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Nancy Waterman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:10 PM Original message |
US limited role is brilliant!! |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. ITA. A real UN coalition, led not by us but by others. And it's at the request |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too little too late |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Complain to the UN, then. nt |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Typical result of depending on UN bureaucracy! |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The alternative to depending on UN bureaucracy is infinitely worse. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Do not be surprised if Libya outlasts Afghan & Iraq wars |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. While I agree in spirit with your post |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Should be priority number one |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. US officials: US prepares for sea-based missile launch against Libyan air defenses |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. seriously? So then you are about to be wildly disappointed. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. I have to agree... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes it is! |
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cedric (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's all down to self interest |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. those missiles destroyed air defenses that put French, British, and Canadian Jets at risk |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Correct, these were to be expected.... The French surveyed the missile sights.... |
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bigdarryl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Limited role MY ASS!!! you have Have Hillary making statements then Obama |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Whoops n/t |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. 100 (so far) cruise missiles is "vague"? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. We didn't supply all those. That was a total number along with French missles. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. Too late for celebrating - just being reported US air power is firing just outside Tripoli |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. 3 wars simultaneously is not cheap |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. False meme. There's one war and it will soon end. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. stop making irrelevant and illogical posts |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. lol! I am logically refuting your false meme, which is quite relevant. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Yeah. Just like Korea was just a Police Action and Vietnam was just a Conflict. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Apples and oranges. Contact the UN for clarification. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Right. The UN supported us in Korea but not Vietnam. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. So what? Apples and oranges. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. OK. So which do you prefer? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. For some people, everything boils down to $$$. Not I. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Just trying to clarify your vague post. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. My original post is very clear. I refuted the false "3 wars" meme so beloved by some people. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I agree about the false meme thing. |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. While there is a valid conversation to be had on war spending... |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I understand the need for essential wars, I am questioning priorities |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
59. we have to play world policeman. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. The US is proving you wrong. All it's doing is protecting French and British flight crews from ships |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. Agreed. n/t |
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Raine1967 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. Agreed. |
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HR_Pufnstuf (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. What's limited? |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. I agree, even with the addition of cruise missile support... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. LOL. |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. from what the BBC is reporting |
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Top Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. I agree.. Brilliant move by the adminstration. |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. You can't argue with the team work but you can argue with our involvement in Libya. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. I was impressed that it was the US that was dragging their heels |
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gmaki (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. Rare you get to see someone eat their own words an hour later. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. We're bombarding Libya with hundreds upon hundreds of MISSILES. That's hardly |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Wrong. There's been 112 so far, not "hundreds upon hundreds". |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. Such a brilliant move |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Get your answer here... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
54. War is never brilliant. Never. n/t |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. right. And "limited" is a BS word -- of course it is limited |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
57. Uhh... "we are supporting in some vague way.." ?? This is a "U.S. led Coalition." |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
58. Wow, I've been posting on the wrong subforum. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
60. We have a coalition of countries willing to fight. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
61. Let's See How Long The U.S. Role Stays "Limited." |
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