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PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:11 pm 
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Oh, and here's one from your favorite news source:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11 ... -strategy/


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The main difference being none of those people are calling for Obama's head on a platter.
None of these people are calling him a war criminal.
They're politely giving him the benefit of the doubt while still protesting the war even though he's escalating it.

I think that's a big distinction...If the war in Afghanistan were gone tomorrow these same groups would protest for free palistine, or cuba or whatever the hell they're generally upset about.

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the protesters proceeded on to the headquarters of major military-industrial corporations such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and KBR, corporations

That right there is evidence these people have no intention of holding Obama accountable.

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Stuuuuuuu wrote:
Oh, and here's one from your favorite news source:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11 ... -strategy/


That's a condemnation from anti-war groups and a strongly worded letter from Michael Moore.
Seriously?
Where's the pigs blood and people handcuffing themselves to things?
Where are the outbursts from the viewing gallery in the Senate?

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I wasn't trying to prove that people were calling for Obama to be tried for war crimes, only that there is PLENTY of anti-war protesting about Afghanistan going on. And in that, I succeeded with flying colors.


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I wasn't trying to prove that people were calling for Obama to be tried for war crimes, only that there is PLENTY of anti-war protesting about Afghanistan going on. And in that, I succeeded with flying colors.

OK then...there have been protests...sure.

I called Code Pink hypocrites though, and they are.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:23 pm 
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Also, I think it's important to note here that maybe Obama isn't being vilified personally because there are plenty of people (I think including our Gulf veteran slesh) who think that the war in Afghanistan is much more justified than that in Iraq. So maybe that's a reason for your perceived "hypocrisy" from such groups as Code Pink.


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I happen to agree with this Squanto after reading it.
Then I started thinking on this, Bush ordered the country to War on national TV, I think we don't lack for witnesses.
To get to the point on this though, did that woman who tried to make a citizens arrest watch TV that night?


1. The President didn't and can't order the military to war (technically)...yes, Viet Nam was a police action and all of that, but Iraq was voted on by congress.
2. Karl Rove was an unelected adviser who mainly had campaign responsibilities and no authority to do anything material.

They picked a silly person to try this on.

Actually Cross, since the plan was drafted prior to the election of Bush in 2000 and it there is a good deal of circumstantial evidence to point to an investigation by the Bush administration on how to implement that very plan, I think its safe to say Karl Rove can atleast be charged with conspiracy. Just a soldiers point of view here.

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Actually Cross, since the plan was drafted prior to the election of Bush in 2000 and it there is a good deal of circumstantial evidence to point to an investigation by the Bush administration on how to implement that very plan, I think its safe to say Karl Rove can atleast be charged with conspiracy. Just a soldiers point of view here.

That's not enough for an arrest though.
Plausible deniability abounds.

And seriously....Karl Rove is the last guy worth pinching.
Bush, Colin Powell, Rumsfeld, Cheney etc. etc. etc.

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Also, I think it's important to note here that maybe Obama isn't being vilified personally because there are plenty of people (I think including our Gulf veteran slesh) who think that the war in Afghanistan is much more justified than that in Iraq. So maybe that's a reason for your perceived "hypocrisy" from such groups as Code Pink.

Code pink's mission statement:
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CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.


They're hypocrites.

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Stuuuuuuu wrote:
Also, I think it's important to note here that maybe Obama isn't being vilified personally because there are plenty of people (I think including our Gulf veteran slesh) who think that the war in Afghanistan is much more justified than that in Iraq. So maybe that's a reason for your perceived "hypocrisy" from such groups as Code Pink.

Actually incorrect. My stance is one that has a profoundly deep affect on myself and my views due to what I have experienced first hand of war in conjuction with what I know to be historic actions taken across multiple administrations leading up to the events that unleashed 9/11.

Not the least of which was and still is the medelling of the U.S. in Soverign Nations internal affairs.
i.e. Supporting Iraq against Iran in the 80's and arming that nation, not only with conventional weapons, but some of the very WMD's that were sought out.
Backing the current Saudi Royal Family, which by the way, is one of the worst civil rights and personal liberty violators on the Planet.
The continued support of Isreal with arms sales and no sactions, particularly in recent history. It is one thing to support a nation who is threatened by their neibhors, but it is nothing short of internment camps what is going on in Gaza and the West Bank as Isreal continues a massive build out of land procured from 2 wars back in the 60's and 70's. Although, the Palestinians are most definitely the oppressed, they don't help their own cause any by murdering innocent people.
The actual destruction of the U.S. manufacturing base under the guise of "Global Economics" when in reality, all your doing is under cutting the current labor force in the U.S.


And the list could go on, across both Democrat and Republican administrations and control of congress.

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slesh wrote:
Stuuuuuuu wrote:
Also, I think it's important to note here that maybe Obama isn't being vilified personally because there are plenty of people (I think including our Gulf veteran slesh) who think that the war in Afghanistan is much more justified than that in Iraq. So maybe that's a reason for your perceived "hypocrisy" from such groups as Code Pink.

Actually incorrect. My stance is one that has a profoundly deep affect on myself and my views due to what I have experienced first hand of war in conjuction with what I know to be historic actions taken across multiple administrations leading up to the events that unleashed 9/11.

