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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:49 PM Original message |
So, NATO is about to send troops to Misrata to help with the "relief" effort. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. So Gaddafi's forces are hiding |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yes, communism, incubators and WMD, I know. n/t |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Have nothing to do with Misrata |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Hey, obviously NATO military intervention has solved the problem. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. We'll see how we treat their brothers in Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. If Syria keeps going downhill as it is, I will be very very angry if the international community... |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I hear ya. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
117. fuck that "the international community" doublespeak. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. So you're advocating UN/NATO intervention in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Nope. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Don't be silly, if Syria needs international intervention, and we act it will still be "about oil." |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well of course loonies will never be convinced |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I think that intervention in Libya makes such intervention less likely though. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:06 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Think he's as much of a murdering bastard as his dad? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I think he's shown remarkable restraint, but the world stage is watching closely. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. he seems to like to pretend to be the "well-polished statesman" |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. He's handling it wisely, let the people get it out of their system, give up concessions... |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:36 AM Original message |
Yeah, I'm sure Saleh was shocked at how fast he went |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
43. Oh, stupid Yemen has oil, too. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It's hard to imagine us landing guys back in the Arabian Peninsula in any case, isn't it? nt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:55 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yeah, credit for Obama, he's staying the fuck out of it. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. derp de dupe. nt |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
67. So Qaddafi's a monster, but Assad's not so bad? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #67 |
83. Absolutely, but unlike you I don't write off civilians under the guise of "they're armed." |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
91. I Qaddafi is crushed the way that he should have been crushed a |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
63. The government of Yemen has been using training and weapons |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. So is your complaint NATO isn't doing enough or doing too much? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. There are such things as shades of grey. nt |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. So NATO should intervene, but don't intervene if you know it isn't going to instantly work? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. What do you want from me, exactly? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That is a good enough answer for me. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. Personally, I find your lack of cocksure certainty rather refreshing |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
84. If solid evidence was provided that wasn't filled with innuendos, I'm fully open to it. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Rebels don't want to evacuate their human shields |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. "NATO is about to" vs "EU is awaiting UN approval." |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why is it taking so long for these people to give us our candy & flowers? |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
74. Oh the SWEET SMELL OF COUNTER-REVOLUTION |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sending in troops to support 'relief efforts'. What could possibly go wrong? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Did you agree or disagree with the UN's forces in the Ivory Coast? |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And that's the first time I remember being scared. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And a long downhill slide into the abyss. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
58. They'll get pinned down perhaps and require evacuation |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Good, NATO ought to have been doing a hell of a lot more a hell of a lot quicker. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
92. I agree. NATO should have pounder Qaddafi into submission, found and |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #92 |
106. The people that are doing this don't give a damn about Libyans. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #92 |
118. You mean like the 'allied forces' did in Iraq?? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. So, E, what do you think should happen? Should have happened? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It has very little to do with what's "right." |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Excellent post, thats really the truth ain't it? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. josh, look at the name of the poster to whom you're replying. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh I recognized your nickname! |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Thank you! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. I don't think NATO is in Libya because of the way Gaddafi treats his people. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. How about for the people of the Ivory Coast? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. And your alternative solution is...? n/t |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
93. I hear one of my most hated songs welling up in throats. Will Qaddafi hear? nt |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. I don't think so either. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Protestors have been fired on in every single country |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Yeah, I didn't think we'd find common ground or agreement here. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. It's all right. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
90. "Gaddafi does respond to diplomacy" |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
114. dupe n/t |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
115. " Gaddafi does respond to diplomacy because of his track record " which track record? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #115 |
133. There is no moral high ground America can take on raining death on civilians from the sky. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. wake up and smell... imperialism. sigh. kr |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Ah but Gadaffi will counter such imperialist swine with his cluster bombs of freedom! |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. fucking pathetic. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Don't worry snipers of freedom will fire their bullets of liberation into the people of Misrata |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
