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| | | (...) Well, that's the point, isn't it? Bush deliberately initiated an unjustified war, and now 1,000+ US soldiers are dead, along with ~12,000 innocent Iraqis. I agree that soldiers put themselves in harm's way, but one would hope that they (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Help me with the math —Joakim Olsson
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| | | | | snip (...) unjustified (...) Iraqis. I (...) they (...) Yes, it is sad. But he will surely pay for it sooner or later. /J (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Help me with the math —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) You don't really believe that it was pointless. Do you? Bush had reasons for doing what he did. You (and I!) just disagree with the felicity of his reasons. You have, in the past, given room for either evil or incompetence as the explanation (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Help me with the math —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Really? They knew in advance that these fanatics and insurgents would be emboldened? I think you have to be pretty machavellian to see how that would actually be of any benefit to anyone, enough that you would deliberately plot for that (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Help me with the math —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | (...) Actually, I didn't mean at that level of detail. I don't think Bush particularly cares at the trouble. (I mean, I'm sure he'd rather that headache would go away, but that's life.) He was willing to start the war with the associated risks (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Help me with the math —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) Hmmm, I wonder from where that idea could have come? At the end of his term, Clinton was pardoning crooks so fast it was unbelievable! Besides, you don't have to be convicted to be pardoned. Let's wait and see if Bush actually pardons anyone (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Help me with the math —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) They certainly should have known. Is anyone really surprised by events? (...) OIL? Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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