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grahamhgreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 10:46 PM
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3. Now, what's in the constitution? Not another Islamic republic, please.
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  -Obama Statement on Libya Turborama  Aug-21-11 09:28 PM   #0 
  - grown ups are in the White House  Botany   Aug-21-11 10:31 PM   #1 
  - I agree! n/t  wisteria   Aug-21-11 10:34 PM   #2 
  - lol...riiiight  ixion   Aug-22-11 06:24 AM   #52 
  - Now, what's in the constitution? Not another Islamic republic, please.  grahamhgreen   Aug-21-11 10:46 PM   #3 
  - Given the actions of the TNC to this point, I would be shocked if it turned that way.  Muskypundit   Aug-21-11 10:54 PM   #5 
  - Similar to Egypt's constitution, retains a lot of Gaddafi's socialist stuff.  joshcryer   Aug-22-11 01:42 AM   #20 
  - lol naive  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 01:53 AM   #24 
     - As I said, I cannot make predictions, but I'm not racist and I think that...  joshcryer   Aug-22-11 02:14 AM   #28 
     - 1)Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world 2)Do you think America is 'egalitarian'?  Turborama   Aug-22-11 03:59 AM   #44 
     - "Islam is the religion of the state and the principal source of legislation is... Sharia" GTFO  grahamhgreen   Aug-22-11 04:36 AM   #47 
  - I am afraid that might be the case. So far, I have not seen much to give me hope that  razorman   Aug-22-11 09:52 AM   #56 
  - The New Libya  redixdoragon   Aug-21-11 10:52 PM   #4 
  - "Tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant."  rug   Aug-21-11 10:57 PM   #6 
  - "The future of Libya is now in the hands of the Libyan people. "  redixdoragon   Aug-21-11 11:53 PM   #7 
     - That line made me laugh.  harmonicon   Aug-22-11 12:18 AM   #9 
     - Yeah huh  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 01:54 AM   #25 
        - Which gay marriage thing is different under Obama?  No Elephants   Aug-22-11 02:35 AM   #30 
           - Maybe not even that then  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 03:26 AM   #41 
     - Unlike Iraq we were asked for help in LIbya  AbortiononDemand   Aug-22-11 01:01 AM   #16 
        - Oh, come now - the people's champion/Iranian spy Chalabi asked us to invade Iraq  Adenoid_Hynkel   Aug-22-11 01:11 AM   #17 
        - You're conflating apples and oranges  AbortiononDemand   Aug-22-11 02:33 AM   #29 
           - There was popular support for taking out Saddam, but none for our staying as long as we have.  No Elephants   Aug-22-11 02:45 AM   #36 
           - Iraq doesn't = Libya  AbortiononDemand   Aug-22-11 02:57 AM   #39 
           - For the record  Adenoid_Hynkel   Aug-22-11 03:30 AM   #42 
              - My bad  AbortiononDemand   Aug-22-11 11:08 AM   #58 
        - Also the UN authorized help for Libya which it never did for Iraq invasion. n/t  pampango   Aug-22-11 03:33 AM   #43 
  - Nope, they said no new oil contract negotiation, no troops on the ground.  joshcryer   Aug-22-11 01:43 AM   #21 
  - Yes. Stage 4 in the OIL WARS.  Mimosa   Aug-22-11 02:38 AM   #31 
  - okay now  drrichardpaul   Aug-22-11 12:06 AM   #8 
  - Touche'!  JohnnyRingo   Aug-22-11 12:44 AM   #13 
  - Being a NATO operation does not abrogate the Constitution of the United States.  No Elephants   Aug-22-11 02:39 AM   #32 
  - NATO, by its own rules, has no legal standing to have initiated hostilities there either  PurityOfEssence   Aug-22-11 12:06 PM   #60 
  - "You forgot Poland." nt.  harmonicon   Aug-22-11 05:35 AM   #50 
     - The war in Iraq was not a NATO exercise  JohnnyRingo   Aug-22-11 10:48 AM   #57 
        - Sure thing.... they're not similar at all. nt.  harmonicon   Aug-22-11 11:43 AM   #59 
  - welcome to DU  OKDem08   Aug-22-11 12:58 AM   #15 
  - Obama arguably withdrew hostilities within 12 days of acting, well within the War Powers Resolution.  joshcryer   Aug-22-11 01:45 AM   #22 
  - So you're saying the Americans have had no part in the bombing  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 01:55 AM   #26 
  - They gave NATO logistical support, yes.  joshcryer   Aug-22-11 02:13 AM   #27 
  - "arguably?" Would you have defended Dummya with a word like that?  No Elephants   Aug-22-11 02:43 AM   #35 
     - Well, I've searched for drone strike information.  joshcryer   Aug-22-11 04:09 AM   #45 
        - Great graphics  karynnj   Aug-22-11 09:00 AM   #55 
  - whatever  Skittles   Aug-22-11 02:52 AM   #38 
  - Beautiful statement of principle  bhikkhu   Aug-22-11 12:29 AM   #10 
  - I abhor the language of war. Sends my cynical hackles up. n/t  Ed Suspicious   Aug-22-11 12:41 AM   #11 
  - Good for Libya, good for the world at large.  JohnnyRingo   Aug-22-11 12:42 AM   #12 
  - "A season of conflict must lead to one of peace."  obxhead   Aug-22-11 12:55 AM   #14 
  - If their fruture goes well  AbortiononDemand   Aug-22-11 01:32 AM   #19 
  - Brzezinski speak ... ough  jakeXT   Aug-22-11 01:25 AM   #18 
  - Ah capitalism!  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 02:41 AM   #33 
  - Yet his daughter is almost as critical of Obama as Schmoe Scarborough.  No Elephants   Aug-22-11 02:47 AM   #37 
  - Damn you Obama!  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 01:51 AM   #23 
  - Could you be more specific?  AbortiononDemand   Aug-22-11 02:42 AM   #34 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-22-11 03:07 AM   #40 
  - Whole lotta people sad about Qadaffi being deposed in this thread. (nt)  Posteritatis   Aug-22-11 04:09 AM   #46 
  - Where ?  dipsydoodle   Aug-22-11 05:07 AM   #49 
  - As was to be expected  dipsydoodle   Aug-22-11 05:06 AM   #48 
  - "The future of Libya is now in the hands of the Libyan people." = bIG FAT LIE  indurancevile   Aug-22-11 05:39 AM   #51 
  - K & R  Scurrilous   Aug-22-11 06:43 AM   #53 
  - No NATO bases to be allowed in Libya  dipsydoodle   Aug-22-11 09:00 AM   #54 
 

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