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LeftInTX

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3. I wish the media would not give McCain the mike 24/7
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 04:30 PM
Dec 2012

He's ONE senator and he is dominating the story. Only the warhawks are coming out and speaking.

It's almost like second coming of Dubya.

I'm on that side of the fence! I think getting involved in Syria would be a fatal teddy51 Dec 2012 #1
It would - we haven't even paid for the last war Taverner Dec 2012 #2
Iran would be much, much worse than Iraq lapislzi Dec 2012 #6
I was thinking Syria would be Iraq the sequel Taverner Dec 2012 #8
I agree UndahCovah Dec 2012 #65
I wish the media would not give McCain the mike 24/7 LeftInTX Dec 2012 #3
They have donors to please! Taverner Dec 2012 #7
MSM is only interested in $$$$$. MSM does not give a F about the future of the world, except RKP5637 Dec 2012 #54
No more wars of choice. 99Forever Dec 2012 #4
we as a nation have lost all moral authority anyway quinnox Dec 2012 #5
Exactly! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #51
800+ foreign military bases is not friendship. Billions in "foreign aid"/aka as payoffs is not libdem4life Dec 2012 #9
Yep. And not the "Benign Empire" either Taverner Dec 2012 #10
We have this great moment in history to teach toby jo Dec 2012 #13
Hopefully it' not just in our dreams. We, the people, are mightily divided. libdem4life Dec 2012 #33
Often the US functions as a bunch of children quarreling on the playground, except with RKP5637 Dec 2012 #53
+1 Daniel537 Dec 2012 #60
Check in. PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #11
I'm with you guys too Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #12
On top of that, we sold him those chemical weapons. toby jo Dec 2012 #15
Thank you for not forgetting the dead Iraqi civilians! lunatica Dec 2012 #17
Agreed, the civilian deaths are the worst part Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #36
Thank you RobertEarl Dec 2012 #38
Self delete lunatica Dec 2012 #44
Well spoken, sir navarth Dec 2012 #68
what the Hell are you hippies talking about now? NightWatcher Dec 2012 #14
Living through tomorrow without dismembering any of us toby jo Dec 2012 #16
Whirled peas! lunatica Dec 2012 #18
Checking in. n/t adieu Dec 2012 #19
Dismember drones antiquie Dec 2012 #20
What if they Gave a War and Nobody Came? AndyTiedye Dec 2012 #21
Then they'd kill and/or imprison the soldiers families Taverner Dec 2012 #22
You call? arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #23
here! bunnies Dec 2012 #24
violence and war are not good solutions to any situation ThomThom Dec 2012 #25
I would go as far as to say we are in no position to remove or install leaders in other countries Taverner Dec 2012 #26
Our sanctions on Iraq were tragic for the Iraqis cpwm17 Dec 2012 #48
that is true, sanctions on Iraq where tough on the people but so was ThomThom Dec 2012 #80
peace! abelenkpe Dec 2012 #27
You vigorously defend a rap about murdering soldiers' families Union Scribe Dec 2012 #28
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #37
I was participating in a Quaker peace protest by the side of the road a couple of years ago when a Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #29
Wow! FiggyJay Dec 2012 #30
Welcome to DU! lunatica Dec 2012 #46
+++ 1,000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #56
Change "Department of Defense" back to "Department of War" -- truth in advertizing at least. FarCenter Dec 2012 #31
Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #57
Better yet, let's take Rep. Kucinich up on the Department of Peace idea. nt Zorra Dec 2012 #62
Sounds Orwellian, and its interventionist program would eventually become coercive FarCenter Dec 2012 #63
"Sounds Orwellian"? Nah...not really a great reason to discount a good idea. Zorra Dec 2012 #77
I hope there won't be another war. Our military is exhausted and stressed already. LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #32
Our military should all go on R&R RobertEarl Dec 2012 #39
And when they come back, 6-10months from now... Taverner Dec 2012 #41
I'm liking the way you think nt navarth Dec 2012 #69
I hope nonviolence includes frazzled Dec 2012 #34
Most estimates put the total number of guns right around the number of US citizens. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #35
It can be done. It just takes self-control. Gregorian Dec 2012 #40
Like this thread very very very very much. Octafish Dec 2012 #42
F**K militarism. Wage Peace. Agony Dec 2012 #43
Speaking of militarism. They had some event here recently and all of the local community police RKP5637 Dec 2012 #59
This is why non-violent resistance/activism/training is primary Agony Dec 2012 #75
Peacemonger! lunatica Dec 2012 #45
Count me in quaker bill Dec 2012 #47
I'm more of a whirled peas kinda guy... Earth_First Dec 2012 #49
War is the world's worst crime cpwm17 Dec 2012 #50
K&R Here! nt. druidity33 Dec 2012 #52
Here! Whovian Dec 2012 #55
Most never experience the horrors of war directly. Many sit in their armchair watching RKP5637 Dec 2012 #58
checking In Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #61
Anti war, anti waste, anti war machine and profiteers xiamiam Dec 2012 #64
The Dalai Lama declared that war is obsolete, RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #66
This would be me... Tikki Dec 2012 #67
Present navarth Dec 2012 #70
"Violence us the first resort of the incompetent." Isaac Asimov Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #71
The bravest concept.... go west young man Dec 2012 #72
K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #73
Here in Peace. Namaste _/l\_ oxymoron Dec 2012 #74
World peace doesn't preclude world destruction NoOneMan Dec 2012 #76
No hocus pocus, magical sky-daddy stuff about it: Love IS the answer & love is patrice Dec 2012 #78
I'm opposed to any US military ventures in the Middle East. MineralMan Dec 2012 #79
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