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Payback is going to be tough on France and Germany - ebnelson - 2/12/2003 4:28:40 PM

What excuses from the Euro-allies of Saddam now? - ebnelson - 2/12/2003 4:16:19 PM

Abu Sayyaf terrorists contacted Iraqi envoy after killing U.S. soldier - Matt Burley - 2/12/2003 3:44:38 PM

The Decline of Germany (a long but good article) - Matt Burley - 2/10/2003 4:51:02 PM
- The men in feldgrau would be ashamed of what their Fatherland has become. (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 2/11/2003 8:51:22 PM
  - Sometimes you just sit there with your mouth hanging open...n/t (n/t) - Tony - 2/12/2003 3:40:18 PM

Local bridges being watched - Tom Brosz - 2/12/2003 3:35:00 PM

A view of the Muslim world - p - 2/11/2003 4:31:38 PM
- "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Mary Anne - 2/11/2003 5:20:53 PM
  - LOLOLOL. Thanks, I'll be using that! n/t (n/t) - Tony - 2/12/2003 3:00:51 PM

And as for Belgium: - ebnelson - 2/10/2003 4:07:27 PM
- Well they do share a border with the Dutch - Scott - 2/11/2003 4:35:35 PM
  - Oh, behave. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/11/2003 4:54:12 PM
- Dear American Saviour - Tony - 2/11/2003 4:24:49 PM
  - Re: Dear American Saviour - Robert E. B. - 2/11/2003 7:16:17 PM
  - Actually, it was Canadians... - LJ - 2/11/2003 5:40:39 PM
    - Re:The British - Raoul Lannoy - 2/11/2003 10:39:35 AM
  - Re: Dear American Saviour - Raoul Lannoy - 2/11/2003 5:08:37 PM
  - Ingratitude fits you so well. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/11/2003 12:22:45 PM
    - Ed, you prove me right with every post you make. n/t (n/t) - Tony - 2/12/2003 1:50:52 PM

"Bosnia sex trade shames UN" - Larry J - 2/11/2003 6:39:39 PM
- Re: - p - 2/11/2003 8:57:07 PM
  - War crime? Did I read it wrong? - alcaray - 2/11/2003 9:52:25 AM

Something rotten in the state of Deutschland - Tom Brosz - 2/11/2003 8:13:52 PM
- How much notice do we have to give the German Employees of our military bases that their jobs are being eliminated? - Scott - 2/11/2003 6:52:44 PM
- motivation - p - 2/11/2003 6:00:41 PM
- And this - Larry J - 2/11/2003 3:46:52 PM
- Probably something like this - Larry J - 2/11/2003 2:28:04 PM
  - Tunnelling machinery - Gary - 2/11/2003 5:01:21 PM
  - This going to backfire on Schroder so big time. - ebnelson - 2/11/2003 3:48:59 PM
- I think Saddam has bribed the daylights out of them - ebnelson - 2/11/2003 12:40:35 PM

Iraqi scientists under severe pressure - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 4:53:41 PM
- How evil of Bush to put those innocent scientists lives at risk. - Anne Leftleaner - 2/11/2003 6:34:54 PM

Ken Lay: the rest of the story - Tom Brosz - 2/11/2003 11:57:50 AM
- Re: Ken Lay: the rest of the story - alcaray - 2/11/2003 12:12:50 PM
  - Re: Ken Lay - Tom Brosz - 2/11/2003 6:32:33 PM

no late entries accepted - j6p - 2/11/2003 6:26:03 PM

I knew it! Duct Tape is Important for national security. - Robert E. B. - 2/11/2003 6:11:12 PM

Tell me straight-faced that you were surprised at this - p - 2/11/2003 4:06:07 PM

CIA Vets warn against Iraqi invasion - Splinx - 2/10/2003 3:39:56 PM
- Re: CIA Vets warn against Iraqi invasion - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 4:38:48 PM
  - Re: Rense.com - Splinx - 2/10/2003 4:54:19 PM
  - UPDATE - CIA Vets warn - original NewsMax.com article - Splinx - 2/10/2003 12:16:38 PM
- Many WWI veterans made the same arguments to oppose confronting Hitler in the 30's - ebnelson - 2/10/2003 12:35:30 PM
  - Re: WW1 Vets - Splinx - 2/10/2003 4:54:52 PM
    - Look up Joseph Kennedy, Charles Lindbergh, etc.§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/11/2003 12:46:50 PM

McCain's speech at the Munich Conference - Larry J - 2/10/2003 1:36:06 PM
- Re: McCain's speech at the Munich Conference - Raoul - 2/11/2003 10:48:38 AM
  - The self-interest is political more than economic - Larry J - 2/11/2003 11:14:01 AM
- How tragic. France and Germany will be broken in the end by this. - ebnelson - 2/10/2003 3:51:46 PM

Tour of Iraq and a Special Message - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/8/2003 6:00:15 PM
- Of course the enablers of Saddam will find it in bad taste. - ebnelson - 2/9/2003 7:13:06 PM
  - Thumbnail sketch of a Saddam Enabler - Tony - 2/10/2003 2:22:05 PM
    - I can play the picture game too. - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 4:52:58 PM
      - Your message - Tony - 2/10/2003 5:09:33 PM
        
        Weapons of Mass Destruction... - Larry J - 2/10/2003 5:26:07 PM
        
        As has been pointed out by Tom - Tony - 2/10/2003 6:55:41 PM
        
        Re: As has been pointed out by Tom - Larry J - 2/10/2003 7:05:44 PM
        
        Cheap shot - Tony - 2/10/2003 7:19:13 PM
        
        Re: Afghanistan - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 8:30:05 PM
        
