
- Come On - Perspective - 4/18/2003 8:23:31 AM

Where Bush Clearly Screwed Up Big Time... - Buck Galaxy - 4/17/2003 2:17:22 PM
- My guess... - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 3:13:16 PM
  - Its plausible - Don - 4/17/2003 4:06:50 PM
- When bullets & RPGs are flying and you're worried about suicide bombers... - Larry J - 4/17/2003 2:38:01 PM
  - Human lives are more important than material things. - REB - 4/18/2003 10:57:32 AM
    - Letting hospitals be looted doesn't protect human lives - pwokenyaw - 4/18/2003 4:58:47 PM
      - Those hospitals didn't have much to begin with... - REB - 4/18/2003 5:09:41 PM

Listen to Dick... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/17/2003 7:35:56 PM
- Re: "Iraq loves Bush as we all predicted" - alcaray - 4/17/2003 10:20:10 AM
  - Here's mine... - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 10:40:16 AM
    - You win a no-prize! - alcaray - 4/17/2003 10:49:38 AM
      - A no-prize! 'Nuff said! - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 3:25:04 PM
        
        Still some true believers left. - alcaray - 4/18/2003 4:53:48 PM
- A new tool of diplomacy! - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 9:56:05 AM
- Put that thing away.... - et - 4/17/2003 8:12:34 AM
  - If he loses... - FrankC - 4/17/2003 2:11:47 PM
  - Counting Chickens - Perspective - 4/17/2003 9:58:12 AM
    - Good grief! He won a war! He had better be popular now. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2003 10:26:46 AM

Are these guys looting? - Walter - 4/17/2003 4:18:11 PM
- another form of looting by our troops... - Walter - 4/18/2003 4:43:53 PM
  - Re: another form of looting by our troops... - Perspective - 4/18/2003 9:54:35 AM
- Do you have any pictures of them taking gold teeth from POW's? - Scott - 4/18/2003 4:20:47 PM
- Loathsome deals - Lindy - 4/18/2003 9:07:30 AM

Islam and modernity - Raoul Lannoy - 4/17/2003 4:48:49 PM
- Translation Too Bad To Wade Through - Mark Eby - 4/18/2003 3:55:25 PM

What are the implications: - ebnelson - 4/18/2003 1:19:20 PM
- Geez...starting to sound like the "stalled" scenario all over again. - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2003 1:51:35 PM
  - Re: Geez...starting to sound like the - ebnelson - 4/18/2003 3:13:35 PM
- zzzzzzz - FrankC - 4/18/2003 1:42:44 PM
- Re: What are the implications: - Don - 4/18/2003 1:40:24 PM
  - Not even clinton could sell that one, Don. - ebnelson - 4/18/2003 3:11:13 PM
  - I doubt that - FrankC - 4/18/2003 1:53:35 PM

Aussies find weapons caches - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2003 1:47:19 PM

Suggestion for the Left....let it go - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 10:28:10 AM
- Re: Suggestion for the Left....let it go - REB - 4/18/2003 11:21:07 AM
- Democratic Party has figured it out already... - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 10:32:28 AM

3 tales of shock an defeat - SDG - 4/18/2003 10:50:35 AM

Another reason why Iran was quietly cheering us on from the sidelines - Matt Burley - 4/17/2003 1:29:14 PM
- But it's ok if a Shiite leader aligned to Iran is elected, right? RIGHT? Hello? Democracy to Iraq, right? Ø (n/t) - et - 4/17/2003 7:58:24 PM
  - Re: Democracy to Iraq, right? - Raoul - 4/17/2003 9:43:38 AM
    - Since your government did everything it could to guarantee the war - ebnelson - 4/17/2003 1:23:44 PM

Now that the War is over, what are these folks going to do? - REB - 4/16/2003 7:38:21 PM
- Re: Now that the War is over - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 8:10:43 AM
  - Lets hope they make a play for more control of the Democratic Party - Anne Leftleaner - 4/16/2003 12:50:33 PM
  - Re: Now that the War is over - Raoul - 4/16/2003 8:41:22 AM
    - Re: Now that the War is over - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 12:13:14 PM
    - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 12:07:45 PM
    - The remnants of the antiwar movement - FrankC - 4/16/2003 9:18:04 AM
      - Re: Making fools of themselves - Mary Anne - 4/16/2003 2:53:48 PM
        
        Re: Making fools of themselves - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 5:08:52 PM
        
        Let's see you say that when war comes to your neighborhood n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 2:06:47 PM
        
        Should I buy a AK47? n/t - gbaikie - 4/17/2003 7:44:55 PM
        
        No. - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 9:48:32 AM
        
        The whole point of this entire military exercise is preventing exactly that. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 4:58:45 PM
        
