Comments on: More Lieberman Misdirection on Iraq http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:11:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: alank http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530745 alank Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:08:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530745 <p>Erm, shifting troops around is not a foreign policy I would expect from a candidate who claims to represent change. The U.S. has no more right to be in Afghanistan, than it does in Somalia, Iraq, or Bosnia.</p> <p>I appreciate the fact the writer of this piece is a jarhead, but that doesn’t make what he writes necessarily correct.</p> <p>It would be nice for a change to have someone write something that speaks to seemingly few pups here who want to see the elimination of all forms of belligerence from American foreign policy and a major (I mean big-time) scaling back of the military establishment.</p> Erm, shifting troops around is not a foreign policy I would expect from a candidate who claims to represent change. The U.S. has no more right to be in Afghanistan, than it does in Somalia, Iraq, or Bosnia.

I appreciate the fact the writer of this piece is a jarhead, but that doesn’t make what he writes necessarily correct.

It would be nice for a change to have someone write something that speaks to seemingly few pups here who want to see the elimination of all forms of belligerence from American foreign policy and a major (I mean big-time) scaling back of the military establishment.

]]> By: tw3k http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530725 tw3k Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:39:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530725 <p>and the <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=owCXbDVTLRE" rel="nofollow">SBC</a></p> and the SBC

]]> By: IntelVet http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530711 IntelVet Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:31:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530711 <p>Well it is true, Iraq is extremely successful, from the Halliburton/KBR/Blackwater point of view.</p> Well it is true, Iraq is extremely successful, from the Halliburton/KBR/Blackwater point of view.

]]> By: angie http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530701 angie Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:04:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530701 <p>well since I was/am against <strong>both</strong> wars and occupations, I guess I am aligned with neither party.</p> <p>oh well.</p> well since I was/am against both wars and occupations, I guess I am aligned with neither party.

oh well.

]]> By: sfwmson http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530694 sfwmson Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:41:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530694 <p>A first cousin of mine was in Vietnam. He was never the same after returning home needless to say. He was married three times and seemed at last to be doing better. Then one day (or night rather) he shot his two sons (whom he cherished with all his heart) with a shotgun and then turned it on himself. His widow said in the last weeks he had been talking about his “men” in combat and worrying about their safety.<br /> Just about killed his family too. This happened relatively recently by the way. About 6 or 7 years ago. The PTSD certainly doesn’t just go away.</p> A first cousin of mine was in Vietnam. He was never the same after returning home needless to say. He was married three times and seemed at last to be doing better. Then one day (or night rather) he shot his two sons (whom he cherished with all his heart) with a shotgun and then turned it on himself. His widow said in the last weeks he had been talking about his “men” in combat and worrying about their safety.
Just about killed his family too. This happened relatively recently by the way. About 6 or 7 years ago. The PTSD certainly doesn’t just go away.

]]> By: TAGG http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530685 TAGG Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:30:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530685 <p>My sentiments here…<a href="http://www.tagg-lines.com/2008/07/where-do-i-begin.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tagg-lines.com/2008.....begin.html</a></p> My sentiments here…http://www.tagg-lines.com/2008…..begin.html

]]> By: RevBev http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530672 RevBev Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:14:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530672 <p>Sounds alot like Iraq and Plame, etc etc etc.</p> Sounds alot like Iraq and Plame, etc etc etc.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530658 Elliott Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:05:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530658 <p>Thank you Scarecrow.</p> Thank you Scarecrow.

]]> By: RevDeb http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530654 RevDeb Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:03:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530654 <p>So I just looked at the list of speakers at Netroots and neither Jane nor Christy is listed. What’s with that?</p> So I just looked at the list of speakers at Netroots and neither Jane nor Christy is listed. What’s with that?

]]> By: Scarecrow http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530653 Scarecrow Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/07/more-lieberman-misdirection-on-iraq/#comment-1530653 <p>snagger — I’d like to add a link to your post. But I don’t see one.</p> snagger — I’d like to add a link to your post. But I don’t see one.

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