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IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
46. Well, like many of the dead, they are too young (being six).
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:56 AM
Aug 2013

So I think we will leave the "taking out of tyrants" to those who do it for a living, while I am blessed to have mine start elementary school next week.

And yes, I think the people of Syria should be worrying about school supplies instead of burial shrouds for their children, too.

It may be a tough concept, but instead of "conquering places for rich people" I like the idea of "keeping people safe from murdering tyrants" as a reasonable use of military force.

This is where I'm torn and I feel your pain. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #1
You should call 1-888-550-ARMY (2769). AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #2
chicken hawks never put on the uniform markiv Aug 2013 #65
They always seem to have, one might say, "other HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #107
She "bleeds red", clearly she is sacrificing her own blood for the good of Syria CreekDog Aug 2013 #132
This! AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #100
Precisely. Jamastiene Aug 2013 #156
Would you be okay with another country using a military strike in the US 1awake Aug 2013 #3
We're Okay With Daily Gun Deaths otohara Aug 2013 #164
SIgn up or shut up. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #4
Actually, I have friends with family in Syria. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #16
You don't even know what you're talking about leftstreet Aug 2013 #22
Have I *said* there was a plan to remove Assad? IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #35
Your bloodthirsty rant is noted leftstreet Aug 2013 #40
Google is your friend. Go use it. nt IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #44
You first n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #56
Amnesty: Satellite images prove Assad violates human rights muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #141
Yet the WH wants Assad to stay leftstreet Aug 2013 #142
What makes you say that? muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #143
If he left voluntarily that wouldn't be regime change? leftstreet Aug 2013 #144
What they are saying is they're not using military force to make it happen muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #145
Obama included? Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #26
"No, I will not sign up" Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #39
Well, like many of the dead, they are too young (being six). IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #46
how very convenient. magical thyme Aug 2013 #48
The situations are not the same. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #52
So you bleed red, but not for your friends the Syrians, and magical thyme Aug 2013 #57
+ Infinity! - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #109
Did the US rob Iraq? HangOnKids Aug 2013 #167
we have both back door and economic drafts markiv Aug 2013 #76
True. And the poster has made clear *she* has no intention of bleeding red or any other color magical thyme Aug 2013 #82
yup - makes me sick nt markiv Aug 2013 #85
you said you "bleed red" but you won't sign up? so those words were hollow? CreekDog Aug 2013 #133
Then you are a coward. n/t backscatter712 Aug 2013 #160
So only those acceptable to the military can have an opinion? treestar Aug 2013 #58
If you want to spout off about killing other people then sign up. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #64
Thus everyone over 31 can have no opinion right? treestar Aug 2013 #70
Classic strawman. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #118
So that applies to all older people? treestar Aug 2013 #146
More accurately they can have an opinion that agrees with you or you will call them names mythology Aug 2013 #148
+1, It was true in the Bush years, and it's true today. Marr Aug 2013 #80
it's not about 'only those acceptable to the military' having markiv Aug 2013 #81
honestly then, you need to do more research cali Aug 2013 #5
Assad needs to go. Period. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #20
that's just ignorant as can be.. sorry, Ida, but you clearly aren't informed cali Aug 2013 #24
The "experts" have their opinion. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #31
wow. clueless. cali Aug 2013 #38
you sound exactly like the people who had friends from iraq.. frylock Aug 2013 #121
You cannot turn a Blind eye to what your actions can Cause 4Q2u2 Aug 2013 #103
this is as well thought out as your medical experiments CreekDog Aug 2013 #135
oh, this is what I'm talking about CreekDog Aug 2013 #139
Why, THANK YOU! The nicest reply in the thread! IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #149
OFFS. In addition of being totally clueless about the situation in Syria and pushing for a bloodbath NealK Aug 2013 #172
ROFLMAO! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #173
I did some searching. NealK Aug 2013 #174
Again, Fox News worthy investigation. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #182
Yeah, sure. NealK Aug 2013 #185
Not a problem, Faux News Guy. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #189
"I am as informed as I feel I need to be." WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2013 #140