        My point was apparently obscure - FrankC - 4/16/2003 3:57:06 PM
        
        Re: Diversity - Raoul - 4/16/2003 5:43:13 PM
        
        Re: Diversity - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 6:53:19 PM
    - Usual response. - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 8:59:55 AM
      - Re: un-Usual response. - Publius - 4/16/2003 12:50:36 PM
        
        You're really pissed that we won, aren't you? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 6:54:25 PM
        
        Re: un-Usual response. - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 1:45:49 PM
      - BTW, just to be clear... - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 9:01:15 AM
        
        Uhn-American - Lindy - 4/16/2003 3:52:27 PM
        
        Re: Uhn-American - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 7:07:30 PM
        
        Re: Uhn-American - Lindy - 4/17/2003 3:57:41 PM
        
        Re: Uhn-American - McFly - 4/17/2003 3:45:03 PM
        
        Then you should try... - FrankC - 4/16/2003 3:59:19 PM
        
        Strange Answer - Lindy - 4/16/2003 4:25:21 PM
        
        perception - FrankC - 4/16/2003 4:45:21 PM

Laser artillery & missile defense - p - 4/17/2003 7:36:35 PM

Baghdad Bob bites it? - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 12:28:04 PM
- Re: Baghdad Bob bites it? - pwokenyaw - 4/17/2003 6:07:25 PM
  - Low rate of suicide? - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 8:31:34 AM
- Ali we hardly knew you - FrankC - 4/16/2003 4:12:23 PM
- Lies! all lies! I am just resting - Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf - 4/16/2003 12:44:37 PM
- That would be a shame - Don - 4/16/2003 12:40:24 PM
  - Re: That would be a shame - REB - 4/17/2003 11:44:38 AM

Palestinian terrorist captured near Baghdad - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2003 10:06:58 AM
- Uh...Tom - Don - 4/15/2003 12:57:34 PM
  - It seems difficult to believe that the USA would ever drop a piracy charge against anyone. - David F Mayer - 4/15/2003 4:35:21 PM
    - The facts are simple to verify - Don - 4/16/2003 2:12:25 PM
      - Re: The facts are simple to verify - REB - 4/16/2003 3:08:50 PM
    - US warrants were dropped basically on a technicality - Matt Burley - 4/16/2003 1:02:37 PM
    - Nightline seems to think it is a big deal. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/15/2003 4:38:54 PM
      - There is no expiration time for either murder or piracy. - David F Mayer - 4/15/2003 6:28:41 PM
  - Re: Uh...Don, sour grapes are tough on your digestion. - ebnelson - 4/15/2003 1:39:24 PM
    - Sour Grapes?!? - Don - 4/15/2003 1:54:00 PM
      - Show the links. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/15/2003 2:07:53 PM
        
        The Link - Don - 4/15/2003 2:29:21 PM
        
        Re: The Link - ebnelson - 4/15/2003 2:40:20 PM
        
        Re: The Link - Davin L. - 4/15/2003 3:15:09 PM
        
        Re: The missing link - ebnelson - 4/15/2003 3:35:40 PM
        
        Re: The missing link - Davin L. - 4/16/2003 1:57:44 PM
        
        Re: The missing link - ebnelson - 4/17/2003 3:39:26 PM
        
        Ed - Don - 4/15/2003 2:43:54 PM
- Re: Palestinian terrorist captured near Baghdad - p - 4/15/2003 10:15:23 AM
  - "Slid" off the deck? What do you think the catapults are for? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2003 12:58:57 PM
    - They could use the Navy's "Catch and Release" Program - Larry J - 4/15/2003 2:16:59 PM
  - I thought he died... - Scott - 4/15/2003 10:36:55 AM
    - Abu's confused - FrankC - 4/15/2003 1:16:29 PM

State of medical system in Iraq - LJ - 4/16/2003 9:30:11 AM
- What's being done - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 6:49:56 PM
- What was the capacity before the war started? - ebnelson - 4/16/2003 3:57:24 PM
- Sssshhhh....you're not supposed to mention that - Lindy - 4/16/2003 3:43:19 PM
- Time for the UN to get off it's ass. - RobVG - 4/16/2003 11:03:20 AM
  - "Long before the war started" - Mary Anne - 4/16/2003 3:12:30 PM
    - You're wrong. - RobVG - 4/16/2003 4:38:56 PM
      - "Anyone who was reading the newspapers..." - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 2:49:22 PM
  - If their accounting is as good as their diplomacy... - Scott - 4/16/2003 12:45:59 PM

