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Famed War Correspondent Joe Galloway Calls for U.S. Pullout After Iraq Elections
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Posted on 01/15/2005 7:10:37 PM PST by churchillbuff
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Ronnie, can you confirm the following (from article):
Galloway, co-author of "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young," won a Bronze Star in Vietnam after saving the lives of several soldiers and has covered nearly every major conflict since, including the current one.
If this is true, how was it done since he was a civilian and the BSM is a strictly military award?
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:08:30 PM PST
by
T-Bird45
To: churchillbuff
It sounds like his father should have pulled out long ago...
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:12:13 PM PST
by
FDNYRHEROES
(Make welfare as hard to get as a building permit)
To: churchillbuff
Gotta give you credit, you are consistent.
He joins the rather small band of commentators or editorialists advocating withdrawal.
So? I advocate staying. We should withdraw after the appropriate number of terrorists and Sunni (redundant?) muslims are killed.
5.56mm
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:13:31 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: churchillbuff
In the latter days of the Roman Empire some states and cities decided that armies for defense were too expensive and terms with the enemy could be negotiated at a cheaper price. Worked for a while until the could no longer pay the enemy not to attack. That is why it was the latter days!!!!
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:14:46 PM PST
by
jec41
(Screaming Eagle)
To: sinkspur
Another arm-chair quarterback weighs in. "Galloway, co-author of "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young," won a Bronze Star in Vietnam after saving the lives of several soldiers"
If this guy is an armchair quaterback, than that would make you nothing more than an armchair cheerleader.
To: T-Bird45; ALOHA RONNIE
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:20:34 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: churchillbuff; sinkspur
While I disagree with Joe's conclusions...(it's obvious that Democracy will work in Iraq)...he HAS earned the right to say what he thinks.
..unlike some people.
redrock
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:22:14 PM PST
by
redrock
(Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. --Will Rogers)
To: popdonnelly
No, we should leave when the job is done. What is the job? If the job is to eliminate Islam, then I agree with you. If the job is to force our form of govenment on people who don't want it, then I disagree - because it will never happen.
To: redrock
it's obvious that Democracy will work in Iraq You have to be kdding me? It doesn't even work here in the US.
To: T-Bird45
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...As I recall,
...it was by a special Act of Congress that JOE GALLOWAY was allowed to become the 1st civilian to be awarded a Military Bronze Star.
...This was for his saving the lives of soldiers in Vietnam in 1965.
.
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:25:52 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: churchillbuff
I'd actually be all in favor of us starting to withdraw right after the elections IF and only if, I thought it would finally force the Iraqi people to wake the hell up and realize that if they don't get their **** together, pretty soon we'll be gone and they'll be left with a bunch of radical Saudis and/or Iranians running the place.
The majority of Iraqis would not want radical Saudis or Iranians running the place, but unfortunately they don't care enough to really do something about it. That means we'll be stuck there for a few more years until we've done what the Iraqis should have been doing during the past year - knocking off the insurgents.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should pull out, this is the most important war we've fought since Korea, and many here could make the argument it's even more important. What we do in Iraq determines how stable and calm the Middle East will be 20 years from now.
To: af_vet_rr
What we do in Iraq determines how stable and calm the Middle East will be 20 years from now. Do you really think free elections in Iraq will convert all Muslims? Do you think the US Constitution will replace the Koran? These people hate us - always have, always will. As long a Israel and Muslims are both in the Middle East, nothing will change.
To: Grey Ghost II
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:30:40 PM PST
by
redrock
(Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. --Will Rogers)
To: nopardons
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:31:08 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thanks, Ronnie -- thought it might be something like that.
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:42:11 PM PST
by
T-Bird45
To: Bombard
Never heard of the guy"""
Galloway, co-author of "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young," won a Bronze Star in Vietnam after saving the lives of several soldiers and has covered nearly every major conflict since, including the current one.
To: Southack
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:57:23 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Then, help me out. Why doesn't he support what we are doing in Iraq?
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posted on
01/15/2005 9:57:41 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Southack; ALOHA RONNIE; Calpernia; nopardons; Grampa Dave; MeekOneGOP; Happy2BMe; devolve; onyx; ...
I concur with Southack's summary at
46.
Thanks to the vision and integrity of our president, and the unfailing valor and service of our troops, we are changing the world to its vast betterment.
Having defanged Iraq and Afghanistan, we are in position to leverage Syria, Iran and North Korea.
We're not leaving the region while the Revolutionary Guard races ahead with its nuclear program.
The party responsible for the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing and U.S. Embassy bombing would be only too happy to repeat the events with greater impact.
Since this isn't Gerald Ford thirty years ago, it isn't going to happen that way again.
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posted on
01/15/2005 10:03:13 PM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
To: Calpernia
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