The US throwing more rocks in the pond won't calm the pond waters. It will aggitate RKP5637 Aug 2013 #177
Then you should also support the US marching into Jeddah and Doha and Amman and Ankara to march leveymg Aug 2013 #6
I Sympathize With Your Feelings, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2013 #7
I feel likewise! bobGandolf Aug 2013 #17
I support someone's intervention in... the US of A. Amonester Aug 2013 #8
I think this message might be lost on the OP HangOnKids Aug 2013 #112
Canada, please liberate us. We apologize for all the moose jokes. - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #134
We can't even rebuild our own country. CJCRANE Aug 2013 #9
While the Syrian people are in a tight spot.. StopTheNeoCons Aug 2013 #10
And the hell with the aftermath? What if Iran comes to the aid of Syria? Or sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #11
Were you also for the invasion of Iraq? rdharma Aug 2013 #12
No, I opposed the invation of Iraq. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #21
I'll have to take your word that you weren't for the invasion of Iraq. rdharma Aug 2013 #27
I took my dogs to the march in Lansing, Michigan. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #37
You won't bleed nearly as much as the human beings we will be bombing. woo me with science Aug 2013 #13
+Infinity! - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #43
More info: There is no plan on the table to take Assad out cali Aug 2013 #14
I don't have any brothers or sisters in Syria atreides1 Aug 2013 #15
Go join. former9thward Aug 2013 #18
So you don't like murder but you like war? What do you suppose we will bomb them with? Prozac? KurtNYC Aug 2013 #19
I do not want to BOMB them; I want the leaders taken out. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #23
It just doesn't get more clueless than advocating that we remove cali Aug 2013 #28
Yes, removing a "hereditary" rule who has amassed billions of dollars IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #41
It's what Chogyam Trungpa called "idiot compassion" cali Aug 2013 #45
Sigh. We simply have to agree to disagree. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #51
Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #60
You know, I was being okay with the disagreement. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #127
you "bleed red"? oh, when do you go on active duty to take military action in Syria? CreekDog Aug 2013 #131
I do respect your opinion. jessie04 Aug 2013 #165
yeah, that's gonna happen. NOT A CHANCE. cali Aug 2013 #29
I'm sorry, but even Hollywood would call that script "unrealistic" Scootaloo Aug 2013 #33
Just have some of our Spec Ops troops ..... oldhippie Aug 2013 #49
Yeah, that's what I was thinking deutsey Aug 2013 #119
How, Ida? enlightenment Aug 2013 #61
You would replace one murdering asshole with some even worse murdering assholes. GreenStormCloud Aug 2013 #25
Which murdering asshole would you put in the previous murdering asshole's place? Scootaloo Aug 2013 #30
She said "Period", goddamit! Iggo Aug 2013 #183
I take this to mean you are enlisting right now. magical thyme Aug 2013 #32
March your happy arse over to Syria and put the hurt on them, please. n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #34
I've seen this movie before. It didn't end well CJCRANE Aug 2013 #36
By far and away the most uninformed nonsense posted cali Aug 2013 #42
Couple of things wrong with that: Dash87 Aug 2013 #47
I find your ideas quite grotesque. Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #50
+1000 AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #106
Only those Americans in uniform, will be bleeding red markiv Aug 2013 #53
Then you support Al Qaida n2doc Aug 2013 #54
Just like we did in Iraq? How'd that work out? NightWatcher Aug 2013 #55
Quite well really ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #122
In the 1970s-80s, it was viewed that a Mideast involvement would get us into WWIII markiv Aug 2013 #59
FYI - Not abandoning thread. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #62
Who gives a shit really? Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #68
hey vinny cali Aug 2013 #71
No need, apparently. Results: Lizzie Poppet Aug 2013 #95
OMG - Juror #2, WTF???? - nt HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #111
Serious props to you for the allusion to HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #137
Go read up about the World Court. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #69
excellent point about the world court cali Aug 2013 #72
I only bothered because Ida is pontificating about how uber informed she is. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #75
Well, I appreciate it. I'd completely forgotten that most salient fact. cali Aug 2013 #77
carefully cultivated bobduca Aug 2013 #96
it's not feigned. it's real ignorance. cali Aug 2013 #97
Ok, willfull ignorance is more apt. bobduca Aug 2013 #98
Willful and active. Note that neither the OP nor those who agree with it have bothered Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #110
They aren't your troops. Dash87 Aug 2013 #89
I find your statement "I bleed red." to be offensive Marrah_G Aug 2013 #180
So stop the murders by killing more civilians? Marrah_G Aug 2013 #63
Ida, I have deep issues with folks who take strong positions while shouting false 'knowledge' Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #66
I do not.... mike_c Aug 2013 #67
