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Old 12-13-2006, 10:39 AM   #1
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It's a bit more nuanced than that...but you did just articulate his point!

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Wow. Using that rationale Victory is easily achieved. So using that logic had we not responded to Terrorist attacks we would have been victorious in the War on Terrorism.
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Old 12-13-2006, 10:44 AM   #2
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Wow. Using that rationale Victory is easily achieved. So using that logic had we not responded to Terrorist attacks we would have been victorious in the War on Terrorism.
Unfortunately, that's about the level of dialogue that's directed our foreign policy the past five years

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Old 12-13-2006, 10:51 AM   #3
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Unfortunately, that's about the level of dialogue that's directed our foreign policy the past five years

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We spent the 90's in dialogue.
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Old 12-13-2006, 11:05 AM   #4
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We spent the 90's in dialogue.
And it was during this period of "dialogue" that the omnipresent hatred for everything American grew and festered to the point that led to 9/11.

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Old 12-13-2006, 11:16 AM   #5
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And it was during this period of "dialogue" that the omnipresent hatred for everything American grew and festered to the point that led to 9/11.
Wow, that's a silly statement.

I'm assessing a 15 yard penalty for oversimplification abuse.

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Old 12-13-2006, 11:20 AM   #6
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Wow, that's a silly statement.

I'm assessing a 15 yard penalty for oversimplification abuse.

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I'm assessing a matching 15 yard penalty for Analysis Paralysis.
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I'm assessing a matching 15 yard penalty for Analysis Paralysis.
Overruled by the Chair Umpire!

You don't undertake a global effort costing a trillion dollars and tens of thousands of lives without some basic understanding of what's understandable.

Well, Bush does...but you and I shouldn't

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Wow, that's a silly statement.

I'm assessing a 15 yard penalty for oversimplification abuse.

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For you to throw a flag would mean you are a referee. You are at most a commentator, and a biased one at that.

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