Did Democrats just lose the war for us? They called for a withdrawal of our troops today.?
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the war was lost long ago.  when the photos from our torture sessions at abu graihb came out.  (released by good military men who were anguished and disgusted by these war crimes.)\n\nanyway, james baker, of bush 41 and of the florida recount, ran a commission for bush 43 with proposals on iraq.  they finished up their report before the election and recommended withdrawal.\n\nthey want you to think 'dems' did this.\n\ndon't you get tired of being played like a fiddle by these right wing gangsters?
747370
Actually the Democrats want to start doing a draw down on troops as soon as they take office. I sure wouldn't want to be one of the last ones there. Come home in a box that is for sure.
834515
Bad news for the troops.\n\nThe Democrats feel that defeat will serve them politically.  So they will work to ensure that defeat.\n\nThe real losers in this election will be the Iraqi people.
704954
Not me.  The ending of a war is determined on the battlefield, not with what happens in a political election.\n\nI hope the Dems realize that troops should be withdrawn when the job is done -- not when it's politically expedient for them.\n\nThat's what happened in Vietnam -- the antiwar left convinced our leaders that we had to leave, they convinced our country that we were in a "quagmire," and millions of Vietnamese and Cambodians soon became dead or exiled as a result.   \n\nA hasty withdrawal from Iraq would yield similar results.\n\n.
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"Libturds.." I mean really...my face is red for you!  Let's be clear that Hillary did not start this quagmire.  She voted for the authorization because she believed that Bush would actually use war as a last resort...AFTER exhausting all other options, including the inspections that were in progress.  Had YOUR PRESIDENT done that, then we would have realized there were no WMD's and there would be no war to "keep voting for." She is not voting to pull troops out because she feels that we need to actually stabilize and rebuild Iraq since YOUR president destroyed it. Incidentally, Hillary's intelligence level is so far beyond that of your AWOL hero that he wouldn't even be able to maintain a conversation with her.  Not that he can maintain a conversation with anyone, including that child in your picture!
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It would be political suicide for the dems to defund the war.\n\nThey will have to compromise.  Remember, the new dems tend to be more to the center, not the left.  I think they are already saying they cannot impeach Mr. Bush, and they cannot just "cut n run."\n\nLet's hope they keep their senses about them.
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No doubt about it, the Repugnantans are goin' down. \n\n- American troops sent to fight and bleed and die under false pretenses?\n- Intelligence reports cherry-picked, ignored, and twisted to make the false case for that war?\n- Journalists bribed to write favorable articles?\n- An undercover CIA agent outed for political purposes?\n- Intervention on behalf of sweatshops on US Pacific territory (Saipan) that enslave women for forced labor, forced prostitution, and FORCED ABORTIONS?\n- Intervention in US Army war profitteering investigations, on behalf of the war profitteers?\n- $8.8 BILLION missing from Iraq reconstruction fund?\n- A prostitute getting a daily White House press pass for over a year?\n- The Department of Homeland Security a haven for pedophiles?\n- No port security plan?\n- Criminal negligence by the federal government before, during and after Katrina?\n- Money laundering?\n- Insider trading through a (supposedly) blind trust?\n- Congressional boondoggle trips to:\n. . -- golf in Scotland\n. . -- cruise on the Mediterranean\n. . -- sunbathe at Pacific island resorts?\n- Huge tax breaks for the oil industry WHILE they are making record-breaking profits by price-gouging consumers?\n- Prisoner abuse at Abu Graib, Guantanimo Bay, and who knows how many hidden gulags in Eastern Europe and the Middle East? \n- The architects of the "K Street Project" put in charge of lobbying reform?\n- Slap-on-the-wrist mining safety enforcement, leading to disaster after disaster?\n- Lie upon Lie upon Lie upon Lie upon LIE? \n\nHad enough? Vote Democrat.\n\n_________________________\nASIDE TO ima...: Yes, the Democrats ARE less corrupt than the Repugnantans by a wide, wide margin
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Right now the republicans are using scare tactics to try and hold their position.\n" If Democrats take over, they will withdraw from the war and make every American citizen a target or terror!!!"\nGive me a break.\nRegardless the political agenda, Americans will vote by what they want from the government, not what the government wants from them, even though it may not make a difference.\nJust watch what happens, and maybe you will agree it is time to change ALL of government, not just the persons in it.
