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In reply to the discussion: The Isolationist Left Needs to Get Real. And Fast. [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(99,988 posts)19. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of a small mind."
Of course there are instances where American intervention was mistaken if not tragic. I agree with the OP on that. That doesn't mean I don't get to choose whether or not this or that American intervention has merit.
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randys1
Sep 2014
#128
I guess when all you have is a crayon the whole world looks like a cartoon/NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2014
#2
Wouldn't the working class be in worse shape if energy supplies are interrupted ?
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2014
#74
1) Why are you interested in nationalizing what is the Kurds, and 2) when you say "clean out D.C."
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#63
what intrigues me is how *little* the script has changed, even as the actors were rotated in
MisterP
Sep 2014
#127
"everything I need to know about the Senegalese I learned 7-1-09! NEVAR FORGET!"
MisterP
Sep 2014
#131
ayup--in Belfast the English shot 30 of them in the back; in Edinburgh the English found oil for 'em
MisterP
Sep 2014
#136
Yep. After our Glorious Triumph over Mighty Grenada, we must "smoke 'em out" again.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2014
#12
how about only use military force when we are actually being attacked and not get involved in
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2014
#20
Leaving out the fact that there will always be more bad guys to kill, there will always be leaders
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2014
#43
If only there were countries in the mid east that could fight the evil that is threatening them.
Autumn
Sep 2014
#48
President Obama has repeatedly said we will defend, among other things, "American interests,"
Stardust
Sep 2014
#109
What I'm after? I'm after stopping countless thousands of people from being slaughtered.
NYC Liberal
Sep 2014
#157
the isolationist left touches the teabagging right to complete the political circle
snooper2
Sep 2014
#22
I'm asking someone to realize that our action is going to kill plenty of people
Scootaloo
Sep 2014
#161
Warren: Destroying ISIS should be our No. 1 priority. Step up tracking of Americans traveling abroad
Cali_Democrat
Sep 2014
#56
they are getting lazier & lazier with the stuff. By the next war it will be reduced to "yada yada..
yurbud
Sep 2014
#71
Another pathetic FAIL. Your strawman argument shows the weakness of your attempt at a point.
KittyWampus
Sep 2014
#100
Hey! Look at the record! 13 years of war, and we're on the cusp of success!!!!
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#120
we should send those cops from Ferguson and the thousands more just like them
whereisjustice
Sep 2014
#134
Good to see that Neocon scare-tactic talking points have finally made it to DU.
Maedhros
Sep 2014
#140
Wait, what? Sarcasm? You? Now I'm confused. And I thought I was getting the
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#168
Don't trust him. He has multiple personalities, and you have to be careful who you agree with.
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#190