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still_one

(91,949 posts)
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 11:50 AM Jun 2013

Obama is wrong, Clinton is wrong, and mccain is wrong. We should stay out of Syria. Getting

involved in these movements will not bring us any favors. In fact many of the rebels in Syria are not those we want to be associated with.

Stay out of Civil Wars

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Obama is wrong, Clinton is wrong, and mccain is wrong. We should stay out of Syria. Getting (Original Post) still_one Jun 2013 OP
I am usually in favor of using military intervention for humanitarian reasons... Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #1
+1 JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #2
"our" government has bombs to sell for private contractore profits. that trumps everything nt msongs Jun 2013 #3
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
1. I am usually in favor of using military intervention for humanitarian reasons...
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 11:54 AM
Jun 2013

...however, in Syria, the complications are so intricate that there is no easy answer. Assad is a war criminal, but it could be argued that our own government, with the indiscriminate killing of civilians via drones, are as bad.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
2. +1
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 12:37 PM
Jun 2013

But humanitarian intervention most recently was not used in Sudan even after Bush called it wat it was - genocide

War - And this would be going to War should not happen unless we have total agreement with the rest of world. Oh yeah - and I need a declaration for Congress and progressive war Tax with the top ten percent paying the highest rate (we fall into this). Plus a ten percent tax on Capital Gains. And someone else has to go in my cousins' places. You can't pull the three serving in Afghanistan out for this - and the other four already did their time in Iraq and Afghanistan. Let some DUer beating the war drum sacrifice their life or famiy member's life for this.

I have a lot of caveats I guess. But my gut says - no more war. Selfish people have put enough stress on our family, national debt, And social services. They want this? Pay up in money, blood, and worry.

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