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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever seen a body without a head, or vice-versa? [View all]Dash87
(3,220 posts)118. I hate to tell you that the Syrian rebels aren't "the innocent Syrian people."
If we wanted to help "the innocent Syrian people," we would drop supplies, not bombs. We're helping madmen and fundamentalists that are just as bad as Assad, and have as much of an urge to torment the Syrian people as Assad does.
What do both sides have in common? They could care less about the Syrian people. The Pentagon could care less about them too.
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would you have the same stance if you see a stranger getting beat in the street
loli phabay
Sep 2013
#111
Nothing, but we're helping one of the sides that has been actively killing them.
Dash87
Sep 2013
#135
It's easy to question others decisions when you dont make any yourself. nm
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#36
At the core of every failed society you will always find the devil advocate. n/t
Larry Ogg
Sep 2013
#97
If you are trying to make a point you have failed. Maybe you should make a statement
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#32
Do nothing about what? Has this country been attacked, threatened even, have we
sabrina 1
Sep 2013
#68
I saw Breaking Bad and that was enough for me seeing half a face walking around. nt
kelliekat44
Aug 2013
#5
Yes, I don't understand that. If you support these wars, you damn well should be
sabrina 1
Sep 2013
#69
Yes. Americans watch TV and think it's real all the time. Idiots watch(ed?) CSI
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#18
Sorry Mr. Bill, you have to look at the numbers, the world wide web still doesn't
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#38
Yeah, I might agree with that. We'd have to consider length of exposure, gross numbers of people
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#49
I'd place Protecting America's interests in there some where. USA, USA USA.......
Little Star
Sep 2013
#73
And he was, himself, a product of TV. Before he found his niche as a full-time
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#63
"This is more about profit margins for the pushers of this war than children being killed. "
unhappycamper
Sep 2013
#80
In Washington the choice is between making Red State war production or making Obama appear weak.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#47
Not this Navy Vet! Not all sailors and airmen sit on the sidelines, not all soldiers and marines
Rebellious Republican
Sep 2013
#74
This Viet vet despises the chicken hawks and other war mongers. Do they really think ....
Scuba
Sep 2013
#82
Yes, I've seen pieces of people strewn across the street, in a most upsetting fashion.
MADem
Sep 2013
#88
Here is something I once wrote as a part of my attempts to put myself togather
Jackpine Radical
Sep 2013
#89
I didn’t see the event, just the aftermath, but what I saw there haunts me to this day.
Rebellious Republican
Sep 2013
#92
I shared this some time back, still brings tears to my eyes to this day.
Rebellious Republican
Sep 2013
#93
I just shared this link with Jackpine Radical, however I want to share this with all.
Rebellious Republican
Sep 2013
#95
I think most of the nation thinks war is like "Call of Duty" or John Wayne movies.
Dash87
Sep 2013
#117
I worked at the morgue a long time ago...can't begin to tell you the things I saw. NYC
SummerSnow
Sep 2013
#126
No, and I'm fairly certain that very few other people have either - but the point is moot
1-Old-Man
Sep 2013
#131