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merrily

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26. And centuries before that, the idea by those countries that they could and should

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 04:20 AM

Jun 2014

conquer and rule other nations and exploit them set the stage for the Balfour Declaration.

Of course, by the time of the Balfour Declaration, we were on board with the very colonizing mentality that we supposedly fought a revolution to end for ourselves (though my growing suspicion is that that war, like most wars in history, was also stirred up by the wealthy and powerful for economic reasons).

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If there is one area liberals should trust Obama, it's foreign policy. [View all] Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 OP

I Agree, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2014 #1

Me too agree! betsuni Jun 2014 #44

And, I do.. Too bad those with their hair on fire like chucky todd don't give him an ounce Cha Jun 2014 #2

Obama tried to extend the Iraq war MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #3

Please! No facts. merrily Jun 2014 #22

I know right? He sure as hell wouldn't listen to a lying piece of excrement like Chalabi Dragonfli Jun 2014 #4

The good thing regarding this situation is Obama is hitting all time lows in poll numbers, so in quinnox Jun 2014 #5

KICK! Cha Jun 2014 #6

Please stop posting the neocon lie that the "surge" had anything to do with the fall-off in eridani Jun 2014 #7

in agreement. n/t 2banon Jun 2014 #8

While I'm not going to go into debating the surge, I do agree with your last post... Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #11

Do not forget 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #51

Sick. You are suggesting he kill children and re-engage in a fruitless war for POLITICAL REASONS! grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #9

Yes. That's exactly what I suggested. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #10

Drones = dead children. We are creating a hundred thousand bin ladens with our endless war. We grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #12

I agree actually. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #13

If we use Vietnam as a lesson - we left, and now they make our baseball hats! The domino theory grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #14

Not the Domino Theory 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #52

I would submit that our meddling caused Pol-pot, et al, as well - in fact it was the North Vietnames grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #53

They were coming one way or the other 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #54

In my view, we should have supported the norths independence movement from the start: grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #55

There is that Old Sticky Alliances Crap again 4Q2u2 Jun 2014 #56

Missed opportunities go back even further to the Treaty of Versailles, had Ho Chi Minh been Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #61

The U.S. had a plan to invade Laos, which it almost did in late '63/early '64 pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #62

When I went back to Vietnam in '93 they already had a Hard Rock Cafe in Saigon pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #59

Bush dramatically increased drone attacks in his last year in office. Still, Obama beat Bush on merrily Jun 2014 #43

It's not the government's. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #48

Again, Bush accelerated them before he left office, so merrily Jun 2014 #63

I know but, more people in Iraq scares the shit out of me Nobel_Twaddle_III Jun 2014 #15

You're not alone. I'm scared too... Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #17

He is wrong to send ann--- Jun 2014 #29

He has shown good judgment fujiyama Jun 2014 #16

I agree davidpdx Jun 2014 #20

He had a lot of encouragement to back off on Syria. merrily Jun 2014 #41

Our problems in the Middle East go way, way back. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #18

More like the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Europe & America sowed the seeds of WW II and much else Hekate Jun 2014 #21

Exactly ... that and the BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #23

And centuries before that, the idea by those countries that they could and should merrily Jun 2014 #26

Very true ... but conquest and "empire" were not BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #34

Thanks for the info. merrily Jun 2014 #37

I apologize if it seemed that I was BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #39

No apology necessary. I didn't perceive your post as an attack. I just gave the context merrily Jun 2014 #40

You might also find this BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #27

Before that. merrily Jun 2014 #42

I agree with you, DI Hekate Jun 2014 #19

When did you decide that your fellow Democrats should be your targets? merrily Jun 2014 #24

Mon Jun 4, 2007, 09:10 PM QC Jun 2014 #35

Of course. I should have sensed it at the time. merrily Jun 2014 #38

Bunk. This is W's 4th term. Pres. Obama copies W's MrTriumph Jun 2014 #25

Yes, your post is Bunk. Cha Jun 2014 #30

Bull Hekate Jun 2014 #31

The difference is W actually bombed. jeff47 Jun 2014 #45

Super Obvious.. from EarlG back when this was in the news.. Cha Jun 2014 #60

I don't trust him on this ann--- Jun 2014 #28

Really? Shock and Awe? Hekate Jun 2014 #32

Nice try ... LOL BlueMTexpat Jun 2014 #36

Yes, sending 273 troops is exactly like sending 20,000. jeff47 Jun 2014 #46

He was handed a horrific foreign policy plate cali Jun 2014 #33

It's also a nation that has had only one comparative economic meltdown in its modern history... Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #57

Nope. alarimer Jun 2014 #47

That is a very flimsy view... Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #50

Weak sauce.. President Obama goes with his own council and what he thinks is best for Cha Jun 2014 #58

K & R Scurrilous Jun 2014 #49

Few if ANY Politician can be trusted on ANYTHING, too much money involved and money trumps Exposethefrauds Jun 2014 #64