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Offline Arfann

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« Reply #75 on: July 16, 2003, 10:42:47 AM »
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It's not a nervous laugh, it's the good old fashioned full out laugh.

The same kind that comes out when somebody refers to themselves in the mythical third person singular.

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GronK wouldn't do a thing like that!!
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« Reply #76 on: July 16, 2003, 11:08:58 AM »
Aw, why shouldn't Gronk have a good laugh himself once in a while instead of just being the object of merriment for others?
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« Reply #77 on: July 16, 2003, 11:11:24 AM »
Would those be the same countries that cry so hard their mascara runs when the "clean up" contracts go to US companies?
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« Reply #78 on: July 16, 2003, 11:15:45 AM »
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Aw, why shouldn't Gronk have a good laugh himself once in a while instead of just being the object of merriment for others?


Actually, you were right. Leno did  want me. The problem was, it would have involved posing nude on a Harley Davidson. There are some things that even I wouldn't do in pursuit of the filthy lucra, and sitting on a Harley is one.

My apologies to my squaddies and any others who actually know me for the nightmares caused by the mental image the preceding paragraph created.
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« Reply #79 on: July 16, 2003, 11:22:09 AM »
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Would those be the same countries that cry so hard their mascara runs when the "clean up" contracts go to US companies?


Sure. I don't think it's particularly unreasonable to expect the clean up contracts to go to US, but neither is it particularly reasonable to expect other countries do the peace-keeping duties. Afterall, the UN is a joke, right?

BTW, how are British companies fairing in the contract allocation process? Or Australian ones? Last I heard, they weren't doing too well and they had people fighting the good fight. Didn't Um Qasr reconstruction go to a US company with no prior experience instead of the multitude of British marine contractors?
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« Reply #80 on: July 16, 2003, 11:23:32 AM »
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Would those be the same countries that cry so hard their mascara runs when the "clean up" contracts go to US companies?


No, they're the ones that refuse to send security forces to die in the interest of US companies making a nice profit on the cleanup. No problem, really, since Dubya's more than willing to sacrifice US troops for the job.

BTW, I finally figured out the meaning of "Iraqi Freedom". It's a reference to the old song, "Me and Bobby McGee".
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« Reply #81 on: July 16, 2003, 02:09:58 PM »
What a bunch of whiners.

If the UN would have acted in the first place, we would not have had to take on this size of operation. The UN has the stones of a field mouse...their more interested in self promotion than they are doing what's right. Paper pushing revenuers.

As to US firms being awarded contracts...get over it. There is a group of you who have complained about every step taken since before the war. The point is to help bring Iraq to a place where they can be truly independent.

Europe had their contracts for the past 25 years with Saddam...now the US will do it right....ooops...I forgot...you malcontents want us to fail.

And you wonder why our stomachs turn at your every spineless statement.

So many of you are ungrateful....you have never earned a thing in your lives and can't grasp what it takes to stand up for what's right. Thirty days had not passed since we entered Iraq before you whiners started your "where are all the WMD's?"

Some of you just plain piss me off.
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« Reply #82 on: July 16, 2003, 02:24:47 PM »
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What a bunch of whiners.

If the UN would have acted in the first place, we would not have had to take on this size of operation. The UN has the stones of a field mouse...their more interested in self promotion than they are doing what's right. Paper pushing revenuers.

As to US firms being awarded contracts...get over it. There is a group of you who have complained about every step taken since before the war. The point is to help bring Iraq to a place where they can be truly independent.

Europe had their contracts for the past 25 years with Saddam...now the US will do it right....ooops...I forgot...you malcontents want us to fail.

And you wonder why our stomachs turn at your every spineless statement.

So many of you are ungrateful....you have never earned a thing in your lives and can't grasp what it takes to stand up for what's right. Thirty days had not passed since we entered Iraq before you whiners started your "where are all the WMD's?"

Some of you just plain piss me off.


Oh my goodness! Come on, everyone, let's get together and make a pact not to piss off Rude or (heaven forbid) make his tummy turn. Tell yer neighbors to tell their kids in Iraq to find those WMD RIGHT NOW so Rude can rest easy.
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« Reply #83 on: July 16, 2003, 04:49:53 PM »
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No, they're the ones that refuse to send security forces to die in the interest of US companies making a nice profit on the cleanup. No problem, really, since Dubya's more than willing to sacrifice US troops for the job.


Ah! So the whole Iraq War was just to get some clean up contracts for Bush's Big Business Buddies?

Wow! What a revelation!

Tell, me.... what's your source for that one? Can you share the top secret insider intel with us?

Or was that just off CNN?


And this "refuse to send security forces" thing.. how does that tie into it being "not fair" that the refuseniks aren't getting the contracts?
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« Reply #84 on: July 16, 2003, 04:50:47 PM »
BTW, Dowding. I haven't seen or looked for anything on the contracts awarded, so I couldn't comment.
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« Reply #85 on: July 16, 2003, 05:44:33 PM »
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Ah! So the whole Iraq War was just to get some clean up contracts for Bush's Big Business Buddies?

Wow! What a revelation!

Tell, me.... what's your source for that one? Can you share the top secret insider intel with us?

Or was that just off CNN?


And this "refuse to send security forces" thing.. how does that tie into it being "not fair" that the refuseniks aren't getting the contracts?


Careful you don't sprain something with that illogical leap of logic. You finish yer class in Rush Rhetoric 101 yet?
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« Reply #86 on: July 16, 2003, 08:06:08 PM »
Wow... you're a thoughtful man, Zippatuh.
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« Reply #87 on: July 16, 2003, 09:29:05 PM »
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Or was that just off CNN?
 


Funny you should mention. You and others keep referring to CNN so I flicked through the cable news channels tonight to find out what you were talking about. You're right, they don't agree with the spewage from the conservatives on this board.

1. General in charge in Iraq now calling it a "Classic Guerilla Action".

2. They're going to a 1 year tour of duty.

Isn't that interesting (church lady voice). Does this remind you of something? Oh, , , , , ,let's say . . . . . .
















VIETNAM!!!
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« Reply #88 on: July 16, 2003, 09:43:04 PM »
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Careful you don't sprain something with that illogical leap of logic. You finish yer class in Rush Rhetoric 101 yet?


Aw, that's cute!

You impugn Wulfie's post but evade every question on the unsupported stuff you toss out.
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« Reply #89 on: July 16, 2003, 09:44:08 PM »
Ah! Now Iraq is a Vietnam like quagmire that the US won't be able to deal with!

Wow! I'll write this down because you are certainly the first guy to make that prediction!
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