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In reply to the discussion: "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)5. because nobody is going to be the last man to die for the mistake?
With our new state of perpetual war, there will alway be another life to sacrifice to the MIC.
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I heard an interesting discussion about this recently - about showing the true cost of war.
calimary
Sep 2014
#19
We aren't going to let Iraq collapse, and get chased out of our embassy
TwilightGardener
Sep 2014
#4
That's what I was thinking, as they try to come up with a reason we'll believe to start back up
NightWatcher
Sep 2014
#18
A couple points, here. One, Kerry said those words on April 22, 1971.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2014
#31
After the chemical attack in Syria he was unbearable. I gave up on him.
Glimmer of Hope
Sep 2014
#22
And didn't bother to notice that he was instrumental in getting rid of the Syrian chemical weapons
karynnj
Sep 2014
#70
It is really difficult to see Dems who fight for the same values consistently...
YvonneCa
Sep 2014
#58
Both those criteria have been met, and significant numbers of Americans dying is unlikely
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2014
#54
It's a lot easier than asking thiousands of men after him to die for a mistake.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Sep 2014
#52