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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:29 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you think the US has a right to initiate a preemptive war? |
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Florida_Geek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. US has the right to hit at targets like Clinton did |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. well, not exactly |
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Florida_Geek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. So Clinton was wrong to go after bin Ladem ? |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #87 |
101. Who ? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. You prepare to defend against a gathering threat War is not the right |
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Stew225 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, but only in order to protect the overall good as, I |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Protecting the overall good is far far too vague to be a standard. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. You really should specify whether you mean unilaterally. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Absolutely Not - And I'll Tell You Why |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. But what if there was a doomsday scenario? |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
102. Never is such a long time |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Any sovereign country has that "right" |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Defenders of the free world? How does that kool-aid taste? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. We ARE the defenders of the free world, but we've been sick. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. no, we arent, you couldnt be more nationalistic and wrong |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. You misread me entirely. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. You are saying two things, one very right and one very wrong. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. We could agree |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. If you want to write your own dictionary, have fun. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. Practice what you preach |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Political words are tricky things. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. You mentioned the dictionary |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Nations dont have rights. Only humans have rights. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Does a nation have a right to not be invaded? |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 11:22 AM Response to Reply #88 |
106. Thank you so much for saying that. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. dupe |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. From the World's point of view: |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. It cant make anyone feel safe that we are so powerful and so irresponsible |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. true. but it must be justified by an imminent threat |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
96. We are the defenders of the free world? |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 11:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
108. We're the "defenders of the free world"? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Never |
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xray s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. If we have solid evidence that a country is going to attack us, YES |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I dont like that standard one bit. |
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xray s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Oh I agree |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. But Pearl Harbor itself was a pre-emptive attack. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Agreed, once an attack has been initiated, you can preempt before it hits. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. The way I think of the idea of preemption |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Well, that depends on how you define an attack. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. One could argue |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Hmm, that would really be preemptive though, would it? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. going to attack and is attacking are two different things |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. No. "Preemptive war" is always used by the aggressors. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
121. Yes-No-No |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Kennedy thought so |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. But if we didnt make USSR think we could attack them at any moment, |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Don't know |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. But you cant look at things in a vacuum like that. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Whoa there! |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. If you didnt read it, I didnt say it. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. No, I think that's one of the few things Bush got right |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Fine, screw truth, screw reality |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. No, but they were definitely the enemy |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Fine, turn the world into a cartoon. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. The Soviet Union was responding to missles on her borders. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Sure, but |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. It was an act of war. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. You cant just cut out the rest of the picture and pretend |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Also, we had "pre-emptively" invaded Cuba. |
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Tamyrlin79 (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm not against a truly preemptive war when truly in our self defense... |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. of course we have the right |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Do you have a right to kill your nieghbor when he has not attacked you? |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Depends on why you think so N/T |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. So you believe that I have the right to murder someone? |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. No, I said it depends on why you think so |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. that is the point, advancing on you with an axe is an attack |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Right, that's what makes it complicated |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Of course - Like with Iraq |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Im sorry that life is complicated, that isnt an excuse to be unethical. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Exactly, which is why we can't say preemption is wrong |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. That doesnt follow at all. |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
89. yes I do.. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Having the ability is not the same as having the right....eom |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
85. Nor is having the liberty the same as having the right? |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. war as a last resort. - other |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. no use of any force |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq were morally justified. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. Real pre-emptive war by the US is unlikely under current circumstances |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I think that since we have all these weapons |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
48. The solution is complete nuclear disarmament by all parties. |
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Radius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. This will never happen. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I unfortunately have to agree. |
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Radius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Agree |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Alas, you're probably right. It will take a nuclear war. |
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lil-petunia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
52. Pearl Harbor, 9/11, - no difference |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I think we obviously had justification before 9/11 to take action |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #52 |
107. Very well said |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
58. Only if there is an Undisputed and urgent threat that requires it. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
69. Let's try reductio ad absurdem |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. strawman argument |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Then what is the purpose of this thread? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Did you not read the word preemptive? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Your question left out the word Preemption |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Fair enough |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. I suppose if we lived in an ideal world. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 05:34 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. We agree on principles |
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citoyen (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Iraq was not a preemptive war |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #92 |
100. You are right that Iraq was not a preemptive war |
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citoyen (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
91. The question is almost nonsensical |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Hi citoyen! |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 08:45 AM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Bush has distorted the language - but preemption is still wrong |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #99 |
115. the word that describes this ILLEGAL, AGGRESSIVE war best is PREVENTIVE war |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #91 |
109. I agree with this. |
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
94. On the general principle of pre-emption, |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
95. The US didn't intitiate a preemptive war. |
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MS68 (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
97. Probably not... |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-04 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
98. "The Myth of Preemptive Self-Defense" |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
103. Do DU'ers even understand what the concept means? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 11:19 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. what do you think it means? |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. This is culled from the internet, and is in line w/ my understanding. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 01:07 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. fighting a PREVENTIVE WAR is always an aggressive war |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. That's fine, I won't argue with your point but it has nothing to do with.. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
105. No, it only as the right to "preempt" an IMMEDIATE DANGER |
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Bush was AWOL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
112. Yes, if you know someone is going to hit you take their ass out |
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MsConduct (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
113. No! We do rule the world, no matter what * thinks! n/t |
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MsConduct (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. How about we do NOT rule the world! LOL n/t |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
116. The right to do so is part of international law |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
117. The problem is that you NEVER know the alternative history. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
119. No, if preemptive is defined as |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-04 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
120. Yes but only in very extreme situations. |
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