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In reply to the discussion: So what is your red line? If Iran used a nuke and killed 1 million of it's own people [View all]cynatnite
(31,011 posts)72. Not to mention factually incorrect. n/t
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So what is your red line? If Iran used a nuke and killed 1 million of it's own people [View all]
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
OP
since you want to be so gung ho maybe you should quit fighting pretzels and sign up for real war.
hobbit709
Aug 2013
#1
But you failed to answer that posters very good quesitions. No genuine thanks to you for evasive
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#59
It's a good question. If you are willing to promote killing are your willing
Luminous Animal
Sep 2013
#124
So you are saying an isolated nuclear event in one city would wipe out the whole country?
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#8
I remember when Hillary said that if Iran nuked another country we'd obliterate them
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#61
Do you need the address to a local Military/Industrial complex citizen intake/freedom center?
Safetykitten
Aug 2013
#6
Regardless of blame, what action should be taken if a country were to nuke it's own citizens?
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#15
Go to war with a visibly insane regime that has nuclear weapons, apparently.
dairydog91
Aug 2013
#20
One would think that rational people would be less eager to go to war with a country that has nukes.
JVS
Aug 2013
#102
The question was directed at you. Thanks for evading it with a question
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#21
Ok Einstein. Because I 've already gone on record about my belief re: Syria and chem weapons
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#42
I think the U.S. And allies should use significant conventional force to take out the Iranian leader
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#54
I think the US should work with the UN Security Council to determine what should be done
MNBrewer
Aug 2013
#60
I might sound a bit like a fringe Democrat for saying this but I don't blame President Clinton for
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#26
The bipartisan 9/11 Commission directed some of the blame Clinton's way and obviously
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#30
I supported President Clinton for taking action in Bosnia and Herzegovina conflict and in Kosovo
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#49
And what would YOU do if Barack Obama married Bashar Assad? ANSWER THE QUESTION!
dairydog91
Aug 2013
#53
What if my cat crapped anti-matter and caused Wyoming to sink into a blackhole?
NuclearDem
Aug 2013
#108
In a case like that the entire world would be stunned and in agreement on what to do.
DCBob
Aug 2013
#37
Should a debate on red lines be hidden under the spector of speculative mushroom clouds?
HereSince1628
Aug 2013
#44
bwahahah. the emptiest, most ridiculous, manipulative, lame speculation on DU EVER.
cali
Aug 2013
#50
My red line is when there is a groundswell of international consensus
Waiting For Everyman
Aug 2013
#51
About a million were killed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and we did nothing.
FarCenter
Aug 2013
#63
This thread prompted me to look at the threads from when Hillary said we'd obliterate Iran if
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#64
Perhaps if an intelligent plan was put forth, our opposition might change.
Savannahmann
Aug 2013
#73
blaming President Clinton's "weakness" for 9/11 is pretty far out to find on a Democratic forum
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#82
The Cole was attacked when Clinton had less than 3 months left in office....
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#78
Here is an excerpt from an interview with President Obama that references that question
oberliner
Sep 2013
#132
Central Africa's still "shielded" by the Mogadishu Line the P5 drew in the 90s, unfortunately. (nt)
Posteritatis
Sep 2013
#148
Rather than killing them, how about imprisoning them? Would that call for a military response?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2013
#103
It's become entirely clear from NK and Pakistan that we won't bother nuke-capable nations. /nt
dorkulon
Aug 2013
#110
Fuckin' obvious: You NUKE 'em. They've already shown a willingness to nuke their OWN country.
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#112
It's the military industrial complex. THEY. DO. NOT. GIVE. A. FUCK. ABOUT. THE. PEOPLE.
Initech
Aug 2013
#115
As others have pointed out, we wouldn't give a shit about civilian casualties...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#120
Actually, my red line is when disingenuous chumps use emotional blackmail to advance their agenda
Alamuti Lotus
Sep 2013
#125
You just repeated the RW lines I heard in real time against Clinton
senseandsensibility
Sep 2013
#128
So what makes that different than the innocent bystanders who are now dead in Syria?
CakeGrrl
Sep 2013
#136
How many people are you willing to kill to prove that killing people is wrong?
alphafemale
Sep 2013
#138
Where is yours? The real one, not the one that seems like an easy "we can do it"
TheKentuckian
Sep 2013
#141
How 'bout if a country invaded Iraq on the pretext of WMD, and knowingly lied about it?
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#142
PS - this is similar to "don't let the smoking gun be a mushroom cloud" argument.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#143
The idiotic responses to this OP aside, thinking about where the red line is is a Good Thing
Posteritatis
Sep 2013
#147