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| 15. Spreading democracy via turning cities to rubble. It worked out well in the past. nt |
| -I support Obama and the military strikes against Libya |
thewiseguy |
Mar-19-11 03:05 PM |
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+1 |
Aryo |
Mar-19-11 03:07 PM |
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justice at the point of a cruise missile? |
GSLevel9 |
Mar-19-11 03:07 PM |
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What kind of justice you think Muammar was handing out? |
tabasco |
Mar-19-11 03:08 PM |
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so you supported the attack on Iraq then |
ReggieVeggie |
Mar-19-11 03:10 PM |
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Same argument, different facts. |
tabasco |
Mar-19-11 03:13 PM |
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He had the option of not shelling cities and went ahead after the resolution anyway |
Posteritatis |
Mar-19-11 03:19 PM |
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Unfortunately, he has kidnapped citizens |
tabatha |
Mar-19-11 03:07 PM |
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you haven't been reading the threads? |
ReggieVeggie |
Mar-19-11 03:07 PM |
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Mar-19-11 03:08 PM |
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Mar-19-11 03:09 PM |
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unRec n/t |
leftstreet |
Mar-19-11 03:08 PM |
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France should have stayed OUT of our Revolution! Their motives weren't pure. |
kenny blankenship |
Mar-19-11 03:09 PM |
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I mentioned that a few days ago to the sound of crickets. |
NoTimeToulouse |
Mar-19-11 03:59 PM |
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The Queen |
cedric |
Mar-19-11 04:24 PM |
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How quickly we forget. n/t |
isuphighyeah |
Mar-19-11 05:34 PM |
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Citizens ..... I think we get to return as subjects! |
BOHICA12 |
Mar-19-11 08:27 PM |
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Holy shit, y'all sound like repukes when Bush was war mongering? |
NightWatcher |
Mar-19-11 03:10 PM |
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I hear ya. This is scary shit in here. |
in_cog_ni_to |
Mar-19-11 03:22 PM |
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Yep. |
Luminous Animal |
Mar-19-11 03:23 PM |
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We are acting with others on behalf of the United Nations. It's not all about 'Merica |
RB TexLa |
Mar-19-11 04:29 PM |
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+1 |
LWolf |
Mar-19-11 08:08 PM |
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i don't know whether it's the best thing to do but i know it's not for the oil |
JI7 |
Mar-19-11 03:10 PM |
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Mar-19-11 03:10 PM |
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Jesus fucking Christ. Now posters are determining whether or not "you belong here" Unfuckingreal. nt |
jezebel |
Mar-19-11 03:12 PM |
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Unreal, isn't it? Somebody turn on the lights so they'll scatter. nt |
DevonRex |
Mar-19-11 03:16 PM |
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"Alert" is your recourse..." |
hlthe2b |
Mar-19-11 03:21 PM |
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It's not working. |
DevonRex |
Mar-19-11 03:23 PM |
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Repeating fibs isn't productive. |
jaxx |
Mar-19-11 03:14 PM |
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Apparently feels nice, though. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Mar-19-11 03:22 PM |
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Hahahaha. Well, I don't think YOU are a progressive. |
DevonRex |
Mar-19-11 03:15 PM |
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Just joined today and telling people |
countingbluecars |
Mar-19-11 03:16 PM |
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Ghaddafi is actively bombing and shelling his own people |
thewiseguy |
Mar-19-11 03:17 PM |
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You joined DU today and you're deciding who belongs here? |
Faygo Kid |
Mar-19-11 03:20 PM |
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You join DU today... |
jefferson_dem |
Mar-19-11 03:20 PM |
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I also support military assistance to the Anti-Ghaddafi forces. |
Throd |
Mar-19-11 03:11 PM |
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THIS is what we should be doing. |
LAGC |
Mar-19-11 03:16 PM |
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Spreading democracy via turning cities to rubble. It worked out well in the past. nt |
Modern_Matthew |
Mar-19-11 03:11 PM |
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I do, too, but I also understand why some people are against it. |
gateley |
Mar-19-11 03:11 PM |
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I agree |
cedric |
Mar-19-11 04:28 PM |
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According to AJE's Birntly, in Benghazi, the city endured 14 hours of shelling/bombing yesterday |
Adsos Letter |
Mar-19-11 03:12 PM |
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I support Obama, but I want us to stay home |
ecstatic |
Mar-19-11 03:16 PM |
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I've always wondered what the "It's none of our business" folks do about domestic abuse next door |
Zynx |
Mar-19-11 03:17 PM |
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I beat up my neighbor's wife to prevent him from doing it n/t |
leftstreet |
Mar-19-11 03:19 PM |
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so, you supported the Iraq invasion |
ReggieVeggie |
Mar-19-11 03:19 PM |
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Help with what money? I thought we were in debt |
ecstatic |
Mar-19-11 03:20 PM |
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+1. |
jefferson_dem |
Mar-19-11 03:18 PM |
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Want to throw in a chorus of "God Bless America" and a cheer for the MIC? |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Mar-19-11 03:18 PM |
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My problem is |
pipoman |
Mar-19-11 03:21 PM |
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I do agree with that sentiment |
thewiseguy |
Mar-19-11 03:27 PM |
