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(URL) is very simple. Our people risk their lives. Friendly coalition folks risk their lives. And, therefore, the contracting is going to reflect that. And that is what the US taxpayers expect," Surprise, surprise, the invasion was more about (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Democracy.... Dubya Style
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(...) Oh but of course... People speaking their minds is only good when they favour US policy. Eh, whatever. If you don't get this man out of office--if he wins in '04, heaven help the rest of the world. Dave K (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) Taiwan defends China referendum> It appears Bush is trying to suppress a Taiwanese referendum to please his new friends in China.... perhaps the Taiwanese should only be allowed Chinese style democracy? Scott A (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Geez, the guy gets airlifted into/out of a war zone and he still needs his mother to stick up for him? Oh, that's right... "major hostilities" ended several months ago. (...) That's Senator FLOTUS to you! - Chris. (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Chris Phillips wrote: <snip> (...) Yeah, but she feels "terrible" that all this death and destruction's going on--at least from what I read earlier this week, and the Prez's ma, the former first lady, wants folks to stop (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Ok, I'll bite... "Flatulent Loser..."? "Foaming Lapdog..."?? "False Leader..."??? "Freakish Limp****..."???? Oh, you mean "First Lady"! (At least she hasn't killed anyone recently...) - Chris. (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Chris Phillips wrote: <snip> (...) I always liked the acronym--FLOTUS :) Ahh, what I glean from West Wing (and other sources ;) ) Dave K (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Gee, didn't Dubya use Oil Money to get himself inserted into the office? Doesn't he have even more money and WoMD at his disposal than Hussein could ever dream of? Sounds like you've just proven that the current POTUS is a threat to the world. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) One possibility is that Dubya could publicly acknowledge that St. Reagan both supported Hussein and supplied him with weapons of mass destruction. Another possibility is that Dubya could publicly acknowledge that Uncle Cheney had business (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) And my point right back at you is that millions and millions of people, in your country as well as mine, and the countless millions from all over the world, protesting do not a 'few' make. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Comparing SH with pre-war Germany is (URL) misleading>: "Let's be clear about this. Saddam Hussein is not Hitler, as hysterical Americans keep claiming. The charges of external violence are 12 years old. There is no coherent evidence that he (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Would that we could compare that number to the number of innocents who would have been executed by SH by now. Chances are the latter would be higher, and thus Bush's intervention actually saved the lives of innocents in total. (...) We know (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Q Who is getting 38% of the $18.6bn?
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(...) I'm sorry, but that's simply inconsistent with reality. Free trade absolutely does not exist in Iraq. As just one example, an enormous, multibillion-dollar, well-connected company has a stranglehold on the reconstruction process in a no-bid (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 Qs For John
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(...) Tell that to the Vietnam war dead… an estimated (URL) 2 million> (...) Many would say that it was your nation’s support for the House of Saud that rankled OBL so much… and Bush is still covering for them! (...) Nonsense. Right-wing Israeli (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Bush & Blair looked pretty keen on it! (...) I'm not saying anything. I'm just asking you to justify your point. It looks to me like you've based your opinion on a single quote! (...) He claims to be fighting for world securityfreedom... it's (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: did you wave your little flag to make it go away?
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(...) DO YOU AGREE? (...) This war could have been a "civil disagreement", but that's another issue! (...) You are avoiding the issue. How many US troops have been investigated for incidents in Iraq? Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Q Who is getting 38% of the $18.6bn?
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(...) You mean like Bush is doing in (URL)? They boil people alive there with your tax-dollars..... wave your little flag at that if you dare! Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Q Who is getting 38% of the $18.6bn?
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(...) Good questions. They never existed in Iraq-- until now. Whatever happened to opposing blood-thirsty dictators, and promoting freedom and democracy in the world? JOHN (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: No! Say it ain't so! No France or Germany allowed!!
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(...) What? You are just finally coming to that realization???? :-) JOHN (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Q Who is getting 38% of the $18.6bn?
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(...) What ever happened to free trade? What ever happened to freedom of speech? For once he does not have Blair's support: (URL) (...) On the "security interests" point, it's good to see that Saudi Arabian companies are in for a share: (URL) Who is (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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