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Donald Ian Rankin

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25. Drumbeat? The war in Syria started a long time ago, and is still going strong.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 11:53 AM

Aug 2013

What there's a drumbeat for at the moment is not "war in Syria" but "US intervention in the war in Syria" - which is a rather different matter.

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the war prayer--mark twain (listening to the appalling drumbeat for war in syria, time for this) [View all] niyad Aug 2013 OP

Few say it better than Mark Twain malaise Aug 2013 #1

I wish that every person who is in favour of military action would read, and understand this piece niyad Aug 2013 #2

I hate to tell you but they're busy trying to get malaise Aug 2013 #3

oh, sadly, I know--this has been going on for quite a while. niyad Aug 2013 #4

He was no lunatic; he spoke the truth. But there were none to hear him... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2013 #5

and, sadly, many who still will not hear. niyad Aug 2013 #8

K&R for Truth Tellers Octafish Aug 2013 #6

something accurate, and scathing, and utterly truthful niyad Aug 2013 #9

Here's another Supersedeas Aug 2013 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #7

welcome to DU niyad Aug 2013 #10

What was it? The poster was MIRTed. n/t JimDandy Aug 2013 #26

the name was "hug the earth" niyad Aug 2013 #27

Sounds very liberal. JimDandy Aug 2013 #28

the response here was good--have no idea what got posted elsewhere, the poster was quickly niyad Aug 2013 #29

Had to be. Who could go wrong with a reply post to Mark Twain? JimDandy Aug 2013 #30

thank you. I wish that the people who REALLLLY need to read and understand it, would. did you niyad Aug 2013 #31

Folks hellbent on war can't or don't see the other side snappyturtle Aug 2013 #11

Video NOLALady Aug 2013 #12

never saw that. incredible. thank you so much for sharing this. niyad Aug 2013 #16

Bless you, Mr. Clemens. ChazInAz Aug 2013 #13

It has an interesting history. ananda Aug 2013 #15

thank you for sharing that. I knew that some of his writings were not exactly popular. niyad Aug 2013 #17

K&R! The chickenhawks can kiss my ass! n/t backscatter712 Aug 2013 #18

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Weekend kick for a really important addition to the current discussion nt riderinthestorm Aug 2013 #24

Drumbeat? The war in Syria started a long time ago, and is still going strong. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #25

not enough room in the header for all that, but, amazingly, others seemed to understand it. niyad Aug 2013 #32

I'm not convinced that you understand it. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #33

nice insult, keep trying. absolutely fascinating that merely posting "the war prayer" could elicit niyad Aug 2013 #34

kick for weekend crowd niyad Sep 2013 #35