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In reply to the discussion: Can we all agree, that any solution that does not require military action is great? [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)45. It must be nice to be SuperPower(tm) and not have to care about pesky contradictions.
When it came to the crunch, I don't think many americans would give up their super-power super-moral super-police persona. Any american can look at that super-status and say "yes, that is *me*", a favored one, a decider.
They'll enjoy thin tales spun out of a spider's gossamer, forgetting them and all the past in their enthusiasm for tomorrow's triumphs, tomorrow's virtuousness when they can bask in the a warm glow of righteousness.
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Can we all agree, that any solution that does not require military action is great? [View all]
Logical
Sep 2013
OP
A lot of people knocked the stuffing out of the GOP symbol during the Bush Years.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#38
Sure, just give them a few billion dollars in aid for the chemical weapons and get it over with
Snake Plissken
Sep 2013
#22
Actually, it's not like they wouldn't be chugging around SOMEWHERE with full crews.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#25
Aaaa...yea but I would say that even if Mr. President hadn't rubbed my nose in the poopy tonight.
peace13
Sep 2013
#33
No I don't agree that ANY solution which does not require military action is great.
DrewFlorida
Sep 2013
#36
It must be nice to be SuperPower(tm) and not have to care about pesky contradictions.
delrem
Sep 2013
#45
Will we actually get a "solution", though, or will those in power just declare victory
hughee99
Sep 2013
#47
I predict Obama and Putin share the Nobel Peace Prize. Then truly the world will have seen
dimbear
Sep 2013
#48
That's all I care about, the avoidance of more war, of more blood on OUR hands
Dragonfli
Sep 2013
#50
Absolutely not. It's better than the alternative, but still utterly appalling.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2013
#55