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malaise

(269,244 posts) Thu Sep 25, 2014, 08:41 AM Sep 2014

When you have been bombing, shooting, using drones to kill millions of others [View all]

please don't come bawling to me about the beheading of four Westerners.

Dead is dead - ask the widows, orphans and those who lost everything - some of whom fled to other lands. We Westerners killed lots of good useful citizens and referred to them as collateral damage.

Let me add that the deliberate use of torture (banned by international law and conventions) by the Bush and Cheney regime took us back to the Spanish Inquisition - how barbarian was that?

That is all.

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When you have been bombing, shooting, using drones to kill millions of others [View all] malaise Sep 2014 OP

I'm given to understand that they only understand the language of force gratuitous Sep 2014 #1

Yup madokie Sep 2014 #2

Few years back, that was the prevalent thinking here DrDan Sep 2014 #3

It is a very useful study malaise Sep 2014 #7

No doubt DrDan Sep 2014 #13

That has been useful information, however disturbing. It does explain how these policies sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #30

Sabrina 1 the really sad truth is that the political class across the globe malaise Sep 2014 #40

The elite know this is true of most people today, and they use that to their advantage. stillwaiting Sep 2014 #47

How do we stop killers? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #4

Good question madokie Sep 2014 #5

We have no GOOD answers. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #9

Why do we need to stop them? ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #27

wow Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #35

I assume you are in awe of how much you agree with my post. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #44

The shocking truth is that Bush and Cheney's invasion and occupation malaise Sep 2014 #42

George Bush answered that question in his first Presidential campaign. And since he was sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #31

by not being them reddread Sep 2014 #46

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Other than looting resources why are Westerners in Iraq? malaise Sep 2014 #8

Another reason we are in Iraq, malaise dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #15

Yes indeed but don't rule out China malaise Sep 2014 #41

I don't think anyone thinks that ISIS is going to "suddenly turn nice. cali Sep 2014 #10

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but that's hardly the extent of it cali Sep 2014 #18

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Their tactic of fear did succeed. We are now openly at war in Iraq and Syria. morningfog Sep 2014 #11

We and about 60 other countries. A more formidable group than a 'coalition of the willing'. randome Sep 2014 #12

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It was clearly their goal. cali Sep 2014 #19

Wow. How many people is Assad and ISIS killing? And you want to compare that to Bush, Junior? randome Sep 2014 #17

K&R LittleBlue Sep 2014 #21

Exactly, given the US's behavior over the last hughee99 Sep 2014 #22

Evetually karma will come knocking. Madmiddle Sep 2014 #23

What form will this "karma" take? geek tragedy Sep 2014 #39

Or melting the flesh off of opponents with white phosphorus Chathamization Sep 2014 #24

Dealing with that reality, what practical steps best advance a transition strategy for that region? blm Sep 2014 #25

Killing don't get it done. Octafish Sep 2014 #26

Dead men don't rape and behead FrodosPet Sep 2014 #32

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" This place is an even worse bastion of fascism than when geek tragedy Sep 2014 #38

Yeah but you know they only understand force. Autumn Sep 2014 #29

weirdly binary thinking onenote Sep 2014 #33

I think we would do well to ask ourselves what our ultimate goal is, and why we have that goal. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #34

Exactly... SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #36

Good post malaise Sep 2014 #43

Thank you. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #45

You are not obligated to care about anyone's death. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #37