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2016 Postmortem

Whisp

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23. when was the last successful intervention of this sort

Reply to Beacool (Reply #20)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 06:41 PM

Feb 2013

that was done by the U.S. for purely humanitarian purposes?

how about when was the last time this was done -whatever the intentions were- and it didn't turn out so well either for american soldiers or for the populace of the nation to be 'saved' ?

I'm not being snarky, I am asking sincerely.

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Did President Obama Single Handedly Prevented A Third American Conflict In The Middle East? [View all] FleetwoodMac Feb 2013 OP

Hillitary 2016! rah rah rah. Whisp Feb 2013 #1

Well go on now, tell us what you really think. Don't go beating around the bushes... FleetwoodMac Feb 2013 #6

interesting points. Not only saving American military lives, the war profiteers would have sucked Sunlei Feb 2013 #2

Fair point (NT) FleetwoodMac Feb 2013 #7

On The Chris Matthews Show this weekend, David Ignatius said that in the Fall, the CIA Red Teamed Pirate Smile Feb 2013 #3

That's actually a very sharp analysis by Ignatius. FleetwoodMac Feb 2013 #8

Yes, he did. AtomicKitten Feb 2013 #4

Indeed he did. FleetwoodMac Feb 2013 #10

That's OK, he'll just send them some drones. Beacool Feb 2013 #5

Okay mate, you lost me there. Perhaps an edit is in order? NT FleetwoodMac Feb 2013 #9

I was being sarcastic. Beacool Feb 2013 #11

excuse me? Whisp Feb 2013 #12

You seem to need to calm down. Beacool Feb 2013 #13

Fine with me. Whisp Feb 2013 #14

'06? Beacool Feb 2013 #15

and the reason Cheney said that Whisp Feb 2013 #16

get real - compare the numbers and you will see it is not close karynnj Feb 2013 #17

The discussion was about arming the rebels in Syria. Beacool Feb 2013 #18

separate because drones have killed less people than planes and pilots. Whisp Feb 2013 #19

Yes, and there Obama was prudent in NOT doing it karynnj Feb 2013 #21

Maybe they got tired of hearing stories like these and wanted to do something about it. Beacool Feb 2013 #22

Here, this is what I mean. Beacool Feb 2013 #20

when was the last successful intervention of this sort Whisp Feb 2013 #23