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The media doesn't exist in a vacuum |
daleo |
Mar-19-11 03:42 PM |
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I support Obama, I dont support this action at this time |
Uzybone |
Mar-19-11 03:23 PM |
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Lets murder some civilians, I'm sure THAT will make it better |
Taitertots |
Mar-19-11 03:26 PM |
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I am sure the civilian casualties will not be anywhere close to what Ghaddafi has done |
thewiseguy |
Mar-19-11 03:29 PM |
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Uh, last time I checked... |
LAGC |
Mar-19-11 03:31 PM |
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Being "human shields" means they put the bullseye on themselves and they are no longer acting |
TheKentuckian |
Mar-19-11 04:09 PM |
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Because our bombs only hit the bad people |
Taitertots |
Mar-19-11 03:45 PM |
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As long as it's a quickie. But I agree, something needed to be done. |
jillan |
Mar-19-11 03:26 PM |
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K & R |
Scurrilous |
Mar-19-11 03:30 PM |
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So just being a thug dictator who kills civilians is enough |
kudzu22 |
Mar-19-11 03:31 PM |
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In 24 hours, it has already escalated from a No Fly Zone.... |
bvar22 |
Mar-19-11 04:13 PM |
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Good point |
kudzu22 |
Mar-19-11 05:20 PM |
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Well, Actually, That Was Part of the Resolution |
On the Road |
Mar-20-11 12:06 PM |
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I smell work for Halliburton and Blackwater on the horizon - get out those contracts now. |
sad sally |
Mar-20-11 10:11 PM |
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i've reached overload |
shireen |
Mar-19-11 03:32 PM |
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Bahrain's been protesting longer and doesn't have a military revolutionary provisional government |
PurityOfEssence |
Mar-19-11 03:32 PM |
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Who gonna pay for it? |
grahamhgreen |
Mar-19-11 03:35 PM |
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How about the banks |
cedric |
Mar-19-11 04:30 PM |
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Our intervention will kill thousands of civilians, maybe more |
daleo |
Mar-19-11 03:38 PM |
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It always seems that the US government's interventions kill numerous civilians |
The Northerner |
Mar-19-11 04:05 PM |
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K&r +1000000 |
meow mix |
Mar-19-11 03:44 PM |
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Maybe some of the other ME countries we send billions in military aid could handle this one? |
DirkGently |
Mar-19-11 03:47 PM |
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Good for you, but for me it doesn't cut it. nt |
NorthCarolina |
Mar-19-11 03:48 PM |
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See, there's always |
pecwae |
Mar-19-11 04:00 PM |
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So you were cheering when we went into Iraq because of the treatment of the Kurds? nt |
Ringo-san |
Mar-19-11 04:00 PM |
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I don't |
slay |
Mar-19-11 04:06 PM |
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As long as you're OK with whoever the "rebels" are. |
bvar22 |
Mar-19-11 04:06 PM |
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ney war mongers. |
lonestarnot |
Mar-19-11 04:08 PM |
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It is absolutely the right thing to do. nt |
Cognitive_Resonance |
Mar-19-11 04:11 PM |
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Do you have ANY idea WHO we are fighting for? |
bvar22 |
Mar-19-11 04:17 PM |
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Revolution throughout the Arab world led by young people hungry for democracy. nt |
Cognitive_Resonance |
Mar-19-11 04:20 PM |
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YEAH! that SOUNDS good. |
bvar22 |
Mar-19-11 04:38 PM |
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We do know the outcome if nothing is done. Qaddafi promised his people no mercy. Time for action nt |
Cognitive_Resonance |
Mar-19-11 04:45 PM |
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Your World is so simple. I almost envy you. |
bvar22 |
Mar-19-11 05:02 PM |
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I'm glad, in this instance, that we are not sitting on our hands while that freak wipes people away |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-19-11 04:16 PM |
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It's funny that you're here, playing on the internets, |
Critters2 |
Mar-19-11 04:19 PM |
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+2 |
itsrobert |
Mar-19-11 04:20 PM |
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Did Libya and four other Arab countries get involved in OUR Civil War? |
HR_Pufnstuf |
Mar-19-11 04:22 PM |
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Our world was hardly "global" |
isuphighyeah |
Mar-19-11 05:41 PM |
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I do too! |
Change Happens |
Mar-19-11 04:24 PM |
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If we don't, the Arab Spring is dead as well. |
Iterate |
Mar-19-11 05:17 PM |
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The recommendations are coming so fast that when I gave one it went up by two! n/t |
LoZoccolo |
Mar-19-11 05:21 PM |
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I reluctantly do also.. |
sendero |
Mar-19-11 05:23 PM |
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So do I. K&R |
Waiting For Everyman |
Mar-19-11 05:30 PM |
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Same here. It's way overdue. n/t |
isuphighyeah |
Mar-19-11 05:44 PM |
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You do realize those are American cruise missiles that were dropped, right? |
Initech |
Mar-19-11 05:43 PM |
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We make them, we sell them, and then we go to war with our customers. nt |
LWolf |
Mar-19-11 08:08 PM |
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K&R |
SpartanDem |
Mar-19-11 07:56 PM |
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Of course you do. nt |
TBF |
Mar-19-11 08:32 PM |
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