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In reply to the discussion: If Assad uses Sarin gas, what should the response be?? [View all]99Forever
(14,524 posts)172. Who are you?
The fucking word police? You got a scroll button or an ignore option on that contraption? Use it.
"Turn it down" my ass. I don't tell you how to write and I'm damn sure not going have you tell me. Is that clear?
Again with the putting words in my mouth nonsense too.
I do have an ignore option and I do know how to use it.
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I predict a Libya redo. Multinational aircraft bombing till the guerilla rebels can take over
NightWatcher
Dec 2012
#1
Look how long it took things in Libya and how hard it was to get things going
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#81
Sarin was invented in Germany in 1938, and can be made fairly easily.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#179
Wonderful. It's really a lucky thing that Assad is the only person who lives in Syria
eridani
Dec 2012
#120
I think your question is valid, but there is a way to split the cost among civilized nations...
Volaris
Dec 2012
#83
Use of chemical weapons on a civilian population can not and should not be tolerated
Arcanetrance
Dec 2012
#5
The targets won't be inside Syria. Most will be military bases and strategic installations in
leveymg
Dec 2012
#71
More than Seal teams will be needed. But I agree that Assad should be taken out and
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#49
British aircraft carriers, French aircraft carriers, German air support, amphibious landing craft
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#86
What would you say to framing this in such as way as to make it an extension of the Arab Spring,
Volaris
Dec 2012
#97
Yes, because if there was ONE good thing that came from the invasion of Iraq...
Volaris
Dec 2012
#93
There won't be much of a country left after a massive int'l military response.
leveymg
Dec 2012
#110
The need for containment will outweigh all the other more desirable outcomes if Assad decides to
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#112
It's not just about one family or one general. It's a religious war. All the generals are Alawite,
leveymg
Dec 2012
#113
Someone in gold braid is going to crack. Someone is going to get shorted his share of the money,
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#116
It's not realistic for one. Sarin gas does not go "oops"...can't kill that one...it's a civilian.
Lochloosa
Dec 2012
#25
High explosives are not considered WMD's, and you are being deliberately obtuse.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#41
The gas can't be targeted. It kills or seriously injures anyone that get exposed to it. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#46
Stop your dishonest trolling. Chemical weapons are banned under international law.
geek tragedy
Dec 2012
#108
what is dishonest about blast radius? ...don't care for Assad but that's no dishonest at all
uponit7771
Dec 2012
#165
Special, high heat producing bombs have to be used. The gas can survive regular bombs. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#39
But high heat bombs may not be completely effective if they miss; use nuclear bombs to be sure
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#59
There have been reports that they've already begun mixing the chemicals together
Fozzledick
Dec 2012
#76
I'm about as antiwar as you can get but if the U.S and the world can stop
former-republican
Dec 2012
#52
With our current military capabilities, it's a moral imperative to respond to this situation
Hippo_Tron
Dec 2012
#66
10s of thousands are a small number compare with the Iran-Iraq Wars approximate million deaths
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#140
I will tell you that President Obama would likely send him to his maker at that point.
hrmjustin
Dec 2012
#56
The Alawite launch at the end, when the invaders break through the gates. The targets will be the
leveymg
Dec 2012
#68
It's a near certainty that the missile force is already on a Deadman's Trigger
leveymg
Dec 2012
#106
And what should be the response if the rebels get their hands on some Sarin gas and use it?
Prometheus Bound
Dec 2012
#92
It's as if death cults are using world governments to start another war
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#115
Be like Israel - kill everyone you can and get praise for defending yourself
The Straight Story
Dec 2012
#119
You mean there's a largely disliked world leader who oppresses his own people,
hughee99
Dec 2012
#147
Michael ‏@_cypherpunks_ Truth provided by @DBCOOPA: #Syria is a proxy war.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#148
Breaking news: Gen Wesley Clark says an attack is not the best way to stop Syria's chemical weapons
LongTomH
Dec 2012
#160
If history is any indication, Mossad already has Assad in the crosshairs
liberaltrucker
Dec 2012
#180