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In reply to the discussion: Kerry Makes Case That Syria Used Chemical Weapons [View all]golfguru
(4,987 posts)107. A dozen civilians as collateral better than 1200 civilians later
chemically incinerated later by bad guys. Nothing is pure in life. It is better to amputate a diseased limb than sacrifice the whole body later. Life is full of compromises. There is no utopia or Camelot. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise.
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Intelligence MY ASS I heard last night on Mark Thompson show who we are relying on for intelligence
bigdarryl
Aug 2013
#2
No - we're pissed that this Administration is using the same playbook as Bush:
Maedhros
Aug 2013
#15
Bullshit. That's not what this admnistration is doing and only a full-fledged fool would think so
Number23
Aug 2013
#17
Have the UN inspectors finished their investigation and released their findings? [n/t]
Maedhros
Aug 2013
#37
The State Dept Report is missing something essential- any specific evidence of command authorization
leveymg
Aug 2013
#72
People never seem to consider that Assad's army is heavily infiltrated by the rebels.
Democracyinkind
Aug 2013
#101
that's a damn good question, and one that i imagine many citizens will be asking themselves in 2014.
frylock
Aug 2013
#54
Kerry voted for the IWR. Therefore, the blood of every casualty of that war is partly on his hands.
arewenotdemo
Aug 2013
#80
The report talks about the evidence, but none of us get to see any of the evidence as far
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#35
That doesn't prevent a situation where the people who tell Obama and Kerry what the deal is
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2013
#11
I trust Kerry and Obama to be smart enough to recognize lies when they see them
Jessy169
Aug 2013
#16
There is a rule in LBN requiring posters to use the exact headline of the article.
Mosby
Aug 2013
#20
Kerry is a great statesman, great democrat, great american and great humanitarium.
jessie04
Aug 2013
#25
The bet is that the "War Choir" has ratcheted up the chorus. So here we go again! -- n/t
mazzarro
Aug 2013
#67
What they do not seem to get is that most of us realize that chemical weapons were used. What we
jwirr
Aug 2013
#33
Powell was talking about something that could happen, Kerry talked about something that did
Sand Wind
Aug 2013
#47
Apparently there were confirming accounts on twitter and other social media.
The_Casual_Observer
Aug 2013
#53