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The oil industry would like us to. Marr Sep 2014 #1
I've been thinking about this lately louis-t Sep 2014 #5
It's an interesting thought-- what I read was that they control five oil fields, and that Marr Sep 2014 #15
Dropping the price of oil will certainly get some invading going on! arcane1 Sep 2014 #51
Not to mention the Munitions Industry. ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #16
I think we should have the same urgency as we had.. TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #2
Hang on, are you suggesting selling weapons to Iran in order to fund ISIS? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #13
Well, we might consider setting up small dictatorships to... TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #27
Was Bush right to do nothing about the Bin Laden threat? Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #3
If/when intelligence finds that they're Cyrano Sep 2014 #4
+1000 phantom power Sep 2014 #6
Or what if we spent that money on renewable energy resources. logosoco Sep 2014 #25
Like this? Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #8
There's a difference between a verbal threat and an actionable plot. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #19
I trust Obama to respond appropriately to this threat. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #23
Obama will do everything possible to Cyrano Sep 2014 #43
Republicans said the same thing about Bush. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #44
+1 uponit7771 Sep 2014 #38
that comment suggests there is a similar threat from ISIS Enrique Sep 2014 #9
This is more comparable to going after Hussein. Marr Sep 2014 #20
You would probably have said the same thing about Bin Laden in August 2001 (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #26
Your argument could've been used to justify invading Iraq. And it was, oddly enough. Marr Sep 2014 #31
Really? What in the world did bin Laden have to do with Iraq? (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #34
Bush claimed that Iraq was a threat to the United States. Marr Sep 2014 #37
On that, I agree with you. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #39
The problem is, Nye dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #47
Obviously, if Bush had just bombed Afghanistan a month before 9/11 the attacks would have Chathamization Sep 2014 #24
No invasion would've prevented 9/11, especially after the August 6th briefing arcane1 Sep 2014 #53
That's not the same, in most aspects. lark Sep 2014 #57
"No other country in the world seems to want to do anything about them." wyldwolf Sep 2014 #7
Wake me when their troops get there Cyrano Sep 2014 #14
Cyrano jumps down thread, moves goalpost wyldwolf Sep 2014 #22
For some, if you are going to 'do anything' that means troops and boots on the ground. Anything else pampango Sep 2014 #35
30 countries? Then we must certainly be able to sit this one out. n/t A Simple Game Sep 2014 #59
I stand with Elizabeth Warren on this. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #10
why? Enrique Sep 2014 #11
Myself, while I usually support Senator Warren I try to be an independent thinker and just totodeinhere Sep 2014 #29
Me too. (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #30
Agreed! Aerows Sep 2014 #40
We did our 'humanitarian' rescue, so time to let them go at it! This was well predicted when we..... dmosh42 Sep 2014 #12
Yes. Thank you for a voice of reason. 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #18
But..but...we have a golden opportunity to lose another war and prove our stupidity!! Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #17
With you 100% on this R.Quinn Sep 2014 #21
KurtNYC linked to this in another thread Aerows Sep 2014 #28
Cheers to you, Aerows. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #48
kpete made an OP about it Aerows Sep 2014 #49
kpete made an OP about it Aerows Sep 2014 #49
The Middle East: Not our circus, Not our monkeys Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #32
It's our fault this is happening Politicalboi Sep 2014 #33
What is your plan? Skidmore Sep 2014 #36
My plan would include Aerows Sep 2014 #41
Regarding the "not Christians" comment in the op Cyrano Sep 2014 #45
But we have to! Scuba Sep 2014 #42
actually many other countries have expressed concern over isis La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #46
There was a coalition in the Gulf Wars too. Rozlee Sep 2014 #52
Kerry: The cancer in Iraq locks Sep 2014 #54
Yes! For once let them battle it out among themselves. maddiemom Sep 2014 #55
Well "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."-Big Dawg TexasProgresive Sep 2014 #56
One day somebody sat our pal Barack down and showed him some $ that made his eyes pop. toby jo Sep 2014 #58
Sorry, I can't buy that. Cyrano Sep 2014 #60
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