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Fri Oct-21-11 01:18 AM
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| 58. Lol, I was thinking the same thing. Maybe s/he just expresses |
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HER/HIS opinions, regardless of the party, something I can respect even if I often disagree.
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| -I don't get it...why are people supporting taking down Qaddafi but not Saddam Hussein? |
dkf |
Oct-20-11 11:08 PM |
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Saddam Hussein had more tasteful fashion sense. |
Orrex |
Oct-20-11 11:10 PM |
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Just as an aside, I completely agree. |
PurityOfEssence |
Oct-21-11 02:46 PM |
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Oct-20-11 11:12 PM |
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If I could rec a thousand times I would. At least someone is |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-21-11 12:15 AM |
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It is odd how things are shaping up, isn't it? |
dkf |
Oct-21-11 02:32 AM |
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Thousands of U.S. casualties |
ThoughtCriminal |
Oct-20-11 11:12 PM |
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+1 |
lifesbeautifulmagic |
Oct-20-11 11:13 PM |
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They thought Iraq would be easy. |
dkf |
Oct-20-11 11:14 PM |
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Bush lied |
ThoughtCriminal |
Oct-20-11 11:23 PM |
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So let's say Iraq hadn't happened, and the Shia and Kurds decide to uprise... |
dkf |
Oct-20-11 11:27 PM |
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So it is Perpendicular |
ThoughtCriminal |
Oct-20-11 11:43 PM |
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No George W Bush shock and awe... |
dkf |
Oct-20-11 11:55 PM |
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That would be up to the people in Alternate-Universe Iraq |
ThoughtCriminal |
Oct-21-11 12:04 AM |
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What do you think the no fly zones and sanctions and all the other |
alcibiades_mystery |
Oct-21-11 07:18 AM |
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If the UN authorizes it. No one was going to intervene in Libya without UN approval. |
pampango |
Oct-21-11 03:17 PM |
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Bush not only lied, but he was going on a UN resolution from 1991. He had no unilateral support... |
joshcryer |
Oct-21-11 12:21 AM |
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Qaddafi was not |
polmaven |
Oct-21-11 06:32 AM |
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This war, like Iraq, is just beginning. |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-21-11 01:16 AM |
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According to NATO |
bighart |
Oct-21-11 09:12 AM |
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You seem to be having a problem with simple logic.. |
Fumesucker |
Oct-20-11 11:15 PM |
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Tribalism |
Danse |
Oct-20-11 11:19 PM |
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Iokiyad. |
dkf |
Oct-20-11 11:20 PM |
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Took me a minute. |
tblue |
Oct-20-11 11:53 PM |
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That's about the size of it. nt |
RaleighNCDUer |
Oct-20-11 11:43 PM |
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Shh! Don't reveal the secret playbook! |
Ignis |
Oct-21-11 02:37 PM |
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I believe in the rule of law and leadership without lies or wars of plunder |
mmonk |
Oct-20-11 11:17 PM |
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Because they're hypocrites. |
Youth Uprising |
Oct-20-11 11:19 PM |
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I think hell just froze over. |
white_wolf |
Oct-20-11 11:21 PM |
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I know, right? nt |
PETRUS |
Oct-20-11 11:42 PM |
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.. |
leftstreet |
Oct-20-11 11:42 PM |
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I feel woozy too. |
JVS |
Oct-21-11 12:18 AM |
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Lol, I was thinking the same thing. Maybe s/he just expresses |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-21-11 01:18 AM |
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yep! - and not the first time in my personal experience, either! |
inna |
Oct-21-11 01:31 AM |
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Yes OP is definitely Concerned over this |
devilgrrl |
Oct-21-11 08:28 AM |
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I think Bush the Older should have finished him off in 1991. |
ellisonz |
Oct-20-11 11:24 PM |
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Exactly. Had we destroyed the retreating forces the Shiite uprising would have taken care of Saddam |
FarCenter |
Oct-21-11 08:48 AM |
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That is because the coalition would have splintered |
rpannier |
Oct-22-11 04:49 AM |
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Lets make it 2 out of 3 when Syria is next |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-20-11 11:36 PM |
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Agreed |
Danse |
Oct-20-11 11:43 PM |
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Ug. Bush Bad. Ug. Obama Good. With us or against us. Shut up. |
PurityOfEssence |
Oct-20-11 11:47 PM |
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It's mind-blowing. |
tblue |
Oct-20-11 11:51 PM |
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That's pretty much the way I see it, too - |
lynne |
Oct-20-11 11:55 PM |
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Oct-20-11 11:51 PM |
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I have no idea what you are talking about. |
