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"US general in Afghanistan: Troops may stay past 2014" by bowser December 20, 2011 9:00 pm
  • We need to leave Afganistan. by Lee 2011-12-26 16:11:03
    • We reached the point of diminishing returns in Afghanistan a long time ago. The only reason we've stayed was ... by ER 2011-12-21 15:39:02
      • Didn't Obama say something about removing troops from Iraq by the end of the year? Plus, the New York Times isn't ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-21 13:28:10
        • The NYT is considered to be a superb source for he facts, disputed only by those who don't like those ... by bowser 2011-12-21 13:47:11
          • Bowser's right on this one. It's a valid source, particularly direct quotes. by TB 2011-12-21 17:36:38
          • The Iraq Status of Forces Agreement signed in 2008 set December 31, 2011 as the deadline for all troops to ... by TB 2011-12-21 13:39:50
          From years-end survey of business by bowser December 20, 2011 11:59 am
            Obama perceives himself fourth best President... by Jody December 20, 2011 8:13 am
            • Whoops! Not quite accurate, I'm afraid. What Obama really said does not include anything like that. "I would put ... by bowser 2011-12-20 13:54:12
              • Has a lot in common with Washington, Lincoln and Truman. It takes a big man to inherit wars, financial ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:46:26
                • Well, it's too early to tell yet, after just three years. But if you consider that, like Lincoln, he ... by ER 2011-12-20 09:43:14
                  • I don't know... by TB 2011-12-20 10:46:53
                    • You want to debate that? He could have added that you agreed with Limbaugh when Limbaugh proposed killing him ... by bowser 2011-12-20 14:03:12
                      • Source that. by TB 2011-12-20 14:06:27
                        • By the way, that's how a person says "I was wrong." by bowser 2011-12-20 15:21:55
                          • I suppose I could be crazy. I cannot find any reference to that episode while googling "Limbaugh assassination Obama" ... by bowser 2011-12-20 15:20:07
                            • A general rule of thumb I have for when I remember something is if I can't find ANY reference to ... by TB 2011-12-20 18:40:14
                      • Just my own personal opinion...but that has to be the single most arrogant statement for him...hell anyone to make. ... by Jody 2011-12-20 10:46:45
                        • He probably felt that way too, after he thought about what he said. That's why he probably asked it to ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:02:54
                          • Some politicians can ask 60 Minutes to "remove" something from interviews. by TB 2011-12-20 12:20:27
                            • You do have a point there. It's one of the few you've ever made successfully to me. But you also ... by ER 2011-12-20 13:10:35
                              • An update on Obama's 60 Minutes interview: by TB 2011-12-21 08:55:17
                          • If this president were Republican, with the same statistics on foreign policy and the economy, every list in the media ... by TB 2011-12-20 10:53:54
                            • Actually, I think he's turning out all right. My only criticism is that he tries too hard, and is ... by ER 2011-12-20 11:28:24
                              • Okay, now you're just pulling my chain. by TB 2011-12-20 11:57:54
                                • Tom its impossible not to pull your chain. Do you really think its possible for me to present documentary evidence that ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:49:58
                              • This president could not be Republican. He considers others, asks for advice, tries to forge agreements which incorporate considerations ... by bowser 2011-12-20 11:16:55
                                • "He considers others, asks for advice, tries to forge agreements which incorporate considerations for the opposition and find something which ... by TB 2011-12-20 11:21:30
                                  • We do live in different universes. by ER 2011-12-20 11:41:52
                          In Kim's death, an extensive intelligence failure by bowser December 19, 2011 11:08 pm
                          • It's a war, the other side fights back. You win some and you lose some, and some are rained ... by ER 2011-12-20 05:15:58
                            • I couldn't agree with you more. What concerns me is the magnitude of some of these failures and the ... by bowser 2011-12-20 06:46:38
                              • Remember, we don't hear about all the defeats. And we don't hear about all the victories, either. We only ... by ER 2011-12-20 07:14:44
                                • ENIGMA was prior to the CIA. There are wins, losses, and ties. What I'm saying that's not heard ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:54:05
                            Merry Christmas, Canadians! by TB December 19, 2011 10:54 pm
                            • Merry Christmas McFly, wherever you are...n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 18:28:35
                              • Lindy too. by podrock 2011-12-22 18:55:01
                                • You're right. I'll let her know. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 19:27:14
                                  • Please tack me on. And "Hi", McFly. by bowser 2011-12-22 20:11:31
                                    • Done. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 21:56:54
                              • Thanks TB. Merry CHRISTMAS to you and yours and to everyone on the HZ. I have been surfing the net ... by johannes 2011-12-22 13:12:01
                                • Thank you. I have been too busy to pause at this topic page lately. All the best to you and your ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-12-21 18:22:21
                                  • Hey, they left out the butter tarts. by ER 2011-12-20 05:20:20
                                    Fifty things I've learned about the literary life by TB December 19, 2011 10:45 pm
                                    • "15. You don't have to read every book you buy, and you certainly don't have to finish the book you've ... by bowser 2011-12-20 18:06:06
                                      • Not finish your books? Blasphemy!!! When I buy a book I intend to finish it. Granted, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-20 18:34:17
                                        • There is a huge gulf between "like to read that book" and" like to have read" that book. Applies to a ... by bowser 2011-12-21 07:29:25
                                          • So, climb there mountain, read the book, get the girl, save the day. Am I right? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-21 13:35:14
                                            • Oh, wrong. Buy the mountain climbers book, read it while he's climbing the next mountain, meet his GF in ... by bowser 2011-12-22 20:14:28
                                      Discovery Powers Down by RobVG December 19, 2011 10:06 pm
                                        Photos from the Battle of the Bulge by TB December 18, 2011 9:24 pm
                                        • I've known a few people who were there, more or less well. Even with time not one of them ... by bowser 2011-12-18 21:55:10
                                          • Most of the people who were there were probably nice guys. Even the Germans. by ER 2011-12-19 03:33:00
                                            • The longest conversation I've had with someone who was in the Winter campaign of '44 - '45 was with a ... by bowser 2011-12-19 15:29:53