Not the least of which was and still is the medelling of the U.S. in Soverign Nations internal affairs.
i.e. Supporting Iraq against Iran in the 80's and arming that nation, not only with conventional weapons, but some of the very WMD's that were sought out.
Backing the current Saudi Royal Family, which by the way, is one of the worst civil rights and personal liberty violators on the Planet.
The continued support of Isreal with arms sales and no sactions, particularly in recent history. It is one thing to support a nation who is threatened by their neibhors, but it is nothing short of internment camps what is going on in Gaza and the West Bank as Isreal continues a massive build out of land procured from 2 wars back in the 60's and 70's. Although, the Palestinians are most definitely the oppressed, they don't help their own cause any by murdering innocent people.
The actual destruction of the U.S. manufacturing base under the guise of "Global Economics" when in reality, all your doing is under cutting the current labor force in the U.S.


And the list could go on, across both Democrat and Republican administrations and control of congress.

Sorry about speaking for you out of ignorance.

Sounds like we agree on more than just Iraq. Israel and Saudi Arabia are huge human right violators, and our biggest allies in the Middle East. "globalization" is nothing but global impoverization (not sure that's a word) to line the pockets of multinational corporations.

nice post.


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Bill Clinton should be arrested for signing NAFTA ;)

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Crosscheck wrote:
Bill Clinton should be arrested for signing NAFTA ;)

I despise Bill Clinton as I have posted in these discussions many times. I just despise W. more.


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Bill Clinton should be arrested for signing NAFTA ;)


Im a Republican but I actually liked Clinton. If you look at his politics and his policies, he is much more in line with todays right than the left. His centrist leanings were what got him elected in the first place.

Not to mention anyone who gets a blowy in multiple rooms of The White House rocks in my book. And kudos to Kennedy too, I bet he slammed something in every room in that place just so he could say he did!

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I wasn't trying to prove that people were calling for Obama to be tried for war crimes, only that there is PLENTY of anti-war protesting about Afghanistan going on. And in that, I succeeded with flying colors.

OK then...there have been protests...sure.

I called Code hypocrites though, and they are.

I've worked with the people from Code Pink on several occassions. They are organized and committed. They are not hypocrites, Cross, though you probably jumped to that conclusion because you simply don't agree with their politics.

If you go to their website you will see they have just as many "action alerts" as when Bush was president and on Halloween a few months back they staged a protest rally outside the White House to coincide with the Obama's official Halloween Party. They dressed up as zombie soldiers to remind the Obamas of the men still being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

You may not like their politics, Cross, but it is how the First Amendment was designed to work (freedom of speech, freedom of assembly). They are Americans doing what Americans should do to get their elected leaders to listen to their concerns. You have posted many times that you don't think politicians listen to their constituents. Why so down on a grassroots movement of people doing what the founding fathers intended?

Would you like them more if they drank tea?

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You may not like their politics, Cross, but it is how the First Amendment was designed to work (freedom of speech, freedom of assembly).
Never have I suggested their speech be restricted.
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They are Americans doing what Americans should do to get their elected leaders to listen to their concerns.

No.
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Why so down on a grassroots movement of people doing what the founding fathers intended?

Because staging a citizens arrest of Karl Rove is pointless and it makes them look sillier than they probably are.
I'm actually being way more civil than most liberals I hear discussing right wing grass roots movements.

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HelloMyKneeGrows wrote:
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Bill Clinton should be arrested for signing NAFTA ;)


Im a Republican but I actually liked Clinton. If you look at his politics and his policies, he is much more in line with todays right than the left. His centrist leanings were what got him elected in the first place.

Not to mention anyone who gets a blowy in multiple rooms of The White House rocks in my book. And kudos to Kennedy too, I bet he slammed something in every room in that place just so he could say he did!

Monica, is that you? ;)

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HelloMyKneeGrows wrote:
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Bill Clinton should be arrested for signing NAFTA ;)


Im a Republican but I actually liked Clinton. If you look at his politics and his policies, he is much more in line with todays right than the left. His centrist leanings were what got him elected in the first place.

Not to mention anyone who gets a blowy in multiple rooms of The White House rocks in my book. And kudos to Kennedy too, I bet he slammed something in every room in that place just so he could say he did!

Holy change the topics(and villians) batman. I'll agree with you guys that Rove was the wrong target, but let's remember we are in both of these wars for DIFFERENT reasons. Bad(created?) intel got us into Iraq, while the war on terror took us into Afghanistan. Aside from the lives and money lost this is a sin simply for the reasons that EVEN THE TROOPS KNEW THEY WERE THERE ON A LIE. There's not many things worse than killing your armies morale, especially during time of war(the terror war). I think it's funny that in our other thread, there's conservative whackos who believe things that will never be true, but these same people called the Dems whackos for thinking that Bush lied. Now it's pretty much conceded that he did. Too bad Obama doesn't make mistakes as bad as Bush, maybe then they wouldn't have to fish for birth certificates, or do Hitler research.

Edit: one more point I want to make is that Mr. 'coalition' himself went AGAINST the U.N. to have his little war. If the government of Iraq voted to invade Kuwait, and the U.N. didn't back it, what would we call Saddam when he invaded??? Sound hypocritical to you??


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