Rex |
Oct-20-11 11:57 PM |
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You are right. Yikes. |
dkf |
Oct-21-11 12:08 AM |
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pan am flight 103 ?? |
spanone |
Oct-20-11 11:58 PM |
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I am very curious to know what we said to the Brits about releasing the Pan Am bomber. |
dkf |
Oct-21-11 12:05 AM |
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He was the *convicted* "Pan-Am bomber". He probably didn't do it. |
Spider Jerusalem |
Oct-21-11 09:17 PM |
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That was never an issue when he became our new best friend |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-21-11 01:23 AM |
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Who is this "we" |
thucythucy |
Oct-21-11 07:57 PM |
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It's easy to explain. It's not who was taken down, but who's in charge at the time of the take down. |
Balbus |
Oct-21-11 12:02 AM |
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Wrong - it's also about how you deal with Bad Guys |
ThoughtCriminal |
Oct-21-11 12:12 AM |
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Might as well just assassinate them then. |
dkf |
Oct-21-11 12:24 AM |
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I don't think so |
ThoughtCriminal |
Oct-21-11 12:29 AM |
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We have a sizable chunk, maybe the majority who care more about the who than the what. |
TheKentuckian |
Oct-21-11 12:09 AM |
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Jonestown* |
ellisonz |
Oct-21-11 02:50 AM |
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Hehee, quite right |
TheKentuckian |
Oct-21-11 08:27 AM |
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This time their team is doing it. |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-21-11 12:11 AM |
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simply put with this poster, yep! |
SammyWinstonJack |
Oct-21-11 01:01 AM |
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because there is a Dem in the White House |
TorchTheWitch |
Oct-21-11 12:11 AM |
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Looks like you're still pursuing here arguments that arose in your other thread |
pinboy3niner |
Oct-21-11 12:20 AM |
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Idiotic comparison. |
geek tragedy |
Oct-21-11 12:25 AM |
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Plus, less people died than in Castro's Angola. It was a purely internationalist effort. |
joshcryer |
Oct-21-11 12:29 AM |
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So you do support taking down Saddam Hussein. You just don't like the way we did it? |
dkf |
Oct-21-11 12:33 AM |
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I support popular uprisings against dictators. |
geek tragedy |
Oct-21-11 12:36 AM |
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They killed him you know...the Iraqis I mean. |
dkf |
Oct-21-11 12:45 AM |
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After we invaded. |
geek tragedy |
Oct-21-11 12:48 AM |
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And after we invaded Libya and according to the reports |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-21-11 03:31 PM |
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taking out saddam was as stupid as george w bush was stupid |
ldf |
Oct-21-11 08:51 PM |
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We should have a secret commitee |
obliviously |
Oct-21-11 12:26 AM |
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Libya was a popular revolution with no US casualties. |
AngkorWot |
Oct-21-11 12:28 AM |
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+1. What is so hard to understand about this? nt |
killbotfactory |
Oct-21-11 09:07 PM |
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Simple. Bush. n/t |
greytdemocrat |
Oct-21-11 12:44 AM |
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Many dem establishment types only supported the anti-iraq war movement for |
dameocrat67 |
Oct-21-11 12:46 AM |
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+1 They grabbed the midterms being anti-war. Then promptly gave Bush more war $$ |
leftstreet |
Oct-21-11 01:00 AM |
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In Libya, we aided a popular revolution in a way that minimized civilian deaths |
bhikkhu |
Oct-21-11 12:54 AM |
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The transitional council apparently made a deal for Libyas oil profits |
dameocrat67 |
Oct-21-11 01:03 AM |
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lol...Got a link? |
ellisonz |
Oct-21-11 02:51 AM |
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yep |
dameocrat67 |
Oct-21-11 06:25 AM |
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Oh - an "alleged secret deal" |
bhikkhu |
Oct-21-11 09:18 AM |
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Well the oil wells are back working as of today, it was reported on MSNBC |
Javaman |
Oct-21-11 09:52 AM |
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Much of Libyan production was leased out in 2004-2006 |
bhikkhu |
Oct-21-11 10:07 AM |
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It was leased out under gaddafi... |
Javaman |
Oct-21-11 10:11 AM |
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Nevertheless, the contracts stay the same |
bhikkhu |
Oct-21-11 10:31 AM |
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Why would they change? It all depends on who becomes the new leader. |
Javaman |
Oct-21-11 10:50 AM |
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" There will be a lot of tribal warfare, most of which will go unreported, to take their share..." |
ellisonz |
Oct-21-11 06:47 PM |
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No, I have read extensively about that part of the world. |
Javaman |
Oct-22-11 12:16 AM |
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Juan Cole: Those who expect Libya now to fragment ... are likely to be disappointed. |
