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Old 04-06-2008, 02:46 AM   #63 (permalink)
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Uh, the 5 billion and change we're borrowing from China & Japan to fund a mis-placed war that furthers his fat cat cronism?
1. Under Bill Clinton, not Bush, the US debt began being subsidized largely by foreign nations. When Clinton finished his 2nd term, foreign ownership of US Treasuries was about 35%.

2. US foreign debt is largely due to Liberal spending, not the war on terror or the liberation of Iraq from a blood thirsty dictator. A liberation, which you should know, that actually saved lives.


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Wow, I didn't think there were any of you hard-core neocons left...
That has to be one of the most idiotic statements I've ever seen. Neo-conservatives are a growing group, not a diminishing one. You probably don't even know what neo-conservatives believe, do you?



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Did you know that the Iraq war has cost each American $16,000 to date?
And? You want to draw a conclusion from the price of the war? What if it cost $16,000 to save a young man from being murdered? Forget murder. How about beaten? And forget young man. Let's say it's and old woman. An old woman with cancer, and less than a month to live.

Yeah, it doesn't matter that she's going to die anyway. Neo-conservatives believe that the government has an obligation to do what it can to stop atrocities.
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