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28. well, I heard that Blame-America-First retort all through the Bush-era militarism

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 11:26 AM

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. . . even though I haven't heard that at all from the top levels of the present government.

I rejected it since the '80's and throughout the Bush-Cheney era, and I reject it now.

March 19, 2007
The Blame-America-First Crowd
By Michael Barone

"They always blame America first." That was Jeane Kirkpatrick, describing the "San Francisco Democrats" in 1984 . . .

"There is something profoundly wrong when opposition to the war in Iraq seems to inspire greater passion than opposition to Islamist extremism," Sen. Joseph Lieberman said in a speech last week. What is profoundly wrong is that too many of us are operating off the default assumption and have lost sight of who our real enemies are.

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130 More U.S. Troops to Iraq...There's Always Going to be an Excuse - This is Classic [View all] bigtree Aug 2014 OP

In my view, he's either a fool, a tool, or so lost inside the beltway, he can't see reality. grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #1

look at the photo I posted in the op of him from today bigtree Aug 2014 #5

He's got himself surrounded by all the wrong people. grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #7

Bush holdovers bigtree Aug 2014 #17

Regrettably, It Is All About The Oil cantbeserious Aug 2014 #2

It's Incremental...and we have to see if Obama "holds firm" against Hillary's attacks from the Right KoKo Aug 2014 #3

when our organizing principle is 'trust' the president, instead of organizing around our values bigtree Aug 2014 #6

He needs to have a confab with John Lewis, & Bernie Sanders. grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #9

Obama has lost all credibility on his Iraq policy, whatever it is. morningfog Aug 2014 #4

Kerry making a speech 15 hours ago claiming no more troops to Iraq bigtree Aug 2014 #10

I was actually grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #18

No more troops. No more money. bigwillq Aug 2014 #8

take to the streets bigtree Aug 2014 #14

I think we are committed to defending the Kurds Vattel Aug 2014 #11

did they not conflate ISIS/ISIL with al-Qaeda at the very beginning of direct action? bigtree Aug 2014 #13

I agree with you that we have a variety of "interests" in the Kurdish part of northern Iraq. Vattel Aug 2014 #15

power doesn't concede voluntarily bigtree Aug 2014 #16

Halliburton HQ in Erbil. grasswire Aug 2014 #30

supporting oil interests bigtree Aug 2014 #32

It was a disaster to believe we could just set up military bases where ever we want. Rex Aug 2014 #12

» bigtree Aug 2014 #19

Oh fer chrissakes....130 men? That's hardly an escalation. msanthrope Aug 2014 #20

That's how it starts. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #21

I get that's your opinion bigtree Aug 2014 #22

I agree with zero troops. ISIS hasn't signed on to the plan, though. nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #23

ISIS is just the latest incarnation of resistance to our nation's military meddling in Iraq bigtree Aug 2014 #24

I think the "Blame America First" approach is counterproductive. msanthrope Aug 2014 #25

well, I heard that Blame-America-First retort all through the Bush-era militarism bigtree Aug 2014 #28

Well...they attacked our ships in the Gulf of Tonk....they have WMD...Remember the Maine..or Alamo! Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2014 #26

Obama sends 130 Marines and special forces to Iraq Baclava Aug 2014 #27

our special forces will actually be hovering several inches above the ground bigtree Aug 2014 #29

Bigtree, thank you for your service to country in speaking truth to power. grasswire Aug 2014 #31

thanks, grasswire bigtree Aug 2014 #33

Marines have evacuated innocents in the middle of a civil war only about 1000 times before this. ieoeja Aug 2014 #34