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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 09:50 PM Original message |
I don't get people's disagreement on what we did in Libya |
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Wed Jun-15-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Unrec'd simply because this was the first post in reply, and already the mention of unrecs. |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. It was at +4... then immediate down below 0.... that's why I posted |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. It's wild how that happens sometimes isn't it. |
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joshcryer
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #50 |
86. R2P covers genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. |
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UnrepentantLiberal
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Thu Jun-16-11 04:49 AM Original message |
What's with the censorship here? |
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Javaman
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Thu Jun-16-11 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
108. unrecing isn't "censorship". |
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UnrepentantLiberal
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Thu Jun-16-11 04:49 AM Original message |
What's with the censorship here? |
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tabatha
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Wed Jun-15-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. In Rwanda they used machetes. |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Does it matter what method is used for mass killings? |
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tabatha
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. No. |
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MannyGoldstein
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Wed Jun-15-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Did we stop a genocide? |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I think the free media outlets that the opposition is allowing already makes them better than daffi. |
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RZM
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. It's a tribal conflict |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kucinich is not a hypocrite, he is completely consistent, even when it is asinine. |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Insult aside, how is "Saint" Kucinich a hypocrite? |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. He was for intervention in Rwanda to prevent a genocide... but against the same in Libya |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I would gander DK sees something different here, while you don't. |
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I have addressed it, feel free to tell me how the GOP congress acted within the statute. |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. I think the reports of Kucinich suit are self-evident. |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Well, as far as hypocrisy is concerned, had Kucinich actually formed such a committee... |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
65. I think Obama would have had higher standing with the War Powers Act. |
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joshcryer
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #65 |
84. I actually like how it's going now, it's being funded by Pentagon discretionary spending... |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Hmm, one might call him a hypocrite for failing to implement congressional priority procedures. |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Actually, Kerry looks more the hypocrite playing CYA from the link you posted. |
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Kerry and the Senate is not statutorily required to create a committee under the War Powers Act. |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Oh. So that's why Kerry didn't make much noise about it? |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. He was instrumental in getting action done, but after that point he had no obligation... |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. No need to insult him. |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
56. Is that easy for a minority member? |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Yes, anyone in congress can do it, simply acting to those ends would have at least... |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I saw Obama skirting the issues. |
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joshcryer
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #64 |
85. Obama followed the law to the tee, 100% to the tee. |
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Wilms
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Thu Jun-16-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #85 |
99. Ohhh, "100% to the tee". |
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mikelgb
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Point of Order |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I never claimed that quote was by DK. That quote is the general view of Democrats at the time. |
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. I'd love a link with Kucinich's differing opinion on Rwanda if you have one |
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Wilms
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from... |
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mikelgb
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. hint: look at my avatar |
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Hugabear
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. So when do we send our military into Syria? |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Kucinich was in favor of U.S. intervention in Rwanda... that never came. |
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Hugabear
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Can you really compare the Libyan crackdown with what happened in Rwanda? |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. No.. because we STOPPED IT |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Yes, Benghazi got the treatment that Sarajevo was calling for, and Sarajevo would've ended... |
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provis99
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. so you just assume they were going to commit genocide. |
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Hugabear
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Well, the rebels did claim that genocide was inevitable... |
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Hugabear
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Do you have evidence of this? |
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MannyGoldstein
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. SD seems to not be into "evidence" tonight |
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Thu Jun-16-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
75. "I dunno Doc? Do you have EVIDENCE that the tumor was gonna metastasize and kill me?" |
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Hugabear
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Thu Jun-16-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #75 |
104. No, stupidity is blindly believing anything that you're told without asking any questions |
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phleshdef
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Thu Jun-16-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. They killed a thousand people in a day. It wasn't until after intervention that things toned down. |
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joshcryer
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
79. Once cannot provide proof of an alternate history, but you can look to Misrata as an example. |
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Hugabear
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Thu Jun-16-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #79 |
103. Glad you brought up Misrata as an example |
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eridani
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Thu Jun-16-11 04:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
96. I doubt that he would have favored unilateral action without Congressional approval n/t |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. When China and Russia approve, which is never. See Burma, where 22,000 people have been killed... |
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krabigirl
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Thu Jun-16-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
78. yeah, and hey, while we are at it, add Burma, and heck, china too. nt |
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Rageneau
