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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:54 AM Original message |
Who here is in favor of immediate and complete withdrawl from all Middle-Eastern countries? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Should we also renounce any desire to defend Israel? |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The ENTIRE Middle-East. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Ah - you put it in all caps. Well that certainly settles my hash. |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, I do. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. They can get in line after every other member of the U.N. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Israel can defend itself. We've given it everything it could possibly need. nt |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Agreed. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Aye. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. me |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. Me. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yes. The sooner the better. Then maybe we can learn to deal |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. On the condition that new international coalitions are defined to respond to specified |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thank you, that leads up to my next question :) |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. That condition "threat to us" should be part of the conditions to which |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I'm very wary of coalitions. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think withdrawl should be the goal, and our biggest bargaining |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. And Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, Australia, and the Moon. |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I don't really get it either. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It works just fine for Costa Rica. Not to mention, we provide the reason to be attacked |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Much of the world is built upon imperialism and genocide, unfortunately. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Because a globalized world needs force |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You're absolutely right. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You are wrong, in my opinion. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I don't see that difference |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. My problem is that I don't want to buy a McDonalds' burger in the middle of Peru. Nor do I ever want |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I'm with you 100.1% |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. We 'enforce' international law? What is the reason for a 'global military'? Whenever there has been |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I wouldn't disagree with that last sentence |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Still don't get the need for a 'global military'. You seem to be saying that the military should |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. I'm not saying it should be used for that |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
21. Do you really think that solves the problems in the middle east? |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No. God, no. |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
27. ME! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
28. Here. n/t |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. No because we need a reliable supply of oil |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. We buy it. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. What happens when they refuse to sell it which they did in 1973? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. We could always conserve gasoline |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I work for a small company |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. But gasoline is becoming ever scarcer anyway |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. How did you get to work today? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
53. The reasons for the 1973 boycott had to do with U.S. involvement in the Middle East. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Suppose they think of some other reason to not sell to us |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Come on, that isn't a response. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Here's what's happening |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Complex, non-military, non-federal, commercial dealings with oil-producing nations. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. I guess we could rely on corporations to ensure all our energy needs |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Ah, but there will be no government backing of these corporations. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. Doesn't your OP say "immediate"? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
34. uh, that'd be me |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
36. I am. n/t |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
38. Aye. n/t |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. I agree... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
47. YES! Time to outsource the job of policeman to the world. nt |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
51. Get out of Europe, too. |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I agree with us getting out of Europe (and everywhere else) as well. |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That's a trick question. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
56. A complete withdrawal from ALL countries |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. I have a question. I know I could research it, but you guys always |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. We used to have a number of bases in Germany |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'm in favor of everyone learning to spell "withdrawal" |
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