RT if you are glad POTUS is not ready to send our kids off to die in faraway wars for profit

[Playinghardball]

[Maedhros]

1. Ummm....

http://www.thenation.com/article/176045/us-militarys-pivot-africa#

http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175567/tomgram%3A_nick_turse,_america%27s_shadow_wars_in_africa_

[Demeter]

15. You forgot Ukraine

Venezuela (a future US project), etc....

[Kingofalldems]

2. Kicked, recced and tweeted.

[jakeXT]

3. Kinetic action, drones and proxy armies are the way to go /nt

[Man from Pickens]

4. Amen

I don't know what President Boehner is talking about, but this one is definitely NOT an anti-war President. Or if he is, then he's not the one calling the shots. Remember when we were supposed to have the troops out of Afghanistan by 2011? Threats of war against Iran right before the 2012 election? The attempt to start a full-scale war against Syria? And now putting US troops in Ukraine?

I'm against the next war, too, wherever it might be. A real anti-war President wouldn't even threaten war absent a core vital interest, which is not present in any of the places we've been rattling sabers.

[awoke_in_2003]

17. I think the Syrian situation was handled well

were there not a threat of war, do you think Syria would have let go of their chemical weapons? Had Romney or McCain been in office we would have had troops there.

[Dragonfli]

24. I may be mistaken but I believe Hillary wanted to send troops as well /nt

[awoke_in_2003]

30. Maybe so...

but I think Kerry was Secretary of State by that time.

[leveymg]

31. Petraeus and Hillary started that war. Qatar provided boots and

Saudi Arabia picked up the check. No, we did not handle it well.

[KamaAina]

5. What does the Russian propaganda channel have to do with this?

[ybbor]

19. That is what I assumed the RT stood for

I am still not sure what it does stand for

[AngryDem001]

20. Retweet?

[NutmegYankee]

21. It's reTweet.

https://support.twitter.com/articles/77606-faqs-about-retweets-rt

[Dragonfli]

26. Its origin is written at the bottom, interesting Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/Republicansareidiots1 (the tinyurlat the bottom right corner takes you to this page)

[appalachiablue]

6. K&R Absolutely

[spanone]

7. the neocons see no profit in peace. their structure depends on the war machine.

[calimary]

9. Indeed. I quote none other than Resident george w. dumb-ass to confirm that.

"Sometimes money trumps peace."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/02/14/301847/--Money-Trumps-Peace

Said on VALENTINE'S DAY 2007 forcryingoutloud!

[Surya Gayatri]

10. OMG! Did he really say that?

[calimary]

23. Totally. I was MONDO pissed off for a WEEK, just over that.

But at the same time I was NOT in the least surprised. It was like - "HAH, you finally copped to it. Confirmed every last one of my suspicions. They seldom tip their hand that baldly. But he did. Just gave away the store. Tipped his hand and all the NeoCONS' hands in four words. And a smirk for good measure.

I was actually surprised that it didn't elicit more of a reaction. I was freakin' STUNNED. OUTRAGED. All my worst fears and suspicions about this asshole and his kind were all TOTALLY validated. It was like locating the Holy Grail. It just proved EVERYTHING we said about how fucking mercenary that side of the aisle is. That they'd willingly send YOUR kids over to those hell holes in the Middle East to get their legs blown off, and all the armchair chickenhawks back home here were all safe and cozy and comfortable, while busily collecting and cashing checks.

And it barely moved the meter in the news. It just left me dumbfounded!

[Surya Gayatri]

32. Un_be_lie_va_ble ! And the sycophantic press didn't 'piper'!

[calimary]

33. Not a note.

[Dont call me Shirley]

8. Thanks for the complement to our Anti-War President, boner.

[ErikJ]

11. Poor boy gonna cry now he cant get his war toys.

[Scurrilous]

12. K & R

[irisblue]

13. DA FUQUE? I have to msiread this,,,,,,

what the hell.....

[Thespian2]

14. K & R

[lark]

16. Love it!

It's the nicest thing Bonehead's ever said about this president.

[bigwillq]

18. Many have died in a faraway land

in wars for profit under this administration.

[Maedhros]

22. SHHHH!

Quiet in church!

[Cha]

27. Yes, they have.. but, the President didn't start those stupid wars. See the difference. Obama

wants PEACE.

[F4lconF16]

35. Tell that to the thousands of innocents that are now dead from drone strikes.

And that's just one thing of many--Libya, Syria, Yemen, etc. This president has not gone after the MIC in any substantial way. He has continued to support them, in fact, and in doing so, he shows that he does not want peace, no matter what he may say.

From socialistworker:
http://socialistworker.org/2014/12/04/americas-longest-war-gets-longer
http://socialistworker.org/2014/11/25/still-a-war-for-oil-and-empire

Etc., etc., etc.--there are many, many more examples. Their actions belie their words.

[Cha]

36. Yes, it's sad.. I hate it.. I'm still more than glad we have President Obama as our President who is

in Charge and has led these negotiations with SOS Kerry and Iran. Iran is happy, too.


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[F4lconF16]

37. The negotiations were a resounding success.

This is one thing I'm more than happy to give him and Kerry credit for--they worked their butts off for this, and I'm very thankful they were able to do it. This is one of the things I think his administration will be remembered for, and they should be.

Thanks for your patience, Cha, I know we don't always agree, but it's good to celebrate together (and with the Iranians!) when things like this come along.

Cheers

[F4lconF16]

34. +1

[Cha]

25. Excellent timing for this one..

[Renew Deal]

28. Why is being "anti-war" a bad thing?

We should all be anti-war. It should be a goal.

[Renew Deal]

29. Someone should ask Bin Ladens corpse if he thinks Obama is anti-war.