pampango |
Oct-22-11 05:03 AM |
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did I ever say fragment? |
Javaman |
Oct-22-11 07:49 AM |
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Um, we went to Iraq initially based on lies. But we also went |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-21-11 01:30 AM |
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"we aided a popular revolution in a way that minimized civilian deaths " |
inna |
Oct-21-11 01:39 AM |
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Less deaths than Castro comitted in Angola. He called it an internationalist war. |
joshcryer |
Oct-21-11 02:25 AM |
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Oy. Fucking. Vey. |
inna |
Oct-21-11 02:36 AM |
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funny thing... |
unionworks |
Oct-21-11 01:42 AM |
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I don't understand where we got the justification for continuing the conflict. |
BlueCheese |
Oct-21-11 01:52 AM |
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Because the people of libya rose up |
Confusious |
Oct-21-11 02:06 AM |
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The Iraqi people were certainly overjoyed to have Saddam gone. |
BlueCheese |
Oct-21-11 02:36 AM |
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CJCRANE |
Oct-21-11 06:39 AM |
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I think the answer is obvious |
bhikkhu |
Oct-21-11 10:15 AM |
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I gave you the answer already |
Confusious |
Oct-21-11 02:39 PM |
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I see. |
BlueCheese |
Oct-21-11 03:19 PM |
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They asked for help, what don't you get about that? |
Confusious |
Oct-21-11 07:45 PM |
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Last word from me. Tired of all the fighting on DU. |
BlueCheese |
Oct-21-11 09:11 PM |
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Nice timing |
Confusious |
Oct-22-11 04:17 AM |
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Some of the people of Libya rose up and slaughtered some other people |
eridani |
Oct-21-11 02:36 AM |
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You make no sense. eom |
Confusious |
Oct-21-11 07:48 PM |
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Exactly |
loyalsister |
Oct-21-11 02:52 AM |
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It's the price tag: in terms of the number of our youth killed or maimed, |
99th_Monkey |
Oct-21-11 02:30 AM |
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200 American civilians died in Qaddafi's attack on the Pan Am flight. How many Americans did |
pnwmom |
Oct-21-11 02:52 AM |
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I actually never supported our involvement in... |
a la izquierda |
Oct-21-11 03:10 AM |
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Then set your head at ease |
The Traveler |
Oct-21-11 03:14 AM |
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Was Saddam worth $2 trillion & 5000 American lives? |
baldguy |
Oct-21-11 05:41 AM |
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Simple really |
MrDiaz |
Oct-21-11 05:52 AM |
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Iraq is too big to fail. In Iraq the U.S. has put itself in permanent no win situation |
Douglas Carpenter |
Oct-21-11 06:17 AM |
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Fantastically dumb comparison. |
trumad |
Oct-21-11 06:22 AM |
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Saddam had never attacked the US, but a significant percentage of Americans |
malaise |
Oct-21-11 06:37 AM |
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How much US effort went into (and is still going into) taking down Saddam, vs. Qaddafi? |
eShirl |
Oct-21-11 07:06 AM |
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Because Invading Iraq was not the right way to acheive the removal of Saddam. |
JoePhilly |
Oct-21-11 07:14 AM |
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For me, it's Lockerbie and the murder of all those people. n/t |
Greybnk48 |
Oct-21-11 09:25 AM |
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Because those fucking phony's don't care about war, only what they can use as a moral soapbox. |
Township75 |
Oct-21-11 09:34 AM |
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Who is "people"? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-21-11 10:23 AM |
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Yes too much downside when we are involved in changing other country's leaders. |
dkf |
Oct-21-11 08:56 PM |
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It's the occupation of Iraq that I opposed. |
dawg |
Oct-21-11 10:24 AM |
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because it's convenient |
Puzzledtraveller |
Oct-21-11 10:29 AM |
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I must have missed our enormous invasion of Libya. nt |
Codeine |
Oct-21-11 10:31 AM |
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Oct-21-11 10:39 AM |
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I would guess that many other people see additional perspectives |
LanternWaste |
Oct-21-11 11:02 AM |
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Because 9-11 changed everything |
sibelian |
Oct-21-11 02:50 PM |
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Libya was a rebellion we supported, not an invasion |
Motown_Johnny |
Oct-21-11 07:49 PM |
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I don't get why people are apparently too thick to see the difference... |
Spider Jerusalem |
Oct-21-11 09:16 PM |
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It's easier to intentionally blur the distinction between Obama and Bush |
Telly Savalas |
Oct-21-11 09:54 PM |
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Oppression vs. liberation |
liberal N proud |
Oct-22-11 04:58 AM |
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