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quinnox

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8. me too

Reply to Victor_c3 (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 04:03 PM

Dec 2012

I agree with just about all of it, especially the showing the pictures of the war dead to the people. They deliberately censor it in the mass media because they want to sanitize war. Good post, K&R. I just realized you were a soldier who fought in the Iraq war and it makes your OP that much more powerful.

Everyone should read this OP.

And even though the correct spelling is "nauseous", it doesn't matter, because we all know what you meant, so fuck any of the spelling nazis in advance. (As one myself, I think I can say this )

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The idea of entangling our military in Syria makes me nauseas [View all] Victor_c3 Dec 2012 OP

If/when we get involved there, I suspect it would be air-only, like in Libya NightWatcher Dec 2012 #1

I don't think it will be former-republican Dec 2012 #4

Exactly. It would require a ground invasion. Xithras Dec 2012 #7

Yes, I have no doubt it would be extremely brutal Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #15

War is profitable. Propaganda in favor of war works. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #2

poor choice of words former-republican Dec 2012 #3

The Iraq War was entirely unprovoked cpwm17 Dec 2012 #10

exactly right n/t Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #13

You want the media to show dead people? How 'bout US troops? leftstreet Dec 2012 #5

You mean the chemical weapons Saddam bought from us? I am nauseous too. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #6

Syria made their own with Soviet help. hack89 Dec 2012 #11

Sickening that anyone has these weapons at all. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #17

Most countries including the US have destroyed their stockpiles hack89 Dec 2012 #18

me too quinnox Dec 2012 #8

Yay - another war we'll spend trillions on and not win! Initech Dec 2012 #9

Thank you Victor for your humanity PufPuf23 Dec 2012 #12

Thanks again for being here. Agony Dec 2012 #14

I find it interesting that there is so much discussion Jazzgirl Dec 2012 #16