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Showing Original Post only (View all)So here's where I'm the unpopular dove [View all]
However horrifying it is, whatever you saw:
Will US military action make things better or worse?
If you can't answer that with some certainty, no matter how horrifying what you saw was, that's not an answer.
I was a Marine for 10 years. I did this for a living. I understand. I saw shit I can't erase, and you are too right now.
But if you can't think of an obtainable military objective, anger itself doesn't do anything.
Give us a hill to take, we'll take it. But just say "make things better", well, we're largely as clueless as you on how to do that.
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I just wonder how killing more Syrians is going to stop them from killing Syrians
liberal N proud
Aug 2013
#2
If we want to degrade it we can have Miley Cyrus twerk their air force
The Straight Story
Aug 2013
#8
And there it sits, your level of thoughtfulness and respect. A thread about horrific things and of
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#18
I had seen that earlier, and the guy on the second page I think said it best
The Straight Story
Aug 2013
#12
Is chemical weapons your tripping point? Is is ok to stand by and watch a government
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#66
And a plan for protecting the Christian/Alawite/Kurdish and other minority populations
MNBrewer
Aug 2013
#37
Agreed...my major objection here is that a policy of intervention doesn't promise any results
alcibiades_mystery
Aug 2013
#36