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mac56

(17,566 posts) Mon Jul 21, 2014, 05:47 PM Jul 2014

Shaking my head over this one on FB.

I got into it with a FB poster this afternoon. He told me it was hypocritical for me to want to look out for refugee kids escaping Central America...

... why?...

because I didn't support the US invasion of Iraq.

Apparently, my compassion for innocent kids didn't extend to Iraqi kids under Hussein.

Is this a RW talking point I may have missed?

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Shaking my head over this one on FB. (Original Post) mac56 Jul 2014 OP

I wonder how many innocent kids were killed during our invasion? trumad Jul 2014 #1

Reply... Wait Wut Jul 2014 #2

Ask them if this is what they mean by comfort (GRAPHIC) Warpy Jul 2014 #3

ask him what it means - seems illogical to me rurallib Jul 2014 #4

trumad

(41,692 posts)

1. I wonder how many innocent kids were killed during our invasion?

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 05:48 PM

Jul 2014

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

2. Reply...

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 05:54 PM

Jul 2014

..."I would have wanted to look out for any Iraqi refugee children had they crossed an American border."

It's a bit different when they're knocking on your door and begging for food and shelter.

Warpy

(111,245 posts)

3. Ask them if this is what they mean by comfort (GRAPHIC)

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 06:51 PM

Jul 2014

rurallib

(62,406 posts)

4. ask him what it means - seems illogical to me

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 07:07 PM

Jul 2014

we killed tons of kids when we invaded Iraq. Millions of families displaced by our invasion. We left a very unstable government that will eventually be replaced by some crazy religious group.

Seems like most ultra RWers they don't think past yesterday and their own vision of Utopia.

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