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In reply to the discussion: Did I just stop by DU and find people AGAINST military action on Syria? [View all]Scootaloo
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Did I just stop by DU and find people AGAINST military action on Syria? [View all]
Barack_America
Aug 2013
OP
We don't know who's responsible, but we do know who might benefit by this atrocity - the opposition
leveymg
Aug 2013
#81
Have you never heard of "False Flag" provocation used to justify Military Interventions??
bvar22
Aug 2013
#159
And even if we got involved, the chance of actually making a net positive contrib is close to zero.
reformist2
Aug 2013
#94
Geez can't somoene else be the world's police for once? Why do we have to be in perpetual war?
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#3
Russia and China are not the only countries in the UN. There are lots and lots and lots of countries
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#33
Wow, what a helpful post, NOT. Hey, anyone who objects to little kids getting gassed....
MADem
Aug 2013
#70
You are obnoxious and rude, and proudly so, too. You're also dead wrong--as usual.
MADem
Aug 2013
#170
There's no moral difference anymore between U.S. wars and Russian and Chinese wars.
Ken Burch
Aug 2013
#61
I am against all current foreign US military action. Your OP does not call for diplomatic action,
Vincardog
Aug 2013
#187
That's an interesting list of grievances to equate with the use of chemical weapons...
Barack_America
Aug 2013
#13
Our civil rights record now is no good, but it has Assad's beat to shit.
Barack_America
Aug 2013
#30
It'll still be our troops and our money even if action is through the UN.
Barack_America
Aug 2013
#39
Whoa, I don't usually think of the UN as launching offensive actions. Not that they don't see their
freshwest
Aug 2013
#155
You are confusing the UN with NATO. We give MONEY to UN , and are cheap with the troops.
MADem
Aug 2013
#193
I agree. No thank you. A sectarian war with dozens of factions, 90% of whom dont like us anyway
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#165
Being against an attempt to start WWIII is not part and parcel with excusing what is going on.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2013
#12
WWIII? Are you fucking kidding? Even Putin wouldn't be that brazenly stupid!
AverageJoe90
Aug 2013
#27
Consider how things escalate and egos flare and attack must be met with attack.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2013
#151
More than cynical, it is weaponized rhetoric. The words themselves are an agrressive demand for
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#97
I'm assuming you're in the Armed Forces or have a friend or loved one who is ?
steve2470
Aug 2013
#24
And I find myself seconding Recursion, this is a serious matter and should be addressed as such
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#102
Please provide your proof of Assad's guilt to the UN. I'm sure they'll appreciate it
Scootaloo
Aug 2013
#37
If folks were being gassed in Israel and people were against intervening
The Straight Story
Aug 2013
#47
And people didn't think hitler would invade poland, etc, because it was stupid.
The Straight Story
Aug 2013
#52
How was hitler like hitler at the start? He didn't just kill millions in one weekend
The Straight Story
Aug 2013
#75
The war against the Nazis was not about their 'killing millions' it was about their territorial
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#109
I understand your concern. Not all of us are lopsidedly pro-Isreal. I can't stand that they keep
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#53
We the people who frequent these pages have undergone somewhat abusive treatment
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2013
#49
We don't have the money to do it. Maybe if we cut back on cancer granny-arresting SWAT teams
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#57
That OP sounds like something the Imperial War Office at Whitehall could have come out with in 1914.
Ken Burch
Aug 2013
#60
Liberals arguing that the U.S. should give weapons to Syrian rebels underestimate Assad's power
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#64
The Holocaust was not carried out during a civil war in Germany. How many civil wars do we join in?
freshwest
Aug 2013
#66
Why is that a problem? I see the problem that many of them are, and almost all work with them.
David__77
Aug 2013
#181
IF the Assad regime were to be overthrown -- and that is very big IF - what next?
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#80
don't be misled by a few loudmouths - 90% of us want more wars in the Middle East
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#95
You're surprised that liberals are anti-war? Who do you believe the USA should back in this fight
myrna minx
Aug 2013
#101
I guess many do not trust the military to handle this correctly. Wonder why? n-t
Logical
Aug 2013
#106
+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#113
funny coincidence-- most people who recommended this OP also recommended pro-surveillance OP's
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#208
"Syrian rebels won't advance U.S. interests: Joint Chiefs chairman"
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#114
Why don't we invite John McCain and Lindsey Graham over and see what they think?
kentuck
Aug 2013
#119
Keep in mind that, in avenging these deaths, we would be fighting for Al-Quaida or Hezbollah
riqster
Aug 2013
#120
Sick, isn't it? I can't believe it either. It's not like we have a dog in this fight, especially
Nay
Aug 2013
#132
And you think a guy who murders people with remote controlled planes is the best
Arctic Dave
Aug 2013
#125
What's preventing you from going? During the Spanish Civil War, some Americans went.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#126
I am very happy you just stopped by DU and found people AGAINST military action on Syria.
Autumn
Aug 2013
#137
Don't you think there is a legitimate thing called the global watch dog ?
Wash. state Desk Jet
Aug 2013
#150
"Global community" = London, Paris, Washington, and maybe Bonn and Rome
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2013
#157
Well then in your opinion I suppose that leaves plenty of room for real change.
Wash. state Desk Jet
Aug 2013
#197
Are you going to enlist and join this "noble cause"? Or urge your children or other young
Lydia Leftcoast
Aug 2013
#161
So the way to stop killing with one particular kind of weapon is to kill ALOT MORE people
yurbud
Aug 2013
#178
Why do you believe what our gov't says about chem weapons, and even if used, that that's the reason
yurbud
Aug 2013
#180
"The DU community now condones chemical murder of innocent civilians?"
WorseBeforeBetter
Aug 2013
#186