Stinky The Clown
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Sun Mar-20-11 10:07 AM
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Total agreement in a politically mixed group. |
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Some of us in the neighborhood are liberals, mostly Democrats. Some of us are conservative, some pretty much all the way to teabagger territory.
Last night, at a neighborhood get together, there was total, 100% agreement that the US ought not be invading Libya or any other country. No qualifiers. No equivocations.
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Sun Mar-20-11 10:09 AM
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1. Give it a week of US cable news and talk radio influence. People haven't been told what to think yet |
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Sun Mar-20-11 10:15 AM
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2. So what? Something like 90% of the country favored the Iraq invasion prior to the IWR vote. |
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Edited on Sun Mar-20-11 10:16 AM by ClarkUSA
It seems to me that the informed minority always has all the information. Conservatives and Senate Republicans are all against this move, which should tell you something about who they want to remain in power over there.
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Stinky The Clown
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:31 PM
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You're kidding right?
Its okay if a Democrat bombs the fuck out of another country?
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:33 PM
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6. I think what was said was that informed opinions tend to be correct. |
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Sun Mar-20-11 10:46 AM
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3. There is no compelling national interest in Libya |
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:59 PM
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15. If mass slaughter can be prevented, that's enough |
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...as Gadhafi's war machines were poised at the edge of Benghazi, and he promised "no mercy, no pity" on the 600,000 inhabitants. I'm ok with it not being in our national interest, if we can nevertheless contribute something to prevent a slaughter.
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Sun Mar-20-11 10:50 AM
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hard to believe without seeing it, so much apathy all in one little place
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Stinky The Clown
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:33 PM
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Opposing bombing the fuck out of another country is now classified as "apathy"?
I get it.
Its Okay If A Democrat Does It?
IOIADI
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:33 PM
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7. Cool. When the US decides to "invade" Libya, this post will be even more relevant. n/t |
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:35 PM
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9. In other words: "Bombing Gud When Dem Do It" |
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Stop it. You're killing me.
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:40 PM
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10. Bombing gud when save thousands of civilian lives. No-fly zone and invasion not same. |
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Hard Left marginalize itself even further.
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Stinky The Clown
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:43 PM
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Kind of a double standard, no?
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:49 PM
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12. Darfur is/was horrendous. Like Rwanda. And many others. |
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Failure to act correctly in past scenarios precludes us from acting correctly in all future scenarios?
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:52 PM
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13. How about North Korea? |
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Sun Mar-20-11 04:14 PM
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16. As I recall, we tried in Korea n/t |
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Sun Mar-20-11 04:16 PM
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17. When else have we given up? |
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Sun Mar-20-11 03:56 PM
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14. No one has talked about invasion |
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as far as I know...kind of a moot point.
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