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BainsBane

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9. I can appreciate that

Reply to killbotfactory (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 11:38 PM

Feb 2015

and I respect your view. Some others have articulated their positions far less artfully, however, and it does look like they are trying to explain it away.

There is also the problem of what do we do now that ISIS does exist? They are not Saddam. They are far less predictable. They clearly pose a threat to the region and anyone who crosses their path. So what is the solution?

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Historical causes vs. justification (Iraq and ISIS) [View all] BainsBane Feb 2015 OP

I see this as a continuum from Arafat Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #1

Those were not the first terrorist bombings BainsBane Feb 2015 #7

Terrorist bombings in the Middle East started before Arafat Fumesucker Feb 2015 #12

K&R! hrmjustin Feb 2015 #2

while this is true, for some the explanation seems an attempt to shift or at least geek tragedy Feb 2015 #3

I agree BainsBane Feb 2015 #4

Yeah, just because we should have left one evil group (Saddam's Baath party) geek tragedy Feb 2015 #5

When my dog shits on the floor, I clean up the shit and THEN I ask who didn't walk him. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #6

To me the point is our Ex-President, with the blessing of the honorable houses of Congress killbotfactory Feb 2015 #8

I can appreciate that BainsBane Feb 2015 #9

Bravo! I well remember when Dennis Miller and his cohort sneered at and mocked those of us who KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #10

Yet ironically some seem to be justifying precisely that BainsBane Feb 2015 #11

There's quite a large portion of humanity that does not believe in "an eye for an eye" Fumesucker Feb 2015 #13