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For Publius and others here who care for humanity...must reads. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2003 12:21:12 PM
- without question..... - Publius - 3/15/2003 1:03:35 PM
  - Translation: "Keep raping, torturing and killing, Saddam! Just as long as it stays within your borders, it's OK by me. You're a sovereign state, after all! No questions asked!" nt (n/t) - Occasional Reader - 3/16/2003 11:05:04 AM
    - Except South Africa of course. - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2003 7:46:20 PM
    - Meanwhile, the US is offering the Turks *how* much in valuable merchandise and cash prizes? - Mary Anne - 3/16/2003 1:19:21 PM
  - Re: without question..... - Raoul Lannoy - 3/16/2003 10:13:47 AM
  - There is no great movement of dissent within Iraq. - FrankC - 3/15/2003 2:36:14 PM
  - You actually read the little guy???? - Bowser - 3/15/2003 2:13:43 PM

Bush: Monday is 'a moment of truth' on Iraq - Larry J - 3/16/2003 7:41:45 PM

Estrada vote fails to get past filibuster for second time. - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 5:11:11 PM
- Great news! Thx! :-) (nt) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/16/2003 6:42:32 PM
  - Not if you believe in the Constitution - Larry J - 3/16/2003 11:12:11 AM
    - Estrada needs to start putting campaign commercials on Univision and other spanish television stations - Scott - 3/16/2003 2:56:51 PM

Oriana Fallaci is amazing! - Gary - 3/16/2003 6:39:38 PM

In reply to your post-response below, Tom. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/15/2003 5:25:51 PM
- Perhaps this will help - Larry J - 3/16/2003 10:18:58 AM
- Re: In reply - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 8:36:12 PM
  - No problemo...Water under a Euphrates River bridge. [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/15/2003 9:01:25 AM
- A note on 'warmonger' - Robert - 3/15/2003 10:18:45 AM
  - Beware labeling others...lest you be labeled! ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2003 10:48:39 AM
    - Pulling a Davin on me?* ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2003 12:49:43 PM
      - Double bellyflop - Robert - 3/15/2003 4:48:00 PM
        
        This is beginning to sound like a diving class - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2003 6:22:21 PM
        
        Yes - Robert - 3/16/2003 6:02:11 PM
        
        Don't hold back Robert...tell us what you really feel. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/16/2003 9:15:13 AM
        
        Thanks for sharing how you feel about the anti-war position... - Robert - 3/16/2003 9:31:06 AM
        
        Let's wait and see. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/16/2003 10:28:14 AM
        
        Thank you. n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 3/16/2003 9:36:35 AM
        
        Agreed! - Davin L. - 3/16/2003 9:33:29 AM
        
        Re: This is beginning to sound like a diving class - Davin L. - 3/15/2003 7:47:03 PM
      - No need to apologize. - Davin L. - 3/15/2003 1:09:31 PM
        
        Robert, Bowser and now you... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2003 7:05:02 PM
        
        Bowser's over there fixing you a drink...;) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 7:44:02 PM
        
        Re: Robert, Bowser and now you... - Davin L. - 3/15/2003 7:40:24 PM
      - Darn Tony-type instant karma...this goes below. (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2003 12:52:15 PM
    - Re: Beware labeling others...lest you be labeled! ;-) - Robert - 3/15/2003 12:21:05 PM

Latest poll on American support for war - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2003 5:58:02 PM

Time: "An American Family Goes to War" - Larry J - 3/16/2003 1:01:23 PM

Some views from the streets of Baghdad - Larry J - 3/16/2003 12:46:38 PM

More news from Africa - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 11:16:55 AM
- Again, More news from Africa.... - Publius - 3/15/2003 1:10:48 PM
  - Don't those Contracts to rebuild go to Haliburton? - Lindy - 3/16/2003 11:17:38 AM

