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1,476
Donald
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2/19/2005 2:57:12 PM
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1,476 American soldiers have died in Iraq.
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Donald
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2/19/2005 2:57:12 PM
Very bad. On the flip side, the first Arab democracy
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David F Mayer
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2/20/2005 10:28:46 PM
Don't forget Afghanistan. They had an election first.
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Tom Brosz
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2/21/2005 7:30:01 PM
Meanwhile: The quagmire persists
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Donald
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2/19/2005 3:00:52 PM
Exactly how is "quagmire" defined? Other than a politically-loaded buzz word, that is?
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Tom Brosz
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2/19/2005 5:00:22 PM
"Not one person expected the terrorists to fold up and just go away after the election." Dick Cheney, after the invasion.
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Bowser
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2/19/2005 7:07:40 PM
True enough, for all but a small percentage.
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Tom Brosz
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2/19/2005 7:19:38 PM
Russert "- - - do you think the American people are prepared for a long, costly, and bloody battle with significant American casualties?"
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Bowser
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2/20/2005 4:57:56 AM
That was a non-answer
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ebnelson
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2/20/2005 2:03:43 PM
Merriam-Webster's definition: a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position
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Eric
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2/19/2005 5:13:42 PM
The quixotic quandary of this quagmire
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Donald
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2/19/2005 5:55:34 PM
Please show where the terrorists number in the hundreds of thousands from a credible source.
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ebnelson
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2/19/2005 6:28:47 PM
I hope you're right
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Donald
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2/19/2005 8:35:59 PM
"Quagmire"
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Donald
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2/19/2005 5:12:01 PM
re: "Quagmire"
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Tom Brosz
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2/19/2005 7:18:16 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.