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Fri Jan-16-09 08:08 AM
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| On the meme "History will prove that George W. Bush did the right thing on Iraq" |
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"History will prove that Bush did the right thing" with Iraq ... that's basing a lot on supposition and speculation ...
That's supposing that things would have been a lot worse if he hadn't done anything ... no PROOF ...
I can say, with as much justification, that history has proven that the country was worse off than if Al Gore had been President after November 2000 ...
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| ayeshahaqqiqa
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:11 AM
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| 1. Sometimes the judgment of history is rather swift |
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For example, right after Little Big Horn, the US Army realized that Custer had made a grave tactical error.
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:28 AM
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| 5. I disagree with your example |
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"Custer's last stand" is one of histories greatest spin jobs.
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:33 AM
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| 6. 'custer's last stand' is historical fodder for those learning/being taught 'simple, easy'.. |
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American History 101...
in reality, the War College at Fort Leavenworth teaches the Battle of Little Big Horn as one of its 'historically-proven, great military plans and tactics'...using Sitting Bull's, et. al. plan as an almost PERFECT example of that type of tactic...
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:47 AM
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Didn't mean to diss the Lakota people, for whom I have great respect--I just couldn't think of another complete military disaster--and you must agree that the US Army saw it as such.
So change my analogy--an army doesn't take years to judge a military disaster as a disaster--they know almost immediately.
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:44 AM
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| 7. I realize the spin job |
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Edited on Fri Jan-16-09 08:46 AM by ayeshahaqqiqa
but if you note, I merely said that, in the Army's viewpoint, they immediately knew it was a disaster. Actually, it was a great victory for the Lakota people--to this day when they "honor the flag" the flag they are honoring is the one taken from the 7th Cavalry.
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:57 AM
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| 9. I didn't mean it as an attack |
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:16 AM
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| 2. Those with conservative values |
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are so proud they cannot admit that one with their throught processes could ever be wrong. I fail to find any christianity in my first sentence.
Conservatives put forth a great deal of effort to not take responsibility for anything and yet continue to wave the flag and bray about their christianity.
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:26 AM
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| 4. Well said. They claim responsibility when good things happen, |
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otherwise they blame everyone/everything else.
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Fri Jan-16-09 08:25 AM
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| 3. "History" won't be relying on Fox News to rescue their fat from the fire |
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