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polly7

(20,582 posts)
34. Nah ................ I don't really care about anyone laughing at me,
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 02:08 PM
Sep 2015

it's making light of suffering and horror and death - especially children that disgusts me.

Go ahead and laugh at me, steven - do you think that bothers me one single fuck?

I'm not sure I am unhappy about all of this. I think we should let the Russian's own it. stevenleser Sep 2015 #1
ISIS was created by the power vacuum induced by the catastrophic polly7 Sep 2015 #9
...! KoKo Sep 2015 #13
Yes they were. And? nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #16
And ........... polly7 Sep 2015 #17
No hypocrisy. Obama did not invade Iraq. We don't need another quagmire. stevenleser Sep 2015 #18
'The quagmire' was caused by the brutal destruction of a nation long on polly7 Sep 2015 #19
Your posts are a rapidly accelerating gish gallop of unfocused points and accusations. stevenleser Sep 2015 #22
And your posts are a rapidly accelerating attempt to polly7 Sep 2015 #27
LOL, good luck with that interpretation. nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #29
Yes, it's all a huge laugh. polly7 Sep 2015 #30
As always, trying to mischaracterize other folks posts laughing at your lack of logic stevenleser Sep 2015 #32
Nah ................ I don't really care about anyone laughing at me, polly7 Sep 2015 #34
that's good because LOL once again uhnope Sep 2015 #88
Just Gross. polly7 Sep 2015 #100
you didn't answer. Is Assad, like Gaddafi was, a good guy in your book uhnope Sep 2015 #102
I never said Gaddafi was a 'good guy'. Stop lying. polly7 Sep 2015 #103
oh jeez. a huge dump that was. Okay to play your game.... uhnope Sep 2015 #107
Didn't like that, too complicated? polly7 Sep 2015 #108
so you won't answer. LOL. Omission is a LIE also, did you know that? uhnope Sep 2015 #111
I don't answer to your ugly lies and innuendo. polly7 Sep 2015 #112
you were an apologist for Gaddafi and now for Assad. And for the homophobic fascist Putin uhnope Sep 2015 #113
You're disgusting. Period. nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #115
Very graphic jamzrockz Sep 2015 #118
Thanks jamzrockz ... polly7 Sep 2015 #119
It's stunning how people refuse to admit Bush started this. It would be too hard to bettyellen Sep 2015 #37
WHO refused to admit Bush started this??? polly7 Sep 2015 #38
For some folks, when the truth doesn't suit their agenda, it's OK to just make stuff up. stevenleser Sep 2015 #39
Yes ........... exactly. polly7 Sep 2015 #42
I'm not the one who can't get right the group that started the Iraq war. You've changed it several stevenleser Sep 2015 #47
ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. polly7 Sep 2015 #48
Yep! The "west" instead of Bush is willfully deceptive..... bettyellen Sep 2015 #49
Lmfao. nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #50
Who mentioned any of that? polly7 Sep 2015 #52
You need to calm down. We've seen dozens of posts here laying this all at HRC and BO's feet with no bettyellen Sep 2015 #56
And you need to stop making shit up that wasn't mentioned. It's dishonest polly7 Sep 2015 #57
Just agreeing with Steve that this "the West" stuff is bullshit.... bettyellen Sep 2015 #58
Ok, Bush and PNAC represented the East. polly7 Sep 2015 #59
It's nice you're willing to be specific when pressed, thanks! bettyellen Sep 2015 #60
It's disappointing an adult would believe Bush represented the east, polly7 Sep 2015 #61
Not sure why you heard that one- a delusion I guess. bettyellen Sep 2015 #65
Are you hearing things? I'm not. polly7 Sep 2015 #67
Happy? angry? You flatter yourself. And babble on about the east as if someone bettyellen Sep 2015 #69
You're boring. nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #71
You're usually mildly amusing. Not this time, but often! bettyellen Sep 2015 #77
Slowly I turned ... step by step ... inch by inch... betsuni Sep 2015 #104
Good for you. polly7 Sep 2015 #105
Clean your mirror. nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #120
Agree with you. 840high Sep 2015 #41
Thank you. :) nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #43
Yeah, that was a stupid game of semantic nit-picking. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #72
And getting stupider and stupider all the time. polly7 Sep 2015 #74
Much gallop today! bettyellen Sep 2015 #78
And without a point. Reread that persons posts and see if you can detect an overall stevenleser Sep 2015 #82
Awwies ............. polly7 Sep 2015 #106
The point is to derail towards some imaginary conversation they'd prefer to have. bettyellen Oct 2015 #125
Snooze. nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #109
Russia is bombing the fuck out of opponents to the brutal dictator Assad uhnope Sep 2015 #87
"Russia is bombing the fuck out of opponents to the brutal dictator Assad" Jesus Malverde Sep 2015 #92
Russia is bombing the moderates uhnope Sep 2015 #95
Moderate terrorists Jesus Malverde Sep 2015 #96
you think it's funny that moderate opponents are being slaughtered and you call them terrorists? uhnope Sep 2015 #97
There are no moderates only zealots fighting Assad, Jesus Malverde Sep 2015 #98
The Russians are next in line for a failed unconventional war. Rex Sep 2015 #84
Yep, let 'em have it with our compliments stevenleser Sep 2015 #86
Russia is bombing anti-Assad forces but not ISL denbot Sep 2015 #2
^^^ moondust Sep 2015 #11
