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Obama criticizes war in Iraq during Ames visit
Souix City Journal ^
| 12/12/07
| Charlotte Eby
Posted on 02/12/2007 3:58:00 PM PST by captjanaway
Obama criticizes war in Iraq during Ames visit By Charlotte Eby, Journal Des Moines Bureau
AMES, Iowa -- A day after jumping into the presidential race, Democrat Barack Obama began the courting of Iowa party activists Sunday with a blistering critique of the war in Iraq.
More than 6,000 people who came to hear him at the Iowa State University campus saved their biggest cheers for his criticism of the war.
"We ended up launching a war that should have never been authorized, and should have never been waged, and to which we now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted," Obama said.
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To: captjanaway
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posted on
02/12/2007 3:59:06 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
To: captjanaway
Somehow I don't think that was the headline.
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posted on
02/12/2007 3:59:25 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Championship U)
To: captjanaway
Uh, you might want to read up on the posting rules. Gotta use the articles headline.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:02:01 PM PST
by
pissant
To: captjanaway
You changed the title--significantly. You're not supposed to do that.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:02:11 PM PST
by
Clara Lou
(Hillary: We're going to take some things from you on behalf of the common good. ~2004)
To: captjanaway
Correct article title is: Obama criticizes war in Iraq during Ames visit
[It isn't nice to change an article title.]
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:02:18 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: captjanaway
"we now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted," Obama said."
He's right about one thing -- to the degree that our brave young Americans have sacrificed to protect the freedom of the American left, the effort is a complete and total waste. The totality of America's left isn't worth the sweat off the butt of just one of those soldiers.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:02:53 PM PST
by
vetsvette
(Bring Him Back)
To: captjanaway
Obama criticizes war in Iraq during Ames visit
To: captjanaway
I am not all that sure why you changed the headline and wonder why you would say Obama's stating "bravest young Americans" is slamming the troops.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:03:33 PM PST
by
trumandogz
(Rudy G 2008: The "G" Stands For Gun Grabbing & Gay Lovin.)
To: captjanaway
His thinking is tainted with islam. Who could trust him about anything?
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:03:53 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: dfwgator
What obama meant to say was that the 400 billion could have been used to build a mosque in every US city--gold pillars and all.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:04:10 PM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: captjanaway
He better watch it, or he won't get the VP pick from Heillary.
12
posted on
02/12/2007 4:04:21 PM PST
by
My2Cents
("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
To: captjanaway
Correct title:
Obama criticizes war in Iraq during Ames visit
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:04:26 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: Admin Moderator
Please correct title:
"Obama criticizes war in Iraq during Ames visit"
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:05:09 PM PST
by
Wolfie
To: Albion Wilde
Tool of Soros.
-----
Yes, he is just pandering to the Soros-fed extreme radical left. Trying to differentiate himself from Hitlery's lies of being in the center about the war and the military.
They both are liberal trash.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:05:27 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: captjanaway
Title reads:
Obama criticizes war in Iraq during Ames visit
To: captjanaway
Wrong headline for the article.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:05:40 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: My2Cents
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:06:04 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: captjanaway
Please use the original headline. Thanks!
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:06:08 PM PST
by
paulat
To: dfwgator
It wasn't -- this was --
Obama criticizes war in Iraq during Ames visit '
I had just sent this to a friend of mine and my brain was still on the word "slammed"... Sorry......
In any event, comments like this from a sitting senator while we are at war are inexcusable, in my opinion.
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