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		<title>By: center debt solution</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-4449406</link>
		<dc:creator>center debt solution</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: debt solution</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-1467548</link>
		<dc:creator>debt solution</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;debt solution...&lt;/strong&gt;

relentlessly outperforms transceivers scoot unwinds Christmas?rubble ativan http://ativan.doctor-test.com/# ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>debt solution&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>relentlessly outperforms transceivers scoot unwinds Christmas?rubble ativan <a href="http://ativan.doctor-test.com/#" rel="nofollow">http://ativan.doctor-test.com/#</a> &#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1467548', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Hawkeye</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-481628</link>
		<dc:creator>Hawkeye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Iraq were in a state of civil war, shouldn&#039;t our casualty rates be going up instead of down?  Check out the rates over the last several months and you&#039;ll see what I mean.  The fact is, Iraq is not in a state of civil war and this story is the latest attempt by the left to discredit the Bush administration.  We are winning in Iraq and history will again prove the left wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Iraq were in a state of civil war, shouldn&#8217;t our casualty rates be going up instead of down?  Check out the rates over the last several months and you&#8217;ll see what I mean.  The fact is, Iraq is not in a state of civil war and this story is the latest attempt by the left to discredit the Bush administration.  We are winning in Iraq and history will again prove the left wrong.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=481628', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-480387</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The American History geniuses here at TP â€œforgetâ€ or never knew that the Constitution was not implemented until 13 years after our Revolution - and all that bickering and fighting was after the failed Articles of Confederation. 

Comment by mighty aphrodite #23

&lt;strong&gt;Puny Hermaphrodite,

Last of the TREASONOUS inbreds...

The colonists didn&#039;t have Sharia law as their underlying tenet either...

...and they weren&#039;t murdering each other daily...

...go get some ovaries beeotch!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The American History geniuses here at TP â€œforgetâ€ or never knew that the Constitution was not implemented until 13 years after our Revolution &#8211; and all that bickering and fighting was after the failed Articles of Confederation. </p>
<p>Comment by mighty aphrodite #23</p>
<p><strong>Puny Hermaphrodite,</p>
<p>Last of the TREASONOUS inbreds&#8230;</p>
<p>The colonists didn&#8217;t have Sharia law as their underlying tenet either&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;and they weren&#8217;t murdering each other daily&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;go get some ovaries beeotch!</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=480387', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: WaltTheMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>WaltTheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#29 - CrockofBush,
That&#039;s the weirdest thundermug that I&#039;ve seen in my life! The ones that I have had experience with had a slghtly wider base.  and a flatter/broader rim.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#29 &#8211; CrockofBush,<br />
That&#8217;s the weirdest thundermug that I&#8217;ve seen in my life! The ones that I have had experience with had a slghtly wider base.  and a flatter/broader rim.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479887', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: CrockofBush</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-479739</link>
		<dc:creator>CrockofBush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Ryan Neat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-479650</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Neat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Mighty Moron, headquarters forgot to send you the correct briefing card.  Your republican senators think you&#039;re an idiot.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) on ABC&#039;s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. &quot;Our own generals have told me that privately, George. So that&#039;s a fact. And for us to walk away from that or try to hue this up with some rosy veneer--
Hagel said that it wasn&#039;t, though he understood &quot;that the secretary has a difficult assignment to try to assign some credibility to the current policy,&quot; which wasn&#039;t &quot;working.&quot;&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It&#039;s been a long time since a reichwinger had credibility on any subject.  Hey Mighty, how&#039;s the search for Bin Laden coming - oh that&#039;s right, the administration doesn&#039;t believe catching the 9/11 mastermind is a priority...

Idiots.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Mighty Moron, headquarters forgot to send you the correct briefing card.  Your republican senators think you&#8217;re an idiot.</p>
<blockquote><p>Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) on ABC&#8217;s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. &#8220;Our own generals have told me that privately, George. So that&#8217;s a fact. And for us to walk away from that or try to hue this up with some rosy veneer&#8211;<br />
Hagel said that it wasn&#8217;t, though he understood &#8220;that the secretary has a difficult assignment to try to assign some credibility to the current policy,&#8221; which wasn&#8217;t &#8220;working.&#8221;"</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since a reichwinger had credibility on any subject.  Hey Mighty, how&#8217;s the search for Bin Laden coming &#8211; oh that&#8217;s right, the administration doesn&#8217;t believe catching the 9/11 mastermind is a priority&#8230;</p>
<p>Idiots.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479650', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ImpeachAdolfBush</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-479626</link>
		<dc:creator>ImpeachAdolfBush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://home.comcast.net/~slimyslugs/reichstag_fire__september_11.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;REICHWINGERS&quot; /&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: mighty aphrodite</title>
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		<dc:creator>mighty aphrodite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#8 - &quot;Now is the time to release Saddam as he is the only man to get Iraq back together. and get your troops OUT NOW and stay out , America public cannot even have a peace demonstration anymore without more than 1000 people turning up..&quot;
- &quot;Comment&quot; by Dark Germ

