joe from Lowell

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Just for the record, let's not forget that the Taliban, while on the whole a pretty odious bunch, did not…
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That was sarcasm. You have to know Davis.
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Why would they, when their "home turf" has yet to come up?
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Yeah -- and then the race goes to Jesusland ...where the numerous religious-right candidates (Perry, Santorum, Bachmann, Gingrich if you're…
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Obama and Clinton are doing the right thing here, whether the negotiations bear fruit or not.  The other side gets…
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I tend not to see expressions of ideals as causal in world events. Seconded. It's certainly legitimate to say that…
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The answer to that presenters question is, it depends on the assignments. Assignments are created for many different reasons.  The…
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"as the military wants to do" I don't think this is right.  The Bush-era leadership gave them the assignment of…
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Let's not forget Obama's most important foreign policy achievement, the one for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize: restarting…
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I find it notable that they're putting this story out now, after having kept it so quiet for so long,
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He's right about the drug war, too.
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And this one is an honest - both in terms of "not corrupt" and in terms of "says what he…
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He's an honest man; the idea of him using his connections to enrich himself like Gingrich is unthinkable. He doesn't…
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Actually, the rise of natural gas - the flip side and a major driving force of the decline of coal…
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Did you gather this from your first-hand experience in the Green Zone? Or are you just taking through your hat?…
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His administration tried very hard to negotiate a deal to keep troops and bases in Iraq He "tried very hard"…
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I'm not bothered by the existence of an embassy. I'm not bothered by the existence of security guards at that…
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Interesting that you speak of "Shiites" and an "islamists" as if they are two distinct things. No, not really.  Among…
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No, it's a Death Star. No, wait...a Portal to Hell.
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Now an embassy is an "imperial fortress."  Hokay. Funny how you didn't mention that bases-that-we'd-never-abandon.  The ones we handed over.…
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