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15. Spreading democracy via turning cities to rubble. It worked out well in the past. nt
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  -I support Obama and the military strikes against Libya thewiseguy  Mar-19-11 03:05 PM   #0 
  - +1  Aryo   Mar-19-11 03:07 PM   #1 
  - justice at the point of a cruise missile?  GSLevel9   Mar-19-11 03:07 PM   #2 
  - What kind of justice you think Muammar was handing out?  tabasco   Mar-19-11 03:08 PM   #6 
  - so you supported the attack on Iraq then  ReggieVeggie   Mar-19-11 03:10 PM   #13 
     - Same argument, different facts.  tabasco   Mar-19-11 03:13 PM   #19 
  - He had the option of not shelling cities and went ahead after the resolution anyway  Posteritatis   Mar-19-11 03:19 PM   #32 
  - Unfortunately, he has kidnapped citizens  tabatha   Mar-19-11 03:07 PM   #3 
  - you haven't been reading the threads?  ReggieVeggie   Mar-19-11 03:07 PM   #4 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-19-11 03:08 PM   #5 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-19-11 03:09 PM   #8 
  - unRec n/t  leftstreet   Mar-19-11 03:08 PM   #7 
  - France should have stayed OUT of our Revolution! Their motives weren't pure.  kenny blankenship   Mar-19-11 03:09 PM   #9 
  - I mentioned that a few days ago to the sound of crickets.  NoTimeToulouse   Mar-19-11 03:59 PM   #59 
  - The Queen  cedric   Mar-19-11 04:24 PM   #76 
     - How quickly we forget. n/t  isuphighyeah   Mar-19-11 05:34 PM   #88 
     - Citizens ..... I think we get to return as subjects!  BOHICA12   Mar-19-11 08:27 PM   #95 
  - Holy shit, y'all sound like repukes when Bush was war mongering?  NightWatcher   Mar-19-11 03:10 PM   #10 
  - I hear ya. This is scary shit in here.  in_cog_ni_to   Mar-19-11 03:22 PM   #38 
  - Yep.  Luminous Animal   Mar-19-11 03:23 PM   #42 
  - 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   #78 
  - +1  LWolf   Mar-19-11 08:08 PM   #94 
  - 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   #11 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-19-11 03:10 PM   #12 
  - Jesus fucking Christ. Now posters are determining whether or not "you belong here" Unfuckingreal. nt  jezebel   Mar-19-11 03:12 PM   #17 
  - Unreal, isn't it? Somebody turn on the lights so they'll scatter. nt  DevonRex   Mar-19-11 03:16 PM   #24 
  - "Alert" is your recourse..."  hlthe2b   Mar-19-11 03:21 PM   #36 
     - It's not working.  DevonRex   Mar-19-11 03:23 PM   #40 
  - Repeating fibs isn't productive.  jaxx   Mar-19-11 03:14 PM   #20 
  - Apparently feels nice, though. (nt)  Posteritatis   Mar-19-11 03:22 PM   #39 
  - Hahahaha. Well, I don't think YOU are a progressive.  DevonRex   Mar-19-11 03:15 PM   #21 
  - Just joined today and telling people  countingbluecars   Mar-19-11 03:16 PM   #23 
  - Ghaddafi is actively bombing and shelling his own people  thewiseguy   Mar-19-11 03:17 PM   #26 
  - You joined DU today and you're deciding who belongs here?  Faygo Kid   Mar-19-11 03:20 PM   #33 
  - You join DU today...  jefferson_dem   Mar-19-11 03:20 PM   #34 
  - I also support military assistance to the Anti-Ghaddafi forces.  Throd   Mar-19-11 03:11 PM   #14 
  - THIS is what we should be doing.  LAGC   Mar-19-11 03:16 PM   #22 
  - Spreading democracy via turning cities to rubble. It worked out well in the past. nt  Modern_Matthew   Mar-19-11 03:11 PM   #15 
  - I do, too, but I also understand why some people are against it.  gateley   Mar-19-11 03:11 PM   #16 
  - I agree  cedric   Mar-19-11 04:28 PM   #77 
  - According to AJE's Birntly, in Benghazi, the city endured 14 hours of shelling/bombing yesterday  Adsos Letter   Mar-19-11 03:12 PM   #18 
  - I support Obama, but I want us to stay home  ecstatic   Mar-19-11 03:16 PM   #25 
  - 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   #27 
  - I beat up my neighbor's wife to prevent him from doing it n/t  leftstreet   Mar-19-11 03:19 PM   #30 
  - so, you supported the Iraq invasion  ReggieVeggie   Mar-19-11 03:19 PM   #31 
  - Help with what money? I thought we were in debt  ecstatic   Mar-19-11 03:20 PM   #35 
  - +1.  jefferson_dem   Mar-19-11 03:18 PM   #28 
  - 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   #29 
  - My problem is  pipoman   Mar-19-11 03:21 PM   #37 
