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Offline weazel

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Because Rip doesn't want politics in the Franks thread.
« on: March 22, 2003, 11:33:16 AM »
Isn't it a crime......


That Clinton destroyed our capability for military action and decimated the intelligence apparatus so severely that operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have gone sooooooo poorly?

:D

Maybe Faux News can explain this phenomenon to us?
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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2003, 11:35:06 AM »
I'm assuming you mean #3. :D

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Main Entry: dec·i·mate
Pronunciation: 'de-s&-"mAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -mat·ed; -mat·ing
Etymology: Latin decimatus, past participle of decimare, from decimus tenth, from decem ten
Date: 1660
1 : to select by lot and kill every tenth man of
2 : to exact a tax of 10 percent from
3 a : to reduce drastically especially in number b : to destroy a large part of


Sorry... I hate the word. It's right up there with flammable and inflammable on my lists... ;)
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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2003, 11:37:52 AM »
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...to select by lot and kill every tenth man of...


Hey, they used to do that in the British army in times of extreme levels of dissertion.

Didn't realised it was the definition of the word rather than an application of it.
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Gee...
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2003, 12:59:04 PM »
Where have all the Clinton bashers of the past gone?  ;)
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« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2003, 02:01:07 PM »
Clinton didn't exactly hurt the military, he mis-used it (as though he'd know how to do so properly in the first place).. it's the Intelligence community which gives the military the information it needs to fight with precision that Clinton so openly obliterated.  Fixed by Bush of course, causing an uproar of whining and gnashing of teeth.

....don't hate me weaz :D
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.....Don't hate me Tumor :D
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2003, 02:27:12 PM »
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Clinton didn't exactly hurt the military, he mis-used it (as though he'd know how to do so properly in the first place).. it's the Intelligence community which gives the military the information it needs to fight with precision that Clinton so openly obliterated.  Fixed by Bush of course, causing an uproar of whining and gnashing of teeth.

....don't hate me weaz :D




"As a true patriot, who is still serving this great nation (are you?) I must say I spent 8 years being appalled. 8 years going to work knowing some ******* in the WhiteHouse who I HAD to call boss was going to bed every night and giggleing at how good a job he was doing a F***ING UP the Military. I'm very happy NOW, and I like it. "

He he....BUSTED!  :D
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2003, 02:34:55 PM »
LOL!

Weazel.. you're confusing people not arguing with you as meaning you have a valid point.  To be honest... there's no real reason to.  You defeat your arguments well enough on your own.

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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2003, 02:40:32 PM »
Your support Mini-D.
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Re: Because Rip doesn't want politics in the Franks thread.
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2003, 04:35:11 PM »
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Originally posted by weazel
Isn't it a crime......


That Clinton destroyed our capability for military action and decimated the intelligence apparatus so severely that operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have gone sooooooo poorly?

:D

Maybe Faux News can explain this phenomenon to us?


Clinton did diminish our military to a huge extent. We have 1/2 the forces in the gulf as we did in the first gulf war.
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« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2003, 04:58:42 PM »
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WJC *STILL* appreciates
your suport


absolutly.   who could suport that POS.  I mean I could hardly stand it, 8 long years of relitive peace and a booming economy :rolleyes: ....BORING.
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Re: Because Rip doesn't want politics in the Franks thread.
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2003, 05:04:44 PM »
Sorry, goofy .... but taking out Iraq (or Afganistan) efficiently isn't a tell-tale sign that our military wasn't weakened in the previous administration and that it's as potent as ever. I guarantee you if things got hot between us and a major power we'd feel it.
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Originally posted by weazel
Isn't it a crime......


That Clinton destroyed our capability for military action and decimated the intelligence apparatus so severely that operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have gone sooooooo poorly?

:D

Maybe Faux News can explain this phenomenon to us?
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Re: .....Don't hate me Tumor :D
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2003, 06:32:45 PM »
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"As a true patriot, who is still serving this great nation (are you?) I must say I spent 8 years being appalled. 8 years going to work knowing some ******* in the WhiteHouse who I HAD to call boss was going to bed every night and giggleing at how good a job he was doing a F***ING UP the Military. I'm very happy NOW, and I like it. "

He he....BUSTED!  :D


Right... thats exactly what I meant then too.  You don't have to remove hardware to **** with the military.  Mis-use (Abuse) he did.... and I'm still glad he's gone.
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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2003, 06:38:03 PM »
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Sorry, goofy .... but taking out Iraq (or Afganistan) efficiently isn't a tell-tale sign that our military wasn't weakened in the previous administration and that it's as potent as ever. I guarantee you if things got hot between us and a major power we'd feel it.
:cool:


Ahh yes Arlo, very true.  BUT.. we still have all these big sticks in the ground all over N. Dakota, Wyoming and Montana that prevents them thar major world powers from gettin too uppity.  Mutually assured destruction may not be at the forefront these days... but it's still very very in the minds of anyone who might suffer from "itchy-red-button-finger syndrome" :) .
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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2003, 06:42:13 PM »
Don't bother tumor.  Weazel only hears what he wants to hear.  He only says things he himself cares to see.

He doesn't realize that very little of the military over in Iraq right now served when clinton was in office.  He doesn't realize that clinton only viewed the military as a photo opp or a chance for good publicity and would piss all over himself if it didn't work out the way he'd planned.  He doesn't realize just how bad clinton was with military.  Hell, he probably thinks that smart bombs were developed by clinton... and not the private defense corperations that he is more than willing to slam.

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« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2003, 06:51:14 PM »
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Don't bother tumor.  Weazel only hears what he wants to hear.  He only says things he himself cares to see.

He doesn't realize that very little of the military over in Iraq right now served when clinton was in office.  He doesn't realize that clinton only viewed the military as a photo opp or a chance for good publicity and would piss all over himself if it didn't work out the way he'd planned.  He doesn't realize just how bad clinton was with military.  Hell, he probably thinks that smart bombs were developed by clinton... and not the private defense corperations that he is more than willing to slam.

MiniD


I got no problems with weazy...  just sayin
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