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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:53 PM Original message |
Obama official: “It’s not designed to have Qaddafi go. That’s not the purpose,” |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. This feels like a bad idea. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. For me as well. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. it just FEELS bad huh? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Once we get involved who knows. What's that saying about the best of intentions? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well, for one, Obama knows..... |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Why there are 50,000 troops still in Iraq? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's why the warmongers will still be angry with Obama. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It's becoming very clear after all I've read tonight... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. National Review |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The left is on the same page for another reason. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why is there ALWAYS money for war, but there is NEVER money for WE THE PEOPLE? n/t |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. This isn't supposed to be a war. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. aided by the French and the UK's fighter jets... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. As they shouldn't be. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. yeah but sadly or otherwise, that's not how the UN works. nt |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. As long as the military is involved in firing weapons, I call it war! n/t |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
42. No, it's not. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. sounds like an open ended mission then? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's not it. It's not about him going. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. If Q stays in power |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Well, ya know if EGYPT wanted to help arm the rebels.... |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. That will take years and years to be effective |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. That's the way we like military interventions - long and protracted. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good point--if we can get Muammar to stop killing the rebels, |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. I think that's the general point of the mission. n/t |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. National Review? ugh |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. This, after saying "...Col. Gaddafi needs to step down from power and leave." |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yes- sounds like someone did not hear Obama say that..Kind of pointless to leave Ghadaffi in place.. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. You'll never convince me that Obama is not... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. In President Obama's defense, he has yet to create and release a country music album. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Hey I love me some Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty, Kenny Rogers, and Dolly Parton. n/t |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Totally depraved. You remind me of the German gentleman who |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. Uh...wait...what? Not get rid of him? Oh this should be real good. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. The point is to protect the people. That's the point and his meaning. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Because firing tomahawk missiles into Tripoli |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
26. Good. It shouldn't be to oust or target Gaddafi, but to mitigate the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. Didn't the President say last week that Qaddafi had to go? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. If you don't understand...ask for clarity, don't make up outlandish stories that are incorrect. |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Thanks for the scolding. I feel duly reprimanded. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Already have...I'm Haitian, now Haitian-American. n/t |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's about profits for the weapons manufacturers. nt |
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