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In reply to the discussion: Obama Authorizes Airstrikes In Iraq To Stop Genocide [View all]McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)10. Kurdistan! The US needs to create a new, true ally in the Middle East.
Never mind what Turkey says. The people of Kurdistan are more like us than they are like the Arabs that surround them. Mountain people around the world are more like each other than they are like the lowlanders who live next to them. Mountain people learn self reliance, individualism----traits that Americans value.
If we can protect the Iraqi Kurds and the Kurds of Iran, Syria and Turkey and help them form a single country, we will have another Middle Eastern alley at least as valuable as Israel. I see nothing wrong with sending military aid to them.
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US is a mass murder machine - we started all this. OUT NOW. Our feeble popguns will not stop 1400
grahamhgreen
Aug 2014
#77
I think it was gone way before this event and I don't think the President gives
Purveyor
Aug 2014
#91
Once more I find my government rationalizing killing more people. We have a horrible track record
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#28
So you're fine with 40,000 innocents literally dying of thirst on a mountain top...
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#29
Again with putting words in my mouth to make your argument easier. I didn't
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#50
All that needs to be said here has already been said, by several people. Apparently...
George II
Aug 2014
#93
We should let the UN take care of it. Provide the humanitarian support and let the UN
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#95
I would ask that those that don't agree with what I say, provide a decent argument and avoid
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#54
So do you approve of the actions described in Obama ' s speech yesterday or not?
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#63
I have said a number of times that humanitarian help is always good. Bombing and killing
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#72
And that's enough to satisfy you?? I am going to authorize dropping bombs but I am not "quick to
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#75
He already started dropping bombs. Wow, that was quick, but he said he wasn't quick to drop bombs.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#102
Wow. So your position is if we don't intervene in Gaza, we should let the Yazidis die.
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#34
being able to do 2 goods things but choosing only the one that doesnt affect your friends..
politicman
Aug 2014
#38
I used to respect his integrity, but lately he has changed so much from what he started off as.
politicman
Aug 2014
#40
STRAWMAN argument. No one provided that position. Do you have an argument as to why we should
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#56
So are you saying because we didn't intervene in EVERY humanitarian crisis, we shouldn't here?
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#61
I haven't said a word about Gaza. I also didn't say anything about needing to
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#82
Not yet?! The videos of the Yazidi families on that mountain not good enough for you?
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#68
so we are supposed to applaud the action of Obama to help the Yazidis and forget his stance on I/P?
politicman
Aug 2014
#35
Israel is Ground Zero in the fundamentalists End Times fantasy. All our tax money we shovel to
blkmusclmachine
Aug 2014
#62
next up, the US does an airstrike into Israel. No, wait, sometimes genocide is okay.
lululu
Aug 2014
#41
Do you think we should help (interfere) everywhere or just the places you choose? nm
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#58
First, Israel and ISIS are not equivalents, and it is rather appalling to suggest it.
LTX
Aug 2014
#64
The French didn't think so in WWI & WWII...the South Koreans didn't think so...
EX500rider
Aug 2014
#97
Oh, I'm sorry, i thought you meant always when you said "the US always makes it worse"
EX500rider
Aug 2014
#101