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03-29-2007, 07:43 AM | #1 |
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Should We Continue To Fund Our Troops?
President Bush and his Democratic opponents in Congress are squaring off in a high-decibel, high-stakes game of chicken over a bill to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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03-29-2007, 11:19 AM | #2 |
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Hell yes we should keep funding them
Those bleeding heart liberals would do anything to bring this country down and I know our President will veto that crap. Tell them how it is George !
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03-29-2007, 11:31 AM | #3 |
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I'm with you Isaac
We can't win this war if we leave or if we stop funding our troops. If we leave all we are doing is setting the stage for another attack on our own soil - it will happen - we just don't know when.
Maybe this is what we need to stop this Democratic B...S... The next attack is not going to just kill 3000 people but many many more - STAND YOUR GROUND MR. PRESIDENT!!!!!! |
03-29-2007, 12:51 PM | #4 |
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I am a patriot, and I love my country.
The fact that I believe this 'war' is going nowhere in Iraq. That I'm tired of the privatizing of this war, watching big business line it's pockets, while troops are dying, while trying to play "police". The fact that I feel the current administration has no clue on the End Game. Does Not make me a bleeding heart liberal. It's a stupid question, "Should we fund our troops?" -- NO ****. The question is do our troops need be over there anymore. Yes, I am a patriot. No, I'm not a bleeding heart liberal. No I don't want to have my taxes raised. But riddle me this. How do we plan on paying for this war ? it sure ain't free. I don't care who the heck it is.. republicans, democrats, independents.. somebody come up with a fracking plan over there besides lets throw more money and more troops at it. I've heard time and again from our Military leaders over there. There is NO MILITARY answer to the problem over there. Unless of course you want to nuke the place and start over. Which I got no problems with. But don't call me a bleeding heart liberal, because I think our troops don't need to be hanging around over there, waiting to be shot first!
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Don't hurry off as if nothing had happen RR
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03-29-2007, 01:45 PM | #6 |
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"What Is Your Plan?"
This is a different sort of enemy that we have never fought before - Do we cut, run, tuck our tales and hope they don't stike us at home.
When they do strike what is your response and who do you go fight? What is your plan? |
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A stand for freedom ? Fight for what's right ?? How are our troops standing around, playing cop, waiting to get shot at first 'standing for freedom' ??? not to mention those people could care less about freedom, they just want the power on and the water on. No, i'm not listening to "retired-talk show hosts" military folks.. These are commmanders ON THE GROUND, saying such things. I'll use the word Patriot all I want to, thank you very much. I'm tired of having my patriotism being brought into question, because I've got my own head on my shoulders. And I don't agree with all the propaganda that gets thrown my way. I'm against the continuation of this war for some very obvious reasons. most importantly, there is no plan. But to throw more money and troops at it. That's not a solution. I have to ask why you are so FOR THIS WAR. ? Can you give me something other than a canned sound byte from talk radio ? "Fight them there so we don't have to fight them there" is the stupidest damn thing I've ever heard. I mean if it were true that would be great. If these "people" we are fighting had a country, that would make sense. Just because we fight them in Iraq doesn't keep them from our soil. These people are very patient. it was back in '93 when they bombed the World Trade Center the first time. Go forward 8 years to 9/11 and they are back again. Fighting them in Iraq, is not going to keep the few who want to sneak into this country from getting in. IF we're looking for a fight.. let's find BIN LADEN for cryin' out loud.. Let's shut IRAN UP for cryin' out loud.
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While that's certainly not a reason to question your patriotism, it's certainly reason enough to question your logic. The last administration did nothing in the face of ever increasing attacks and the end result was a major atrocity perpetrated on our own soil. We start fighting them in their own homeland, and 6 years later, not one significant terrorist attack abroad and none on American interests. As far as a plan....it's the same plan we've always had. Remove the tyrant, establish a Democracy, defend that Democracy until it can defend itself. You want a time line when that will be completed? No problem, just get a time line from the insurgency detailing when they will stop attacking the newly established Democracy and we can't start shipping troops out the next day. |
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Go freakin' fight them in Afghanistan, at least there's a chance they might run into Bin Laden. Fighting for democracy of a country that could care less about democracy ?? We could be over there for 10 damn years, those people will still be blowing themselves up until they either STAND UP, or some dictator STANDS UP. our troops standing around playing cops, is never going to get the job done.
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again they weren't from Iraq. Look people, I'm not about your so called "Cut bait and run" BS. You want a fight, let's go after them. Lets find Bin Laden. Lets shut IRAN the hell up. But this crap in Iraq is going to go on and on and on. Long after we leave, that country is still going to be a hell hole.
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03-29-2007, 04:05 PM | #11 |
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The purpose of the War on Terror was to remove the terrorist elements from the countries with the highest terrorist occupancy which are potential threats to America. I support this effort, but I don't see why it is taking so long in Iraq. In addition, there are other terrorist countries behind Iraq too (i.e. Iran, Libia, North Korea). For all we know, this may go on for a long long time after we're done with Iraq.
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I do agree with Brain
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As long as our troops are standing around, manning check points and the like, they will keep blowing us up, and ON AND ON AND ON. with NO END. You got some targets. military targets. Sure lets bomb the crap out of them. Us occupying Iraq, is not keeping these terrorist who live in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else, from sneaking on a plane and causing trouble here in the U.S. if you are all so caught up in, and bought into this crap about fight them there so we don't have to fight them here.. I'm done. the propaganda machine has done it's job. The terrorists who got us on 9/11 weren't from Iraq. there are plenty of fights to be fought.. Holding Iraq up on it's feet while we get blown up IS NOT ONE OF THEM. But I guarantee, there's money being made in the process. only not by "US"
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I don't even understand what we are really arguing about. I mean, I think we want the same things. We want the bastards dead, and I mean all of them.
I simply disagree that we should be spending ALL this TIME, MONEY, LIVES bringing democracy to a country, that doeesn't want it. and never will in our lifetime.
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Well RR we can agree do disagree
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