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83. Everyone who voted for the war is to blame. nt

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Obama Authorizes Airstrikes In Iraq To Stop Genocide [View all] Purveyor Aug 2014 OP

Good. Turbineguy Aug 2014 #1

I understand that ISIS is basically..... TheMick Aug 2014 #2

Saddam was head of a legitimate government, in accordance to IL. Amonester Aug 2014 #7

Politically speaking, legitimacy is an illusion. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #81

So is the US. candelista Aug 2014 #88

US is a mass murder machine - we started all this. OUT NOW. Our feeble popguns will not stop 1400 grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #77

I can't help but think this wouldn't be occurring had not gateley Aug 2014 #3

Agree 100%! Kath1 Aug 2014 #8

I don't understand your logic. candelista Aug 2014 #89

Same here. Can we drop NeoCons on ISIS? Retrograde Aug 2014 #16

Exactly davidpdx Aug 2014 #20

This mess has a lot of parents. Igel Aug 2014 #53

What we have to do is fix our own country first, imho. grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #78

Everyone who voted for the war is to blame. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #83

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Gaza is a tragedy. cheapdate Aug 2014 #9

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That's a fact in the real world. cheapdate Aug 2014 #66

You people are comparing ISIS with Israel?????? Un-fucking-believable!!!! George II Aug 2014 #15

I don't think he is. Throd Aug 2014 #21

But will the US response be proportionate!? SnakeEyes Aug 2014 #24

"Proportionate" to what? George II Aug 2014 #52

You might not agree, cheapdate Aug 2014 #67

Katrina was a human tragedy and a humanitarian crisis... George II Aug 2014 #70

Again, you may not agree with the concept of nonpolitical humanitarianism cheapdate Aug 2014 #73

As problematic as it may be for a powerful nation like the United States cheapdate Aug 2014 #5

Exactly Tom Rinaldo Aug 2014 #6

Agree -- gateley Aug 2014 #11

Kurdistan! The US needs to create a new, true ally in the Middle East. McCamy Taylor Aug 2014 #10

too bad the iraqii nation as a whole doesn't seem to be concerned much nt msongs Aug 2014 #12

Actually they are SnakeEyes Aug 2014 #25

But not obviously about the Yezidi. Igel Aug 2014 #57

Well, there goes the election. I hope ballyhoo Aug 2014 #14

Obama isn't a candidate in any election. George II Aug 2014 #17

Who's talking about Obama? ballyhoo Aug 2014 #18

Look up at the SUBJECT LINE! George II Aug 2014 #19

The subject line notwithstanding, Obama's ballyhoo Aug 2014 #22

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I said long ago that Iraq would be the US's ballyhoo Aug 2014 #26

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We all know that, do you have a point? nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #55

Yup - buh bye Dems.... grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #86

Do you think this attack decision was ballyhoo Aug 2014 #87

I think it was gone way before this event and I don't think the President gives Purveyor Aug 2014 #91

I do, but not in the way you do, I would guess. But ballyhoo Aug 2014 #92

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

I am really getting tired of the tactic of starting with, "So you're rhett o rick Aug 2014 #47

Ok, I re-read your post. It seems pretty clear that you think the US is LTX Aug 2014 #48

Again with putting words in my mouth to make your argument easier. I didn't rhett o rick Aug 2014 #50

Hmph.... George II Aug 2014 #59

In other words you don't anything reasonable to say? nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #60

All that needs to be said here has already been said, by several people. Apparently... George II Aug 2014 #93

I'm worried that this will turn into another war mvd Aug 2014 #85

We should let the UN take care of it. Provide the humanitarian support and let the UN rhett o rick Aug 2014 #95

The UN has a peacekeeping wing...a war fighting one not so much. EX500rider Aug 2014 #96

I think many are tired of the tactic of blindly stating..... George II Aug 2014 #51

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

The President's speech answers your question(s). SunSeeker Aug 2014 #74

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

It's obvious you didn't listen to his speech. nt SunSeeker Aug 2014 #100

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

Well, so much for not being quick. We just started the bomb dropping. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #80

why intervene in one scenario and not the other? politicman Aug 2014 #30

The 40,000 are not "possibly" facing slaughter. They are dying now. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #31

its makes a huge difference.. politicman Aug 2014 #33

Wow. So your position is if we don't intervene in Gaza, we should let the Yazidis die. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #34

read this carefully... politicman Aug 2014 #36

I understood your position the first time. No need to repeat it. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #37

being able to do 2 goods things but choosing only the one that doesnt affect your friends.. politicman Aug 2014 #38

Sounds like you think nothing Obama does is noble. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #39

I used to respect his integrity, but lately he has changed so much from what he started off as. politicman Aug 2014 #40

I hear you Delphinus Aug 2014 #44

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

Speaking of strawmen, we don't "drop bombs at every turn." nt SunSeeker Aug 2014 #94

I don't think you're going to get a real answer. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #84

The people on that mountain dont support those trying to kill them. nt 7962 Aug 2014 #45

We have proof in Gaza, Iraq... not yet. harun Aug 2014 #65

Not yet?! The videos of the Yazidi families on that mountain not good enough for you? SunSeeker Aug 2014 #68

We're not just "not helping" Gazans. stranger81 Aug 2014 #69

Got it. So are you opposed to what we're doing for the Yazidis? SunSeeker Aug 2014 #71

There are scenario all over the world Democat Aug 2014 #32

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

because Israel laughs at "diplomatic pressure." lululu Aug 2014 #42

Oh, but the US has intervened in Gaza. woo me with science Aug 2014 #43

Israel is Ground Zero in the fundamentalists End Times fantasy. All our tax money we shovel to blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #62

who's doing the killing and who's dying are the deciding factors yurbud Aug 2014 #76

Awwww, stop making sense! grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #79

next up, the US does an airstrike into Israel. No, wait, sometimes genocide is okay. lululu Aug 2014 #41

You think the US should bomb Israel? n/t LTX Aug 2014 #49

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

Pentagon Announces U.S. Air Strike on ISIS Artillery Baclava Aug 2014 #46

However bad something is.... candelista Aug 2014 #90

The French didn't think so in WWI & WWII...the South Koreans didn't think so... EX500rider Aug 2014 #97

That was the 1950s. candelista Aug 2014 #99

Oh, I'm sorry, i thought you meant always when you said "the US always makes it worse" EX500rider Aug 2014 #101

If the U.S. keeps going to war in Iraq to protect people daleo Aug 2014 #98

I'm glad you're positive that the US will be successful n/t SnakeEyes Aug 2014 #103