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And here is what your "Moderate" Democrat Leaders in the US Senate think is important. Those who have been so critical of the GOP might want to keep this one in mind. Are the Democrats crafting a plan on Taxes, Economic Growth, Immigration, Social Security Reform, War on Terror, etc etc etc?

Umm NO, their most pressing concern is what weapons to take away from the US Military.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1696833/posts?page=1

Senate Rejects New Restraints on Cluster Bombs
FoxNews.com ^ | 9/6/06 | Associated Press


Posted on 09/06/2006 10:22:07 PM CDT by kerryusama04


WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a move by Democrats to stop the Pentagon from using cluster bombs near civilian targets and to cut off sales unless purchasers abide by the same rules.

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Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Patrick Leahy have long sought to keep cluster bombs from being used near concentrated areas of civilians. They say that as many as 40 percent of the munitions fail to detonate on impact — they can still can explode later — leaving innocent civilians and children vulnerable to injury or death long after hostilities have ceased.


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6 posted on 09/07/2006 8:48:57 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Say Leftists. How many Nazis did killing Nazis in WW2 create? or Samurai? or Fascists?)
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To: MNJohnnie
Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Patrick Leahy have long sought to keep cluster bombs from being used near concentrated areas of civilians.

So if Dems had their way, the terrorists would move towards civilian population to avoid those nasty cluster bombs.

Morons.

7 posted on 09/07/2006 8:50:24 AM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Forth Century)
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Did the republicans rebut with a spending bill to fix the problem of a 40% failure rate? There are many solutions to a problem, you know!


22 posted on 09/07/2006 9:01:20 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Katherine Harris for US Senate!)
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