*****And I suppose if Adolf and Benito had made it through WWII without committing suicide and being strung up on a light pole, the Allied forces could have used them to make sure the trains kept running on time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#8 &#8211; &#8220;Now is the time to release Saddam as he is the only man to get Iraq back together. and get your troops OUT NOW and stay out , America public cannot even have a peace demonstration anymore without more than 1000 people turning up..&#8221;<br />
- &#8220;Comment&#8221; by Dark Germ</p>
<p>*****And I suppose if Adolf and Benito had made it through WWII without committing suicide and being strung up on a light pole, the Allied forces could have used them to make sure the trains kept running on time.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479622', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mighty aphrodite</title>
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		<dc:creator>mighty aphrodite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s too bad Allawi isn&#039;t &quot;in country&quot; to know the facts for himself.  The Iraqi military has made important strides in the last several months. Terror forces that love neither Sunni or Shiite are determined to wreak havoc. Battling the non-observant thugs like Zarqawi is perhaps worse than having to deal with Tories of old. 

But the new liberal whine that is truly indefensible: &quot;It&#039;s taking them waaaaay too long to form a government.&quot;  The American History geniuses here at TP &quot;forget&quot; or never knew that the Constitution was not implemented until 13 years after our Revolution - and all that bickering and fighting was after the failed Articles of Confederation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s too bad Allawi isn&#8217;t &#8220;in country&#8221; to know the facts for himself.  The Iraqi military has made important strides in the last several months. Terror forces that love neither Sunni or Shiite are determined to wreak havoc. Battling the non-observant thugs like Zarqawi is perhaps worse than having to deal with Tories of old. </p>
<p>But the new liberal whine that is truly indefensible: &#8220;It&#8217;s taking them waaaaay too long to form a government.&#8221;  The American History geniuses here at TP &#8220;forget&#8221; or never knew that the Constitution was not implemented until 13 years after our Revolution &#8211; and all that bickering and fighting was after the failed Articles of Confederation.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479613', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BUSHBANKRUPTSUSA</title>
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		<dc:creator>BUSHBANKRUPTSUSA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK 
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 19 Mar 2006 at 12:37:49 PM MST is:&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/debtiv.gif&quot; alt=&quot;BUSHNATIONALDEBT&quot; /&gt;

The estimated population of the United States is 298,816,575
so each citizen&#039;s share of this debt is $27,703.10.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$2.03 billion per day since September 30, 2005!
Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House!
http://www.eff.org/congress/


Curious where all that money went?

&lt;img src=&quot;http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/Q/3/bush_iraqidinar.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;BUSHCURRENCY&quot; /&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK<br />
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 19 Mar 2006 at 12:37:49 PM MST is:</strong><br />
<img src="http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/debtiv.gif" alt="BUSHNATIONALDEBT" /></p>
<p>The estimated population of the United States is 298,816,575<br />
so each citizen&#8217;s share of this debt is $27,703.10.</p>
<p>The National Debt has continued to increase an average of<br />
$2.03 billion per day since September 30, 2005!<br />
Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House!<br />
<a href="http://www.eff.org/congress/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eff.org/congress/</a></p>
<p>Curious where all that money went?</p>
<p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/Q/3/bush_iraqidinar.jpg" alt="BUSHCURRENCY" /><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479546', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RunningDogLackey</title>
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		<dc:creator>RunningDogLackey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>18-20

A poster on Free Republic has the answer!

This isn&#039;t a &quot;Civil War&quot; -- it&#039;s a &quot;social readjustment.&quot;

There. Now we know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>18-20</p>
<p>A poster on Free Republic has the answer!</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t a &#8220;Civil War&#8221; &#8212; it&#8217;s a &#8220;social readjustment.&#8221;</p>
<p>There. Now we know.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479526', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#18, and when you are on a Crusade to bring Christianity to Babylon, what better than to have different Muslim sects kill each other?

Or perhaps we can rephrase this as a different kind of democracy. In Iraq, you vote with your gun. Last man standing wins the election.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#18, and when you are on a Crusade to bring Christianity to Babylon, what better than to have different Muslim sects kill each other?</p>
<p>Or perhaps we can rephrase this as a different kind of democracy. In Iraq, you vote with your gun. Last man standing wins the election.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479518', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dreary Urbanite</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dreary Urbanite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#18 â€“ Exactly! In civil wars the opposing sides wear blue and gray uniforms and shoot cannon balls at each other.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#18 â€“ Exactly! In civil wars the opposing sides wear blue and gray uniforms and shoot cannon balls at each other.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479500', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is not a civil war -- it is &quot;sectarian violence&quot;.  They&#039;re so different and plain to see. Only dummies can&#039;t see it -- the smart ones in Bush&amp;Co can tell the difference.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is not a civil war &#8212; it is &#8220;sectarian violence&#8221;.  They&#8217;re so different and plain to see. Only dummies can&#8217;t see it &#8212; the smart ones in Bush&amp;Co can tell the difference.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479470', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This just in:



&lt;blockquote&gt;Cheney: Iraq Not in Midst of Civil War 
Staff and agencies
19 March, 2006

By NEDRA PICKLER, 4 minutes ago 

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that Iraq is not in the midst of a civil war, but instead described the violence as a desperate tactic by terrorists in the country to stop the move to democracy. 

