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Syrian chemical attack killed 1,429 so we will kill 200,000 in response. (Original Post)
cbdo2007
Aug 2013
OP
Bombing Assad's military planes and ammo stashes would not kill thousands of people. n/t
Tx4obama
Aug 2013
#9
Follow the money. SOMEONE stands to make a nice profit off our attacking Syria.
blkmusclmachine
Aug 2013
#11
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. Where do you get the 200,000 number?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)2. Did Obama promise to nuke Damascus? Odd post nt
cali
(114,904 posts)3. well, that's a totally ridiculous claim
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.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)12. bookmark this and come back in 5 years and tell me it's ridiculous
I dare ya!
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)4. I strongly doubt that we will kill 200,000 in response
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)5. What is the 200,000 based on?
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)6. 200,000?
snooper2
(30,151 posts)7. I thought it was 4
Enrique
(27,461 posts)8. absurd number n/t
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)9. Bombing Assad's military planes and ammo stashes would not kill thousands of people. n/t
BeyondGeography
(39,367 posts)10. More looney tunes
Yay.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)11. Follow the money. SOMEONE stands to make a nice profit off our attacking Syria.
pnwmom
(108,973 posts)13. No, we won't. n/t
sarisataka
(18,570 posts)14. Are we dropping a nuke on Damascus
or Aleppo, if so we may go well over 200k. We could just try and wipe Deir ez-Zor off the map...