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7. "To punish the Assad government ... would be the action of self-appointed global policemen"

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 09:15 AM

Aug 2013

"To punish the Assad government for using chemical weapons would be the action of self-appointed global policemen"

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Blix: Even if Assad used chemical weapons, the west has no mandate to act as a global policeman [View all] muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 OP

He has some points there treestar Aug 2013 #1

Normally we don't give a damn either. JoeyT Aug 2013 #6

I think we do treestar Aug 2013 #13

Mandate? We don't need no stinkin' mandate corkhead Aug 2013 #2

I agree with you. Tiredofthesame Aug 2013 #11

What is he? Some kind of Yurpeen socialist? QC Aug 2013 #8

"global policeman" is the wrong term - USA/MIC are global bullies. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #9

Sometimes slow & dysfunctional is better than misinformed & trigger-happy. Faryn Balyncd Aug 2013 #10