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bhikkhu

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36. If an embassy with security guards constitutes war...

Reply to ddeclue (Reply #26)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 09:13 PM

Jan 2012

then just about every country on the planet is at war with just about every other country.

I don't see how shifting the goalposts from "end the war and bringing all the troops home" to "close the embassy and bring home the diplomats and guards too" accomplishes anything.

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President Obama has waged more war than any previous Nobel Peace Laureate except Kissinger! [View all] TransitJohn Jan 2012 OP

He has ended more wars than he has "waged" tridim Jan 2012 #1

+1 greatauntoftriplets Jan 2012 #4

+1...nt SidDithers Jan 2012 #7

Nope.. the war in Iraq is still going on with our mercenaries instead of our Army and Obama didn't ddeclue Jan 2012 #26

If an embassy with security guards constitutes war... bhikkhu Jan 2012 #36

Yep. Unrec in spirit. NYC Liberal Jan 2012 #32

Nice strawman n/t alittlelark Jan 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author HereSince1628 Jan 2012 #3

+1 CrispyQ Jan 2012 #19

bwahahahahahaaa spanone Jan 2012 #5

Yes. Peace, jester. DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #6

do you have a comparative list? Sheepshank Jan 2012 #8

Kinda like giving Ken Lay the "Ethics in Business" award. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #9

IMO Mr Dixon Jan 2012 #10

What war did he wage? liberal N proud Jan 2012 #11

mary jane? Puzzledtraveller Jan 2012 #12

Difference between waging and starting...Bush started them... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #13

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Tunisia. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #17

Those were wars waged by bu$h and Cheney liberal N proud Jan 2012 #24

He's still waging them. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #25

He is trying to end them liberal N proud Jan 2012 #27

And, the killing is still going on in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #28

Last I looked Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #14

Fun fact: He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on securing loose nukes. AtomicKitten Jan 2012 #15

Fuck Ron Paul. FSogol Jan 2012 #16

Why do you keep posting that in my threads? eom TransitJohn Jan 2012 #33

As he's an adherent of the fraudulent war on terror whatchamacallit Jan 2012 #18

Obama ProSense Jan 2012 #20

How is Ron Paul germane to the OP? TransitJohn Jan 2012 #34

False (unless you're relying on trick definitions) cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #21

Good point about Kissinger, I'd forgotten about him. TransitJohn Jan 2012 #35

I see it differently Broderick Jan 2012 #22

More than Teddy "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one" Roosevelt? Scurrilous Jan 2012 #23

To be fair I've always thought of Obama's nobel prize as the world"s way of saying think Jan 2012 #29

No, he wound down one war and will wind down the other treestar Jan 2012 #30

NWO speak -- "Hate is Love" and "War is Peace'. nt jody Jan 2012 #31