  - I do agree with that sentiment  thewiseguy   Mar-19-11 03:27 PM   #45 
     - The media doesn't exist in a vacuum  daleo   Mar-19-11 03:42 PM   #54 
  - I support Obama, I dont support this action at this time  Uzybone   Mar-19-11 03:23 PM   #41 
  - Lets murder some civilians, I'm sure THAT will make it better  Taitertots   Mar-19-11 03:26 PM   #43 
  - I am sure the civilian casualties will not be anywhere close to what Ghaddafi has done  thewiseguy   Mar-19-11 03:29 PM   #46 
     - Uh, last time I checked...  LAGC   Mar-19-11 03:31 PM   #49 
     - Being "human shields" means they put the bullseye on themselves and they are no longer acting  TheKentuckian   Mar-19-11 04:09 PM   #66 
     - Because our bombs only hit the bad people  Taitertots   Mar-19-11 03:45 PM   #56 
  - As long as it's a quickie. But I agree, something needed to be done.  jillan   Mar-19-11 03:26 PM   #44 
  - K & R  Scurrilous   Mar-19-11 03:30 PM   #47 
  - So just being a thug dictator who kills civilians is enough  kudzu22   Mar-19-11 03:31 PM   #48 
  - In 24 hours, it has already escalated from a No Fly Zone....  bvar22   Mar-19-11 04:13 PM   #68 
     - Good point  kudzu22   Mar-19-11 05:20 PM   #84 
     - Well, Actually, That Was Part of the Resolution  On the Road   Mar-20-11 12:06 PM   #97 
     - I smell work for Halliburton and Blackwater on the horizon - get out those contracts now.  sad sally   Mar-20-11 10:11 PM   #98 
  - i've reached overload  shireen   Mar-19-11 03:32 PM   #50 
  - Bahrain's been protesting longer and doesn't have a military revolutionary provisional government  PurityOfEssence   Mar-19-11 03:32 PM   #51 
  - Who gonna pay for it?  grahamhgreen   Mar-19-11 03:35 PM   #52 
  - How about the banks  cedric   Mar-19-11 04:30 PM   #79 
  - Our intervention will kill thousands of civilians, maybe more  daleo   Mar-19-11 03:38 PM   #53 
  - It always seems that the US government's interventions kill numerous civilians  The Northerner   Mar-19-11 04:05 PM   #62 
  - K&r +1000000  meow mix   Mar-19-11 03:44 PM   #55 
  - Maybe some of the other ME countries we send billions in military aid could handle this one?  DirkGently   Mar-19-11 03:47 PM   #57 
  - Good for you, but for me it doesn't cut it. nt  NorthCarolina   Mar-19-11 03:48 PM   #58 
  - See, there's always  pecwae   Mar-19-11 04:00 PM   #60 
  - 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   #61 
  - I don't  slay   Mar-19-11 04:06 PM   #63 
  - As long as you're OK with whoever the "rebels" are.  bvar22   Mar-19-11 04:06 PM   #64 
  - ney war mongers.  lonestarnot   Mar-19-11 04:08 PM   #65 
  - It is absolutely the right thing to do. nt  Cognitive_Resonance   Mar-19-11 04:11 PM   #67 
  - Do you have ANY idea WHO we are fighting for?  bvar22   Mar-19-11 04:17 PM   #70 
     - Revolution throughout the Arab world led by young people hungry for democracy. nt  Cognitive_Resonance   Mar-19-11 04:20 PM   #73 
        - YEAH! that SOUNDS good.  bvar22   Mar-19-11 04:38 PM   #80 
           - 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   #81 
              - Your World is so simple. I almost envy you.  bvar22   Mar-19-11 05:02 PM   #82 
  - 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   #69 
  - It's funny that you're here, playing on the internets,  Critters2   Mar-19-11 04:19 PM   #71 
  - +2  itsrobert   Mar-19-11 04:20 PM   #72 
  - Did Libya and four other Arab countries get involved in OUR Civil War?  HR_Pufnstuf   Mar-19-11 04:22 PM   #74 
  - Our world was hardly "global"  isuphighyeah   Mar-19-11 05:41 PM   #89 
  - I do too!  Change Happens   Mar-19-11 04:24 PM   #75 
  - If we don't, the Arab Spring is dead as well.  Iterate   Mar-19-11 05:17 PM   #83 
  - 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   #85 
  - I reluctantly do also..  sendero   Mar-19-11 05:23 PM   #86 
  - So do I. K&R  Waiting For Everyman   Mar-19-11 05:30 PM   #87 
  - Same here. It's way overdue. n/t  isuphighyeah   Mar-19-11 05:44 PM   #91 
  - You do realize those are American cruise missiles that were dropped, right?  Initech   Mar-19-11 05:43 PM   #90 
  - We make them, we sell them, and then we go to war with our customers. nt  LWolf   Mar-19-11 08:08 PM   #93 
  - K&R  SpartanDem   Mar-19-11 07:56 PM   #92 
  - Of course you do. nt  TBF   Mar-19-11 08:32 PM   #96 
 

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