                                              • Yikes..... 350%? That sounds hellish. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-19 18:02:23
                                                • American ground strategies since the Civil War have been willing to take massive casualties. Infantrymen are sacrificed rather than ... by bowser 2011-12-19 20:07:02
                                          Il dead. by podrock December 18, 2011 7:27 pm
                                          • The North Koreans I've seen in the papers, on the internet and TV seem genuinely upset. They can't all ... by bowser 2011-12-20 12:03:46
                                            • Brainwashing does wonders. Not to mention something akin to Stockholm Syndrome. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-21 13:28:56
                                              • C'mon, Bowz. Not even Elvis had mourners like that. by ER 2011-12-20 12:39:07
                                              • The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. by ER 2011-12-19 18:17:43
                                                • Dangerously unstable indeed. by TB 2011-12-19 22:00:30
                                                  • Caligula redux? Where is the Praetorian guard when you need them? That guy in the middle looks likely, but they are ... by FrankC 2011-12-20 23:39:17
                                                    • There's a pattern here. Fidel Chavez Ahmadinejad Kim (2) Ghaddafi All dangerously unstable in the propagandized minds of Americans. All demonized by those ... by bowser 2011-12-19 23:34:17
                                                      • What good have those leaders done for their own people by RobVG 2011-12-20 09:09:40
                                                        • Both sides here are delusional in my opinion. Those people you mentioned bowser? They aren't unstable but they are threats ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-20 19:21:55
                                                          • You don't know, do you? Well, try this. And wonder why you didn't know this. A Libyan ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:16:45
                                                            • That’s the biggest sidestep I’ve ever seen on the Zone by RobVG 2011-12-20 18:50:05
                                                              • You are making a fool of yourself, deliberately I think. Did you know that about Libya? Have any ... by bowser 2011-12-21 02:12:25
                                                                • It's pretty obvious a lot of people know more about Libya than you care to. by TB 2011-12-21 09:25:01
                                                                  • "Demonizer"? Look in the mirror. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-21 09:05:32
                                                                    • Now that was a thoughtful, erudite reply. Devastating in its logic, followed up with a powerful prose rebuttal with ... by bowser 2011-12-21 11:00:01
                                                                      • I feel I was entitled to that. by RobVG 2011-12-21 18:22:31
                                                                        • Everything you don't want to believe is the Work of the Devil. by TB 2011-12-21 11:41:01
                                                                  • C'mon, Bowz. Libya could afford to be generous to its victims. The country is awash in oil money. Castro ... by ER 2011-12-20 10:03:01
                                                                    • And how much of that was publicized as Ghaddafi was demonized? by bowser 2011-12-20 11:30:55
                                                                      • Well, Cuba is a small nation off the southern coast of America. There was a revolution which threw corrupt ... by bowser 2011-12-20 11:29:47
                                                                        • The Soviets gladly stepped in to fill Cuba's needs by RobVG 2011-12-20 19:00:55
                                                                  • These nut cases are basically bullies. They don't pick on foreign countries that can fight back. They just ... by ER 2011-12-20 04:56:53
                                                                    • In the decision tree on going to war in Iraq, which took place before 9-11 and determined Iraq needed to ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:22:12
                                                                      • You forget, Bowz, I supported Bush I's decision to invade Iraq. He was punishing Iraq's brutal invasion of Kuwait, ... by ER 2011-12-20 10:24:41
                                                                      • You're not even going to call him on the accuracy of his statement? by TB 2011-12-20 09:06:06
                                                                        • Don't need to, arguing court cases is not why I come to this board. I did tell Bowser I disagreed with ... by ER 2011-12-20 09:58:16
                                                                          • Can't. As one who has never questioned the right-wing propaganda propagated by the mega-corporations and right-wing politicians, regarding it ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:20:45
                                                                            • All right. by TB 2011-12-20 09:30:33
                                                                              • Well, to be fair to Bowser, none of the totalitarian lunatics he mentioned in his post have actually started a ... by ER 2011-12-20 11:03:39
                                                                                • Gaddafi attacked Egypt in 1977 and invaded Chad, annexing the Aouzou Strip for 18 years. Bowser carefully trimmed the first Kim ... by TB 2011-12-20 11:17:38
                                                                                  • Tom, remember the example I used? The junta DID invade the Falklands, as I pointed out. I never claimed dictatorships never ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:27:20
                                                                                    • Sorry about getting "technical." by TB 2011-12-20 12:46:46
                                                                                      • So what you're really saying is that even though I am disputing Bowser, and actualy agree with you, I don't ... by ER 2011-12-20 13:31:37
                                                                                • Didn't say that. I said that by any measure of a "rogue" country or an "unstable" leader, the US ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:31:53
                                                                        • I wonder what they learned from his time at that Swiss school. Otherwise, I don't see how they could ... by ER 2011-12-19 22:09:34
                                                                        • Cold. If they don't raise sheep they could import some. ON the serious (more serious) side, it looks ... by bowser 2011-12-19 19:40:30
                                                                        • "The dictator is dead, long live the dictator." North Korean political slogan. by bowser 2011-12-18 22:06:48
                                                                          • Well, with his diabetes and heart condition he was sort of asking for it. Not to mention all the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-18 21:49:53
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