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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:50 AM Original message |
OK, I'm willing to back the President on Libya. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Recommending |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Your main paragraph should be an OP in and of itself... |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. +1 |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Another boneheaded decision by our president. And regardless of who wins, we pay. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I can understand that sentiment. n/t |
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CelticThunder (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. I am not. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. k&r welcome aboard |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. The rebels have cut their first oil deal. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. And five million have died in the Congo, a million refugees disrupting neighbors |
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Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yep. IMO, it's arguable that Obama can get credit for |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, you're wrong. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I very well might be. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. I believe President Obama made a good case last night for our actions in Libya. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. There are far cheaper actual genocides we could have stopped. But the europeans wanted us to protect |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. If you accept the proposition that Libya was becoming a genocide in the making, refugees would have |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Not my problem. China, maybe you would be interested in preventing this surge of refugees? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Self-delete due to technical error. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I believe in the following decades China will gain the ability to intervene in such crisis. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Russia? Sweden? Finland? Any takers? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I believe NATO will be taking it over. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That's nice but we already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on this already. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. In the age of microwave ovens and the Internet everybody wants it now. |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Sounds like that might take a few more days to happen since all |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I believe what happens on the ground will dictate |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So you're suggesting if the people say they need bigger and better |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I believe they will be met, but not without question and not under those circumstances. |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. You bet they have the "ability" to intervene LOL >> Tibet |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Staying true to the Serenity Prayer or if you prefer Bartley's philosophy. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. And what have we done about China and Tibet, after millions have died? NADA! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. And if we freed Tibet, who would be the leader of the country? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Hypothetical future possibilities justify war when oil is involved? Isn't that the Bush Doctrine? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. No, waging war based on lies and fabricated evidence is the Bush Doctrine. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. To accept the President at face value ... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The same can be said for dismissing the President at face value. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. The Principle of Unintended Consequences: |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. If we had backed Gaddafi, do you believe he wouldn't sell the oil? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. While everyone turns their backs on the five million who died so far in the Congo, right? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. A civil war bordering two nations; which have just gone through great tumult and have very |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. We must support the Libyan people on this! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Which ones? The Democrats or the Republicans? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. wow- now that |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm with you |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
42. I get it too... i hate war. I hate the war machine. But those people were gonna be hacked to pieces |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Kick! |
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