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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:01 PM Original message |
Did Kerry really say that the "War on Terror" was winnable? |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, he did during the speech he just gave. Why? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. What a friggin' maroon. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. it's an ideal |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. thank god you aren't a Kerry advisor |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Who said I'd back it up? I'd just keep my mouth shut. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Please realize that we are now on "Parallel Earth" |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I think a stronger case to be made is that terrorism is a fact of life... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. As is crime generally. But I think it's probably not all that impossible |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Yes, you are right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. My first "ignore"! I'm honored! |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Yeah, I think it's winnable. I mean, you're never going to stop crime. |
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Monte Carlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. It sounds like something he'd say... |
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BayouBengal07 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. I dunno. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. You can bomb an ideology into history |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you saying you want endless war? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I don't want it, but I think it's a reality. |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Endless war will be a reality if Bush is elected, yes. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I believe it will be, regardless... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought it was Edwards who said it |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yea ... did you think he would agree with Bush and say it wasn't? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Bush doesn't even agree with Bush. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. This war is extremely winnable if done right. |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. The "War on Terror" is certainly winnable, |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well you do need bullets -- but it needs more police and less military |
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magnolia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Exactly! |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. The phrase "war on terror" is nonsensical. |
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buczak (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. redefine the war and work to make it winnable. |
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ItsMyParty (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Kerry said winable but not in the "we kill them all" and we win sense |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Remember that Kerry was instrumental |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. It *is* winnable. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I disagree. |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. We don't need to make the world perfect! |
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LuminousX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. It can be won so long as you first clearly define 'Terror' |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. You Win It With Access To Jobs, Education, Peaceful Alternatives |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Kerry's right! |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. a war on a "tactic" is no more plausibly win-able |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. THAT, I agree with. n/t |
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