Don't believe everything you read

[skreamer 1]

If their lack of hygiene polluted the air that you breathed why did you spend three years with them?

[lummy 4]

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Soldiers die in wars. If an army's first priority was keeping the troops as safe as possible, then they wouldn't be fighting at all

or by keeping them out of helicopters...

I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1

[wmw999 2,587]

Well, I have to admit, that dirty people who look for causes because they don't really have any can be funny. But that doesn't devalue a cause, just because someone funny is for it...

Wendy

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Tf15 0]

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No, I was actually looking for numbers.

Body counts were totally discredited in Vietnam. Do you remember Vietnam?

This may well turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory.

Three times is enemy action

[jlmiracle 7]

ROFL


Judy

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

[RevJim 0]

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1. Saddam may well have been killed in the first night's surprise attack

I find it ironic that your number one was not a stated fact.

Heck, you even left it intact in that he may well have been killed.

Do we honestly have solid proof that he is still alive?

It's your life, live it!
Karma
RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

[AndyMan 7]

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Do we honestly have solid proof that he is still alive?

Dubya says he's alive, which is good enough to prove Bill's point that we shouldn't be so quick to believe the stories as they first come out.

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[diverdriver 7]

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Do we honestly have solid proof that he is still alive?

Dubya says he's alive, which is good enough to prove Bill's point that we shouldn't be so quick to believe the stories as they first come out.

_Am

Yah, but no one believes George when he says Sadham has chemical weapons he is hiding so why believe Bush when he says SH is still alive? Bush could be lieing since if SH was dead then many might say the regime has been removed and we should pull out and stop bombing.

Chew on that one for awhile. I'll get back to y'all.

[RevJim 0]

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Do we honestly have solid proof that he is still alive?

Dubya says he's alive, which is good enough to prove Bill's point that we shouldn't be so quick to believe the stories as they first come out.

_Am

I'm not saying he's dead.

I'm not saying he's alive either.

I'm saying we do not know now, nor did we then, if he is alive or dead, which is exactly what Bill posted as his number 1.

There is nothing to believe, or not believe for that matter, with his number one.

It's your life, live it!
Karma
RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

[billvon 3,112]

>I'm saying we do not know now, nor did we then, if he is alive or
>dead, which is exactly what Bill posted as his number 1.

Right, but listening to the news at that point would lead one to believe that there was good evidence (not proof, but evidence) that he'd been killed. In hindsight, the only evidence they had was someone being removed in a stretcher. Like I said, don't believe everything you see on the news.

[happythoughts 0]

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Do we honestly have solid proof that he is still alive?

Dubya says he's alive, which is good enough to prove Bill's point that we shouldn't be so quick to believe the stories as they first come out.

_Am

Most stories do have a spin on them. Most stories have an element of fact. Then, by omitting other facts, the story can be given a slant that will aid the side of whatever faction is telling it. I don't believe that this is the technique of only GWB.

People have to give all news items some examination. I don't believe that the successor to SH will be much better. However, perhaps some of the oil money that he is receiving will be distributed in a fashion that will help the people, not just enrich his personal coffers like SH has done. According to UN figures, the mortality rate for children in Iraq has skyrocketed while his mansions and palaces have multiplied.

[Bazza 0]

I guess this could be summed up by the old cliche (is that one, also) of the question:
Q:What is the first casulaty of war?
A: The truth

The propaganda machines from all sides are working full tilt right now ;-)

[billvon 3,112]

>According to UN figures, the mortality rate for children in Iraq has
>skyrocketed while his mansions and palaces have multiplied.

Mortality rates skyrocketed after the first gulf war; they dropped dramatically once the infrastructure was repaired and we started the oil-for-food program.

[Bazza 0]

If for example you take the gross receipts for the last week of January this year, Iraq was getting in the range of $400 million dollars (gross) per week. Admittedly, the price of oil fluctuates, and the 'allowed' production varied. However, where did all of the money go over time? For 'food and medical' supplies or to Saddam's war machine? And of the portion that truly went to those in need, I'll wager that the lion's share went to groups that were devoutly loyal to Saddam's regime and supported it in various ways.