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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]ladyVet
(1,587 posts)133. Um, you're talking to the wrong people.
That is because, like many of you, she does not consider them to
be actual human beings.
be actual human beings.
At least so far as the Bernie supporters are concerned, the Lybians are most certainly actual human beings. Our belief in this point is why we're so gobsmacked at what she said. Perhaps you skimmed those posts?
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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