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Current Events » in reply to If we have several thousand recent retired generals, then that indeed is a groundswell

Since when is 6 out of several thousand considered a groundswell

Larry J — 4/18/2006 6:21:46 PM (archived)

Sounds like a tiny minority to me, really miniscule on a percentage basis.

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The whole thread (13 posts)

Death knell for Rummy - Laurie Street - 4/14/2006 8:00:03 PM
- can't tell from the missing link - Tony - 4/14/2006 8:24:32 PM
  - re: The generals - Raoul - 4/14/2006 8:27:53 PM
    - re: The generals - Larry J - 4/17/2006 7:16:12 PM
      - If we have several thousand recent retired generals, then that indeed is a groundswell (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2006 10:38:15 PM
        
        Since when is 6 out of several thousand considered a groundswell - Larry J - 4/18/2006 6:21:46 PM
        
        You are deliberately misleading - alcaray - 4/18/2006 9:54:56 PM
        
        No, you can't count - Larry J - 4/19/2006 2:17:22 PM
        
        Thousands of retired generals who served under Rumsfeld during Iraq II? - alcaray - 4/19/2006 4:02:03 PM
        
        Of those 6 or 8 retired generals, how many retired recently? - Larry J - 4/19/2006 5:49:03 PM
        
        Can you come up with an example of my military ignorance from this thread? - alcaray - 4/19/2006 6:39:28 PM
        
        several hundred recently retired? - Tony - 4/19/2006 6:23:18 PM
        
        No, you can't read - Tony - 4/19/2006 3:48:50 PM

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