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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts) Thu Sep 12, 2013, 11:28 PM Sep 2013

War is war.

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War is war. (Original Post) The Straight Story Sep 2013 OP

Too bad the war has already started... brooklynite Sep 2013 #1

Ok, things are really bad daleo Sep 2013 #2

US military involvement would make an already atrocious war much worse. morningfog Sep 2013 #3

brooklynite

(94,333 posts)

1. Too bad the war has already started...

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 11:31 PM

Sep 2013

...you're welcome to argue that military involvement may make things worse, if you can acknowledge that absent our involvement things are pretty bad already.

daleo

(21,317 posts)

2. Ok, things are really bad

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 11:58 PM

Sep 2013

But we can still make them worse by adding more weapons, corpses and tax dollars to the conflict.

morningfog

(18,115 posts)

3. US military involvement would make an already atrocious war much worse.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 12:04 AM

Sep 2013

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