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<title>Comment by MCH on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-414798</link>
<description>Honor the Fallen

&quot;Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jerry A. Tharp, 44, of Muscatine, Iowa; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Rock Island, Ill; killed July 12 as a result of enemy action when his dismounted patrol was struck by an improvised explosive device while operating in the Anbar province of Iraq.&quot; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.militarycity.com/valor&quot;&gt;militarycity.com&lt;/a&gt;

&quot;The (44-year old Tharp) father, grandfather, brother and husband was known as a handyman by a neighbor who lived near the Tharps when they lived in Keithsburg. His handiwork was evident as the siding of their three-story home was not yet complete and a hole where a pond was to be was still covered. 

&quot;He liked to work with his hands,&quot; (Tharp&#039;s neighbor) Ms. Howard said. &quot;Anytime anybody needed some help, Jerry was there. And he was funny. A very happy-go-lucky guy. When we&#039;d walk across the alley by their house, he&#039;d always shout, &#039;Hey, neighbor.&#039; Everybody loved Jerry.&quot;
- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pigstye.net/&quot;&gt;pigstye.net&lt;/a&gt;

++American soldiers killed since the invasion: 2,570**

++American soldiers wounded in action: 18,990**

++Cost of invasion/occupation to date: $298.9 billion**

**and counting...
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<title>Comment by Mark Saleski on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-42316</link>
<description>conservatism is dingie, liberalism is loopy.

take yer pick.
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:23:47 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Eric Olsen on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-42312</link>
<description>I thought it was conservatism is evil, liberalism is stupid.
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<title>Comment by Mark Saleski on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-42308</link>
<description>liberalism is diseased, conservatism is blinded.

whatever.
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:09:02 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Eric Olsen on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-42286</link>
<description>If we mean &quot;diseased&quot; I ruefully agree.
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:34:03 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by kylekocke on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-42285</link>
<description>liberalism has become desiesed..........truth is the only cure
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:32:23 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Hal Pawluk on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-40441</link>
<description>It couldn&#039;t if there were any.

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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:59:32 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Eric Olsen on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-40392</link>
<description>Thanks, I think, but I don&#039;t see how the substance can be dismissed tht glibly.
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<description>Nah, none of the above.

Nice style, though.
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<title>Comment by Eric Olsen on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-40377</link>
<description>Tom speaketh with wisdom!
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<title>Comment by Tom on Iraq: &quot;a left-wing war of liberation&quot;</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/29/142219.php#comment-40375</link>
<description>To hell with WMD. That is big, but freeing a repressed people is the real prize.

What is also frightening is how much power Hussein was lacking. There were senior aides and officials working behind his back.  The only think scarier than a world with Hussein is a world with Hussein thinking he is still in control.


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