        Hey Robert S. - Tony - 2/10/2003 9:41:46 AM
  - Enablers - Mary Anne - 2/10/2003 1:23:08 PM
    - And who really armed Iraq? Hint: it wasn't the US. - Larry J - 2/10/2003 4:35:01 PM
      - Of course - Splinx - 2/10/2003 8:30:56 PM
        
        Speaking of weapons of mass destruction... - Larry J - 2/10/2003 8:37:08 PM
  - I am NOT an "enabler of Saddam", Ed...... - Lindy - 2/9/2003 8:00:45 PM
    - C'mon Lindy... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/9/2003 4:31:14 PM
      - Re: C'mon Lindy... - Lindy - 2/9/2003 4:47:55 PM
    - Yes, you are. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/9/2003 2:50:16 PM
  - For all the crap Neville Chamberlain gets... - Tom Brosz - 2/9/2003 7:40:00 PM
    - Dunno about Chamberlain - Tony - 2/10/2003 5:22:53 PM
    - Had Chamberlin gone back after Hitler broke Munich, - ebnelson - 2/9/2003 7:44:30 PM
- VERY Poor Taste, and Not Very Funny SDAI (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 2/9/2003 9:21:07 AM
  - I agree: VERY Poor Taste, and Not Very Funny - Robert - 2/9/2003 8:41:23 PM
    - Poor Taste, but Accurate in the Larger Sense - Tom Brosz - 2/9/2003 4:46:09 PM
    - Offensive posts - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/9/2003 1:59:39 PM
      - Offensive post - Robert - 2/9/2003 5:20:29 PM
        
        Snowballs - Mary Anne - 2/10/2003 1:15:37 PM
      - My Opinion.......for what it's worth - Lindy - 2/9/2003 4:37:41 PM
  - No sense of humor. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/9/2003 3:20:30 PM
    - Re: No sense of humor. - Lindy - 2/9/2003 8:49:01 PM
      - Hoo, boy. - Tom Brosz - 2/9/2003 9:25:45 AM
        
        This could work, think about it. - Lee - 2/9/2003 1:47:45 PM
        
        Your "priceless" laughter is pretty ignorant - Lindy - 2/9/2003 3:51:24 PM
        
        Make up your mind already. - Lee - 2/9/2003 5:22:15 PM

Al Quaeda group assassinates leaders of U.S. Kurdish allies in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 4:15:48 PM
- Spin correction - Robert - 2/10/2003 8:29:34 PM
- Note key word "allegedly" - Splinx - 2/10/2003 4:39:15 PM
  - Thought you'd grab at that straw - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 4:47:00 PM
    - Can't figure out where you're getting the "allied with Iraq" part. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 2/10/2003 7:29:59 PM
      - Re: Can't figure out - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 8:21:04 PM
        
        Ahh. Wishful thinking. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 2/10/2003 8:22:43 PM
        
        Wishful thinking. - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 9:32:12 AM
        
        if only... - McFly - 2/10/2003 9:13:18 AM
    - Re: straw - Splinx - 2/10/2003 4:56:30 PM
      - "It's all lies!" (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 5:03:23 PM
        
        That too is possible (n/t) - Splinx - 2/10/2003 5:05:34 PM
- Last time AQ did this bit of rough stuff, we went in and utterly kicked their asses. - ebnelson - 2/10/2003 12:58:53 PM

All not rosy in Weasel Land - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 7:29:14 PM

Peggy Noonan - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 7:23:45 PM
- Very moving. Thanks. - ebnelson - 2/10/2003 11:30:58 AM
- Pretty convincing arguments - Buck Galaxy - 2/10/2003 11:01:56 AM
  - Not Really - Splinx - 2/10/2003 12:30:11 PM
  - Agreed - Larry J - 2/10/2003 11:06:17 AM

A Sad Testament to Hatred - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2003 12:53:35 PM
- Real hatred - RobVG - 2/10/2003 5:59:22 PM
  - If South Korea wants us to leave... - Larry J - 2/10/2003 6:13:47 PM
    - Re: If South Korea wants us to leave... - RobVG - 2/10/2003 6:34:09 PM
      - That would be the North's version of reunification - Larry J - 2/10/2003 6:59:22 PM
  - ( whoa, turn your volume off n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 2/10/2003 6:05:35 PM
- Re: A Sad Testament to Hatred - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 4:05:07 PM
- Re: A Sad Testament to Hatred - link again - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2003 12:54:39 PM

History of Iraqi nuclear weapons program - Gary - 2/10/2003 6:17:41 PM

Andrew Sullivan rips Bush on budget - Tom Brosz - 2/9/2003 5:06:29 PM
- "Bush Submits Revamped 'Constitutional' Budget" - Larry J - 2/10/2003 4:52:56 PM
  - Geez. I wish. - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 5:01:42 PM
    - Sad to say it... - Larry J - 2/10/2003 5:11:25 PM
      - A lot more than half, I'd bet. - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 5:30:37 PM
        
        A bad day for this discussion - Larry J - 2/10/2003 11:00:06 AM
        
        Haven't done mine yet... - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 11:25:54 AM
- More from Andrew Sullivan - Larry J - 2/10/2003 3:08:52 PM

My own thinking - E.P. Grondine - 2/9/2003 10:06:27 AM
- Re: My own thinking - Splinx - 2/10/2003 4:15:09 PM
  - Thinking - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 4:44:30 PM
    - The words get in the way - Splinx - 2/10/2003 5:04:36 PM

John Kerry Update - phil - 2/10/2003 2:59:19 PM
- Let us know if he takes up the saxophone (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2003 4:41:33 PM

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