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Right or wrong, the issue here is the law. Is Obama above it? |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The U.S. is no longer doing anything in Libya... it is a NATO action now |
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provis99
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. the US drops bombs everyday over there. |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. As part of NATO, not unilaterally... |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. More accurately, the EU drops US provided bombs. The US has no troop involvement except logistics. |
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flvegan
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. Who hit B7 on this old jukebox? |
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. What genocide? They're both Libyans. |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Libyan Govt attempting to kill hundreds of thousands of Libyans = genocide |
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provis99
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. oh please. |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The rebellion isn't the genocide, the crackdown by Gaddafi AGAINST it is |
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provis99
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Assad isn't committing genocide either. |
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scheming daemons
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. What do you call the systematic brutal killing of thousands of people? |
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provis99
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Genocide is killing ALL the Syrians. |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. The actions against the Berbers could be considered ethinc cleansing. |
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. It could if you do leg stretches first. |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Ahh, yes, funny quips about people being killed. |
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. No, it's a comment about making political hay over political murder. |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I agree, I don't call it genocide, I call it war crimes, which Gaddafi is being prosecuted for. |
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tabatha
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Wed Jun-15-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
71. 17,000 |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. The word genocide seems a little hyperbolic in this case. |
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Harmony Blue
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. It is a combination of genocide and ethnic cleansing in Libya honestly |
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provis99
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. ethnic cleansing? The makes even less sense than calling it genocide. |
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Harmony Blue
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. That is not true as Libya is a conglomerate of ethnic groups |
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provis99
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. you are mixing up tribal affiliation with ethnic group. |
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Harmony Blue
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I tried looking on the net |
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joshcryer
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Nonsense. |
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joshcryer
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. The original goal of the operation was political remedy, then it became ousting Gaddafi... |
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whatchamacallit
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. Not a peep about the oil |
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Harmony Blue
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. The Chinese are not happy about it |
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Wed Jun-15-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
66. Except it is our own actions, our own weapons that are killing thousands of innocents |
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tabatha
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Wed Jun-15-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Source please |
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donheld
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Thu Jun-16-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
73. I want to know how many of those repubs who are voting against it now |
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Thu Jun-16-11 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
74. This wasn't a genocide... |
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Thu Jun-16-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
76. It isn't a matter of agreeing or disagreeing. |
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Thu Jun-16-11 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
77. .... |
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
81. So if stopping genocide is our modus operandi & raison d'etre |
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
82. Using military force and bombing people to stop military force and bombing people? |
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joshcryer
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. A guy is walking down the street with a machine gun, and he starts shooting people. |
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #83 |
89. In this case, we are the police then I suppose, eh? |
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joshcryer
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. In that case that is what UNSC R2P actions would represent, yes. |
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
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Thu Jun-16-11 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
88. what total crap. there was no genocide, that's a totally false and ridiculous claim. |
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Thu Jun-16-11 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
91. Bottom line: more people are going to die because of U.S. involvement than without. |
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Thu Jun-16-11 03:07 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. UNSC 1973 does not posit that and not all of us say that was going to happen. |
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LAGC
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Thu Jun-16-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I guess it really depends how long this civil war drags out. |
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joshcryer
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Thu Jun-16-11 03:49 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. I always maintained that it would take 6 months because that's how long the Ivory Coast took. |
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Thu Jun-16-11 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
92. Problem: Defence, Intel, Foreign Policy Expert testimony was that your PREMISE WAS FALSE |
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Thu Jun-16-11 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
97. In an uprising of the Hatfields against the McCoys, there is a lot to be said-- |
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Thu Jun-16-11 06:53 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. "Hatfields vs. McCoys" seems a good way to describe it. |
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Thu Jun-16-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. The relatives of the rebels have had the short end of the stick for 40 years |
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Thu Jun-16-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
100. We are still there. Had Obama respected the WPA, it would |
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Dappleganger
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Thu Jun-16-11 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
101. Because we are not the world police and we're already in several wars |
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Thu Jun-16-11 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
102. yup. strongly agree |
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Javaman
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Thu Jun-16-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
106. One can still stop genocide with the permission of congress. |
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Javaman
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Thu Jun-16-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
107. So how is Bahrain working out for you? |
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