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Sad end to anti-war effort ( well...its an editorial from the Berkshires...just gives me tears )
Berkshire Eagle ^ | Editorial staff

Posted on 12/22/2007 11:08:18 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hillary Clinton, most notably, continues to triangulate a position that comes down on all sides of the Iraq War.

Yup. John Kerry remix.

21 posted on 12/22/2007 11:36:27 AM PST by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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To: LdSentinal
the death toll has dropped primarily because there are fewer Iraqis left to kill.

LOL... this is probably the lamest argument I've ever heard...

22 posted on 12/22/2007 11:36:27 AM PST by paudio
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I'm surprised that they left this in...

While the persistent effort of American troops has contributed to a decline in violence, the death toll has dropped primarily because there are fewer Iraqis left to kill.

Usually, the stupid stuff is edited.

5.56mm

23 posted on 12/22/2007 11:36:52 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
When the Democrats took over in Congress in January they tried without success to cut funding for the war or tie funding to a firm withdrawal date.

They placed their priorities elsewhere in an aggressive attempt in maintaining an ~13% approval rating.

It's taken up a lot of their time. /snicker

24 posted on 12/22/2007 11:39:06 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hillary Clinton, most notably, continues to triangulate a position that comes down on all sides of the Iraq War.

Hitlery...A true modern day Democrat politician!

25 posted on 12/22/2007 11:42:47 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: LdSentinal
Liberals are frigging retarded.

And hippies smell. That's all I could think about while reading the article.

26 posted on 12/22/2007 11:43:17 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Intimidated by General Petraeus' appearance before them

It must have been that "Betray Us" ad that got to them.

27 posted on 12/22/2007 11:44:24 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Calvin Locke
I think they, the residents themselves, refer to it as "Happy Valley".

Well as a resident myself, I can tell you that the
conservatives among us (yes we do have some here!)
We don't call it "happy valley".. we call it many,
many things, but not "happy valley".

I have found actually, that many of the lib "happy pill"
people aren't natives. They're transplanted Noo Yawkus
with Land Rovers and "Impeach Bush" stickers, who move
to the sticks, then complain endlessly about the noise
the crickets make in the evenings, and the deer who poop
on their lawns, and the bears who steal their garbage cans.

They're called, by the way -- "Massholes"

Yeah and Great Barrington has their "BerkShare notes"
currency, but they're kinda goofy over there. They're
still trying to seceed from the U.S., too.
28 posted on 12/22/2007 11:55:16 AM PST by Dominnae ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." -- Winston Churchill)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

They reject our reality and substitute their own!


29 posted on 12/22/2007 11:56:51 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Fred Thompson's Federalism is right on.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

30 posted on 12/22/2007 12:11:15 PM PST by pabianice
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To: paudio

It is pretty lame. It ranks right up there with the reports of less work for ambulance drivers and those who take care of the dead.


31 posted on 12/22/2007 12:23:38 PM PST by Theresawithanh (This is my tagline. FRED!!!!!!)
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To: LdSentinal

Well, the Iraqis are not so deluded. They is why they are quickly returning to the country.


32 posted on 12/22/2007 12:30:40 PM PST by RobbyS
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To: All; vietvet67
The editors need to see this:

Dem leaders pressured to alter war strategy
Politico ^ | Dec 21, 2007 | John Bresnahan and Martin Kady II
Posted on 12/21/2007 8:18:53 AM PST by vietvet67

33 posted on 12/22/2007 12:33:55 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Got a kid to donate? Whos’? Got a nation to donate? Which?


34 posted on 12/22/2007 12:39:13 PM PST by Waco
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"While the persistent effort of American troops has contributed to a decline in violence, the death toll has dropped primarily because there are fewer Iraqis left to kill. Neighborhoods have been ethnically cleansed of minority Shiites or Sunnis,..."

I am starting to see many articles from the left using this new mantra in order to not give credit to Bush and our Armed Forces for the successful surge. Even Obama used it. This must have gone out in a DNC memo.

Absolutely disgusting the hate these people have for their own country and patriotic countrymen!

...

35 posted on 12/22/2007 12:51:48 PM PST by avacado
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

...smells like Victory.


36 posted on 12/22/2007 1:00:00 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

What happens if you win the war before you surrender. Does the surrender count?


37 posted on 12/22/2007 1:05:28 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
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To: Billthedrill
The notion that the population of Iraq has been thinned to the point where there’s nary a target left is possible only to someone who is living in a fantasy world.

And what happens to this notion if violence picks up again? The lefties will abandon it in a second because it's nothing more than a disposable argument du jour.

38 posted on 12/22/2007 1:11:53 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Surprisingly upbeat for a newspaper from Massachusetts.


39 posted on 12/22/2007 1:13:53 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (No buy China!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I guess we could save a lot of money by leaving them all there, discharge all of them, and wish them well. Better yet, lets disband the military and convert all the budget to social programs.


40 posted on 12/22/2007 1:15:51 PM PST by purpleraine
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