Things would have been very different there (Reply #47)

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 05:42 PM

ronnie624 (5,764 posts)

47. Things would have been very different there

had the US not intervened.

US bombs accounted for the vast majority of casualties in Korea and Indochina. And your position assumes the US has a moral imperative to intervene wherever it chooses.

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54 replies	Author	Time	Post
Noam said it best... [View all]	Lodestar	Apr 2016	OP
Speaking of strictly limiting the "spectrum of acceptable opinion"	democrank	Apr 2016	#1
Well said. And political correctness and condeming dissent as conspiracy theories	rhett o rick	Apr 2016	#2
I've been advised your opinion hasn't been approved by Debbie Wasserman Shultz...	whereisjustice	Apr 2016	#37
+ 10 n/t	99th_Monkey	Apr 2016	#40
A corporation is merely a kingdom without borders.	Dont call me Shirley	Apr 2016	#3
Sounds like something Noam would say...1000+	Lodestar	Apr 2016	#6
Wow, thank you, Lodestar!	Dont call me Shirley	Apr 2016	#7
+1 Very well said.	BeanMusical	Apr 2016	#11
...	Dont call me Shirley	Apr 2016	#13
K&R&bookmark	JEB	Apr 2016	#4
thanks Lodestar--great collection, especially	bbgrunt	Apr 2016	#5
And to make sure they are uneducated in "public" schools -	raven mad	Apr 2016	#8
"An informed and enlightened citizenry..."	lastlib	Apr 2016	#24
lol... Jesus rode his dinosaur to work.	whereisjustice	Apr 2016	#38
Parenti phrases it differently but says the exact same thing	Doctor_J	Apr 2016	#9
yep, you have to hide your opinions as if we live in an occupied country -- and we do	nashville_brook	Apr 2016	#42
Too many also grow to accept the control of the masters.	BillZBubb	Apr 2016	#53
K&R&B	silvershadow	Apr 2016	#10
Kick and R	BeanMusical	Apr 2016	#12
More and more relevant by the second	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2016	#14
K & R!	TIME TO PANIC	Apr 2016	#15
Always so brilliant.	zentrum	Apr 2016	#16
Great quotes from today's connsumate philosopher	RoccoR5955	Apr 2016	#17
In a true revolution everyone does not need to understand	jwirr	Apr 2016	#41
"capitalism and sociopathology"	hopemountain	Apr 2016	#18
"...advertising...	ronnie624	Apr 2016	#19
KnR! n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#20
actually there is a fair amount of freedom in a large corporation	hfojvt	Apr 2016	#21
Delve deeper	ArcticFox	Apr 2016	#22
How can the invasion and destruction of Indochina	ronnie624	Apr 2016	#26
it's not about a threat to the US	hfojvt	Apr 2016	#30
The people of both countries,	ronnie624	Apr 2016	#34
well it would seem that the North was doing some of the bombing	hfojvt	Apr 2016	#43
Things would have been very different there	ronnie624	Apr 2016	#47
Have you seeen Saigon lately?	bvar22	Apr 2016	#50
You forgot the "Domino Theory."	RoccoR5955	Apr 2016	#48
Pretty shallow perception here. You could use a little more education yourself.	YOHABLO	Apr 2016	#29
We can all use more education	hfojvt	Apr 2016	#35
Dilbert talks about it all the time, life in a cubical for the white color and if your manufacturing	haikugal	Apr 2016	#52
Chomsky is right.	Urchin	Apr 2016	#44
oh I know	hfojvt	Apr 2016	#45
I tend to agree, having worked for several large corporations	bhikkhu	Apr 2016	#49
Some invest themselves in Democracy for all, some in Wall St.	raouldukelives	Apr 2016	#23
Very well said. n/t	ronnie624	Apr 2016	#27
Thank you for that.	Enthusiast	Apr 2016	#31
.that^	840high	Apr 2016	#39
Excellent...thank you!	haikugal	Apr 2016	#54
Capitalism is destroying the world and it will change.	fasttense	Apr 2016	#25
From the home page	OxQQme	Apr 2016	#28
K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations.	Enthusiast	Apr 2016	#32
So, do we want anarchy? Socialism? Communism? What are we asking for exactly?	Jitter65	Apr 2016	#33
Happy mediums would include respect for the public sphere and incentives for cooperatives	lostnfound	Apr 2016	#36
The primary purpose of capitalism	ronnie624	Apr 2016	#46
Chomsky is one of the best Philosophers ever!	kcjohn1	Apr 2016	#51

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