clinton reveals the shallowness of his legacy, in his own words. - ebnelson - 4/15/2003 5:14:49 PM
- So much wrong, so little time - p - 4/16/2003 12:21:43 PM
  - Re: So much wrong, so little time - REB - 4/16/2003 1:20:32 PM
- "...the United States cannot kill, jail or occupy all of its adversaries." - Buck Galaxy - 4/15/2003 6:35:16 PM
  - Re: Benevolent superpower - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 5:51:56 PM
  - True statement - FrankC - 4/16/2003 3:54:13 PM
  - We'll probably cut France, Germany, & Russia some slack N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 4/16/2003 2:11:28 PM
  - clinton thought he could cut deals to improve our safety his track record is abyssmal. - ebnelson - 4/16/2003 12:34:46 PM
    - Since no one else called you on this I gotta point out: your post has nothing to do with Buck's post. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/16/2003 5:28:46 PM
    - Re: clinton thought he could cut deals to improve our safety his track record is abyssmal. - Davin L. - 4/16/2003 3:13:19 PM
      - End times and the Palestinians - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 5:44:39 PM
        
        Re: End times and the Palestinians - Davin L. - 4/16/2003 6:01:48 PM
        
        Re: End times and the Third Face Of The Coin - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 8:27:03 AM
        
        Re: End times and the Third Face Of The Coin - Davin L. - 4/16/2003 9:07:57 AM
        
        "Looks like I picked the wrong day..." - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 9:20:42 AM
        
        Okay, whatever... - Davin L. - 4/17/2003 2:28:38 PM
      - I'm confused...Are you rambling or just blaminging everyone accept Bill Clinton for the Middle Eastern Mess. - Certifiable Scott - 4/16/2003 3:58:15 PM
        
        You ARE certifiable Scott - Lindy - 4/16/2003 4:16:39 PM
        
        man, you really need to get your head checked ;-) - Davin L. - 4/16/2003 4:07:51 PM
      - clinton signed on to regime change in Iraq. He failed - ebnelson - 4/16/2003 2:14:13 PM
        
        RE: "Deal with it".... Ill get right on that Mr. Nelson/ Republican Information Minister - Davin L. - 4/17/2003 2:32:50 PM
        
        Not whatever I say, DL. - ebnelson - 4/17/2003 2:31:49 PM
      - Re: clinton thought he could cut deals to improve our safety his track record is abyssmal. - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 8:04:05 AM
    - Re: clinton thought he could cut deals to improve our safety his track record is abyssmal. - REB - 4/16/2003 1:22:12 PM
  - Re: - gbaikie - 4/15/2003 6:53:35 PM
    - benevolence is not equal to impotence. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/16/2003 5:23:03 PM

What free Iraqis think of Saddam - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2002 7:31:58 PM
- You win a no-prize! - alcaray - 4/17/2003 10:47:57 AM
- Re: What free Iraqis think of Saddam - ian - 11/3/2002 2:02:15 PM
- One thing I will give Saddam credit for. - Lee - 10/2/2002 9:14:22 AM
- Childish. - Bowser - 10/1/2002 8:40:04 AM
  - Re: Childish. - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2002 10:13:53 AM
    - You restated my position. - Bowser - 10/1/2002 12:06:28 PM
      - Re: You restated my position. - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2002 3:50:23 PM
        
        Remember all those cheering Afghans? - Bowser - 10/1/2002 5:53:58 PM
        
        Hope has been borne anew - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/2/2002 8:00:35 AM
        
        Re: Careful, now . . . - D. Spires - 10/2/2002 3:09:25 PM
    - LOL! That WILL be fun. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/1/2002 10:52:13 AM
      - That WILL be fun. - Lindy - 10/2/2002 2:35:28 PM
  - I'm outside Iraq and I love Sadam - David "Baghdad" Bonier - 10/1/2002 8:53:49 AM

Current state of Syrian Military - Buck Galaxy - 4/17/2003 8:41:37 AM
- Re: Current state of Syrian Military - gbaikie - 4/17/2003 9:42:27 AM

No Strike On Syria? - Perspective - 4/14/2003 2:11:05 PM
- Re: Very likely no strike on Syria . . . - D. Spires - 4/15/2003 3:11:35 PM
  - Plus... - Larry J - 4/15/2003 5:17:08 PM
  - I agree. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/15/2003 3:40:28 PM
- Never say Never - Scott - 4/15/2003 12:13:14 PM
- No one really comprehends how powerful a position we have. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2003 5:06:17 PM
  - Bush's Middle East Peace - Buck Galaxy - 4/15/2003 7:46:12 PM
    - Darn image didn't post; here's a link - Buck Galaxy - 4/15/2003 7:49:34 PM
      - When all else fails, say it is 'war for oil'. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/15/2003 11:41:00 AM
        