50. It's a little inconsistent to support a military solution and then complain |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:10 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. That presumes the snipers are a result of the solution as opposed to a reason... |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. Boy, you certainly do like to call people "intellectually dishonest", don't you? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
85. You think it's intellectually honest to say snipers are the result of intervention? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #85 |
98. How can any person that has been awake for the last month claim that snipers |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #98 |
124. And who on earth are YOU talking about? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #98 |
134. As they were in Egypt, Yemen, Syria and Bahrian. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #85 |
123. Where on earth do you get that? Do you just randomly slam words together to insult people? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:38 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Yup, it is impossible to conduct a war without putting snipers on roof tops to shoot people trying |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. There were snipers in Egypt. There are snipers in Syria, Yemen |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
77. Have I expressed ANY support for the regimes of Syria, Yemen or Bahrain? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. My point is that there is nothing extrordinary about Libya |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. Yeah, because border clashes are the same as violent suppression of a population. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #80 |
100. Are you fucking kidding? Not even Saleh has lobbed cluster bombs into |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. Urban warfare is not pretty. And I assume you favor |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. That's asinine, Thailand and Cambodia were having a border dispute. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. Let me put this simply |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #111 |
119. To repreat: It's hypocritical to back a military solution |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
112. Yes there was, Benghazi. France saved thousands if not tens of thousand of lives |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #112 |
122. Maybe hundreds of thousands? It's like counting teabaggers, isn't it? |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Don't conflate stories: the bread line was indirect fire |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. You really need to sit back and enjoy the atrocity porn. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Because what really goes well with whitewashing war crimes is jokes about rape. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Be careful. I haven't whitewashed anything. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. You haven't whitewashed (ie, glossed over) the crimes by Gaddafi? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #79 |
110. On second thought just refer to the post above me n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Where were you when the cluster bombs were falling in Lebanon |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. That's a rather weak denouncement of cluster bombs. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:40 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Sophomore year of highschool in 2006, I wasn't even born when the USA dropped cluster bombs on |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Cambodia was in February. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Maybe you should have been clearer? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Why should I have been clearer? Surely you attended to the bombing of Cambodia |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
113. Cluster bombs were used against military rocket launchers. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #113 |
121. Those Libyan rebels sure do have a way of morphing into civilians |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
97. Touche! Damned good. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Because only Gaddafi's munitions kill people, right? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Let's see. Unarmed rebels that share guns, vs west-armed military with heavy munitions. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Gaddafi was not an anti-imperialist. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
72. The depth of ignorance is just amazing. How many years did the writer live in the region |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. That writer is a socialist. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
96. Stopping a slaughter of clearly out gunned human beings. May want to have |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #96 |
108. You don't stop slaughter with more slaughter. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. No, you don't, you do it with force. Please see the Ivory Coast. |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. WikiLeaks: US Funding Syrian Opposition - |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
56. But, of course, NATO isn't taking sides in the civil war. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. This was immediately predictable |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. CIA "advisers" have been there since the third week of the conflict |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
88. Reports are that that was leaked in order to scare Gaddafi into leaving. |
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UnseenUndergrad (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #88 |
129. At this point... |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
73. All part of the Deal with the GCC -- You take care of our enemy Gaddafi and we will manage Bahrain |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Something is happening. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #75 |
89. Nope, the Whites are just used to demonize the freedom fighters. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
94. Here we go again |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. And beyond that, maintain regional control. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
95. Just what the REAL rebels did not want, but exactly |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. It's Disaster Capitalism Groundhog Day. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. Will you admit you were wrong when all of your baseless insinuations don't happen? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #103 |
116. The U.S. is considering putting 'troops on the ground' according |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #103 |
120. how come if everyone hates khaddafi so much they haven't joined "the rebels"? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #120 |
126. 3 million Egyptians protested Mubarak. Out of nearly 90 million people. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #126 |
131. just because you say so doesn't make it true. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. Sorry. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #103 |
125. Will you? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. It goes without saying. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #95 |
130. The Shock Doctrine looks great in a Che shirt, though. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
127. Just like I fucking predicted... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
135. France and Italy to send Libya advisers |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. "It's just a little 'no-fly' zone - - we'll be done in a jiffy!" |
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