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Go Colin!

POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Thursday, May 24, 2012 05:04
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:47 PM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

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Gen. Colin Powell said Wednesday on CNN's "The Situation Room" that he supports legal same-sex marriage, either at the state or federal level.

"I have no problem with it," he said in the interview, which will air at 5 p.m. ET. "In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. And so I support the president's decision." More at http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/23/powell-favors-same-sex
-marriage/?hpt=hp_t3

Liked him and disliked him at times, agreed with him, disagreed with him, but never thought he was stupid.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:13 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

I first had my reservations about him when he convinced Bush41 to call off the beat down of the Iraqi army , back in Gulf War 1. It lead to us having to go back, 10 years later.

" We're all just folk. " - Mal

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:29 PM

OONJERAH

If I recall rightly, Bush sr. was convinced that we could not win in the Middle East.
By now, I suspect many more agree with that.

. . .I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ~Charles R Swindoll

If I have to react to others all the time, then they own my mind more than I do.
If I let others tell me how to feel, I lose my ability to choose happiness.
If I let others tell me who I am, I've vacated self-definition.
Finally, I realized how foolish I was to give others such power over me.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:35 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

No, what "lead" to us "having to" go back was the inbred idiocy of Dubya and his cronies. There was no need for us to go back.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I've not watched the video either, or am incapable of intellectually dealing with the substance of this thread, so I'll instead act like a juvenile and claim victory..." - Rappy

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:00 PM

OONJERAH

No need for Us, the people. But his cronies made a lotta money.
It wasn't legitimately part of the War on Terrorism, and was
strategically stupid.

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I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ~Charles R Swindoll

If I have to react to others all the time, then they own my mind more than I do.
If I let others tell me how to feel, I lose my ability to choose happiness.
If I let others tell me who I am, I've vacated self-definition.
Finally, I realized how foolish I was to give others such

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:39 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by

No, what "lead" to us "having to" go back was the inbred idiocy of Dubya and his cronies. There was no need for us to go back.

Right after the war, with Saddam still in power, many knew this wasn't over. Long before 43 thought of running, it was clear that something needed to be done. This isn't debatable.

" We're all just folk. " - Mal

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 6:33 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Annnnd who PUT Saddam in power, mostly cause the other guys pitched The Shah out on his ear, and rightfully so ?
Yanno, sometimes leaving well the hell enough ALONE is a damn good idea.

Ever hear of the old lady who swallowed a spider, ehe ?

-F

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Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:39 AM

KWICKO

I love how Rappy thinks that saying "This isn't debatable" ends all debate or conversation.

OF COURSE it's debatable. HW Bush left Saddam in power for very real reasons: specifically, because he was smarter than his idiot son, and knew that removing him from power would create a power vacuum and bring with it generations of chaos in the region.

Or are you suggesting that was the aim all along, to create a nightmare scenario in Iraq, making it worse than it was before? If so, "Mission Accomplished!"

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I've not watched the video either, or am incapable of intellectually dealing with the substance of this thread, so I'll instead act like a juvenile and claim victory..." - Rappy

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Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:04 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

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f I recall rightly, Bush sr. was convinced that we could not win in the Middle East.

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But his cronies made a lotta money.

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Annnnd who PUT Saddam in power, mostly cause the other guys pitched The Shah out on his ear

All really good and valid statements; personally, I think that going into Iraq (the way we did and with no strategy to leave, especially) was a stupid move, and THAT's not debatable!

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