Rumsfeld Admits He Guessed Wrong On Iraq

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    Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

    <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/28/rumsfeld.profile/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/
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    Originally Posted By Beaumandy

    How did I know it was a CNN story again. A story that we know will only be half correct and out of context. They always are.

    Here is another example of a liberal starting a " patriotic " thread that all terrorists would love to read and cheer.
     
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    Originally Posted By chickendumpling

    And another example of daisies sprouting out off thin air.
     
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    Originally Posted By chickendumpling

    off = of. Gee, that typo probably makes me look stupid. I must be a liberal!
     
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    Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

    "Here is another example of a liberal starting a " patriotic " thread that all terrorists would love to read and cheer."

    I got an idea. If all you're going to do is vomit on the thread do it on yourself somewhere else. You're worthless.
     
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    Originally Posted By Capstan

    Totally worthless. Just like Rumsfeld. Worse than useless. And that's a 'conservative' estimate.
     
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    Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

    Here's a Rumsfeld quote-

    "Well, I think that anyone who looks at it with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight has to say that there was not an anticipation that the level of insurgency would be anything approximating what it is," Rumsfeld told CNN..."

    Translated: we didn't listen to Powell or any general. We were idiots.
     
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    Originally Posted By DouglasDubh

    When did Secretary Powell or any general say the level of insurgency would be anything approximating what it is?
     
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    Originally Posted By Capstan

    I can undestand one man, like a president, being a complete blithering idiot, but how is it virtually the entire US Congress was equally blind. At the first mention of war with Iraq, I foresaw this debacle. How could they not? I wonder if the carnage taking place now, and the carnage to come, wasn't their secret goal all along. We're being led by fools.
     
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    Originally Posted By ADMIN

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    Originally Posted By Beaumandy

    See my point about the libs on here never starting any threads that actually support victory and American greatness? Never.
     
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    Originally Posted By mele

    Now's your inning. Stand the world on it's ear!
    Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning!
    Curtain up! Light the lights!
    You got nothing to hit but the heights!
     
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    Originally Posted By Capstan

    Douglas, our elected leaders didn't need generals to warn them of the futility of the war. Anyone with half a grain of common sense could have seen it. The war, even before it began, was counterproductive to our goals. It didn't require a political scientist or military strategist to understand that. It required a brain.~ Beaumandy, I don't see the difference between a terrorist's mouthpiece and a government's flunky. They're interchangable.
     
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    Originally Posted By Capstan

    Mele, that's not original with you, is it?
     
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    Originally Posted By Capstan

    Beaumandy: "American greatness?" The truth is, you speak in superlatives only because talk is cheap. It doesn't take much strength to wave the flag. Perhaps if you went to the Middle East and helped dig graves for awhile, your muscles would develop, and your words would carry more weight among the knowledgeable.
     
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    Originally Posted By mele

    Original with me?

    I'm just seeing daisies...
     
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    Originally Posted By Capstan

    Okay.
     
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    Originally Posted By gadzuux

    >> that's not original with you, is it? <<

    Apparently you're not gay enough to recognize show tunes.

    Ethyl Mermen in 'gypsy' belting out EV-ERY-THING'S - COM-IN' UP ROOOOW-SES!
     
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    Originally Posted By Capstan

    Ethyl Merman was gay? Damn!
     
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    Originally Posted By gadzuux

    Would YOU sleep with her?
     

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