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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:41 PM Original message |
Wars are good when someone with a "D" next to their name starts them |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because no one was getting killed in Libya before we showed up. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Look its the same shit, different channel |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Tell that to the UN |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Why do you think the UN voted to attack Libya, but not NK? What do think their motivation is? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. How about Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, the Congo, Sri Lanka, etc? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. OK. Why do you think the UN has not authorized military action in those areas? nt |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I'm the one pointing out the hypocrisy of the UN |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Is this inconsistency your sole complaint of the UN's decision to attack Libya? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I think it's a pretty damned big complaint |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Why do you think the inconsistency is bad? nt |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Because of the message it sends? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. I don't think inconsistency is good. I am trying to figure out the different arguments against the |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Yes that is the reason. And that's justifyable. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
54. you do understand what the UN is made up of? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I am pretty sure I understand your argument. Thanks for the reply. nt |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
44. The majority here do have critical thinking skills. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. google |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. +1, n/t |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Hmmm...these sound oddly familiar |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. You're right, taverner, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That's why I'm not criticizing Obama |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I get tired of our leaders always deciding that the solution is to blow things up |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:45 PM Original message |
and what war would that be? |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
56. actually, i think that even assuming arguendo we are totally 100% justified in using our tomahawks |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. No no! It's not a "war"! It's a re-Freedomification! |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No boots on the ground... no war. Libyans begged us for it? Yes, freedom! |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. LOL, No boots on the ground = No War? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It seems the best they can come up with is either calling us names |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. After the last ten years I can't believe they still pull from the same tired playbook. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. You mean like... |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. But you know what? |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. "Why does that sound familiar?" Because you're intelectually lazy and stuck in 2003... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. You really want to get your war on, don't you? |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. +1 |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. I want to free them, like they BEGGED us to do. You want to let them DIE. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Yes, we can even drops nukes from the air. But thank goodness it wouldn't be war. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
65. I think those mothers will be relieved that Quadafi didn't slaughter their sons... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. War? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. You are aware we are bombing Libya, right? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is certainly going to be a challenge for Obama. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. He'll win because we don't have a choice |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. The one thing I somehow just can't put out of my mind |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Only recently. We still have the example of the betrayal by LBJ on Vietnam. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. Unrec'd |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Request of UN & Arab League makes the difference. Not unilateral. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That was heart of the CON. Gaddafi was enemy #1 of Arab League for a long time. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
58. You notice how quick we are to hide behind a bunch of monarchs slaughtering their own protesters |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. That's so nice of the multinational corporations to care about the protestors like that |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. What do you think the UN's goal is for attacking Libya? What are they trying to accomplish? nt |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
53. They are trying to stabilize the oil industry, |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Thanks for the answer. nt |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Oh yeah, stopping that genocide in Kosovo was a real left turn. |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
62. Kosovo is not Srebrenica. There was no genocide in Kosovo per FBI/UN |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Really? Well then I'll tell my former co-worker who was there working for CBC that he's full of shit |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. Well, neocons, neolibs, and Republicans thinks so. |
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Runework (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. OP is right |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Do you suspect the UN is not being honest about their motivations? nt |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
48. AND talk of *austeririty* at home! The doublethink is still strong. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
49. Vietnam, Kosovo, Iraq, and Libya are NOT the same thing by far |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Don't you know anything?! All them foreign countries are EXACTLY the same. |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
51. No. Wars are crazy: legalized murder. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Excellent post |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
57. Imagine the uproar if Bush did EXACTLY the same thing here |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
67. Your Preception of those who support this is way off |
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