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WE'RE AT WAR!! WAR!! WAR!! WAR!! (Original Post) 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 OP
Yup..nt darkangel218 Aug 2013 #1
Maybe the media can't multitask, but I sure as hell can. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #2
lol! HappyMe Aug 2013 #3
You must be an early iPad. No real multitasking capability. MineralMan Aug 2013 #4
Oh lawd Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #5
The US lurching ahead of the UN inspection time-table is telling. ~nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #8
I'm opposed to a strike on Syria and I do think we should wait for the UN findings Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #10
Informed conjecture perhaps 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #12
can I get a good price on a slave made lapel pin ? olddots Aug 2013 #6
GREAT!! Any volunteers? Bohemianwriter Aug 2013 #7
Now they can switch from the MOW to this shit instead .... Triana Aug 2013 #9
We've always been at war with Eastasia (eom). C_U_L8R Aug 2013 #11

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
2. Maybe the media can't multitask, but I sure as hell can.
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 03:08 PM
Aug 2013

Mark my words, this will backfire in some unexpected ways.

Like when the next whistleblower exposes the unsavory details of what I believe is about to happen (God forbid!) in Syria.

MineralMan

(146,242 posts)
4. You must be an early iPad. No real multitasking capability.
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 03:10 PM
Aug 2013

One has little to do with the other.

The world's complex. Multiple things are going on at the same time.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
5. Oh lawd
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 03:11 PM
Aug 2013

So the focus on the Syria chemical attacks is a conspiracy to distract from the so-called NSA "scandal" which Americans do not consider to be a top issue?

Ya, that makes total sense.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
10. I'm opposed to a strike on Syria and I do think we should wait for the UN findings
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 03:32 PM
Aug 2013

but I really don't think this has anything to do with the NSA issue. There's just no evidence of that.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
12. Informed conjecture perhaps
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 03:46 PM
Aug 2013

so you honestly don't think governments ever use war as a smoke-screen or
an excuse to stifle dissent?

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
6. can I get a good price on a slave made lapel pin ?
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 03:13 PM
Aug 2013

Go to Fux to see their groooovy graphics and sincere TV personalities telling us how proud we should be here in the Mother Land .

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
9. Now they can switch from the MOW to this shit instead ....
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 03:23 PM
Aug 2013

...and ignore that 50th anniversary - and civil rights - in favor of war.

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