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cali

(114,904 posts)
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 12:05 PM Aug 2013

Should The U.S. End Its War On Terror? [View all]


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Yes, The President should declare victory, halt drone attacks, withdraw troops from Afghanistan and ask Congress to repeal the AUMF
5 (83%)
No, The President should continue the War on Terror in the same manner that he's been waging it
0 (0%)
Other, please explain
1 (17%)
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No, but without the language attached to "no" cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #1
OK, you think it's a push poll. fine, but how about explaining what your "no" entails? cali Aug 2013 #3
I edited rather than replying cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #7
Let me put it this way: Should the AUMF be repealed cali Aug 2013 #10
As a legal distinction I have major problems with the war footing cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #16
Perhaps that would have been a better way of phrasing it. There our agreement ends. cali Aug 2013 #21
It needs to be more of an intel war, using drones sparingly and special forces teams Common Sense Party Aug 2013 #2
Yes, The President should halt drone attacks, withdraw troops from Afghanistan PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #4
Remove our military bases from Islamic countries and see what happens. L0oniX Aug 2013 #5
Is it the teabagger's right to not have foreign embassies in America? cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #9
Let me know when "embassies" start launching jets. L0oniX Aug 2013 #11
Why should I care what the religious right thinks? cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #20
"Fox-news thinking" O gee ya caught me ....pffft L0oniX Aug 2013 #23
Is it reasonable to ask if the war on terrorism has actually increased terrorism? cali Aug 2013 #12
There is no doubt in my mind that it has cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #19
Declare victory? Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #6
And use the money save to rebuild this country, with labor, utilizing with Living Wage Jobs. RC Aug 2013 #8
YES. LWolf Aug 2013 #13
It has become such a large percentage of our GDP that our economy would collapse. corkhead Aug 2013 #14
Yes. The drone war and surveillance state are just PR saying "we didn't really lose". Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #15
+1 leftstreet Aug 2013 #17
there should be a consistent alertness markiv Aug 2013 #18
We should have ended it several years ago. Initech Aug 2013 #22
Of course. It's doing more harm than good ecstatic Aug 2013 #24
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