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Nambe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:20 AM Original message |
Black Hawks Scramble to Save U.S. Troops in Iraq |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. So he thought it was going to be a John Wayne movie? |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. he didn't say he wasn't enjoying himself n/t |
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hadrons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. didn't sound like this Major was dillusional in any way .... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Torn flesh, blood everywhere |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. It seems to be escalating - |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I suspect the escalation is why alJazeera got kicked out this month |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Who knows WHAT is happening there now ? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. all of this is happening for nothing. Not one soldier should be there |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why do we have 40 year olds doing this? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I read about a 62 yr old helicopter pilot the other day.... |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 08:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. On GMA, oils moving to Libya |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 08:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. yeah, the Christian Science Monitor had an article about that |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 08:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Becasue he's a commander |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 08:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No, they're guardsmen |
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cthrumatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. and shrubya points the finger at the Iraq people and say's it all thiers |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. This is required reading for all those warmongering freeps and wingers... |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. Unusually graphic descriptions for US media. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 10:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. That's because it's not US media -- it's Reuters. nt |
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veteran_for_peace (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. War is Hell |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 10:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yes - DemocracyNow this morning featured another suicide. |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. isnt that ironic. |
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veteran_for_peace (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Or we could draft his daughters |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. put them in field hospitals or medevac copters as corpsmen apprentices. |
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veteran_for_peace (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That would be to nice and safe |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. that'd be like playing Russian roulette. |
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sandraj (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Your post reminded me of a column by Jimmy Breslin |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Did Jimmy just describe pResident MacBeth? |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Welcome to DU. This is SO awful! There'll probably be 1000 dead |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. ABC reports 12,000 nonfatal injuries |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
16. 2,120 casualties-at 10/1 WIA/KIA-Do the math |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. That is not losses from one military unit |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I'll trust the objectivity of Russian over Pentagon |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
19. Should be required reading for everyone who thinks this fiasco..... |
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0rion (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. 45th Medical Company is my old unit. 421st EVAC, based in Ansbach Germany |
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Rebel_with_a_cause (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. The blood in the choppers reminds me of "We were soldiers once and Young" |
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