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I'm on that side of the fence! I think getting involved in Syria would be a fatal teddy51 Dec 2012 #1
It would - we haven't even paid for the last war Taverner Dec 2012 #2
Iran would be much, much worse than Iraq lapislzi Dec 2012 #6
I was thinking Syria would be Iraq the sequel Taverner Dec 2012 #8
I agree UndahCovah Dec 2012 #65
I wish the media would not give McCain the mike 24/7 LeftInTX Dec 2012 #3
They have donors to please! Taverner Dec 2012 #7
MSM is only interested in $$$$$. MSM does not give a F about the future of the world, except RKP5637 Dec 2012 #54
No more wars of choice. 99Forever Dec 2012 #4
we as a nation have lost all moral authority anyway quinnox Dec 2012 #5
Exactly! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #51
800+ foreign military bases is not friendship. Billions in "foreign aid"/aka as payoffs is not libdem4life Dec 2012 #9
Yep. And not the "Benign Empire" either Taverner Dec 2012 #10
We have this great moment in history to teach toby jo Dec 2012 #13
Hopefully it' not just in our dreams. We, the people, are mightily divided. libdem4life Dec 2012 #33
Often the US functions as a bunch of children quarreling on the playground, except with RKP5637 Dec 2012 #53
+1 Daniel537 Dec 2012 #60
Check in. PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #11
I'm with you guys too Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #12
On top of that, we sold him those chemical weapons. toby jo Dec 2012 #15
Thank you for not forgetting the dead Iraqi civilians! lunatica Dec 2012 #17
Agreed, the civilian deaths are the worst part Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #36
Thank you RobertEarl Dec 2012 #38
Self delete lunatica Dec 2012 #44
Well spoken, sir navarth Dec 2012 #68
what the Hell are you hippies talking about now? NightWatcher Dec 2012 #14
Living through tomorrow without dismembering any of us toby jo Dec 2012 #16
Whirled peas! lunatica Dec 2012 #18
Checking in. n/t adieu Dec 2012 #19
Dismember drones antiquie Dec 2012 #20
What if they Gave a War and Nobody Came? AndyTiedye Dec 2012 #21
Then they'd kill and/or imprison the soldiers families Taverner Dec 2012 #22
You call? arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #23
here! bunnies Dec 2012 #24
violence and war are not good solutions to any situation ThomThom Dec 2012 #25
I would go as far as to say we are in no position to remove or install leaders in other countries Taverner Dec 2012 #26
Our sanctions on Iraq were tragic for the Iraqis cpwm17 Dec 2012 #48
that is true, sanctions on Iraq where tough on the people but so was ThomThom Dec 2012 #80
peace! abelenkpe Dec 2012 #27
You vigorously defend a rap about murdering soldiers' families Union Scribe Dec 2012 #28
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #37
I was participating in a Quaker peace protest by the side of the road a couple of years ago when a Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #29
Wow! FiggyJay Dec 2012 #30
Welcome to DU! lunatica Dec 2012 #46
+++ 1,000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #56
Change "Department of Defense" back to "Department of War" -- truth in advertizing at least. FarCenter Dec 2012 #31
Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #57
Better yet, let's take Rep. Kucinich up on the Department of Peace idea. nt Zorra Dec 2012 #62
Sounds Orwellian, and its interventionist program would eventually become coercive FarCenter Dec 2012 #63
"Sounds Orwellian"? Nah...not really a great reason to discount a good idea. Zorra Dec 2012 #77
I hope there won't be another war. Our military is exhausted and stressed already. LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #32
Our military should all go on R&R RobertEarl Dec 2012 #39
And when they come back, 6-10months from now... Taverner Dec 2012 #41
I'm liking the way you think nt navarth Dec 2012 #69
I hope nonviolence includes frazzled Dec 2012 #34
Most estimates put the total number of guns right around the number of US citizens. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #35
It can be done. It just takes self-control. Gregorian Dec 2012 #40
Like this thread very very very very much. Octafish Dec 2012 #42
F**K militarism. Wage Peace. Agony Dec 2012 #43
Speaking of militarism. They had some event here recently and all of the local community police RKP5637 Dec 2012 #59
This is why non-violent resistance/activism/training is primary Agony Dec 2012 #75
Peacemonger! lunatica Dec 2012 #45
Count me in quaker bill Dec 2012 #47
I'm more of a whirled peas kinda guy... Earth_First Dec 2012 #49
War is the world's worst crime cpwm17 Dec 2012 #50
K&R Here! nt. druidity33 Dec 2012 #52
Here! Whovian Dec 2012 #55
Most never experience the horrors of war directly. Many sit in their armchair watching RKP5637 Dec 2012 #58
checking In Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #61
Anti war, anti waste, anti war machine and profiteers xiamiam Dec 2012 #64
The Dalai Lama declared that war is obsolete, RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #66
This would be me... Tikki Dec 2012 #67
Present navarth Dec 2012 #70
"Violence us the first resort of the incompetent." Isaac Asimov Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #71
The bravest concept.... go west young man Dec 2012 #72
K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #73
Here in Peace. Namaste _/l\_ oxymoron Dec 2012 #74
World peace doesn't preclude world destruction NoOneMan Dec 2012 #76
No hocus pocus, magical sky-daddy stuff about it: Love IS the answer & love is patrice Dec 2012 #78
I'm opposed to any US military ventures in the Middle East. MineralMan Dec 2012 #79
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