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Absolutely Nothing: A Veteran’s Savage Indictment of the Iraq War (Major Barf Alert)
Juan Cole.com ^ | 6/18/2014 | Jim Wright

Posted on 06/18/2014 7:34:23 PM PDT by Beave Meister

Tragically, all we’ve fought for in Iraq, all that 4,500 American lives were shed to gain, is on the cusp, potentially, of vanishing.

- Mitt Romney, “Ideas Summit,” 6/13/2014

All we fought for in Iraq.

All we fought for in Iraq is on the cusp of vanishing.

That’s what Mitt Romney says.

We fought for. We fought for. We.

Oh, so it’s we now, is it, Mitt?

We.

I must have missed you over there, but it was a busy place. We. The guy who helped set up “pro-draft” rallies and yet somehow managed to avoid service in Vietnam is upset about losing what “we” fought for? We.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaida; bush; democrats; iraq; jimwright; liberals; mittromney; obama; osamabinladen; rumsfeld; saddamhussein
Ironically, a former Speaker of the House who resigned under charges of unethical conduct pens a puff piece. I didn't know he was still alive.
1 posted on 06/18/2014 7:34:23 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

Well, that was an intelligent article. /s/


2 posted on 06/18/2014 7:47:27 PM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: Beave Meister
I for one was always against the war, Both Iraq and Afghanistan could have been handled by Two Thermonuclear Hydrogen Bombs. (No I am not joking, you deal with countries like by Dropping Bombs, and Keep Dropping Bombs until the Crater is Deep you can see Hell!)


3 posted on 06/18/2014 7:47:54 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: Beave Meister

“It was not my desire to serve in Viet Nam” Willard Mitt Romney, Boston Globe, May 2, 1994

“I longed to be in Viet Nam, representing our country” Willard Mitt Romney, Boston Globe, June 24, 2007


4 posted on 06/18/2014 7:49:42 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Beave Meister

Different Jim Wright


5 posted on 06/18/2014 8:27:05 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Beave Meister

Johnny Walnut line did make me chuckle.


6 posted on 06/18/2014 8:31:17 PM PDT by conservaKate ( I grow weary of the goobers in the Republican party. (thanks Chris))
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To: DesertRhino

Opps.....


7 posted on 06/18/2014 8:46:37 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Die Hard Cubs Fan.....if it takes forever.)
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