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In reply to the discussion: So now we're going into Syria [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)37. And again, where was the rest of the world?
Why are we the ones spending our fortune on war while our own people are dying on the streets of our cities?
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if it had brought the war to a quicker end, preserved the union and gotten rid of slavery,
arely staircase
Aug 2012
#69
It's the oil: we must keep our grip on the ME no matter what the cost, because oil is our lifeblood
NickB79
Aug 2012
#149
You know, it's going to come out that casualties went up after Obama signed off on this, don't you?
leveymg
Aug 2012
#88
Oh yes, I am sure it will be a Romney campaign tactic to say Obama is too forceful of a CINC.
stevenleser
Aug 2012
#176
Its a very valid point. Servicepeople would much rather drones get shot at instead of them. nt
stevenleser
Aug 2012
#177
he's been in power for 12 years, & his father before him. it's a wonder there are any people left
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#110
The United States isn't being attacked by Syria, so our aggression can't be styled "self defense".
Romulox
Aug 2012
#16
Then, by definition, the US isn't involved in "self defense" in Syria. It was a gaffe to mention it.
Romulox
Aug 2012
#171
Right, but this thread is about *US INVOLVEMENT* in that conflict. By definition, "not self defense"
Romulox
Aug 2012
#174
And because all Arabs think alike and act alike, we can predict the results...
Jeff In Milwaukee
Aug 2012
#56
why use Afghanistan as the example when Libya is probably a closer comparison?
arely staircase
Aug 2012
#150
kosovo, a mafia-run state with 45% unemployment & growing radical islam, another great success
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#182
which part do you deny, mafia-run, unemployment figures, influence of radical islam, or color
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#184
if the 'murderous dictator' you're talking about is milosevic, he was in power 11 years, 8 as pres
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#187
South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, and Japan (among others) would differ with your assessment
Hippo_Tron
Aug 2012
#167
There is no evidence that the Free Syrian Army is really primarily made up of Syrians
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#15
There's evidence they include outside forces. There's evidence they're armed by outside forces.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#117
Sure there is. I don't have a lot of time today to google but here's just one story from DU
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#142
It looks like Obama's campaign will coincide with a new military adventure... nt
Romulox
Aug 2012
#17
I've been trying to understand this, but I can't. He must know something we don't.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#22
Iran's just not going to happen. Would've figured people would get that by now. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#104
Tell me one I haven't heard scores of times every year for the past eleven. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#122
"I'm better off watching women's badmitten." Now you've moved to sexism, and misspelling sexism...
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2012
#129
A bit of a slip up there? I understand though, your righteous indignation got the better of you.
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2012
#126
Maybe he should call them "Contras" to justify us getting involved in another civil war.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2012
#48
I agree with you and Assad, let him slaughter his own citizens and we should do nothing.
Ikonoklast
Aug 2012
#50
NIce to see you have used at least four different Straw Men arguments in this thread.
Ikonoklast
Aug 2012
#82
I am glad that the Syrian people will have the means at their disposal to fight Assad.
Ikonoklast
Aug 2012
#92
If it's a "secretive order", how the hell did common dreams find out about it?
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2012
#91
I was referring to earlier US efforts to end democracy, i.e., Iraq and in Palestine, earlier still
librechik
Aug 2012
#139
you got it. Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and iran. and all the war hawks at DU seem
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#135
My daughter was a few weeks old when my brother flew out to meet his ship in the Gulf
Marrah_G
Aug 2012
#181
depends on what you mean by "success". our media isn't much for reporting the aftermath
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#136
+1000. Notice it's always the same group, the issue doesn't really matter. "Obama Bad"!
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2012
#130
What could possibly go wrong? See Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Honduras, Congo, etc for precedents.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2012
#141