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Kaleva

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20. We won't be held responsible

Reply to ColinC (Reply #19)

Sun Mar 27, 2022, 02:28 AM

Mar 2022

It won't be us signing letters to grieving widows or parents or laying awake at night thinking of all the dead we caused by how we voted on an Internet poll at DU.

But we will face the fallout, good or bad, by what Biden decides.

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What should NATO do (re: Ukraine)? [View all] ColinC Mar 2022 OP

We need a 007 to save the world. lapfog_1 Mar 2022 #1

I don't know. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #2

Understandable. Although it does appear that "do more" ColinC Mar 2022 #3

I'm with you. smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #6

Making decisions without all of the information BGBD Mar 2022 #4

If people in power with all the information making decisions was best ColinC Mar 2022 #5

Biden is George Bush? BGBD Mar 2022 #8

No. But the logical fallacy of "they do what's best because they have information we don't have" ColinC Mar 2022 #9

But the question is specific to the Biden Administration Kaleva Mar 2022 #14

If the Biden admin is to be believed (and there is no reason they shouldn't) ColinC Mar 2022 #16

Do you or do you not trust Biden to make the best possible choice? Kaleva Mar 2022 #17

I only hope he will. ColinC Mar 2022 #18

I trust him Kaleva Mar 2022 #21

I trust him to do his best qazplm135 Mar 2022 #23

Which D President in the past did u stop following? Kaleva Mar 2022 #26

Moving the goalposts I see qazplm135 Mar 2022 #27

+1 ColinC Mar 2022 #28

So you continue to be loyal regardless of the outcome? Kaleva Mar 2022 #29

no matter what? qazplm135 Mar 2022 #30

Give them the Jets and more drones Calculating Mar 2022 #7

Whatever material support is necessary for Ukraine to finish the job. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #10

Unpopular opinion but qazplm135 Mar 2022 #11

You got my vote ColinC Mar 2022 #12

Boots on the ground Pantagruel Mar 2022 #13

It's easy to make a choice when not responsible for the outcome. Kaleva Mar 2022 #15

We are all responsible for the outcome ColinC Mar 2022 #19

We won't be held responsible Kaleva Mar 2022 #20

I think a nuke falling on us qualifies pretty well as "held responsible" ColinC Mar 2022 #22

We have given Ukraine the weapons to prevent them from Tomconroy Mar 2022 #24

Countries currently supplying military aid to Ukraine Locutusofborg Mar 2022 #25