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Wonder how Bashar and Asma Assad feel as world watches new videos of civilian gas victims (Original Post) ZRT2209 Sep 2013 OP
They don't give a shit. jessie04 Sep 2013 #1
It's a damn shame. shenmue Sep 2013 #2
so we have to get involved in a regional civil war in order to show we care? liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #3
Everybody gives a shit whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #5
Why doesn't the world get to see pictures of cluster bomb and drone victims? n/t eridani Sep 2013 #4

whatchamacallit

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5. Everybody gives a shit
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 05:09 PM
Sep 2013

Not everybody wants this used as an excuse to drag us in deeper in the ME. I'm all for punishing Assad if this is his doing, but with our history of exploiting (or manufacturing) tragedy for opportunistic ends, I'm opposed to shock and awe at the drop of a hat. Why's that so hard for some to understand?

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