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Renew Deal

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Tue Aug 27, 2013, 10:40 PM Aug 2013

How many civilians killed by chemical weapons in Syria would justify outside military intervention? [View all]


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No amount of civilians killed by chemical weapons is enough to justify outside military intervention (No war, support peace, more war isn't the answer, etc.)
2 (50%)
1 is too many. We should have bombed Syria months ago
1 (25%)
1000 civilians killed by chemical weapons
0 (0%)
10,000 civilians killed by chemical weapons
0 (0%)
50,000 civilians killed by chemical weapons
0 (0%)
100,000 civilians killed by chemical weapons
0 (0%)
500,000 civilians killed by chemical weapons
0 (0%)
1,000,000+ civilians killed by chemical weapons
0 (0%)
Not sure
1 (25%)
Other
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Maybe that depends on how many civilians we all intend to kill in such military intervention NoOneMan Aug 2013 #1
Dead is dead. RC Aug 2013 #7
They are dead. I am reasonably sure the idea of justifying anything never crosses their minds. n/t Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #2
That makes no sense Renew Deal Aug 2013 #3
You asked "How many civilans killed would justify..." Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #8
How many civilians are you willing to kill to teach Assad a lesson? Iggo Aug 2013 #4
Those are the questions that need to be answered Renew Deal Aug 2013 #9
That's more to the point... eom MrMickeysMom Aug 2013 #13
Perhaps Obama's reluctance at earlier intervention allowed Assad to get get meaner? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #5
Ours or theirs? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #6
I suspect that the US plans to take advantage of any intervention to go after Al Queda Renew Deal Aug 2013 #10
So we would be fighting a 2-front war in the same nation while pretending its only 1 war Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #11
That's my opinion Renew Deal Aug 2013 #12
How are we going to do that without ground troops? Hippo_Tron Aug 2013 #16
Same way we're doing it in Yemen, Pakistan, etc? Renew Deal Aug 2013 #18
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, that's the wrong question Recursion Aug 2013 #14
That's a potential answer to the same question Renew Deal Aug 2013 #19
i dont blueknight Aug 2013 #15
while i wish the US would stay out of this, there's a cognitive dissonance in the stance that says; dionysus Aug 2013 #17
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