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Old 10-22-2006, 04:28 PM   #1
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You are a foreigner living in Leicester from what I gather , Sundae Girl .
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Old 10-22-2006, 06:42 PM   #2
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Those outside of America (my guess) would not know about Doonesbury - a famous cartoon that has so accurately reported current events and trends often before they became news.
Doonesbury's War
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Originally, he was going to kill Ray, but Ray got spared when Trudeau decided that a death would not leave much of a storyline to pursue. So, with a bit of sang-froid, he amputated B.D.'s left leg, on the theory that he'd . . . think of something.

What happened next was unusual, to say the least. Within a day or two of B.D. lying broken on that stretcher, Garry Trudeau, bane of every presidential administration since Nixon's (particularly the current one, which he has absolutely lacerated), got a call from the Pentagon. The brass was offering to help him figure out where to go next.
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"When I talk to wounded veterans, I usually don't ask them what they think the mission was. I don't presume, because their lives are wrenching enough without the suggestion that their sacrifices may have been without meaning. Moreover, if that is so, it will become apparent to them soon enough . . . The young men and women who we've repeatedly put in harm's way are paying the price for this misbegotten mission, and as long as it continues, I, like so many of our countrymen, must walk this strange line between hating the war but honoring the warrior. I don't know how long we can keep it up. . ."

He finishes to a standing ovation.
Conservative extremists who quickly advocate solutions in war do not respresent interests of the troops - as Iraq so glaringly demonstrates.
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Old 10-23-2006, 03:20 AM   #3
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You are a foreigner living in Leicester from what I gather , Sundae Girl .
No, she's a true blue Brit. YOU'RE the foreigner in the country you're in, right? Starting to get to ya?
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:06 AM   #4
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You are a foreigner living in Leicester from what I gather , Sundae Girl .
Brianna's right, I'm British born & bred. Although the "foreigners" I know also pay taxes, so they would be just as entitled to say "we" when referring to how the money is spent.
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