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	<title>Comments on: Surge-y Success? Iraqis Say &#8220;Blood is Not So Cheap&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Larue</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558952</link>
		<dc:creator>Larue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;1776. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nothing less will change it, and the Goliath who runs the show is bigger now, than he was then.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;American’s don’t have the STOMACH for what it will take. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It will take PRESSURE! Bodies in the streets, work stoppages, and all that comes with going up against the have’s, when yer the have not’s.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And I’m not talkin about the poor people . . . I’m talkin about the so called middle class in here who earn $100K or more for a family of two or four. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They don’t have the stomach for the change they want, which will completely disrupt their lives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They don’t have the fight. And electing Blue America candidates who quickly get shifted Doppler Red is no phreakin answer, other than to appease the 1%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Harumph.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1776. </p>
<p>Nothing less will change it, and the Goliath who runs the show is bigger now, than he was then.</p>
<p>American’s don’t have the STOMACH for what it will take. </p>
<p>It will take PRESSURE! Bodies in the streets, work stoppages, and all that comes with going up against the have’s, when yer the have not’s.</p>
<p>And I’m not talkin about the poor people . . . I’m talkin about the so called middle class in here who earn $100K or more for a family of two or four. </p>
<p>They don’t have the stomach for the change they want, which will completely disrupt their lives.</p>
<p>They don’t have the fight. And electing Blue America candidates who quickly get shifted Doppler Red is no phreakin answer, other than to appease the 1%.</p>
<p>Harumph.</p>
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		<title>By: Larue</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558945</link>
		<dc:creator>Larue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Sure. I’ll ’splain it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s murder, by our forces. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It sends a message to people who wander from our ‘reservation’s intent’  . . &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And we have what’s ’sposed to be a standing reservation for a table of 150,000 and 10 or 12 super bases in Iraq, for a hundred years, or until the oil runs out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Simple. USA perfected this tactic in SE Asia, and refined it in Latin America.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gunboat diplomacy. Only, ground based. And yes, they have worked it since we did the Philippines, and did The Maine reaction . . . &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How can you, or anyone else in here, forget the lessons history has laid for us? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Geez . . . . sometimes it’s like the 60’s never existed and none of us boomers recall being ENLIGHTENED by our high school teachers and college professor’s as to how NOT to swallow the koolaid of the 50’s and LONG before. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Harumph.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sure. I’ll ’splain it.</p>
<p>It’s murder, by our forces. </p>
<p>It sends a message to people who wander from our ‘reservation’s intent’  . . </p>
<p>And we have what’s ’sposed to be a standing reservation for a table of 150,000 and 10 or 12 super bases in Iraq, for a hundred years, or until the oil runs out.</p>
<p>Simple. USA perfected this tactic in SE Asia, and refined it in Latin America.</p>
<p>Gunboat diplomacy. Only, ground based. And yes, they have worked it since we did the Philippines, and did The Maine reaction . . . </p>
<p>How can you, or anyone else in here, forget the lessons history has laid for us? </p>
<p>Geez . . . . sometimes it’s like the 60’s never existed and none of us boomers recall being ENLIGHTENED by our high school teachers and college professor’s as to how NOT to swallow the koolaid of the 50’s and LONG before. </p>
<p>Harumph.</p>
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		<title>By: dmac</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558829</link>
		<dc:creator>dmac</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;for those of you that liked mary’s song, send her a note and let her know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marygauthier.com/site.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.marygauthier.com/site.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;here’s a katrina montage set to ’mercy now’ that could qualify for a short film award in my book, wanted to post it earlier, but would have been too offtopic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC_EGcswWaw&amp;feature=related&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you could put it to gg’s photos and see the same criminal and tragic things in the images.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>for those of you that liked mary’s song, send her a note and let her know<br /><a href="http://www.marygauthier.com/site.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.marygauthier.com/site.php</a></p>
<p>here’s a katrina montage set to ’mercy now’ that could qualify for a short film award in my book, wanted to post it earlier, but would have been too offtopic.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC_EGcswWaw&amp;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#8230;..re=related</a></p>
<p>you could put it to gg’s photos and see the same criminal and tragic things in the images.</p>
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		<title>By: foothillsmike</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558766</link>
		<dc:creator>foothillsmike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;See 81. The responsible ones will not be the ones facing charges&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>See 81. The responsible ones will not be the ones facing charges</p>
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		<title>By: foothillsmike</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558760</link>
		<dc:creator>foothillsmike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;As someone who was drafted at the age of 19 in 1966 I would like to try to make a point. Many of these forces are still boys (some are convicts who have received wavers to meet recruitment goals) The environment in which they find themselves can be harrowing. People respond to this environment of fear by react in many ways. Many times not with appropriate restraint. The crime here is with those who put them in this situation&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As someone who was drafted at the age of 19 in 1966 I would like to try to make a point. Many of these forces are still boys (some are convicts who have received wavers to meet recruitment goals) The environment in which they find themselves can be harrowing. People respond to this environment of fear by react in many ways. Many times not with appropriate restraint. The crime here is with those who put them in this situation</p>
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		<title>By: wangdangdoodle</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558740</link>
		<dc:creator>wangdangdoodle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I missed that thread somehow. I am so glad I saw your re-post, since I hadn’t heard of Mary Gauthier. She’s great!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I missed that thread somehow. I am so glad I saw your re-post, since I hadn’t heard of Mary Gauthier. She’s great!</p>
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		<title>By: tw3k</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558739</link>
		<dc:creator>tw3k</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;lol :)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lol :)</p>
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		<title>By: CTuttle</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558726</link>
		<dc:creator>CTuttle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/fear-loathing-at-doj-kind-of-weirdly-in-physical-danger/#comment-1558725&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Teddy’s upstairs…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/fear-loathing-at-doj-kind-of-weirdly-in-physical-danger/#comment-1558725" rel="nofollow">Teddy’s upstairs…</a></p>
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		<title>By: CTuttle</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558722</link>
		<dc:creator>CTuttle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Aloha, Laura!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aloha, Laura!</p>
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		<title>By: Loo Hoo.</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/27/surge-y-success-not-so-much-john/#comment-1558721</link>
		<dc:creator>Loo Hoo.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Nighters, Laura.  Great work.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nighters, Laura.  Great work.</p>
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