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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:20 AM Original message |
Meanwhile, 800 dead, and not a peep. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. oh the humanity. i'm sure our humanitarians will be there momentarily. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. you dont want to help them, so why the pretending? |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. intercommunal violence |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. And nearly 1 million displaced and seeking refugre. But we find it more |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. It was happening in Libya. Do you support the use of deadly force by the US in the Ivory Coast? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Are you saying that there were a million people displaced before we attacked Libya? If so, then |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. They're brown people |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I thought Africa was pretty sick of being invaded by white boys? |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. try Congo or Darfur (MILLIONS dead), and... hardly a peep |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. It is not the mission of the US to 'send in the guys' into ANY of these |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No, we only go when there is oil or other valuable resources below their feet. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I love a really self-righteous, overly-simplistic answer. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. +rec |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Bingo!!! |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. One thing you're neglecting to realize, they don't actually want to help the people in Ivory Coast. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. And honestly, how hard would it be for the people to uprise against the |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I think that people who use 'we' when speaking of sending military |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. yep. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Funny how you couldn't bring yourself to mention where it was. |
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wavesofeuphoria (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. I have a friend in Abidjan ... |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. Intercommunal |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. That is precisely what should happen. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. I support intervention here and I think the international community is failing hard. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. Have they asked for help? Has the Arab League asked for us to intervene? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. France has been consistent, asking the UN to intervene. The African Union however has not asked... |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. if they did, our isolationists would then change thier mind to " sorry suckers, we dont help" |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The only good thing is that about 50k of Gbagbo's men reportedly defected. This *will* be over soon. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. and really they dont want to help anyone. quite the opposite |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Ivory Coast isn't an Arab country; Arab League has no authority there |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. the arab leauge is solving the problem. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. They asked for a NFZ to stop the attacks on civilians by the government |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Ding ding ding, we have a winner! |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. African Union will not do shit. And UN is powerless in "peacekeeping" missions (this incident... |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I don't disagree, and I know how much it sucks |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. If it doesn't end soon like it is looking to be doing, then I support W. Africa's calls for UN... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
26. Our involvement in Libya started exactly in the same way: |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. Three reasons: |
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