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Sciences and the conservatives - Raoul - 1/28/2003 5:14:17 PM
- Re: Sciences and the conservatives - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2003 5:57:27 PM
- Lots of scientists and lots of views - FrankC - 1/28/2003 5:17:33 PM

Apparently, no longer an all-volunteer military. - Bowser - 1/27/2003 3:57:03 PM
- Re: Crank has no idea what military service involves . . . - D. Spires - 1/27/2003 8:34:46 PM
  - Great to see you can still stick to the subject and - - - - Bowser - 1/27/2003 12:16:01 PM
    - Re: Great to see you don't know the subject . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 1/27/2003 12:38:44 PM
- "Stop Loss" orders are nothing new - Larry J - 1/27/2003 7:20:12 PM
- All-volunteer - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2003 4:17:24 PM
  - You have a contract. And, they can extend you. - Bowser - 1/27/2003 6:21:30 PM
    - It's not complicated - FrankC - 1/28/2003 5:10:22 PM
    - You're forgetting reserve status - Larry J - 1/27/2003 7:35:45 PM
      - 26 years? - misterpex - 1/27/2003 1:41:09 PM
        
        Yes, 26 years - got the ID card to prove it - Larry J - 1/27/2003 2:32:50 PM
      - Re: He forgets a lot of things . . . - D. Spires - 1/27/2003 12:11:07 PM
    - The contract says they CAN extend you. - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2003 7:08:09 PM
- Right... - Scott - 1/27/2003 4:05:52 PM

My call: attack on Iraq will happen first week in March - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2003 4:26:57 PM
- From a high administration official - FrankC - 1/28/2003 4:48:28 PM

U.S. led forces pound the crap out of pesky Afghan warlord - Matt Burley - 1/28/2003 12:47:45 PM

Program note -- State of the Union Address - Robert - 1/28/2003 12:43:28 PM

More of this soon? - p - 1/28/2003 11:21:36 AM

State of the Union addresses past - Robert - 1/28/2003 10:12:12 AM

"Arab nations falling into line on Iraq" - Larry J - 1/27/2003 8:08:47 PM
- And so is Canada - Larry J - 1/27/2003 8:39:05 PM

For what it’s worth, we already know that Saddam supports terrorism - Matt Burley - 1/26/2003 5:45:51 PM
- Re: Hmmm - Raoul Lannoy - 1/27/2003 7:59:14 PM
  - I didn't transform it - the article did! - Matt Burley - 1/27/2003 12:17:45 PM
- Fighting Israel's war of expansion - E.P. Grondine - 1/27/2003 11:00:56 AM

Spending restraint - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 2:32:14 PM
- And watch the Republican congress - Tony - 1/27/2003 7:19:44 PM
  - The Republican congress - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2003 12:03:22 PM
- Amazing. - Bowser - 1/25/2003 2:53:46 PM
  - Hey, be fair here Bowser... - Publius - 1/25/2003 4:15:48 PM
    - A few comments - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 6:05:04 PM
      - a clarification...... - Publius - 1/27/2003 3:50:49 PM
        
        Re: a clarification...... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2003 4:17:50 PM

Blix - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2003 4:23:04 PM
- I don't want Iraq, under Saddam or his sons, to have a nuclear arsenal in another 12 years time. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/27/2003 6:23:38 PM

Andrew Sullivan again (why aren't you reading this guy every day?) - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2003 5:40:19 PM

FAA to Study 19-Seater Weight Limits . . . - D. Spires - 1/27/2003 12:48:14 PM
- There's a bit more to it - Larry J - 1/27/2003 1:24:32 PM

Looking on the bright side - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2003 12:00:53 PM

The burden of proof - Raoul - 1/25/2003 8:55:24 PM
- Not according to UNSC 1441 - Larry J - 1/26/2003 3:21:47 PM
  - According to UNSC 1441,,, - Robert - 1/26/2003 5:58:45 PM
  - Do NOT post facts, they frustrate the Old Europe mindset n/t (n/t) - p - 1/26/2003 4:20:12 PM
- Iraq is the plaintiff - ebnelson - 1/25/2003 3:59:49 PM
  - Re: Iraq is the plaintiff - Robert - 1/26/2003 5:19:14 PM
    - By that logic... - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2003 8:57:30 PM
      - Re: By that logic... - Robert - 1/26/2003 9:32:17 AM
    - If there is no contract, then we are entitled to kick their butts freely - ebnelson - 1/26/2003 2:01:57 PM
  - Re: Inspections - Raoul - 1/26/2003 10:01:36 AM
- Re: The burden of proof - McFly - 1/25/2003 12:46:13 PM
  - Twisted logic - Splinx - 1/25/2003 1:58:17 PM
    - Re: Twisted logic - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 2:14:38 PM
      - Wrong Again - Splinx - 1/26/2003 3:05:23 PM
        
