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Cleita

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4. The sad truth is that we need him and he needs us

Reply to themaguffin (Original post)

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:09 AM

Sep 2013

to stop the bloodshed in Syria and both nations need to work for disarming both sides so there can be peace talks. It will take us, him and the rest of the international community to accomplish this. Otherwise look forward to what could escalate into WWIII. What happened in the past has to stay there as we move forward.i

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The sad truth is that Putin is a piece of shit who has stonewalled ANY UN action against Syria or [View all] themaguffin Sep 2013 OP

"It doesn't matter that what he says is reasonable." woo me with science Sep 2013 #1

soamming the board with blue links I see. LOL! KittyWampus Sep 2013 #11

Thanks for linking that woo, MuseRider Sep 2013 #12

Transparent. Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #2

My statement is conditional, not absolute. It's the context. Once again Putin COULD have already themaguffin Sep 2013 #3

The sad truth is that we need him and he needs us Cleita Sep 2013 #4

+1 thanks nt snappyturtle Sep 2013 #5

that's fine, I agree, but he needs to do his part instead of enabling Syria and then condemning us themaguffin Sep 2013 #8

We just sent a shipment of arms to the rebels. How does this help Cleita Sep 2013 #9

they would not have extended the "olive branch" without real threat. I don't like that it had to themaguffin Sep 2013 #10

So that give us a reason to escalate the war, because they extended an Olive Branch? RC Sep 2013 #17

The General Assembly did vote 107-12 to condemn Assad, but the action is in the Security Council. pampango Sep 2013 #6

K&R treestar Sep 2013 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #13

that's not a logical argument. It's a distraction from the point of his responsibility in all of themaguffin Sep 2013 #14

True. Wouldn't the UN work better if the Big 5 did not have veto power? pampango Sep 2013 #15

Are you volunteering to be his op-ed writer? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #16