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Kathleen Sibelius says that the war in Iraq has severely hurt her state's National Guard response to deal with an F-5 tornado that destroyed Greensburg. Gov. Sibelius said because the Department of Defense has shipped personnel and equipment to Iraq, the state doesn't have half the tractor-trailer trucks it needs to move heavy equipment, and only a

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populist
May 9, 2007, 1:27 p.m.
war is the disease that infects all others - it gives politicians the power to violate liberties, kill people in other countries, spend trillions of OUR dollars, and take important resources away from where they're needed. It's never ending...
What we really need is a completely new direction in our foreign policy - where we no longer spend billions to prop up dictators, send our national defenders to foreign lands, base our military in 120 nations, invade countries, and on and on and on...
Some reading:
"A Foreign Policy for America"
http://www.populistamerica.com/a_foreign_policy...
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MntnWllm
May 9, 2007, 5:35 p.m.
Where are all the Talking Heads who continually espouse that to criticise the Iraq Quagmire is to Embolden The Enemy? How can they rationalize THIS National Disgrace? Now that "they" know we haven't enough Nat'l Guard stationed here to even pull people outa debris until FIVE DAYS later, we must look pretty stoopid, kinda like Stoopid Sitting Ducks? Shameful & Disgraceful. Many, many- TOO MANY Americans have died due to BushCheneyInc Malfeasance, Corruption, and plain ol' BAD Leadership & POOR Decisionmaking.