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