Cheney said he disagrees with Iraqâ€˜s former interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, who said in an interview Sunday that the increasing attacks across his country can only be described as a civil war. &lt;/blockquote&gt;


http://localnewsleader.com/jackson/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&amp;id=160951

Then, there is the quote from Bush:



&lt;blockquote&gt;You canâ€™t change the dynamics on the ground if youâ€™ve criticized the brave leader of Iraq.&lt;/blockquote&gt;


However, Allawi is no longer the &quot;brave leader of Iraq&quot; and Cheney didn&#039;t criticize Allawi, he merely disagreed with him. 

So, who ya gonna trust, some one-time leader of a country in chaos or the &quot;vice&quot; President of the United States of America, a man whose former company is raking in billions of dollars in no-bid contracts under minimal government oversight and accountability, a man with the testicular fortitude to say &quot;fuck you&quot; to the United States Senate, a man who drinks beer and shoots his friend in the face?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This just in:</p>
<blockquote><p>Cheney: Iraq Not in Midst of Civil War<br />
Staff and agencies<br />
19 March, 2006</p>
<p>By NEDRA PICKLER, 4 minutes ago </p>
<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that Iraq is not in the midst of a civil war, but instead described the violence as a desperate tactic by terrorists in the country to stop the move to democracy. </p>
<p>Cheney said he disagrees with Iraqâ€˜s former interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, who said in an interview Sunday that the increasing attacks across his country can only be described as a civil war. </p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://localnewsleader.com/jackson/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&amp;id=160951" rel="nofollow">http://localnewsleader.com/jackson/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&amp;id=160951</a></p>
<p>Then, there is the quote from Bush:</p>
<blockquote><p>You canâ€™t change the dynamics on the ground if youâ€™ve criticized the brave leader of Iraq.</p></blockquote>
<p>However, Allawi is no longer the &#8220;brave leader of Iraq&#8221; and Cheney didn&#8217;t criticize Allawi, he merely disagreed with him. </p>
<p>So, who ya gonna trust, some one-time leader of a country in chaos or the &#8220;vice&#8221; President of the United States of America, a man whose former company is raking in billions of dollars in no-bid contracts under minimal government oversight and accountability, a man with the testicular fortitude to say &#8220;fuck you&#8221; to the United States Senate, a man who drinks beer and shoots his friend in the face?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479402', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-479391</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course, criticism is reserved only for those who disagree with Bush.  But now that one he defended has stated the obvious - what will Bush do?  He will declare that the civil war is a &quot;good thing&quot;, a la Fox news banner,  which will hasten democracy to Iraq.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course, criticism is reserved only for those who disagree with Bush.  But now that one he defended has stated the obvious &#8211; what will Bush do?  He will declare that the civil war is a &#8220;good thing&#8221;, a la Fox news banner,  which will hasten democracy to Iraq.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479391', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dreary Urbanite</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-479364</link>
		<dc:creator>Dreary Urbanite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This administration has changed the definition of torture so narrowly that they can deny that they torture people. I believe that they have done the same thing with the term â€œcivil warâ€. Unless the opposing factions in Iraq dress up in blue and gray uniforms they will continue to deny that there is a civil war in Iraq.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This administration has changed the definition of torture so narrowly that they can deny that they torture people. I believe that they have done the same thing with the term â€œcivil warâ€. Unless the opposing factions in Iraq dress up in blue and gray uniforms they will continue to deny that there is a civil war in Iraq.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479364', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: WaltTheMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>WaltTheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#12- Larry,
Try defraging your hard drive. I do mine, overnight, the first Sunday of every month. The problem seems to originate in the fragmentation of memory page files and gets worse as time goes by. The memory page files get fragmented because they are competing with WEB temporary page files on an adhoc basis = first-come, first-served.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#12- Larry,<br />
Try defraging your hard drive. I do mine, overnight, the first Sunday of every month. The problem seems to originate in the fragmentation of memory page files and gets worse as time goes by. The memory page files get fragmented because they are competing with WEB temporary page files on an adhoc basis = first-come, first-served.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479363', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/19/allawi-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-479309</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At least I can post on here using Mozilla Firefox! Yes Iraq has degenerated into Civil War caused by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld! They wanted Iraq&#039;s OIL and have destroyed that nation in the process &gt; SHAME ON THEM!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least I can post on here using Mozilla Firefox! Yes Iraq has degenerated into Civil War caused by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld! They wanted Iraq&#8217;s OIL and have destroyed that nation in the process &gt; SHAME ON THEM!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=479309', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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