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Dear Senators McCain and Levin (Original Post) DainBramaged Mar 2013 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author politicasista Mar 2013 #1
Could two senators be more unalike from one another? Bay Boy Mar 2013 #2
As I see two politicians trying to sell acts of war as easy, simple, risk-free, TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #3

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Bay Boy

(1,689 posts)
2. Could two senators be more unalike from one another?
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 05:07 PM
Mar 2013

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What are you mad at Carl about?

OOPS! trying to say they are opposites.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
3. As I see two politicians trying to sell acts of war as easy, simple, risk-free,
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 05:16 PM
Mar 2013

limited, in-and-out, no-boots-on-ground, etc., I think to myself: what happens if things don't go as planned, there's massive retaliation, or if other countries jump in against us (Russia, Iran)? Is that quick and easy airstrike worth turning into a sudden, full-scale, all-out war? Is it SERIOUSLY in the US's national interests to go to war in Syria?

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