        Hello? Anyone at home in there? - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2003 9:14:34 AM
        
        Ok, try this - Splinx - 1/26/2003 11:39:04 AM
      - Re: Twisted logic - Raoul - 1/26/2003 9:47:26 AM
- Ironic - Robert - 1/25/2003 10:34:37 AM
  - Proof - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 1:23:14 PM
  - Re: European Convention on Human Rights - Raoul Lannoy - 1/25/2003 11:24:59 AM
    - Thanks for correcting me - Robert - 1/26/2003 5:05:43 PM
      - Note officially taken. ;-) (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/27/2003 11:06:24 AM
      - Re: Thanks for your posts - Raoul Lannoy - 1/26/2003 5:54:03 PM
        
        And thanks back at ya - Robert - 1/26/2003 6:33:59 PM
- No, the burden of proof is clearly on Iraq, not on the US or anyone else - Matt Burley - 1/25/2003 9:37:37 AM
  - Bush and weapons of mass production.... - Publius - 1/25/2003 9:55:20 AM
    - The US and using nukes, etc. - Bowser - 1/25/2003 11:21:57 AM
      - Bush to Saddam, why will we kill you? - Publius - 1/25/2003 3:10:14 PM
    - I agree that nothing now will stop the war - Matt Burley - 1/25/2003 10:27:10 AM
      - Re: GWB serving OBL's interest - Raoul - 1/25/2003 12:18:03 PM
        
        the possibility of war serving OBL's interest.... - Publius - 1/25/2003 3:23:12 PM
        
        Al Queda is far too crazy for us to be concerned what their reactions would be - Matt Burley - 1/25/2003 12:46:31 PM
        
        Just a tad shortsighted Matt....... - Lindy - 1/25/2003 5:29:14 PM
        
        My definition of shortsighted - Matt Burley - 1/26/2003 7:35:46 PM
        
        Re: Just a tad short memoried - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 6:07:22 PM
        
        But Tom....... - Lindy - 1/26/2003 7:01:31 PM
        
        The "pipeline" is a French fantasy. Get over it. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2003 9:19:00 AM
      - Military commanders - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 10:33:04 AM
- Re: The burden of proof - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 9:00:34 AM

Religion of Peace Update - phil - 1/27/2003 10:01:07 AM
- Re: Religion of Peace Update - SM - 1/27/2003 10:18:04 AM

If more Inspections are the key to disarming Iraq... - Scott - 1/27/2003 9:26:22 AM
- Re: communication - Raoul - 1/27/2003 10:05:10 AM

Andrew Sullivan - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2003 5:17:25 PM

Latest news from the Department of "Duh..." - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2003 5:08:15 PM

Afghanistan - Marcia - 1/26/2003 4:07:28 PM

An item from England - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2003 12:00:20 PM
- Not surprising at all - Matt Burley - 1/26/2003 4:06:43 PM
- Now or later - FrankC - 1/26/2003 1:57:24 PM

Secret warriors - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2003 3:43:55 PM

UN lacks moral fiber to back US - Matt Burley - 1/24/2003 4:40:33 PM
- The results of gutting the UN to enable Israel's expansion - E.P. Grondine - 1/25/2003 6:29:48 PM
- Bush backing the United Nations.... - Publius - 1/25/2003 4:28:30 PM
  - Back to the malaprops again...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 6:09:52 PM
    - Ain't Duhbya fun, I said before--Yogi Berra is now preznit.......n/t (n/t) - Publius - 1/26/2003 3:19:14 PM
- All people may be equal but it is foolish to treat all nation's as equal. - ebnelson - 1/24/2003 8:01:39 PM
- The whole U.N. situation in a nutshell. - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2003 4:55:37 PM
- Re: Well - Raoul - 1/24/2003 10:14:51 AM
  - This may be the death of NATO... - Larry J - 1/24/2003 10:51:47 AM
    - Let's hope so. - Lee - 1/24/2003 2:39:34 PM

U.S. evidence on Iraq questioned. - Bowser - 1/23/2003 6:04:03 PM
- Re: U.S. evidence on Iraq questioned. - McFly - 1/24/2003 5:53:19 PM
- That acorn didn't fall far from the tree - Robert - 1/24/2003 4:59:51 PM
  - Does this mean you are calling Bush a nut?...........n/t (n/t) - Publius - 1/26/2003 3:14:18 PM
  - But Sadam did have a Nuclear bomb manufacturing program then... - Scott - 1/24/2003 5:24:13 PM
    - Yes, and we know about it - Robert - 1/24/2003 6:36:48 PM
      - Robert, Robert... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/24/2003 7:41:03 PM
        