        Actually - Buck Galaxy - 4/15/2003 4:07:29 PM
        
        So how much money would the Iraqi people have made off the museum? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2003 6:01:14 PM
        
        Everything comes down to money? - LJ - 4/15/2003 8:50:57 AM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2003 9:54:00 AM
        
        All that is so much crap if you're starving or sick. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2003 9:49:55 AM
        
        Museums are liberal crap? - Fox - 4/15/2003 4:59:17 PM
        
        Re: All that is so much crap if you're starving or sick. - Mary Anne - 4/15/2003 4:31:27 PM
        
        Re: All that is so much crap if you're starving or sick. - gbaikie - 4/15/2003 6:24:10 PM
        
        Re: All that is so much crap - Fox - 4/16/2003 5:34:46 PM
        
        Re: All that is so much crap, (that's right) - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 7:34:52 PM
        
        No, I wonder if American "security concerns" are going to permit Iraqis to do what they want with their oil... - Mary Anne - 4/16/2003 4:53:52 PM
        
        Re: No, I wonder if American - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 7:45:43 PM
        
        Cultural pride? - Scott - 4/15/2003 9:39:36 AM
        
        All RIGHT!!! - Mary Anne - 4/15/2003 4:36:44 PM
        
        Priorities - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 8:41:33 AM
        
        I'll say this for you, Scott - LJ - 4/15/2003 9:45:23 AM
      - Actually, that looks a lot like Russia's flag. (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 4/15/2003 8:56:07 AM
  - Special Forces - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2003 6:04:57 PM
  - Bush nominated! See Offtopic n/t (n/t) - LJ - 4/15/2003 3:39:10 PM
  - 100% - Perspective - 4/15/2003 2:19:05 PM
- Re: No Strike On Syria? Only if they give up Hezbollah - ebnelson - 4/14/2003 3:57:14 PM
- Lets hope... - Don - 4/14/2003 2:33:15 PM
  - Don't you think... - Perspective - 4/14/2003 2:37:34 PM
    - Re: Don't you think... - Raoul - 4/14/2003 5:47:58 PM
      - I hope you're right - Perspective - 4/15/2003 12:33:32 PM
      - Syria's fascist rulers were trained by the French and are much more well behaved - ebnelson - 4/15/2003 12:03:07 PM
        
        I've heard that they are just as ruthless as Sadam - Scott - 4/15/2003 12:34:53 PM
    - Re: Don't you think... - gbaikie - 4/14/2003 4:57:55 PM
    - Don't you think... - Don - 4/14/2003 3:51:07 PM
      - P.S. If Syria is harboring war Criminals, then they do have the obligation to turn them over... - Scott - 4/15/2003 12:25:02 PM
      - So if evidence does exist, then you would support it? - Scott - 4/15/2003 12:22:00 PM
      - those jerks - FrankC - 4/14/2003 4:17:23 PM
    - Hopefully it won't come to that.. - FrankC - 4/14/2003 3:48:38 PM

US cuts off Iraqi oil flow to Syria - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2003 7:05:30 PM
- Re: US cuts off Iraqi oil flow to Syria - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 7:45:22 PM

130 mph winds at White Sands! - Don - 4/16/2003 2:21:57 PM
- Re: 130 mph winds at White Sands! - Johannes - 4/16/2003 6:28:46 PM
  - YEP it was our fault.... - R.L. - 4/16/2003 8:12:54 AM
    - Re: It was Roswell . . . - D. Spires - 4/16/2003 1:06:55 PM

Liberal Magic 8 Ball - Perspective - 4/15/2003 2:45:53 PM
- Realist Magic 8 Ball - Fox - 4/16/2003 6:05:16 PM
- I think they've been monitering Anne Leftleaner's posts... N/T (n/t) - Scott - 4/15/2003 3:37:28 PM
- 14 does not equal "dozens" - Mary Anne - 4/15/2003 3:34:45 PM
  - Re: 14 does not equal - Perspective - 4/16/2003 3:43:09 PM

Al Qaim is where the action is going to be in Iraq. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2003 10:14:33 AM
- No evidence - Don - 4/16/2003 1:27:12 PM
  - Re: No evidence - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 6:02:13 PM
- This thing may already be fouled up - Gary - 4/15/2003 5:01:51 PM
  - Re: This thing may already be fouled up - gbaikie - 4/15/2003 6:35:34 PM

Not time to end UN oil-for-food - pwokenyaw - 4/16/2003 5:54:00 PM

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