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In reply to the discussion: Give Obama a Fucking Break [View all]SunSeeker
(51,511 posts)168. Obama wants to take out the chemical weapons artillery, not target civilians.
This is not about making sure Assad haz a sad. This is about preventing further chemical attacks.
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Take four minutes to watch this vid & you'll understand what the poster meant.
CrispyQ
Sep 2013
#212
Hopefully there can be some progress during the Summit and I agree with giving Obama a break
Thinkingabout
Sep 2013
#5
The summit has concluded and there was no progress. I will give him a break when he calls off
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#77
Yes we give a shit but this is a problem for the international community to solve, not us
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#79
So why was the US govt totally okay with Saddam using chemical weapons against his own people and
kath
Sep 2013
#89
We and the rest of the UN countries should have acted then. It was wrong not to.
phleshdef
Sep 2013
#108
Well Naplam was just made illegal" to use on civilians by Barack Obama...However its still legal to
Katashi_itto
Sep 2013
#221
I'd like a full head of hair, Woe !!!! excuse me, pigs are flying past...
orpupilofnature57
Sep 2013
#182
Why? Did people get all combative and ignore the question being asked in the Twilight Zone?
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#51
Just because I have no idea what we should do in Syria does not mean we should bomb them.
Gravitycollapse
Sep 2013
#11
Good points, for sure. but, surely the best minds, in unity against Assad's atrocities can
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#28
See, you lose me, and probably a lot of other people when you talk about Al-Assad's atrocities
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#138
I think Obama is really concerned about leaders using gas against their own people.
lumpy
Sep 2013
#13
Yeah, I'm sure he's super torn up about 1% or less of the casualties of this war.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#141
Well, I hope you are not right about the motives. I do agree if we bomb them it opens up a
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#32
Sorry, it's absolutely necessary to see such things as lying, a "sell out", caving to the MIC...
Silent3
Sep 2013
#17
I am hoping you are truly in the cabinet and are just so brilliant that you can multi-task nt
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#35
Nah, they would not let anybody who does not play nice with the power structure
nadinbrzezinski
Sep 2013
#62
The surprising thing is that these suggestions are relatively unrecognized as an alternative to bomb
dkf
Sep 2013
#83
.. Itself a Form of Conditioned Helplessness, Which Leads to the Milgram Experiment Results
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#119
We never loved him. Voting for him twice was just a ruse to bring him down.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2013
#37
If ANY president acted after an AUMF was publically requested and rejected
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2013
#65
This has nothing to do with the pics and videos of the kids who were gassed
NightWatcher
Sep 2013
#26
We'd only be killing terrorists disguised as children, not ACTUAL CHILDREN! Why
HardTimes99
Sep 2013
#206
I am hoping that when the congress votes this down that Obama will stand up
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#43
I suggest swiping Assad's $1.5 billion fortune, sending the money to help the refugees
Dems to Win
Sep 2013
#40
Keep pressure on UN Sec. Council + Take Assad to The Hague + Humanitarian Relief
99th_Monkey
Sep 2013
#49
Have You Seen the Libyans / Yeminis / Pakistanis / ... Bombed To Death on YouTube?
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#133
It is hard for me to wrap my head around putting "wreckless language" up against
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#68
Romney Isn't President - No More "Good Cop Bad Cop" Psychology Tricks
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#135
Assad was Winning the Civil War - "Untouchable" Unless Gas Was Used - and, Surprise, Gas Appears
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#139
Russia and China don't appear moved by the fact that chemical weapons were used. nt
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#99
They will with enough pressure. Not to mention the Saudis and Iran....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#101
He has fallen into the DC trap of having to back up his "Red Line" comment....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#154
Under the UN Security Council veto rules, one nation gets to call the shots...
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#156
Obama wants to take out the chemical weapons artillery, not target civilians.
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#168
I have really never heard of a good enough reason to not do what you say. It is absolutely
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#73
Bullshit. It's a continuation of the Bush/neocon strategy of perpetual war, as noted by PNAC, et al.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#69
We all want to stop atrocities. But that doesn't mean bombing the hell out of country
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#75
If Obama wanted a fucking break maybe he shouldn't have run for fucking president.
GOTV
Sep 2013
#88
Sorry, no. Obama does not get a fucking break when he is about to kill in our name.
morningfog
Sep 2013
#111
That is just crazy talk. You are really suggesting that any of us who hate war just as much
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#215
as in medicine - above all do no harm - in this case exacerbating a very complicated ethic/religious
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#165
that is so sad. To be that disenchanted that it doesn't sound like anything would
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#214
What's sad is adults believing that fantasy and wishful thinking are valid substitutes for reality.
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2013
#216
It's funny.. I think the exact opposite..I see fantasy as people who think everything is
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2013
#218