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Showing Original Post only (View all)Aurora atrocity more important than Syrian slaughter? [View all]
The Aurora shooting was truly horrific (so much so that I'll leave gun control for a later video), but there are much fewer casualties than in Syria right now.
We cannot turn our back on the world when our brothers and sisters in Syria beg us to end the bloodshed.
Liberals like me were right on Libya, and I am right on Syria.
Any American conservatives watching, I urge you for support in this.
Don't let Basher Assad get away with murder.
(I am FULLY AWARE that not all of the rebels in Syria are saints, but they've gotta be better than that little serial killer in power).
Thanks for watching and hopefully doing something to speak out on this...
We as Americans are truly arrogant sometimes... I disagree with much of Christianity, but Jesus did tell us to help our brothers and neighbors when they're in trouble...
I don't like to over-simplify, but Assad = James Holmes, except that Holmes harmed far fewer people.
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If I thought that starting an Iraq-style war in Syria would help the Syrian people, and I cared
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#83
Whoever is arming the Syrian opposition is responsible for much of the bloodshed in
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#19
Actually, no, the lies about thousands dead were totally debunked, by the individual who
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#41
If you can ever tell me EXACTLY how many innocent children we killed in Iraq
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2012
#78
"Help the FSA to liberate their nation" entails killing a group of Syrians to advance the religious
leveymg
Jul 2012
#20
There is no political solution, and more int'l intervention will simply spark wider regional war
leveymg
Jul 2012
#57
Maybe you should join forces with the neocons champing at the bit to go in there and 'get some'.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2012
#66
Libya was a disaster and a major war crime. Please do not try to use that travesty
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#43
So our money we spend on our military doesn't translate into any technological or any other edge?
the Weird Liberal
Jul 2012
#58
I saw that video when it first began circulating and have asked many times, what is the source
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#85
What do you think of the million + dead Iraqis? And the torture and occupation of that sovereign
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#59
I didn't say it would result in World Peace, I said it would contribute to less violence if we
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#77
No, and since no one said you should get your cues from Morning Joe but rather from a man
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#87
Brzezinski never had much tolerance for the Neo-cons and their ME war obsessions.
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#82
He said the USA should not send troops...can't be essentially policemen for all trouble spots..
nenagh
Jul 2012
#88
Liberals arguing that the U.S. should give weapons to Syrian rebels underestimate Assad's power
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#89