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 Nov 10 2006, 08:08 AM
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/10/news/policy.php
QUOTE Gates has sharply criticized the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war and has made clear that he would seek advice from moderate Republicans who have been largely frozen out of the White House, administration officials and Gates's close associates say. The administration officials said that Bush was aware of Gates's critique of current policy and understood that Gates planned to clear the "E Ring" of the Pentagon, where many of Donald Rumsfeld's senior political appointees have plotted Iraq strategy. I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised by this. Let's see how things change in Iraq. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Nov 10 2006, 08:57 AM
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It sounds like they want to send more troops over. IMHO you either have to send more in and overwhelm the opposition, or pull them all out and leave.
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Nov 10 2006, 09:05 AM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Nov 10 2006, 08:57 AM) It sounds like they want to send more troops over. IMHO you either have to send more in and overwhelm the opposition, or pull them all out and leave. I am fairly sure we'll see a troop increase. How they'll be used is another question. We'll probably see more money going to armoring and supplying the effort as well. My question now is, whenever the House and Senate first approve a budget increase for Iraq, does that mean that the people with the counters on their websites have to take them off (since they were anti-Republican/Bush)? -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Nov 10 2006, 10:00 AM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
It is time to pull out
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Nov 10 2006, 10:23 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Hartmann @ Nov 10 2006, 09:05 AM) My question now is, whenever the House and Senate first approve a budget increase for Iraq, does that mean that the people with the counters on their websites have to take them off (since they were anti-Republican/Bush)? yeah no shit, I bet we'll stop seeing the deathtoll counts all over the damn place too |
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Nov 10 2006, 10:57 AM
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QUOTE (Dr. Gonzo @ Nov 10 2006, 10:00 AM) It is time to pull out 
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Nov 10 2006, 02:20 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down  Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (Dr. Gonzo @ Nov 10 2006, 10:00 AM) It is time to pull out By that time, you are the baby daddy! -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Nov 12 2006, 09:16 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
did you guys know that Gates is the current President of A&M? wtf
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Nov 12 2006, 12:18 PM
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QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Nov 12 2006, 08:16 AM) did you guys know that Gates is the current President of A&M? wtf QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Nov 8 2006, 11:28 AM) According to Wiki, he's currently the President of Texas A&M. Nope, didn't have a clue. 
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Nov 12 2006, 01:20 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (chook @ Nov 10 2006, 02:20 PM) By that time, you are the baby daddy! God damn it! not again -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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