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Syrian chemical attack killed 1,429 so we will kill 200,000 in response. (Original Post) cbdo2007 Aug 2013 OP
Where do you get the 200,000 number? hrmjustin Aug 2013 #1
Did Obama promise to nuke Damascus? Odd post nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #2
well, that's a totally ridiculous claim cali Aug 2013 #3
bookmark this and come back in 5 years and tell me it's ridiculous cbdo2007 Aug 2013 #12
I strongly doubt that we will kill 200,000 in response cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #4
What is the 200,000 based on? HappyMe Aug 2013 #5
200,000? Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #6
I thought it was 4 snooper2 Aug 2013 #7
absurd number n/t Enrique Aug 2013 #8
Bombing Assad's military planes and ammo stashes would not kill thousands of people. n/t Tx4obama Aug 2013 #9
More looney tunes BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #10
Follow the money. SOMEONE stands to make a nice profit off our attacking Syria. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #11
No, we won't. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #13
Are we dropping a nuke on Damascus sarisataka Aug 2013 #14
 

cali

(114,904 posts)
3. well, that's a totally ridiculous claim
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 03:32 PM
Aug 2013

the biggest potential problem is the law of unintended if not unforeseen consequences such as missile strikes exasperating the conflict and hastening its spread in the region.

sarisataka

(18,570 posts)
14. Are we dropping a nuke on Damascus
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:21 PM
Aug 2013

or Aleppo, if so we may go well over 200k. We could just try and wipe Deir ez-Zor off the map...

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