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Syria Father crying over his Children who were killed in the Chemical Attack (Original Post) iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 OP
How about stop interfering in local politics in other lands? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #1
And... ANOTHER! MrMickeysMom Aug 2013 #2
And to think, just minutes ago iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #4
No, you are not smart... MrMickeysMom Aug 2013 #6
Can't we just give our money straight to Raytheon and General Dynamics and skip the war thing? Scuba Aug 2013 #3
I vote for your plan. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #7
Are you of fighting age? Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #5
K&r Sand Wind Aug 2013 #8
And what about the many mothers and fathers . . . markpkessinger Aug 2013 #9
 

Civilization2

(649 posts)
1. How about stop interfering in local politics in other lands?
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 03:08 PM
Aug 2013

You do realize that the CIA, and other "clandestine" agency political manipulations emanate from America on a disturbingly regular bases,. and "our" spook outfits often back dictators and depose democratically elected leaders in favor of more corporate minded ones?

If we would simply not fight/cause wars, for corporations and banksters, and instead work at social uplift, the world would be a much better place.

reminds me;

“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.”


― Bill Hicks

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
4. And to think, just minutes ago
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 03:21 PM
Aug 2013

I was told that " Smiley faces, 'what I love about this' and some 'rofl' emoticons seem to sum up the argument from one side in this discussion." when speaking of folks who want some kind of action in Syria... yet here you are proving you guys do it too!

I appreciate it!

(See , I can copy past the same thing over and over too!! gosh Im smart!)

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
6. No, you are not smart...
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 03:29 PM
Aug 2013

That is why you conflate fear and war mongering in the repeated posts to which a few of us responded by calling out this bullshit.

 

avaistheone1

(14,626 posts)
7. I vote for your plan.
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 06:03 PM
Aug 2013

It would actually save money to just give these companies the money, and it saves time too.

As a side note, it would save countless lives too.

markpkessinger

(8,396 posts)
9. And what about the many mothers and fathers . . .
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 02:25 AM
Aug 2013

. . . who have cried over children killed by U.S. drone strikes?

(There -- see how easy it is to play the game of emotional manipulation?)

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