Bush on coalition building....... - Publius - 3/14/2003 4:56:07 PM
- Is it Bush's fault that the UN lacks any real moral authority - Matt Burley - 3/14/2003 6:09:31 PM
  - Bush's coalition small enough to meet in a broom closet........N/T (n/t) - Publius - 3/15/2003 1:20:44 PM
    - He can't even buy small, backward nations that are for sale. - Bowser - 3/15/2003 5:34:25 PM
      - Well Said! (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/15/2003 12:32:01 PM
    - Big enough to help the Iraqi people sweep away a bloody tyrant n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 3/15/2003 1:38:35 PM
      - Yeah, like they have really been trying to do that.......not. n/t (n/t) - Publius - 3/15/2003 8:45:33 PM
    - Re: LOL :-) (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul Lannoy - 3/15/2003 1:37:23 PM
    - Pretty big closet - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 9:05:34 AM
  - Is it the UN's fault that BUSH lacks any moral authority? - Davin L. - 3/15/2003 12:22:50 PM
    - Re: Is it the UN's fault - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 2:12:04 PM
      - Re: Is it the UN's fault - Davin L. - 3/16/2003 10:55:51 AM
        
        Roadblock - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2003 11:04:06 AM
  - Re: The UN - Raoul Lannoy - 3/15/2003 11:38:31 AM
    - Your original post - ebnelson - 3/15/2003 6:31:15 PM
    - You might wish to check the history of the UN - ebnelson - 3/15/2003 4:08:16 PM
      - Re: the history of the UN - Raoul Lannoy - 3/15/2003 5:31:00 PM

Russia and France can kiss it goodbye! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2003 8:48:37 PM
- Remotes - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 8:39:45 PM
  - Tom, your timeline is off - RNE - 3/15/2003 10:34:37 AM
    - They're working on those Terminators... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2003 11:08:38 AM
      - Scary thought, - RNE - 3/15/2003 3:58:14 PM
- What Russia and France can kiss goodbye! - Publius - 3/15/2003 1:49:18 PM
- Re: Russia and France can kiss it goodbye! - Raoul Lannoy - 3/15/2003 11:17:09 AM
  - I think the evidence will show otherwise. - ebnelson - 3/15/2003 3:36:01 PM
    - You neglect to mention........ - Lindy - 3/15/2003 7:42:44 PM

Tom B.... Isn't this what you were claiming wasn't gonna happen? - Davin L. - 3/14/2003 8:46:14 PM
- Learn to link why dontcha? - Tony - 3/14/2003 8:50:23 PM
  - Since when did cntrl-c/cntrl-v become too hard for you? - Davin L - 3/14/2003 8:59:16 PM
    - Long links don't cut and paste very well - Larry J - 3/14/2003 10:31:20 AM
    - You sound like Alex - RobVG - 3/14/2003 9:06:32 AM
      - Rob! Watchout! That smacks of leftist socialism! ;-) - Davin L. - 3/15/2003 8:10:57 PM
        
        Tell that to Spock.(n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/15/2003 8:16:52 PM
  - Hrrrumph! HTML my A...hmm - Davin L. - 3/14/2003 10:12:46 AM
- So what's the big deal? - Lee - 3/14/2003 2:16:27 PM
- Must admit, I am a bit surprised... - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 11:19:54 AM

Yet another murdering Al Quaeda SOB caught - p - 3/15/2003 8:08:02 PM
- Re: Yet another murdering Al Quaeda SOB caught - Publius - 3/15/2003 1:41:18 PM
  - Who the heck was messing with Elizabeth Starr - FrankC - 3/15/2003 2:00:49 PM

Democratic candidate John Edwards supports disarming Iraq by force. - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 5:17:50 PM

U.N. Inspectors Invited to Baghdad - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2003 4:39:42 PM

do the Democrats think that the US shouldn't be the most powerful nation on Earth? - Scott - 3/14/2003 10:56:47 AM
- Can you say par-a-noi-a ? n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/15/2003 4:05:46 PM
- The only way we are not the most powerful... - FrankC - 3/14/2003 4:11:02 PM
- Re: do the Democrats think that the US shouldn't be the most powerful nation on Earth? - gbaikie - 3/14/2003 12:02:27 PM

Blix says the environment is more of a threat than Iraq!!! - Scott - 3/14/2003 7:10:28 PM
- Then he should really be pissed at Saddam! - Larry J - 3/14/2003 7:19:14 PM
- It was official a long time ago. - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 7:15:58 PM
  - Blix said the inspections will be done before June - Scott - 3/14/2003 7:28:25 PM
- Speaking of the environment.... - Larry J - 3/14/2003 10:14:52 AM
  - What yet another 180 in environmental science? I'm SHOCKED! :) n/t (n/t) - p - 3/15/2003 2:21:51 PM
- Re: Blix says the environment is more of a threat than Iraq!!! - gbaikie - 3/14/2003 9:44:13 AM
  - ...more of a threat than Iraq!!! - gbaikie - 3/14/2003 10:02:29 AM

