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Arctic Dave

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27. Like what happened in Iraq?

Reply to samsingh (Reply #26)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 03:31 PM

Jan 2013

Can you point to another place where this happened and we intervened?

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France: US helping support Mali operation [View all] Arctic Dave Jan 2013 OP

hooyah raidert05 Jan 2013 #1

If them terroriizers are going to be mad at the US, imagine how they feel about the socialists in pampango Jan 2013 #2

I'm sure.... raidert05 Jan 2013 #10

Hey Dave, please highlight the relevant section cstanleytech Jan 2013 #3

It is in the title. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #4

Oh my apologies I thought you said we were bombing them. cstanleytech Jan 2013 #11

How about we just stay out of it Dokkie Jan 2013 #5

I agree. We should have stayed out of all of our "fashionable wars" Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #6

Do you think the people of Mali will be better off under the control of the Islamic Rebels? octothorpe Jan 2013 #8

Will they be better off? Hard to say one way or another. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #9

Meh, I admit its a toss up Dave. cstanleytech Jan 2013 #12

The way that John2 Jan 2013 #13

Don't confuse Toureg nationlists with Islamists. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #22

"Just another war so rich people can steal other people's resources." huh?? DCBob Jan 2013 #18

And when you want to dominate an enire region you take the good and the bad. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #19

Perhaps... but they are not in Mali to steal their resources. DCBob Jan 2013 #20

France says different. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #21

France says they are there to "steal their resources" ?? DCBob Jan 2013 #23

It seems this is spill over from another country. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #24

Western Hegemony. zellie Jan 2013 #7

good. this is important samsingh Jan 2013 #14

Why? Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #16

innocent people are getting slaughtered and this continues in every country unless its stopped samsingh Jan 2013 #25

this crisis is a consequence of the Libya intervention Enrique Jan 2013 #15

When it comes to bombing other countries, Obama is a lot like Wayne LaPierre. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #17

would you prefer that hundreds of thousands be massacred by thugs armed by samsingh Jan 2013 #26

Like what happened in Iraq? Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #27

i think we saved hundreds of thousands in Libya samsingh Jan 2013 #29

Of what? Unicorns. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #30

people - you can't seriously not know that we stopped Gadaffi from killing entire villages samsingh Jan 2013 #31

Casualty figures exaggerated, says Ministry Alamuti Lotus Jan 2013 #32

again - we are talking about what was about to transpire samsingh Jan 2013 #35

Considering he wasn't doing any of that how can you possibly claim Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #33

what's astounding is that the Gaddaffi forces were about to invade a town in Libya samsingh Jan 2013 #34

You said he was going to kill "hundreds of thousands". Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #36

he didn't do it because of the nato bombing samsingh Jan 2013 #37

I don't think you understand what it takes to "kill hundreds of thousands" Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #38

are you going to truly differentiate between tens of thousands versus hundreds of thousands? samsingh Jan 2013 #39

You must have turned your TV after NATO got involved. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #41

Mali's gone. zellie Jan 2013 #28

The Telegraph: "Mali: al-Qaeda have numerous options for retaliation" Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #40