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Old 11-21-2009, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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We went to Afghanistan to get Bin Laden who they said was responsible for 9/11. That should have been a simple covert CIA operation.

Know.. we got the taliban out of Afghanistan.. it lasted , what a week! PRoblem is it was done so sloppy.. etc.

Then we didn't find Bin Laden.. and diverted our attention and efforts to Iraq.

Bush Admin took their eyes off the ball. As a result we have not one, but two costly wars bankrupting the country... and lining the pockets of a handful of big businesses.

I'm just saying
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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I did note that. However by the standards you're using, at the time we went to Iraq, neither Iran or North Korea were "really" threats but alas they really were. Now there is not three anymore but to major rouge states. Afghanistan is a threat but not as much of a global threat as that axis was. In fact after we were in Iraq the found that as the front lines for Jihad and causing them to lose there deliverers a devastating blow to extreme Islamic fascist.

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/trends.pdf





Basically what that means is if the people are given a voice in their government they, themselves, will weed out this extremism.
Where did I mention Iran and North Korea I'm talking about IRAQ
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:19 AM
 
Location: Here
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As a result we have not one, but two costly wars bankrupting the country... and lining the pockets of a handful of big businesses.

I'm just saying
Lets throw in the heathcare deal and go for the hat trick.

I'm just saying.
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:19 AM
 
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*shakes head*

You're in too little of a world. Happy thanksgiving.
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:20 AM
 
Location: southern california
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the reason we are there is to make the rich richer. the DOD gravy train.
all the hate posts on CDF against Mr obama come from them.
they dont hate em bek he is black they hate him because he is chocking down the war machine, the DOD gravy train. blackwater (aka Xe) r us.
FYI did you know translators make $250,000 a year in bagdad did you know that? so if life gets boring in dearborn you can always hop a jet and make some cash. your tax dollars at work.
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:24 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Lets throw in the heathcare deal and go for the hat trick.

I'm just saying.

Perhaps if we hadn't spent so much on killing people and bailing out billionares we wouldn'th ave to sacrafice health care.

I say take all the money back from the Greedy SOB's at the banks and end the wars and get our soldiers home.

LOL. Priorities.. and ours are screwed up. using hte war as an excuse to not enact health care reform is pathetic.. but not surprising from the Republican party
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Pinal County, Arizona
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LOL. Priorities.. and ours are screwed up. using hte war as an excuse to not enact health care reform is pathetic.. but not surprising from the Republican party
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:38 AM
 
Location: West Michigan
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What thinkest you? Should national defense be funded only by certain segments of the population?
No, because we all benefit from having a national defense. However, when war breaks out I think it's wrong to borrow the money to fund it the way Bush did, running up a huge debt with China. They should have sold War Bonds the way they did to finance WWII. The way everyone felt after 911 a bond drive would have brought in all the money they needed and then some. I'll never understand why Bush didn't do that. Instead, he urged us all go out shopping to help the country out!
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Old 11-21-2009, 10:54 AM
 
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The national defense already is funded by only a certain segment of the population. The segment that pays taxes, and its not the poor.
No, but the majority of the people getting killed there are poor americans. More poor people join the military than wealthy. I think the poor are more than paying their share.
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Old 11-21-2009, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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.. but not surprising from the Republican party
There are plenty of people who are not Republican and are concerned about the mounting debt and the reckless spending done by our administration, both past and present.

Don't assume if we don't agree with the Dems that we are Republicans.

IMO they are both cut from the same cloth and serve the same master.
Corporate and Banking interests run this government. There are more lobbyists then there are elected officials. The lobbyists are now wording the bills and providing talking points and papers for the elected officials.

And guess what..we don't get to vote which lobbyists get to go to Washington. We vote for the puppets who hold no real power.
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