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37. What is the current definition of "relatively moderate"?

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Wed Sep 18, 2013, 09:00 PM

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Pentagon Proposes....wait for it....Boots on the Ground. [View all] Junkdrawer Sep 2013 OP

We Have People In Jordan Already, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #1

Just advisors.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #2

No Reason To Assume it Will, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #3

As long as they're (we're???) winning..... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #5

You Sound Eager for Disaster, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #6

You Sound Eager for Involvment.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #7

Not In The Least, Sir: Merely Opposed To Distortion And Hysteria The Magistrate Sep 2013 #9

Oh... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #14

When You Seek Out People Who Make Stuff Up, Sir, It Complicates It Even More The Magistrate Sep 2013 #15

Oh, my Beautiful Mind Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #18

Some Do, Sir, Prefer Cheaper Rot-Guts To Established Brands The Magistrate Sep 2013 #20

To each, his own.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #24

Indeed, Sir: Cut With Strychnine And Wood Alcohol Seems To Be Your Tipple.... The Magistrate Sep 2013 #29

That's what Def. Sec. McNamara said, and he was never wrong. leveymg Sep 2013 #16

Actually, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #17

Indeed, Mac's legacy is escalation. Few to many boots in little steps. That was exactly my point. leveymg Sep 2013 #22

But Desired From The Start, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #27

Not until they capped Diem and JFK, then it became clear. Until then, it was just another hot spot. leveymg Sep 2013 #30

They Believe In Error, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #32

They were of two minds. Check out the link to the article I just added. leveymg Sep 2013 #34

Read It When It Came Out, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #36

So much of this still resonates. leveymg Sep 2013 #46

And In Both Instances You Reference, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #47

I remember Vietnam being referred to at the time more as a domino than as a chess piece that might leveymg Sep 2013 #52

Never Lose Sight Of Domestic Political Considerations, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #53

Chomsky just said this a few days ago: Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #35

Funny. I always thought it was China that kept them up at night, until G.H.W. entranced leveymg Sep 2013 #48

I think we were backing the French back then. upaloopa Sep 2013 #31

Loosely, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #33

We supplied the French with planes and other weapons upaloopa Sep 2013 #59

We Certainly Did, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #60

During the Korean war we had a Navy bomber stationed in country fully loaded upaloopa Sep 2013 #62

That One Was An Odd Duck, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #63

I am impressed by your knowledge. I doubt anyone else upaloopa Sep 2013 #64

I Know Something Of It, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #65

That plane crashed on take off from Wright Pat upaloopa Sep 2013 #66

I Think You Are Thinking Of The First B-17, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #68

yep you're right upaloopa Sep 2013 #69

The Little One Under It is a P-26: They Make Quite A Pair.... The Magistrate Sep 2013 #70

Not only no...hell no!!!!! dkf Sep 2013 #4

IOW, many proposals were submitted on how to deal w/the CW attack. DevonRex Sep 2013 #8

Do we know this script by heart, woo me with science Sep 2013 #10

Practice make perfect.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #12

The way I see it there are only four alternative scenarios. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #11

What is the current definition of "relatively moderate"? TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #37

To be honest, TheKentuckian, I'm not sure, it might be these guys, but I couldn't guarantee it. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #41

Another State (successfully) reduced to a loose collection of warlords. Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #42

We're all a loose collection something even here in the U.S. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #45

Good point. As the concept of strong, centrally (I prefer democratically) enforced laws.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #50

So do I, Junkdrawer, I also prefer democratically enforced laws. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #54

Bin Laden, Bin Laden, Bin Laden Marrah_G Sep 2013 #13

Getting boots on the ground has worked ever so well in Afghanistan, Vietnam, and other civil wars. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #19

We're real good at training young minds to kill on demand.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #21

Expect a new name for boots in a day or two. rug Sep 2013 #23

LOL, or a new name for ground grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #26

"American advisors." Why not, it all worked out great back then, didn't it? leveymg Sep 2013 #28

"Flip-flop" seems appropriate. 1000words Sep 2013 #61

HAHAHAHAHAHA puke grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #25

Like you couldn't see it coming? Cleita Sep 2013 #38

Everybody (well, almost everybody) is waiting for the next *ahem* Covert shoe to drop... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #39

Time for another round of phone calls BlueToTheBone Sep 2013 #40

if syria falls then israel will go into full out war footing madrchsod Sep 2013 #43

Depends if they still have CWs.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author libdem4life Sep 2013 #49

Kucinich interviewed Assad, who says there is no civil war in Syria ProSense Sep 2013 #51

What does that have to do with the OP? n/t Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #58

Let's be honest here, it is the freaking Pentagon! Rex Sep 2013 #55

+1 This is what they do.. SomethingFishy Sep 2013 #67

Can't get this song out of my head deek Sep 2013 #56

Everyone but the BOGies figured this. n/t L0oniX Sep 2013 #57