If you are in Syria and we punish them, then you might just bleed red. Autumn Aug 2013 #73
So...did you join the military yet? Vashta Nerada Aug 2013 #74
so you want the US to become the murdering asshole....wow bowens43 Aug 2013 #78
You have yet to advise us which murdering assholes you would have replace Assad? magical thyme Aug 2013 #79
She refuses to acknowledge that it could be worse apres Assad cali Aug 2013 #84
Hey, the guy who ate the human heart might make a great new leader! Marrah_G Aug 2013 #87
I [Heart Symbol] Syria? New campaign sign... David__77 Aug 2013 #115
feel free to put on a uniform and 'bleed red' for real markiv Aug 2013 #83
As shameful an op as I've ever seen here, but not only because cali Aug 2013 #86
+1000 Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #88
+10 000 tsuki Aug 2013 #90
Excellent fodder for DU parody sites leftstreet Aug 2013 #93
some are so blase' about other people's kids and grandkids dying..... steve2470 Aug 2013 #124
Agreed donheld Aug 2013 #171
You don't bleed red, you bleed green. You're not alone. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #91
You ought to make this its own OP and build on its themes. At any rate, HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #114
completely agree, excellent point nt steve2470 Aug 2013 #126
simply amazes me that someone promotes/supports war but is not willing to do any of the DrDan Aug 2013 #92
I bleed blood too LostOne4Ever Aug 2013 #94
Do you honestly believe the US can just "go in, remove that murdering asshole from power, etc." deutsey Aug 2013 #99
They said that about Iraq... backscatter712 Aug 2013 #101
It Has Only Been 10 Years But People Must Have Forgotten HangOnKids Aug 2013 #105
I've bled red, on this country's orders. I don't see a compelling interest for this country Recursion Aug 2013 #102
then what? cause the problems won't end there. rurallib Aug 2013 #104
Ultra Fail n/t whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #108
So you support al Qaeda? David__77 Aug 2013 #113
Any assistance to the rebels will aid Al Qaeda. Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #116
So once Assad goes, everything will be peachy keen? KamaAina Aug 2013 #117
pssst.. AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #120
puhleeze--like you would if Bush were pushing for this MisterP Aug 2013 #123
my stance, not gonna copy and paste every time: steve2470 Aug 2013 #125
Hot Spots: Central African Republic, Democrati Republic of Congo, Egypt, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia, notadmblnd Aug 2013 #128
excellent point nt steve2470 Aug 2013 #152
Good thing I didn't hold my breath for an answer. notadmblnd Aug 2013 #190
Sorry - when it became obvious this was a flame fest IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #193
I didn't have any desire to call you any names. notadmblnd Aug 2013 #195
Thank you. Your post did have some good points in it, too. IdaBriggs Aug 2013 #196
Fair enough. I'm not in favor of being the Planetary Police notadmblnd Aug 2013 #197
luckily, if we take out the bad guy, no matter what happens, it will be better afterwards CreekDog Aug 2013 #129
Said the wealthy American non-combatant from the comfort and safety of home. LeftyMom Aug 2013 #130
Where next? China? Russia? North Korea? Uganda? Zimbabwe? Iran? MNBrewer Aug 2013 #136
Two things nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #138
Good luck in the war. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #147
If only it were that simple Bradical79 Aug 2013 #150
I sort of disagree JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #151
It's easy to send other people's children off to die, isn't it? I guess for some it is. REP Aug 2013 #153
Your plan sounds an awful lot like a GI Joe script except Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2013 #154
"And knowing is half the battle!" REP Aug 2013 #155
And I'm not saying it can't be done. But the question is. Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2013 #158
Duh. REP Aug 2013 #162
. Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2013 #163
It'd be nice if war was actually like a GI Joe cartoon... backscatter712 Aug 2013 #159
i understand where you are coming from... actslikeacarrot Aug 2013 #157
My eyes started bleeding red after reading this OP Oilwellian Aug 2013 #161
+1 sarcasmo Aug 2013 #194
Then suit up... fujiyama Aug 2013 #166
Let the UN inspectors do their job FloridaJudy Aug 2013 #168
Really, until we're willing to escort our own murdering assholes to The Hague dflprincess Aug 2013 #169
Amen. jsr Aug 2013 #170
That's probably because you've convinced your self they will throw flowers and will come together... dkf Aug 2013 #175
lol Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #176
not convinced demosocialist Aug 2013 #178
I'm not, either. So what we offer then is yet another image of the US bombing a Muslim country. calimary Aug 2013 #192
I support in making sure that his ability to war on his own people is neutralized... cynatnite Aug 2013 #179
WTF ...don't they know we are exceptional? L0oniX Aug 2013 #181
Not your first huge FAIL! mentalsolstice Aug 2013 #184
Oh and BBC found little support nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #186
The problem is the rebels are not good people, either. alarimer Aug 2013 #187
As do I. And I'm DAMN proud to do so. It's the right thing to do Number23 Aug 2013 #188
I don't Aerows Aug 2013 #191
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