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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary at MSNBC town hall We didn't lose a single life in Libya [View all]Dem2
(8,176 posts)30. Don't put words in my mouth
This is how conflicts are measured.
Period.
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RunInCircles
Mar 2016
OP
There's that pesky American Exceptionalism rearing its ugly head again.
Luminous Animal
Mar 2016
#119
the Ambassador and several other U.S. embassy personnel & untold thousands of Libyans!
amborin
Mar 2016
#4
Tone Deaf at the very least after you bomb is when the instability occurs every time
RunInCircles
Mar 2016
#14
Again can't connect the dots between military force and what happens after
RunInCircles
Mar 2016
#21
Dear Civilians: your deaths are very important to us, but we can't be sure what'll happen if we help
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#23
You don't get it. It's not that you can't make a case for the statement being true.
Lizzie Poppet
Mar 2016
#58
your statements are totally in contrast to the facts, as reported by the NY Times, the BBC, etc....
amborin
Mar 2016
#60
No, we're voting to Clinton or Sanders...neither of which will be an isolationist.
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#83
Thanks, Depaysement. Yes, the cleansing occurred AFTER the lying 'no-fly-zone' NATO
polly7
Mar 2016
#141
Bernie has been winning elections as a Democratic Socialist for 30 years.
Motown_Johnny
Mar 2016
#81
I'm also taking a hell of a chance on a candidate who hasn't been vetted by the Republicans at all.
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#85
Oh, so your involvement is over when you're done destabilizing a nation? It's just over, like that?
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2016
#98
so it's justified by prefacing it with the word "military". That is dismissive and disrespectful to
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#28
"This is how conflicts are measured"? Wow. I'm speechless and deeply saddened by what you just said.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#35
I have a marine brother in Nashville who carries a gun and talks trash about Obama and
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#45
Hayes is another sellout, like Rachel. Very sad what happened at MSNBC.
Elmer S. E. Dump
Mar 2016
#110
IOW, she's not responsible for the mess she helped to create in the Middle East.
Major Hogwash
Mar 2016
#77
With her recent (last 30 days roughly) gaffes, I getting concerned she has suffered one or more
Kip Humphrey
Mar 2016
#49
She's had several memorable memory lapses, so, with her M.H., it is worrisome.
Kip Humphrey
Mar 2016
#116
yes but I think you make my point to at least be concerned at this point.
Kip Humphrey
Mar 2016
#123
I suspect she was just talking about the invasion, but there are a few things to keep in mind.
Gore1FL
Mar 2016
#52
Sometimes I wonder about Hillary's memory. She seems to forget or 'misspeak' a lot.
jalan48
Mar 2016
#89