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CJCRANE

(18,184 posts) Sat Nov 14, 2015, 02:35 PM Nov 2015

What have been the successes of the War on Terror and Spreading Democracy?

How do you see the fledgling democracies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and potentially Syria shaping up in the future?

What about liberal democracy and freedom in the western world?

Has our zeal to spread democracy also borne fruit back at home?

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What have been the successes of the War on Terror and Spreading Democracy? (Original Post) CJCRANE Nov 2015 OP

Egypt was a domestic, nonviolent revolution not a neocon invasion. geek tragedy Nov 2015 #1

I see parallels between the War on Terror and the War on Drugs. Rex Nov 2015 #2

Dont' you know, Obama liberated Libya. jamzrockz Nov 2015 #3

The rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Oh wait, you were being serious - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2015 #4

For the MIC, endless ME wars is a HUGE $ucce$$. <-- it's these warmongers who benefit, 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #5

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

1. Egypt was a domestic, nonviolent revolution not a neocon invasion.

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 02:38 PM

Nov 2015

Armed force is at best a preventative measure against armed aggression, not as a vehicle for social change,

Rex

(65,616 posts)

2. I see parallels between the War on Terror and the War on Drugs.

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 02:41 PM

Nov 2015

Both huge failures started by idiots that care about profits more than they care about human lives. How is that democracy working out for us in Iraq? We have to stop the MIC from creating illegal wars.

Same with the War on Drugs, it is more profitable for the cartels and DHS to have a constant enemy (poor people) then to not have a war on poor people. Same with pay-for prisons.

This is all just one big con game that is self-perpetuating. Thanks to the greedy minds that dream of wealth and power. No matter what nation they live in.

jamzrockz

(1,333 posts)

3. Dont' you know, Obama liberated Libya.

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Sat Nov 14, 2015, 02:43 PM

Nov 2015

And brought democracy to that godforsaken country.

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

4. The rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Oh wait, you were being serious - nt

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Sat Nov 14, 2015, 02:47 PM

Nov 2015

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

5. For the MIC, endless ME wars is a HUGE $ucce$$. <-- it's these warmongers who benefit,

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 02:57 PM

Nov 2015

everyone else loses, big-time.

Who's going to reign this in? .. this endless cycle of endless ME wars..

I recommend this 10-Min. video as one of the more intelligent discussions about ISIS/Paris attack
that I've seen yet. It's Bill Mayer posing the question Why do they hate us?" .. to a panel of
Dylan Rattigan, Michael Steele, and Jay Leno.

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