Anyone qualified to judge? - Davin L. - 3/15/2003 10:57:56 AM

And another... - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2003 7:48:03 PM
- Boils down to Us v. Them - Tony - 3/14/2003 5:06:52 PM
- a remarkable essay... - McFly - 3/14/2003 3:26:50 PM
  - WTF does left or right have to do with it? Sheesh. n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/14/2003 5:09:00 PM
    - This, for a start... - McFly - 3/14/2003 6:39:11 PM
      - Try reading the rest of it too n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/14/2003 7:13:37 PM
        
        brilliant contribution to the discussion, Tony n/t (n/t) - McFly - 3/14/2003 7:53:28 PM
        
        Then read what i said above, instead of expecting a knee-jerk response to one line in the article n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/14/2003 8:02:59 PM
        
        Aww, Tony, you actually want us to arguue ABOVE the level of knee-jerk responses? We don't know how!!! (n/t) - Generic Reactionary Republican - 3/14/2003 8:25:26 PM
        
        Aww Davin, don't pull a Scott on me. I had such high hopes of you ;-) n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/14/2003 8:33:27 PM
        
        Hehehe I couldn't resist! Blame it on the 3 beer lunch! ;-) (n/t) - Danny RightStumbler - 3/14/2003 8:50:12 PM
- And some can say a lot with just a few words - Larry J - 3/14/2003 2:43:58 PM
  - Re: Indeed! - Raoul Lannoy - 3/14/2003 5:42:55 PM
- Thanks, Tom. - ebnelson - 3/14/2003 12:36:28 PM

It's fascinating, and troubling, listening to pundits and retired-generals talking about the coming war. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/14/2003 8:37:19 PM
- Re: It's fascinating - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 11:30:27 AM

What the HELL do they want, anyway? - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 6:22:24 PM
- The only way I can make it work - alcaray - 3/14/2003 8:33:12 PM
- Easy, they want whatever is not in our interests. - Larry J - 3/14/2003 6:59:30 PM

Salman Park Airliner - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 6:05:42 PM
- Looks like it might be a 727 or DC-9 - Larry J - 3/14/2003 7:09:52 PM
  - Most skilled observers have said it is not a 707, but some plane with engines in the tail (which seems to be missing) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 7:16:53 PM
    - Yeah, the wings are too far back for it to be a 707 - Larry J - 3/14/2003 7:26:12 PM
      - Post that again? the lings were broken.... (NT) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/14/2003 7:27:54 PM
        
        Damn! They worked before when I checked them. - Larry J - 3/14/2003 7:41:24 PM
        
        Re: Damn! They worked before when I checked them. - Davin L - 3/14/2003 8:23:31 PM
- Re: Salman Park Airliner - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 4:08:05 PM

Meanwhile, back in France... - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2003 6:48:55 PM
- Well let me be the first to break the new law: "The French flag is best used as wiping paper for the homeless." - Scott - 3/14/2003 7:35:11 PM
  - It's colors remind you of vomit? Red, white and Blue? ????? n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/14/2003 8:11:23 PM
  - Ah, thats the reason I never listen to what you have to say... I forgot... (NT) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/14/2003 7:45:46 PM
- Looks like the stole a page from the domestic rightie-nutzie playbook - Davin L - 3/14/2003 3:51:04 PM
  - The domestic rightie-nutzie playbook - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 4:29:23 PM
- Re: Meanwhile, back in France... - gbaikie - 3/13/2003 7:22:02 PM
  - where is the outrage? - p - 3/14/2003 1:50:20 PM
    - Re: where is the outrage? - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 3:44:17 PM
    - Don't hold your breath waiting - Tony - 3/14/2003 2:26:50 PM

Save me a lot of trouble... - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2003 8:01:23 PM

From the "hell just froze over" department... - Larry J - 3/14/2003 7:50:40 PM
- Re: From the - gbaikie - 3/14/2003 2:08:29 PM

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