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Okay, we are never leaving
ecthompsonmd June 13, 2008

I wrote this for the Urban News over a year ago. I thought that you might enjoy it. ————- Okay, just stop it. I’m so tired of talking points. Both sides have ‘em. On one side, we have, “we can’t have politicians telling the generals in the field what to do.” Well, our Constitution has been set up in such a way that politicians tell generals what to do. On the other side, “the American people have spoken and have put us in charge to end the war.” Well, that is sort of true. If the American people unanimously wanted the

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We are not leaving, part 2
ecthompsonmd July 14, 2007

Hello, blogosphere. I have mentioned this before but I guess no one was paying attention. I restated my case 2 days ago but still there are non-believers (see C&L). Let me state it again, we are not leaving Iraq while George Bush is president. Period. On the Charlie Rose show, Condi said, “We are not looking to leave Iraq. That is not why this president went into Iraq…. We are not going to leave Iraq that is not capable of defending itself.” There are only 2 ways that we can leave Iraq – 1) Have a determined Congress that will not

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We're never leaving Iraq
ecthompsonmd May 8, 2007

Condoleezza Rice basically tells Charlie Rose that we are not leaving Iraq. Period. My 2 cents – Okay, just stop it. I’m so tired of talking points. Both sides have ‘em. On one side, we have, “we can’t have politicians telling the generals in the field what to do.” Well, our Constitution has been set up in such a way that politicians tell generals what to do. On the other side, “the American people have spoken and have put us in charge to end the war.” Well, that is sort of true. If the American people unanimously wanted the war to

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