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51. We don't declare wars anymore,
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 11:57 AM
Aug 2012

and we certainly don't advertise them. The MIC does whatever the hell it wants, and the people have nothing to do with it...

except for the fact that they are taking the money we desperately need for our cities, our schools, and our families to do it, that we are being impoverished and other countries being devastated for the profit of these warmongers, and that we are increasingly hated by the rest of the world.

They don't even ask us anymore. They just let us know after the fact. If we ever had a representative government, it is long gone.

Neither campaign disagrees with the war.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #1
In a nutshell. woo me with science Aug 2012 #65
'Money trumps peace' is buy-partisan. Octafish Aug 2012 #73
Obama is on track to get us out of Afghanistan. hedgehog Aug 2012 #2
Yes, what in hell is 'on track' supposed to mean? 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #6
Troops will start coming home from Afghanistan this month lunatica Aug 2012 #11
So they're not actually on track yet, but they should be next month? Is that the answer? 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #12
Since they will be starting to coming home this month, they're already taking steps to get them out. pnwmom Aug 2012 #16
Equipment has been coming home lunatica Aug 2012 #19
"Equipment has been coming home." woo me with science Aug 2012 #32
Tension mounting and actual war aren't the same thing lunatica Aug 2012 #43
Unreal. Absolutely unreal. woo me with science Aug 2012 #46
+1 whatchamacallit Aug 2012 #50
a-fucking-men datasuspect Aug 2012 #60
+2 Octafish Aug 2012 #74
+3 Oilwellian Aug 2012 #77
Thank you. sibelian Aug 2012 #80
Granddaughter's husband stationed Ft Bliss is scheduled to leave for Afghanistan in Dec. for a tour SammyWinstonJack Aug 2012 #44
Shh. woo me with science Aug 2012 #66
We just heard a local emilyg Aug 2012 #76
Obama has already gone to war with Iran nichomachus Aug 2012 #36
THANK YOU. woo me with science Aug 2012 #75
No need for a war in Afghanistan, when can have clean Drone Wars in Pakistan and elsewhere. RC Aug 2012 #70
Romney won't bring it up because it's Bush's fault. Obama won't because he has failed to end it. slackmaster Aug 2012 #3
Republicans can't be against the war Bonobo Aug 2012 #4
Troops will start coming home from Afghanistan this month lunatica Aug 2012 #8
He escalated the war and it has spread to multiple countries. Bonobo Aug 2012 #17
You're ignoring the facts lunatica Aug 2012 #22
Good grief. woo me with science Aug 2012 #25
How about paying attention to ALL the facts lunatica Aug 2012 #41
Good god. woo me with science Aug 2012 #47
+1 n/t area51 Aug 2012 #28
"A" war ?? ananda Aug 2012 #5
Dam good point. 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #13
Thank you. And don't forget the brand new... woo me with science Aug 2012 #24
Obama is already getting troops out of Afghanistan to end that war lunatica Aug 2012 #7
They always "mention" ending the wars...especially during election years. woo me with science Aug 2012 #26
Because Obama has him on the ropes with his tax returns lame54 Aug 2012 #9
We have always been at war with Eastasia. Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #10
No shit. The denial in this thread is stunning. woo me with science Aug 2012 #27
Pfft...its only death and trillions of non existent Bush money. Is this the fault of the schools? MichiganVote Aug 2012 #14
it is simple really MrDiaz Aug 2012 #15
Only "one thing they both agree on"? > AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #31
War policy, economic policy, police state policy. woo me with science Aug 2012 #35
In the last election, Insane McCain and Caribou Barbie did not seem to be real candidates ready to AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #62
I don't get that President Obama LIKES wars Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #34
It has nothing to do with "liking" wars. woo me with science Aug 2012 #37
Nor do we hear of acts of war in multiple other nations. morningfog Aug 2012 #18
Nope, we don't talk about drones and proxy wars. woo me with science Aug 2012 #29
Because pointless counterproductive.. sendero Aug 2012 #20
Old Man must be a General on the ground Yeah Its Spin Aug 2012 #21
... SammyWinstonJack Aug 2012 #45
101st Chairborne. nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #52
MULTIPLE wars. And silent on the police state, too. woo me with science Aug 2012 #23
From "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #30
+1 sarcasmo Aug 2012 #40
+1 stuntcat Aug 2012 #72
K&R We get all theater, all the time. woo me with science Aug 2012 #33
There is bipartisan agreement that war is the natural state of affairs /nt Bragi Aug 2012 #38
This country is numb to war. I would bet you that a high parentage of sarcasmo Aug 2012 #39
We don't declare wars anymore, woo me with science Aug 2012 #51
Neither of them want to admit we lost another war. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2012 #42
What war? Go shopping! nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #48
Oh, our media keeps us VERY aware of politics! woo me with science Aug 2012 #53
Not long enough nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #61
We have ALWAYS been at war with EastAsia. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #49
The US has been at war/regime change/paying off friendly dictators/whatever cr8tvlde Aug 2012 #54
Guess you aren't listening. Obama mentions it ALL THE TIME and that he is working to END it. RBInMaine Aug 2012 #55
Too real for American Political Reality TV whatchamacallit Aug 2012 #56
It's the "new normal"... Scuba Aug 2012 #57
Let me ask you something 1-Old-Man NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #58
Against - I have been against wars, all wars, since my 3rd tour in Viet Nam ('69-70) 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #68
because getting fat white haters to eat more chicken sandwiches is more important datasuspect Aug 2012 #59
another marine just died there. barbtries Aug 2012 #63
Yes. BrendaBrick Aug 2012 #78
I thoughr this was about SCVDem Aug 2012 #64
because "the war" is against the American people just1voice Aug 2012 #67
We have a timeline to end Bush's war, and the President isn't the GOP and wont' exploit it. n/t progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #69
Because mentioning it helps neither campaign. Martin Eden Aug 2012 #71
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