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In reply to the discussion: Argh! Michael Steele just said (on All In) that we could be fighting ISIS for the next 30 years. [View all]WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)45. Should call you EPIC_FAIL_ART. No Conflation Zone
There's never been a Gen-Xer in any leadership capacity, dude.
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President Baby Boomer (checks across the board)
Your fucking economy. Your fucking wars. Your fucking climate.
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Argh! Michael Steele just said (on All In) that we could be fighting ISIS for the next 30 years. [View all]
winter is coming
Feb 2015
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I don't propose we rubber-stamp an open-ended formless war with no clear goal.
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#4
ISIS has made it very clear the only stop is total annihilation. Before too many
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#7
Are you suggesting the UN negotiate with ISIS? I dont know how you negotiate
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#12
No, ISIS has not ceased other areas of chaos, still have problems but ISIS needs to be
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#23
Do you seriously think the leaders of ISIS ordering the brutal murders of others is interested in
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#48
No I am not a member of the military, do have family members there. What path would you suggest in
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#65
It just dawned on me that maybe we should only send our rw christians who are also trying to
jwirr
Feb 2015
#42
I do not see ISIS wanting to govern, they want the apocalypse, dont think they care as we do.
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#58
I am happy with this project having more nations involved. We lost standing in the world with
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#60
Good, now you have stated your opinion, though incorrectly about my family and you missed on
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#74
The ISIS that is there in country in Iraq & Syria aren't really a global threat
JonLP24
Feb 2015
#19
They have said they want the apocalypse, I havent seen any effort on their part to talk about
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#22
They do not appear to like those who are not muslin also. With some of their attacks they are
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#61
"Before too many Countries {sic} sat back and Bush pushed forward." You are defending
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#41
Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. nt
NutmegYankee
Feb 2015
#8
Or, we could just say no. “Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.” Carl Sandburg.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#9
Of course it will be 30 years. If they're admitting to 30, they mean perpetual. n/t
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#27
I don't see Michael Steele going over their in uniform to do something about "it" nt
msongs
Feb 2015
#15
We'll definitely be fighting them for the next 10 years. Hopefully, Gen-X won't be...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2015
#21
Guess what? Boomers were saying exactly the same thing in the '60s and '70s
Art_from_Ark
Feb 2015
#50
HA! Your generation was given everything on a silver platter, you fucked it up...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2015
#79
The world has seen generational wars before. Our only choice is whether to get involved.
freshwest
Feb 2015
#38
When Hayes said, "That's insane!" he didn't mean that the estimate was insane,
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#34
I doubt "most" agree that muslims need to be wiped out. That must be your particular
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#72
There is a reason people are saying the Middle East will have war for 30 years
AngryAmish
Feb 2015
#40
we have been fighting the CRAZY wing of islam since the 15h c. luckily the brits thought they
pansypoo53219
Feb 2015
#53
I don't want to jump into a full-blown war with no goals and no limits.
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#73