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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:36 PM Original message |
For $1 Billion, One Dictator |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hey, Qaddaafi Cost Us One Hell of a Lot Less Than Bush/Cheney. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. No politician EVER has the right to talk about we |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Xchrom, I remember D.U. back in 2004-2008 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. You may have outdone yourself |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Uganda next... |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. What's your cost estimate on that? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. If we keep on finding new wars to fight I'm sure we can exceed Iraq/Afghanistan. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Nice evasion |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. dkf loves Qaddafi and the LRA |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No I just want to stay out of it. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. "Let the rebels win their own freedom, then we don't have to be responsible for their behavior" |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Do you think the rape and murder of women and children should continue in Uganda? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I'm sure we could find these situations in a whole lot more places around the world. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. :eyes: |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Somehow we only find them when there is oil involved. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. How about we go to war against countries which tolerate sex tourism? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. How about we go after the terrorist rebel armies that rape/murder/mutilate |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. How about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia? |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
58. We do have a base in Bahrain. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Why is it our responsibility? nt |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Because we are decent human beings. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Apparently responding to people who ask for help isn't |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Thanks, gateley |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Do you really know what you are getting? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Do you mean who we're getting in Libya? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. When you topple the old guys, the new guys are on you...in this case us. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. We didn't topple them this time, though. This wasn't a slick |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Ronald Reagan's support of the Mujaheddin came to bite us in the ass. |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Not the support, the abandoning. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. What's in it for our citizens? I'd rather that go to LIHEAP... |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. sickening...but wouldn't post....giving repukes fuel. nt |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Fucking hell! |
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Danse (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Before and after pictures |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Why no link to pics from Gaddafi's months-long siege of Misrata? |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Because the spoils of Libya will pay far beyond what was spent |
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Danse (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yep |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I doubt any of that money is going to go towards the social safety net or impact |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. 3 days worth of oil pumping. |
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. How many trillions did we spend in Iraq? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. We've spent more for less. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. And apparently we will keep on doing what we are doing. |
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Andrew_Writer (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. 6 million |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. Not that anyone bothers to calculate interest anymore --- the price will only be know later |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. How much will that break down to, per Libyan head saved? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Those Libyan rats, costed the Libyan economy something like $70 billion. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. The germs in Syria scoff |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Ask not a hypothetical, ask instead "How much it will cost per Libyian killed?" |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Freedom for 6 million Libyans |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
55. ... Hopefully |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Wasn't Libya on the Neo-Con hit list? |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Yes, I remember it well |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Reagan got his anus in a twist over Libya, after they gave refuge to his new enemies in Lebanon |
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mark7sys (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. If only all our other governmental endeavors could be as cost effective as this one! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
42. Well he was evidently worth one federal election cycle. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. Could have built a number of community health centers for that. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. don't you have some bankers to support somewhere? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
56. Hell, they had $9 billion disappear in Iraq... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. The Libyans aren't complaining... |
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