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valerief

(53,235 posts)
24. And that employment could be re-routed to non-killing endeavors.
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 07:58 PM
Jun 2016

Same tax money, same people, different roles.

it is easy to write about foreign policy - coulda shoulda. But decision-making isn't a novel. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1
Scahill's book is not a novel. It's a report on leaked docs about the 19 agency watch list program. ancianita Jun 2016 #4
lol at the dudebros at The Intercept talking about Obama's team geek tragedy Jun 2016 #2
But, but , but tonyt53 Jun 2016 #3
None of this discredits the leaked documents of his book. Ad hominem is a cheap dodge to take ancianita Jun 2016 #5
"ad hominem is a cheap dodge" geek tragedy Jun 2016 #6
My paraphrase. Obviously, you really don't want to watch this speech, do you. Then don't. ancianita Jun 2016 #7
The U.S kills innocent civilians. choie Jun 2016 #27
I had zero problem with Bush killing terrorists. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #28
It's age diversity that's at issue, not gender/race."Ben" Rhodes is the Deputy National Security ancianita Jun 2016 #8
the comment was "white guy frat boys" which if you read very carefully geek tragedy Jun 2016 #9
Still haven't watched the video, have you. Yours is a pre-empt trolling strategy here. ancianita Jun 2016 #10
by discussing the content of the actual words written in the post? nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #11
Watch the vid and you'll understand the spirit of the words, you'd rather dis the OP with niggling. ancianita Jun 2016 #12
But not with the Obama administration choie Jun 2016 #29
Different operations. Maybe Brennan's in on those, since they're primarily drone strikes. ancianita Jun 2016 #30
Jeremy Scahill is a national treasure 90-percent Jun 2016 #13
29:39 to get a review of the watch lists ancianita Jun 2016 #14
Will Scahill be banned 6/16? Geronimoe Jun 2016 #15
Good question after 6/20. Do negative conclusions based on facts about Hillary merit a ban? Dunno. ancianita Jun 2016 #16
I think if you talk about Hillary, there'll be a ban. However, if you talk about someone else, say valerief Jun 2016 #17
We're always being told the U.S. is the most powerful nation on earth. What does that mean? valerief Jun 2016 #18
Usually control. And we were once a good powerful. Now we're a feared powerful. And not just ancianita Jun 2016 #19
So do you think our power is more physical than economic? I do realize valerief Jun 2016 #20
We seldom build where we're not invited to. Other countries prefer our presence to nothing ancianita Jun 2016 #21
And that employment could be re-routed to non-killing endeavors. valerief Jun 2016 #24
The non-killing endeavors being the creating of regional stability for trade, free or otherwise. ancianita Jun 2016 #25
We need to do it the U.S.!!!!! nt valerief Jun 2016 #26
I don't understand what you mean. ancianita Jun 2016 #31
k&r excellent thanks for posting nationalize the fed Jun 2016 #22
Thank you back! ancianita Jun 2016 #23
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