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It's not fear, man. Even Republicans and independents have said there is no winning this thing. It's a failure, a quagmire, another Vietnam. Might as well save some American lives. Talk about the issue, don't just try to say Democrats are idiots all the time. It makes you look lame.
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Phil, I was in Iraq.  Funny, I didn't see you there...  Democrats, Republicans....  Does it REALLY matter?  They're ALL over paid and underworked.  And they'll all promise to kiss you when they're done too.  I'm not a Republican, I'm a conservative.  I believe we should "Teach" those in need how to catch fish so that they will be able to eat for a lifetime, not just hand them one so that they can eat for today.  (in reference to government handouts like welfare)\nI believe in holding people accountable instead of holding their hand...\nI know the last Democrat to actually get us out of a war was Truman.  And it was only because of people like Churchill...  Incidently, he was also the last president to not have a college degree.\nAnd if being a Democrat is so high and mighty, then why were they the ones to support the institution of slavery in this country?  (Lincoln was a Republican)  Guess it kind of makes sense then that so many "minorities" in this country support an organization that went to war to try and continue to oppress them...    But wait, it occurs to me that welfare is still a form of slavery and opression... Duh.\nAm I the only one who finds it a little more than slightly disconcerting that the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq and the "President" of Iran both commended the American people for having voted in the Democrats?
705120
I fully expect the Dems to pull our troops just as soon as they elect a dem pres. into the white house. It will be an unwise news because we will start fighting big terrorist disasters on US turf.
951582
Democrats cut taxes?!  ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!
632645
Bush sure must be desperate to save his job and reputation- but I'm afraid it's a bit too late for that! Calling all Americans- WE CAN STOP THIS WAR IF WE BAND TOGETHER AND PROTEST- JUST LIKE WITH VIETNAM!!! We can bring our troops home- we need to take to the streets and exercise our constitutional rights (freedom to assemble peacefully to protest, and freedom of speech!) F.U.C.K. Congress, and the president- we can (and should!) "override" them both!!! Let's bring our troops HOME where they belong, before any more innocent lives are lost and families torn apart!!! We are AMERICANS, REMEMBER??? Are we just gonna sit back and HOPE for the best while more people die- or are we ready to actually hold our heads up and have our voices be heard, Constitution in hand, hand in hand? WE CAN DO THIS, and, WE SHOULD- NOW!!!
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They are trying to trick their gullible Democrat voters.\nWHICH IS EASY.\nGood point!!!!\nIf the Democrats are going to surrender like they promised and bring the troops home, why do they want the Draft back????\nI think it's because Democrat Politicians want riots and businesses looted and burned down.\nBy their own Democrat Voters.
668780
Well... thanks to bush pproving to send troops in the first place & destroying their country, if we pulled out now it WOULD cause absolute anarchy. We can't just go over there, wreck their land & leave. Yeah it was wrong as hell to do it but it has been done now & we gotta finish the job whether we like it or not. That's what happens when you have a dumbass in the whitehouse & even dumber advisors. Maybe next time more people will think before they vote!\nSigned.. A Military Wife
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Charlie Rangel, Democrat from NY has proposed this. Did I mention he is a Democrat? He is the one who wants to send you to Iraq to die. Did I mention he is a Democrat?\nOH YE WHO VOTED FOR DEMOCRATS!\nOH YE SUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!
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Still some around here. Do try and not be TOO stupid, what passed for moderates in the last election are just tools of the far left. The Dems trotted out psuedo-moderates to get the Socialist left into positions of leadership. Pelosi as Speaker and 3rd in line to the Presidency? COME ON, a real moderate victory there...and Murtha, Chair of the Armed Services Committee. I'm a retired Marine, and my son is currently an active duty Marine in Iraq. To think that this guy, who has broken faith with his former brothers in the Corps, will control the purse strings that provide the things that keep our troops out of body bags in Iraq (little things like body armor etc...) until we can get out of there gives me more than a moment of pause. Yeah, you go ahead and believe that tripe buddy, the moderates did not win a damn thing.