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In reply to the discussion: WaPo/ABC Poll from last Feb, 77% of Liberal Democrats support use of Drones [View all]Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)68. Well that's disheartening
I would hope that more Dems would oppose drone strikes.
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WaPo/ABC Poll from last Feb, 77% of Liberal Democrats support use of Drones [View all]
stevenleser
Feb 2013
OP
Supporting a drone policy "which administration officials refuse to discuss"
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#4
DU is more critical of Drones than Democrats as a whole as my DU poll in GD suggests
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#13
Again. The use of Drones and this most recent policy on drone strikes of Americans are not the same.
Dawgs
Feb 2013
#90
I guess that means killing people without trial is now a "liberal" value.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#15
You have decided to interpret it that way. I see it the way the Magistrate explains it.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#20
So, where's the part about killing people without trial being "liberal"?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#24
That is a separate issue. All Liberals and Democrats would answer the same way.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#35
LBJ was the greatest. I supported him then and know. He would have beaten Nixon.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#36
He carried on a genocidal war against people that posed no threat to this country.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#39
LBJ would have beaten Nixon in 1968. And Nixon sabatoged the peace negotiations.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#42
Losing may not have been an option (politically) but it was a reality.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#45
No, LBJ would not have won; he knew the political calculus then better than you now.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#63
LBJ vs. Nixon head to head, LBJ would have won. Ugly match, but LBJ would have won
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#71
And his explanation is valid as long as you blindly trust your government.
SomethingFishy
Feb 2013
#34
That is an often repeated canard, it's not true. You are conflating Iraq and torture with drones.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#27
Easy remedy for that, right? Don't move to Yemen and sign up with Al Qaeda. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#33
LOL, you believe that? If Romney did this we would be up in arms. Nice try. n-t
Logical
Feb 2013
#65
no they woudln't, many supported him going into Afghanistan , but didn't support Iraq
JI7
Feb 2013
#72
In Vietnam, if we'd had more liberal Democrats, about 99% of the eventual total KIA.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#88
The whole reason we have a Bill of Rights is to protect us from tyranny of the majority.
BlueCheese
Feb 2013
#87