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Something I got today
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Agree almost completely
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I agree with most except this - FDR may have led us there BUT Germany and Italy declared war on the US December 11th.
a. FDR led us into World War II. b.Germany never attacked us; Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost an average of 112,500 per year. |
Pretty much sums up how I feel about it.
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but that won't be taught to any children..cause the truth doesn't fit in with the pc life now
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An oldie, but goodie. Since today in Jan. 15th, this thing needs to be dated.
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2005 called, they want their glurge back...
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yeah, we "took" Iraq pretty quickly. It will take decades for use to give it back though...
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We still have troops in Korea. We had/have troops in Germany, Japan, Cuba, the Phillipines... It's hard to leave a country once you get in there and (depending on your political slant) contribute to the freedom of/oppress and ruin said country.
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oh man, I can't believe what some people believe.
For the record, Glenn (not a senator yet) ran against Metzenbaum in 70 and lost, then ran again in 74 and won the Democratic nomination and was subsequently re-elected to be Ohio's first 4-term senator. Yes he was a Democrat for the record. In the 74 primary, Metzenbaum never said 'How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?' Instead he said that Glenn "had never met a payroll" which was more about civilian leadership, much the same way Rudy and Governors parade about their Management experience versus running senators saying they've never managed a budget, etc. I'm guessing this email spam came through before some Nigerian needing your help and right after cheap Viagra. Lastly, I'm not so sure it's a great argument to say how everyone in the past screwed up, so it's OK for our guy to screw up too. Team Bush had 50 years of history and experience to guide them in the right direction. Instead they followed Johnson's/McNamara's playbook to the letter. |
never see that in the "ARIZONA REPUBLIC" newspaper or on any news channel. historically correct,timelines correct, witnesses, pictures to document, all the pertinent facts.
NOPE makes much too much sense to let the public know! |
I appreciate our military as much as anybody. From my perspective, the military option is very interesting, and unique and specific. First, it is widely considered to be a sign of failure when a political figure finds he must invoke the military option. I agree with that.
Second, the military option is very narrow. Troops should not be expected to build nations or improve a nation's reputation. Politics should be done by politicians. Troops have a very narrow application. Even asking them to defend a piece of real estate is dicey. The thing troops are uniquely good it is capturing real estate. That was their job in WW2. Not in Iraq, though. The situation in Iraq is not a particularly neat and clean application for military muscle. If you're looking for an organization that will reduce hatred, or instill peace.....the military is not the ideal organization for that. No, the Taliban has not been crushed and Al Queda has not been crippled. Indeed, some believe their causes have been helped by our decision to pretend this is a military opportunity. If the Iraq matter, and terrorism, were sufficiently similar to our agenda in WW2, I would agree with stuff like what is written above. It is not. Dubya's dad understood the military option. He gave Schwartzcopf a very simple mandate, and then he got out of the way and let the military handle it in whatever ways they deemed appropriate. The mandate was to capture a bit of real estate. Perfect. Dubya's mandate is not similar, and his interference does not help. |
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http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/glenn.asp |
a bunch of nonsensical unrelated events, mix with a little falsehood and it somehow adds up to something??
guess this is why Bush got elected twice. |
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uh no, the quote is not correct per SNOPES. |
well, close reading and analysis are over-rated:
Metzenbaum's comment was widely publicized and interpreted by many including Glenn himself as a slam that Glenn had "never held a (real) job" (even though Metzenbaum hadn't actually used those words), and Glenn went into the Cleveland debate a few days later well-prepared to answer the charges. Although Metzenbaum didn't raise the "job" issue during the debate, Glenn nonetheless seized the opportunity to launch into his carefully-crafted "I have held a job" retort, invoking stirring images of motherhood, sacrifice, and patriotism. Although it was a rehearsed speech rather than the impromptu response legend has since made it out to be, Glenn's stinging rebuke to Metzenbaum was a masterful stroke that swung momentum in his favor. He bested Metzenbaum by 8 percentage points in the primary and was elected to the U.S. Senate in the general election, carrying all 88 counties in Ohio in the process. |
I'm sure the liberal opposition could concoct an equally convincing, equally skewed, and polar opposite diatribe. As usual, the truth probably is found somewhere in between.
Also - I don't think GW would quickly justify his war based on Viet Nam or Bosnia. He's smarter than that. |
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it must really bug you that John Glenn, a truly unimpeachable American hero, is a Democrat. You guys like to put up the "shiny beautiful" women of the Republican party pic against the photoshopped women of substance of the Democratic party. Well here we have Democrat John Glenn, Marine, Test Pilot, Astronaut, Hero up against George Bush, Guard pilot-wannabe who didn't even serve his time, safe on the homefront, who has done more damage to this country than any other sitting President in history. |
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