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So are you saying that war is never in our best interest?

Lee — 5/8/2008 8:48:47 PM (archived)

Tom said the following.

A better question is who's more likely to cede the entire Middle East to our enemies?

I have enough knowledge of history to know that a war is not always the worst possible outcome of a situation.

What exactly do you disagree with in that statement?

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- Fall in line Buck. You have your marching orders. Dissent will not be tolerated. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/7/2008 3:36:32 AM
- Buck, it's still over (n/t) - Tony - 5/7/2008 1:55:11 AM
- First warning Buck - azstrummer - 5/6/2008 3:32:44 PM
  - Everyone hear his heels click? (n/t) - pb - 5/12/2008 7:32:05 AM
  - I don't understand... - TB - 5/6/2008 5:34:10 PM
    - "I do agree about the current Democratic leadership tending to lower the national IQ, though." - Lindy - 5/6/2008 10:53:35 PM
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        Re Emboldened minorities. - ER - 5/7/2008 8:20:03 PM
        
        Wow - azstrummer - 5/7/2008 5:54:57 PM
        
        It was just a guess - Lindy - 5/7/2008 9:36:41 PM
        
        Me either, really. - TB - 5/7/2008 4:23:09 PM
        
        Less damage - azstrummer - 5/7/2008 9:55:29 PM
        
        re: Less damage - TB - 5/7/2008 10:15:07 PM
        
        I owe ya one - McFly - 5/8/2008 1:43:44 AM
        
        Holy crap - azstrummer - 5/7/2008 11:02:25 PM
        
        What I said... - TB - 5/8/2008 3:00:18 AM
        
        Attempted rewrite on Iran - TB - 5/11/2008 9:02:14 PM
        
        Other people's sons and daughters no doubt - azstrummer - 5/8/2008 8:32:43 PM
        
        re: no doubt - TB - 5/8/2008 9:09:10 PM
        
        I will tell you this TB... - Jody - 5/8/2008 11:41:34 AM
        
        Art is right about one thing... - TB - 5/8/2008 9:47:13 PM
        
        Even you have fallen for the hype Jody - azstrummer - 5/8/2008 8:29:14 PM
        
        So are you saying that war is never in our best interest? - Lee - 5/8/2008 8:48:47 PM
        
        Cede the Middle East? - azstrummer - 5/9/2008 4:13:24 AM
        
        Yes. Cede the Middle East. - TB - 5/9/2008 4:55:38 AM
        
        "It gets easier every day to see why the typical modern Democrat should never be allowed within a hundred miles of the Oval Office. " - Lindy - 5/11/2008 3:33:37 AM
        
        "Interpol." Good Lord. This is what I'm talking about. - TB - 5/11/2008 3:09:32 PM
        
        Democrats and war - azstrummer - 5/10/2008 2:34:51 PM
        
        re: Democrats and war - TB - 5/10/2008 3:06:28 PM
        
        That post could stand as a definition of "Ugly American" (n/t) - McFly - 5/9/2008 5:25:57 PM
        
        re: "Ugly American" - TB - 5/9/2008 6:38:38 PM
        
        ISRAEL had every right - Lindy - 5/11/2008 3:37:39 AM
        
        Is there any point in discussion? - McFly - 5/9/2008 7:25:23 PM
        
        Sure. - TB - 5/10/2008 12:07:00 AM
        
        Those words are spoken as if in a vacuum. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/9/2008 9:07:17 PM
        
        For people who claim to understand history... - McFly - 5/9/2008 11:57:38 PM
        
        Rachael Maddow?...Thanks Art..I will!!! (n/t) - Jody - 5/8/2008 8:44:09 PM
        
        Obama is the Harold & Kumar candidate. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/8/2008 3:42:12 AM
  - How many warnings before...? - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2008 4:47:05 PM
    - It's just that - azstrummer - 5/6/2008 6:13:38 PM
      - One of the things that really bugs me.. - Buck Galaxy - 5/6/2008 8:41:49 PM
      - "business as usual" - TB - 5/6/2008 7:10:30 PM
        
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        Oops. Grammar - TB - 5/6/2008 7:11:27 PM

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