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Hekate

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13. I never will. We're a country, a blended nation--not the purview of any one ethnic group or race

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 04:50 AM

Jun 2014

...which is what the terms Homeland, Fatherland, and Motherland have always implied.

There's something about the Bushes and the terminology they pick up and apply to the US that I always have found creepy: New World Order; Homeland. I wonder what Jeb will decide to spring on us if we give him a chance? (Gods forbid.)

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Iraq changed who we are as a nation. A new moral tone was set. [View all] madfloridian Jun 2014 OP

Rather well put. n/t JayhawkSD Jun 2014 #1

Bremer "fired 500,000 state workers... soldiers, but also doctors, nurses, teachers, publishers.. madfloridian Jun 2014 #2

Scott Walker is following this script postulater Jun 2014 #16

And nobody is doing a damn thing about it other than the few brave on the ground randys1 Jun 2014 #26

You mean this Colin? GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #41

We were all witnesses to this travesty, this destruction of who we thought we were Hekate Jun 2014 #3

Obama is stuck with no good options because of Bush's evil war. madfloridian Jun 2014 #7

Mine too. I've never been able to feel the same about my own country... Hekate Jun 2014 #9

Maybe we should just cut to the chase and call America... nikto Jun 2014 #11

I never will. We're a country, a blended nation--not the purview of any one ethnic group or race Hekate Jun 2014 #13

Just for the phrase "Shock and Awe" they should all be in prison, motherphuckers randys1 Jun 2014 #27

Mad, you are so right I have always admired you and akbacchus_BC Jun 2014 #4

Everything we do as a nation affects other countries, not just us. madfloridian Jun 2014 #6

yes. that pretty much crushed the soul of this nation. bbgrunt Jun 2014 #5

It did. madfloridian Jun 2014 #33

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jun 2014 #8

Yes. he did. madfloridian Jun 2014 #46

Another wonderful post, full of truth nikto Jun 2014 #10

It did start in 2000, and of course the media went along. madfloridian Jun 2014 #45

And I could add... nikto Jun 2014 #47

I still remember his statement: madfloridian Jun 2014 #48

It's pretty unbelievable what the masses will buy into with the right salesman nikto Jun 2014 #53

There does not seem to be any way back to being what the USA once may have been or actually was. xocet Jun 2014 #12

Prosecution of war criminals.... madfloridian Jun 2014 #19

On that terrible day in 2003 that so-called "Shock and Awe" began, BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #14

Subtract 11, 12 years from the ages of many here at the forum now... madfloridian Jun 2014 #20

We likely both remember that Bush & Cheney started talking about attacking Iraq BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #22

How we got here has always been a state of shame. Savannahmann Jun 2014 #15

Thoughtful post. You are right. No good options. madfloridian Jun 2014 #21

An excellent post malaise Jun 2014 #17

Yes, the behavior of barbarians...well said. madfloridian Jun 2014 #29

As I wrote in another thread... Javaman Jun 2014 #18

I was reading the other day that a pipeline runs right under Babylon. madfloridian Jun 2014 #25

and let's not forget that for the first time our national policy was to torture our enemies. spanone Jun 2014 #23

Very true. madfloridian Jun 2014 #31

...and our media is STILL playing along. spanone Jun 2014 #32

Immoral. Amoral. woo me with science Jun 2014 #24

And craven politicians now say "mistakes were made" and "we were misled" to avoid responsibility. chrisa Jun 2014 #28

That statement angers me..when they say "mistakes" were made. madfloridian Jun 2014 #38

If nothing else be sure to read OP link to Christian Cowboy at Guardian UK. Very revealing madfloridian Jun 2014 #30

Christian Cowboy = Redemptive violence The Blue Flower Jun 2014 #34

That came from Jim Wallis? madfloridian Jun 2014 #35

My point wasn't about the person, it was about the use of violence The Blue Flower Jun 2014 #36

Oh, I knew what you were saying. madfloridian Jun 2014 #37

I'm mad and a Florida ex-pat The Blue Flower Jun 2014 #43

The pain is still fresh... Phentex Jun 2014 #39

It really is. madfloridian Jun 2014 #40

How could good Christian people support this war? dem in texas Jun 2014 #51

I heard our Southern Baptist church was calling it a holy war... madfloridian Jun 2014 #52

President Obama became complicit ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #42

Yes, Bush and Cheney at a minimum should have been called to account. madfloridian Jun 2014 #44

In defense of the Bush Admin Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #49

..... madfloridian Jun 2014 #50