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In reply to the discussion: Aurora atrocity more important than Syrian slaughter? [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)73. No I've just had more time to read
More time to study, more time to understand.
What you propose is just plain stupidity.
If we're so powerful, why are we still in Afghanistan, 10 years later?
Why did we have to bribe the insurgents in Iraq to make some sort of peace?
Seriously. Why?
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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