        SDAI-Tech1, SDAI-Tech1, SDAI-Tech1... - Robert - 1/24/2003 8:35:55 PM
        
        Re: SDAI-Tech1, SDAI-Tech1, SDAI-Tech1... - SDT1 - 1/24/2003 9:10:40 AM
        
        SDAI-Tech1, SDAI-Tech1, SDAI-Tech1... - Robert - 1/24/2003 9:28:14 AM
        
        Robert, Robert, Robert ... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/24/2003 11:49:29 AM
        
        'If they give you lined paper, write the other way' - Robert - 1/24/2003 12:40:32 PM
        
        You have to understand........... - Publius - 1/24/2003 2:38:13 PM
        
        And actually I do... - Robert - 1/24/2003 3:48:42 PM
        
        Your non-cooperation speaks volumes... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/24/2003 1:39:19 PM
        
        SDAI-Tech1, SDAI-Tech1, SDAI-Tech1... - Robert - 1/24/2003 3:40:03 PM
        
        Excuse me... - RobVG - 1/24/2003 8:15:51 PM
        
        It is not so much that the eurotrash opposes the US - ebnelson - 1/24/2003 7:53:58 PM
        
        Ed coins new word "Eurotrash" - Lindy - 1/24/2003 4:16:04 PM
        
        Re: Ed - Raoul - 1/25/2003 9:57:33 AM
        
        for Ed, that is the equivalent of fore-play.....n/t (n/t) - Publius - 1/25/2003 10:28:07 AM
        
        Sorry...word has been around a long time. Try a search. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 9:19:18 AM
        
        However, "Axis Weasels" is relatively new. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 9:20:06 AM
        
        Oops! That should be "Axis OF Weasels." WWII Freudian slip. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2003 9:23:51 AM
  - God help me, I love it so.... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2003 5:20:51 PM
    - Unrequited love - Robert - 1/24/2003 6:27:50 PM
      - Cripes. - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2003 9:22:03 AM
        
        Re: Cripes. - Robert - 1/24/2003 9:51:08 AM
        
        Re: Key issue - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2003 10:23:28 AM
        
        Re: Key issue - Robert - 1/24/2003 1:22:42 PM
    - And now, from the Department of Really Slow Learners, we have... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2003 5:38:36 PM
      - Are we guessing? - RobVG - 1/24/2003 6:42:15 PM
        
        Re: Are we guessing? - Robert - 1/24/2003 8:23:25 PM
        
        "If the evidence does not appear 'after the dust settles' we better be prepared to manufacture it." - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2003 9:07:59 AM
        
        BroszWorld - RobVG - 1/24/2003 9:49:43 AM
        
        A broad coalition is of limited use on the battlefield - Larry J - 1/24/2003 10:39:22 AM
        
        Support - RobVG - 1/24/2003 2:52:12 PM
        
        Reality - Robert - 1/24/2003 9:18:47 AM
      - You personally have better evidence than the inspectors on the site? Psychic powers? (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 1/24/2003 6:41:05 PM
        
        Me personally? No... - Larry J - 1/24/2003 8:37:10 PM
        
        Re: Me personally? No... - Robert - 1/24/2003 8:45:54 PM
        
        So why not tell Blix where to look? n/t (n/t) - Tony - 1/24/2003 8:40:26 PM
        
        Re: So why not tell Blix where to look? n/t - Larry J - 1/24/2003 8:56:35 PM
        
        A cold calculus - Robert - 1/24/2003 9:11:42 AM
        
        Coventry - Larry J - 1/24/2003 10:23:04 AM
        
        Thank you very much, Larry - Robert - 1/24/2003 1:08:51 PM
        
        Re: So why not tell Blix where to look? n/t - Tony - 1/24/2003 9:10:57 AM
        
        Why bother? - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2003 9:39:02 AM
        
        Re: Why bother? - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/24/2003 10:49:01 AM
        
        After the war the inspectors will find the nuclear and biological evidence they are looking for - Scott - 1/24/2003 10:01:02 AM
    - Things like what actually happened are wasted on Lindy et al. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/24/2003 5:27:48 PM
- Your pal Saddam appreciates you very much. - ebnelson - 1/24/2003 4:02:38 PM

"Unilateral:" Not quite. - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2003 10:45:26 AM
- "Voluntary"? Not quite... - Fox - 1/26/2003 1:43:08 PM
  - Re: Wait and see - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2003 9:25:36 AM
- Don't believe everything you see on the news. There won't be a war. - Scott - 1/24/2003 11:23:04 AM
  - Riiight.....and the Easter bunny lays colored eggs......n/t (n/t) - Publius - 1/25/2003 3:41:51 PM

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