^^^ ellisonz Sep 2015 #62
based on our actions and who is funding ISIS GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #3
...! KoKo Sep 2015 #12
So we underestimated Assad or Puzzledtraveller Sep 2015 #91
see post #8 for a more complete picture of ISIS GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #99
Hands were tied. Xolodno Sep 2015 #4
Or, with luck, those radicals will go back to KSA ozone_man Sep 2015 #7
We did a lot more than just train the rebels - we flew bombing missions just like Russia and karynnj Sep 2015 #5
...! KoKo Sep 2015 #14
Russia has had troops in Syria since 1971 and they just added to them GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #21
Even before the first shot was fired in Daraa on 3/18/11, the opposition was armed leveymg Sep 2015 #64
Thank you for dissecting the convenient narrative of all this all began. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #114
Thank you, leveymg. nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #116
Putin isn't doing this to "fight ISIS" Blue_Tires Sep 2015 #6
it may not be Putin's top reason but fighting ISIS is part of the mix GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #20
The Uses of ISIS polly7 Sep 2015 #8
...! KoKo Sep 2015 #15
Thank you KoKo! nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #40
Seems about right. ozone_man Sep 2015 #51
Thank you ozone_man. :) nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #53
+1 GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #85
Thanks for the article GreatGazoo! nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #101
this is not america's affair... best to take this opportunity to stay far away... KG Sep 2015 #10
if Russia wants to run the Afghanistan/Vietnam/Iraq playbook in hopes geek tragedy Sep 2015 #23
Exactly what I was saying upthread. Have at it Vladimir Vladimirovich. stevenleser Sep 2015 #24
please proceed, president for life nt geek tragedy Sep 2015 #25
Yes, take it with our blessing. What will be interesting going forward is... stevenleser Sep 2015 #28
they've already excused Assad's abuses, they still insist he's innocent geek tragedy Sep 2015 #31
Yep. I really expect very little good or honesty from that crowd. stevenleser Sep 2015 #46
Russia appears to be doing exactly the same thing we are in Syria. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #55
Russia is there to shore up Assad. There's little sign they're going after ISIS as opposed geek tragedy Sep 2015 #66
I don't particularly care which jihadists they're bombing. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #73
Agree with you 100%. nt. polly7 Sep 2015 #75
Assad is their last remaining asset in the region. geek tragedy Sep 2015 #76
To be fair, it's difficult to have an open and democratic society killbotfactory Sep 2015 #110
The Ba'ath regime in Syria has been around for decades geek tragedy Sep 2015 #117
This war has nothing to do with human rights. killbotfactory Oct 2015 #122
Thank you. nt. polly7 Oct 2015 #123
I do not share your eagerness to make excuses geek tragedy Oct 2015 #124
I make no excuses for the actions of Bush or Cheney. nt killbotfactory Oct 2015 #127
No, you only make excuses for Assad and Putin. nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #128
I opposed the Iraq War, too. I guess that makes me a Saddam apologist. killbotfactory Oct 2015 #129
I opposed the Iraq war, and I don't lick the boots of Assad and Putin. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #130
The option here is secular dictatorship vs. radical Islamic caliphate. killbotfactory Oct 2015 #131
That's the current choice because that's how Assad engineered it. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #132
most governments will try to maintain power when faced with violent revolution. killbotfactory Oct 2015 #133
Assad used violence against peaceful protestors. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #134
Better Russia than us. I am very concerned about the innocents still_one Sep 2015 #26
If Russia can handle it, so be it. romanic Sep 2015 #33
I'm with you Puzzledtraveller Sep 2015 #93
At one point Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2015 #35
Not only Congress, but the American people as well. Some of us have "selective" memories, or.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2015 #80
Let it be Pooty Pott's problem treestar Sep 2015 #36
They are. 840high Sep 2015 #44
Actually, it's the Russians who just sat on their hands for too long. KamaAina Sep 2015 #45
you wrote underthematrix Sep 2015 #54
You got my quote correct then made a weird left turn into no man's land GummyBearz Sep 2015 #63
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #68
Russia won't hit ISIS directly davidn3600 Sep 2015 #70
I have a couple of posts with my thoughts fadedrose Sep 2015 #79
One despicable dictator covering the ass of another. Who coulda guessed? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2015 #81
It is strange watching a dictator clean up an unruly mess made by the Bush administration. Rex Sep 2015 #83
Our current admin stoked the flames too. Puzzledtraveller Sep 2015 #90
We need to figure out why the hell we are still in Afghanistan. Rex Oct 2015 #121
Russia indeed has more of an interest in seeing Isis squashed. Puzzledtraveller Sep 2015 #89
The monster was created by our friends. Jesus Malverde Sep 2015 #94
Since it turned out that whacking Saddam and Gaddhafi Jake Stern Oct 2015 #126
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