Is it likely that the "Military Industrial Complex" will successfully dupe Obama

[Nye Bevan]

into an unnecessary war?

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	Yes, very likely. Obama is naive enough to fall into such a trap.
	0 (0%)
	Yes, likely. I don't trust Obama to resist that kind of pressure.
	1 (50%)
	No, not likely. Obama is a smart guy who I trust to do the right thing.
	1 (50%)
	Likely? It's already happened!
	0 (0%)
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[pansypoo53219]

1. more teevee gnewz beating the war drums. + GOP in congress are hooked on.

ISIL is using the bin laden ploy. not as catchy as 9/11 tho.

[Scuba]

2. Duped? No. Coerced/threatened/blackmailed? Almost certainly.

[jwirr]

4. Now there I might agree with you. I also think that there is a factor here that wasn't there before:

Kerry and Hagel. Neither of them is so ignorant that they don't remember they were in Vietnam.

[NCTraveler]

3. I would like to vote no....

but I don't agree with the premise he will do the right thing. Do I think he will be duped? no. Is he smart? yes. Do I trust him to do the right thing? no. If anyone trusts a politician at this point in time then they are fools or one percenters.

[Dr. Strange]

5. That's my vote too.

[immoderate]

6. Duped by it? He is part of it!

--imm

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. Who'd you vote for in 2012? nt

[immoderate]

9. A rather intimate question.

I am in Florida. The choice was obvious.

Hint: I'm not a Romney kind of guy. At his best he is very creepy.

--imm

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. Why would you vote for someone who has been duped by the MIC? nt

[immoderate]

14. Someone might have limited choices. Went for the most electable, least corporate.

In the struggle for society, between the sane billionaires and the insane billionaires, Obama seemed more aligned with the sane billionaires, and ostensibly more moderate militarily. But one can never know, can one?

Do you think I did wrong? Who would you have recommended?

--imm

[Nuclear Unicorn]

15. "Do you think I did wrong?"

When I think of the MIC I think of a threat that is an existential threat to life and liberty across the breadth and depth of the world. Anyone serving such a thing can bring no good thing with them. No amount of healthcare or education could counter such a thing and in fact should probably be seen as either a ruse or yet another means attaining of control.

Who would you have recommended?

I reject the premise Obama is a part of the MIC, unwittingly or otherwise.

[immoderate]

17. It's hard for the commander-in-chief to avoid the MIC.

--imm

[Nuclear Unicorn]

19. Anarchy is good.

[immoderate]

20. If it "catches on."

--imm

[Maedhros]

10. He was already "duped" into increasing military operations in Africa by 217% since he took office.

Obama has given little reason to think he opposes war.

[badtoworse]

8. Push poll much?

[randome]

11. No one dupes the Obama. The Obama dupes you.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Sometimes it seems like the only purpose in life is to keep your car from touching another's.[/center][/font][hr]

[Raffi Ella]

13. Who knows?

I can say this, I was shocked by the rhetoric I heard coming from Obama and now Biden about the beheadings that took place. They reek of the same Cowboy mentality that I heard coming from bUsh all those years ago. Follow Them to The Gates of Hell is not much different than Wanted Dead or Alive.

I think the thing that will prevent another unnecessary war is the American People. We've now seen up close and personal what it can do to our men and women and that it is not as easy as going in to liberate-


As bUsh said: "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

I am hoping that that is the case anyway, that Americans don't want another war...

[Union Scribe]

16. Somewhat likely. He's given in on some things

and resisted on others, thankfully. That's why they're pushing conflict on a number of different fronts. If they don't get their way in one place, they hope to in another.

[whatchamacallit]

18. What makes you think he needs to be duped?

I think he's down with it and simply waiting for the right political circumstances. Maybe the nexus of the next staged atrocity and a shift in public support.

[Union Scribe]

21. Kicking.

Maybe some people would like to revisit this question.