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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:16 PM Original message |
No public debate. No authorization. No fucking anything just send in the missiles. |
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NightWatcher
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. (REC) but it's a democratic president, so we're supposed to be cool with it |
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Zynx
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. The United Nations sanctioned the action. |
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NightWatcher
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. did the UN pull the trigger? did the UN's taxes go these million dollar bombs? |
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Zynx
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Sat Mar-19-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. The UN has authorized any nation to intervene. |
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reggie the dog
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. no, i did here in France |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The United Nations is NOT our representitive govenment. Its sanction does not supercede OUR |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Mhm. We ignored them to go into Iraq. We could ignore them to stay out of war, too. nt |
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Fire Walk With Me
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Please don't say "we". I know you mean that figuratively, but many Democrats |
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madokie
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Sun Mar-20-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #35 |
93. I'm with you |
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Zynx
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Sat Mar-19-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. You should read up on this a lot more. |
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L. Coyote
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
58. It is NOT perfectly legal. |
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Zynx
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. As far as I can see, that is open to interpretation. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
107. It was a Security Council Resolution. 10 votes. Not "The UN" |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:27 PM Original message |
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Tx4obama
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nice to see that since the video is from Nov 23, 2007 - this has NOTHING to do with Obama. n/t |
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RegieRocker
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't turn that dial, you cannot adjust the picture we are in control. |
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leftstreet
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. What are they calling this new war? Anyone know? |
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Bluebear
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Let's have a contest! |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Those are GOOD! |
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MedleyMisty
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:39 PM Original message |
If it was that |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hmmm....fly-over airspace for attacking Iran? Maybe? |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
63. From where, our secret bases in Algeria? nt |
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reggie the dog
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
69. we already did |
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Ikonoklast
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Let's just let Qaddafi slaughter them rebels! |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yep...and fuck our citizens and their needs. Libyan Rebels and citizens are more important. |
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Ikonoklast
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Straw Man. |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The hell it is. |
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Ikonoklast
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I agree with you now. Let those dirty brown people die. |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Similar was said about anti-Iraq war liberals... |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Spot ON. That's exactly what these born again war-hawks are sounding like. |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. It is possible to make distinctions if one tries |
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Aerows
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. I've already seen people calling others Anti-American |
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. What's 40,000 people dying a year in the US |
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here_is_to_hope
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Sun Mar-20-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
100. Out of the park home run! |
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Sun Mar-20-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
110. fail. |
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
66. Why is a Libyan life less valuable to you than an American life? |
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:58 AM Response to Reply #66 |
89. Why is an American life less valuable to you than a Libyan life? |
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Sun Mar-20-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #32 |
99. Is that a log in your eye my friend? |
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Youth Uprising
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
88. Oh, the irony... |
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cedric
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. What a lovely attitude |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Same bullshit, diferent despot. Anti-Iraq war advocates were accused of the leaving the Iraqis at |
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reggie the dog
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
77. i am an anti iraq war advocate |
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Jamastiene
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Sun Mar-20-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #77 |
98. Ever heard of the CIA? |
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reggie the dog
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. If they are involved i hope to find out about it |
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reggie the dog
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
65. it sucks in the usa, but here in France we have both |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Tout a fait. nt |
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reggie the dog
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. asterix! |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Malheureusement non, mais je voudrais etre la. |
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Ghost Dog
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:38 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. The Department of the Var |
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reggie the dog
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #87 |
105. I took my daughter to the beach at Ramatuelle called l'Escalet |
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reggie the dog
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
104. i like being able to buy comic books and stuffed animals |
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bvar22
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. The "rebels" in Afghanistan... |
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Ikonoklast
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. And that has nothing to do with Libya, now, does it? |
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bvar22
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Our track record for military intervention in the Middle East... |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Not to put words into your mouth, but... |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
71. And I wonder if you've ever read a bloody history book |
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bvar22
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Sun Mar-20-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #71 |
91. The Mujahideen morphed into the Taliban, |
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14thColony
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Sun Mar-20-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #91 |
102. I'm sorry that you have no idea what you are talking about |
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Nevernose
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Sun Mar-20-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
97. You're right: if anyone's gonna bomb the shit out of Libya |
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KurtNYC
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
80. Operation Keep That Oil Coming |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. ????? |
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gratuitous
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Sat Mar-19-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
85. Operation for the Independence of Libya |
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Bluebear
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Sat Mar-19-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. The point is every war needs some hyper-macho "name". Sheesh, do I gotta spell it out? |
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Jamastiene
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Sun Mar-20-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
96. Operation Pretend We All of Sudden Give a Shit |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. "Operation Odyssey Dawn" |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. Translation: War without end. |
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PurityOfEssence
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Absolutely |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Thumbing their noses. |
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reggie the dog
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
68. here in France the journalists are calling it |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Odd thing to me |
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reggie the dog
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. the networks dont really "hype" stuff here in france |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. West Africa |
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
76. Odyssey Dawn... |
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Marr
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Sun Mar-20-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
101. Operation Independent Libya |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bringing the fire of freedom to the darkest corners of the world |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Apparently you haven't gotten the message.. |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. yep, I'm tried, too |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. This new war is called Operation Odyssey Dawn. An odyssey being a long wandering journey. |
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Sun Mar-20-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
95. Or Lifetime Network Movie. "Odyssey Dawn, Not Without My Children!" |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. War weary. |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sorry Granny! |
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L. Coyote
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Congress must authorize war! |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The Constitution is "Just a G-d damn piece of paper." |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And there is a very good reason why Congress holds the responsibility rather than entrusting it to a |
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Apparently not |
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Motown_Johnny
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. The war powers act gives the President the authority to do this |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The War Powers Resolution gives the President the right to attack ONLY if the U.S. is under atack or |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. The War Powers Resolution. |
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Sat Mar-19-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. Will we never learn? |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. No. We never will. We're the blood-lust country. |
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Ringo-san
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. We love war. Apparently, we are now Sparta. nt |
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Ok yes, deal with it! |
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jefferson_dem
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Sat Mar-19-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Don't interfere with the simpleton "black / white" dichotomies of the "he's just like Booosh" crowd. |
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Bluebear
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Thu Mar-24-11 05:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
112. . |
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. dupe |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Odd, isn't it. It seems as though many now think that we are governed by the U.N. |
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Sat Mar-19-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
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Sat Mar-19-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. Oh the drama! Perhaps you have not been paying attention. |
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14thColony
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. The truly infuriating thing about this |
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Sat Mar-19-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
60. the UN made the decision, we stood back and let others take the lead |
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
67. Those are good missiles now...have faith in BO |
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reggie the dog
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
73. Maybe it is because this is so close to the European Union |
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
75. There is |
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Sat Mar-19-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. K&R! No more foreign wars unless America is threatened! n/t |
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Sun Mar-20-11 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
90. Been doing that for a long time now. |
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Sun Mar-20-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
92. "Commander in Chief" |
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Sun Mar-20-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
94. I agree with the subject title of this thread ... |
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JCMach1
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Sun Mar-20-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
103. Don't forget Sarkozy and the French getting a hard-on over finally finding a country they could beat |
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. French Bashing? Really? |
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14thColony
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Sun Mar-20-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #103 |
109. World War II was a long time ago dude. |
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Mon Mar-21-11 05:00 AM Response to Reply #103 |
111. I say that because of the French Conservative Gov.'s excited interviews they have been giving |
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