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In reply to the discussion: How would DU react to the 1930s and Hitler? [View all]As a vet, I wonder why some here yell so loud...but squirm away from doing something about it? The cut off last I checked was 36...plenty of time for people to put their money where their mouth is!
So easy to arm chair general these things, by people that have never had to sacrifice anything in their lives. They have a reckless mouth, but always play it safe...my, my where have I seen that from before?
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Translation: I can't counter the merits of you entire post, so I will try to mock it.
joeglow3
Sep 2014
#170
Bernard Sanders (I-VT) - "There is no question that ISIS is a dangerous and brutal organization,"
FrodosPet
Sep 2014
#97
“Harder than anything we’ve tried to do thus far in Iraq or Afghanistan” is how one U.S. general
Hissyspit
Sep 2014
#198
How did DU react to the Bush gang's 'terror' claims? You don't have to go back to Hitler
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#33
I see you here too. I don't take orders from anonymous, strangers on the internet. As I was saying
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#169
It goes to show what an upstanding DU member so are when they make statements like that
davidpdx
Sep 2014
#159
The president as well as others have pointed out that our enemies are no longer nations
davidpdx
Sep 2014
#157
Hitler started out as one crazy man, before he got a country's government behind him.
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#174
most of my posts against hitler and what i suggest we should do would be hidden
samsingh
Sep 2014
#6
First, they complain about a speech before it's made, then about a war that hasn't begun.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#9
Reading comprehension is often lacking. I read what DI said and agreed, but others
RKP5637
Sep 2014
#130
ISIS isn't the military powerhouse that Germany was. ISIS can field about 20,000 fighters whereas
neverforget
Sep 2014
#10
Neither was al-Qaeda and yet, they managed to give us the most devastating attack on American soil.
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2014
#11
And look where that got us? A war in Afghanistan that we are still fighting, Al Qaeda still exists
neverforget
Sep 2014
#15
It was Saudis who launched that attack, and it only succeeded because the normal precautions
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#36
Next time I'll put on a tin foil hat and go down the conspiracy rabbit hole just for you
krawhitham
Sep 2014
#272
And Hitler took over a country with a willing populace, vast resources and a military that was
neverforget
Sep 2014
#28
Iran doesn't have nukes. They have nuclear reactors but no nukes and Iran wants nothing to do
neverforget
Sep 2014
#62
so we continue to do what we've been doing and expect a different result? it makes no sense
neverforget
Sep 2014
#243
I disagree with Iran supplying nukes to a group that hates them. The reason we are in Afghanistan is
freshwest
Sep 2014
#73
I didn't intend to suggest that Iran would ally themselves with ISIS/ISIL.
OilemFirchen
Sep 2014
#75
I have to add, that I agree with you, but that Iran has a powerful backer: Russia.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#98
Let's hope so, fresh.. ‘Apocalyptic’ Isis beyond anything we've seen, say US defence chiefs .. "
Cha
Sep 2014
#107
What I find most concerning is the speed and acceptance. As you said, "They want a new home
RKP5637
Sep 2014
#136
It's only a delusion if it doesn't come to pass. The caliphate is a tangible vision..
freshwest
Sep 2014
#227
So you supported the Bush Doctrine then? Don't know if you noticed, but apparently it has
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#39
Once upon a time the Nazis were just a bunch of blowhards and malcontents
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2014
#116
You're right, this hole isn't nearly deep enough and we should keep digging. Great plan. nt
LeftyMom
Sep 2014
#206
So you too supported the Bush Doctrine?? And here I thought DU was opposed to
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#43
That depends. In this scenario, would our nation be arming the Germans?
SolutionisSolidarity
Sep 2014
#21
Just as there was zero credible al-Qaeda was a threat to the US, right?
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2014
#50
I fear that some are making believe they live in Luxembourg or some tiny place...
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#29
I know, right? Some here were even against us getting rid of Saddam! Maybe they love dictators and
Chathamization
Sep 2014
#30
I remember, those who opposed that illegal invasion were Saddam Lovers. Just saw
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#46
Yep. People here are saying the same thing that Bush and his lackeys were saying in '03.
Chathamization
Sep 2014
#124
Perhaps if you can see why "ISIS" is not like Hitler you can also see how silly it is to compare
Chathamization
Sep 2014
#180
More like parallels to the rhetoric that got us into Iraq. No, not parallels; the same arguments.
Chathamization
Sep 2014
#189
Eh, nice nonsequitur. You and the OP made the analogy; no one accused Obama of making it. N/T
Chathamization
Sep 2014
#200
Wha…? That statement says nothing about Obama. You and the OP are made the analogy, and that’s what
Chathamization
Sep 2014
#215
Saudi Arabia needs to step up and take care of their affairs. The rest of us can only lament.
mia
Sep 2014
#38
After reading this, all I can say is that it might be time for you to become "Sober Irishman". n/t
BlueStater
Sep 2014
#41
FDR's fireside chats arguing for lend-lease would have been met with mockery and disgust
Nye Bevan
Sep 2014
#48
Most Americans held that view until Pearl Harbor, then WTC. Excellent rant, though.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#59
power corrupts, I think that's the nature of humanity. I agree with you & President Obama,
Sunlei
Sep 2014
#65
In January 1938 he could have. Hitler had not yet 'reunited' the ethnic Germans in Austria and
pampango
Sep 2014
#172
Ermächtigungsgesetz (1933), Dachau (1933), Nuremburg Laws (1935), Saarland (1935),
rug
Sep 2014
#188
Our involvement in World War I ultimately led to his rise a few years later.
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2014
#115
no surprise from me. Looking at all the "Obama is a war monger" threads, I wouldn't expect anything
still_one
Sep 2014
#101
Hitler and the Nazi regime was unique in all human history committing industrial scale genocide.
gordianot
Sep 2014
#96
There have actually been quite a few in the history of man. You also left out China and the
still_one
Sep 2014
#100
The list in the 20th century is almost endless but Nazi Germany is still unique for all time.
gordianot
Sep 2014
#143
How did DU react when Obama ordered the seals to illegally enter Pakistan and eliminate bin laden?
still_one
Sep 2014
#102
Not well. Some were appalled. Some were jubiliant. The first group hated on the second.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#112
Well said. The OP and most responses have focused on ISIS and what the US should and shouldn't do
pampango
Sep 2014
#120
You forgot the first rule of analogies. First one to make a Hitler comparison, loses the argument
NightWatcher
Sep 2014
#179
If we had funded, and continued to find Hiltler in the first place, we'd suggest prosecuting those
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#185
Many DUers would throw Roosevelt under the bus and say it was all his fault.
stevenleser
Sep 2014
#186
Right, the same DUers who are all over DU saying the war on ISIS is the same as the 2003 Iraq war
stevenleser
Sep 2014
#192
Sure sign of someone losing an argument is when a ROFL is used instead of actually making one.
Dawgs
Sep 2014
#271
Exactly! And they are the same members who have complained about Obama daily.
Major Hogwash
Sep 2014
#252
Well, why don't you explain to me how this trashy Limbaugh-like smear of an OP,
Hissyspit
Sep 2014
#261
Your moral argument is as juvenile and dishonest as it was when Rumsfeld made it.
Marr
Sep 2014
#239