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• 1,476 - Donald - 2/19/2005 2:57:12 PM
  • Very bad. On the flip side, the first Arab democracy - David F Mayer - 2/20/2005 10:28:46 PM
    • Don't forget Afghanistan. They had an election first. - Tom Brosz - 2/21/2005 7:30:01 PM
  • Meanwhile: The quagmire persists - Donald - 2/19/2005 3:00:52 PM
    • Exactly how is "quagmire" defined? Other than a politically-loaded buzz word, that is? - Tom Brosz - 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. - Bowser - 2/19/2005 7:07:40 PM
        • True enough, for all but a small percentage. - Tom Brosz - 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?" - Bowser - 2/20/2005 4:57:56 AM
            • That was a non-answer (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/20/2005 2:03:43 PM
      • Merriam-Webster's definition: a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position (n/t) - Eric - 2/19/2005 5:13:42 PM
        • The quixotic quandary of this quagmire - Donald - 2/19/2005 5:55:34 PM
          • Please show where the terrorists number in the hundreds of thousands from a credible source. - ebnelson - 2/19/2005 6:28:47 PM
            • I hope you're right - Donald - 2/19/2005 8:35:59 PM
      • "Quagmire" - Donald - 2/19/2005 5:12:01 PM
        • re: "Quagmire" - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2005 7:18:16 PM