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[NYC_SKP]

1. There is no "new war". Stop with that meme.

It's inaccurate, to put it mildly.

[grahamhgreen]

4. So which war is this? And how do we pay?

[NYC_SKP]

9. I would reduce aid to certain countries by the amount needed for the air strikes, etc.

I don't think, for example, Israel needs all the billions they get each year.

They need a time out.

[grahamhgreen]

11. Thank you for a reasonable answer:) Any evidence this will happen?

[NYC_SKP]

13. Not a stitch of evidence, no.

Unless and until the culture of Congress moves away from it's war-loving ways (which, sadly, reflect many voters), I'm afraid we'll stay in the war business until long after both of us are dead.

Sad, isn't it?

[grahamhgreen]

14. Sad yes. I'd like to see the costs addressed by the admin before the next govt shutdown. This is a

great opportunity to exact a tax on the wealthiest as well as an anti-war-profiteering bill from the Republicans.

[neverforget]

5. you gotta be kidding me? Really? What do you call it?

[NYC_SKP]

10. Continued actions against existing terrorist elements, now reconstituted & renamed.

I'd prefer we not be involved at all, but Reagan Bush Cheney drummed up this mess and left Obama the mess to clean up.

But calling this a "new war" is just a dishonest description, designed to foment outrage, IMHO.

It's not as if we are suddenly going to fight people and groups that we haven't been fighting for years.

[grahamhgreen]

12. So really, this is a continuation of Bush's war on terror? How'd that work out for us last time?

I think your right though, the admin considers this the old war. However, air strike in Syria, to me, make this a new war.

[neverforget]

15. I see your point but the Iraq War was over, our troops left and now we're back to fighting in Iraq

with a new enemy and soon to be new country, Syria. It's not "outrage" when we're sending our men and women over to a foreign country to fight their wars, civil or other. That's where you lose me.

[NYC_SKP]

18. The factions are the same, Shia v Sunni w Kurds in the crossfire.

Not to oversimplify it, but these tensions aren't new.

I'm not pro-war, I'm simply saying that this is a different expression of the tensions we've been wrestling with for years.

I'm hoping it doesn't become a war, but if it does I wouldn't exactly call it "new".

[morningfog]

19. Oh bull fucking shit.

These are not reconstituted and renamed enemies we fought before. This is a new organization and a new war.

We LEFT Iraq. We have gone back in against a new enemy. Quit trying to muddy the waters.

"We were always at war with Eurasia."

[NYC_SKP]

20. Brilliant retort! Fatal, game over!

http://www.vox.com/cards/things-about-isis-you-need-to-know/sunni-shia-conflict-ISIS

[woo me with science]

7. War is Peace!

[morningfog]

17. The White House disagrees with you.

[treestar]

2. Raise taxes on MIC corporations

[L0oniX]

3. One day the Crickets are going to revolt!

[TwilightGardener]

6. Isn't it coming out of Pentagon OCO funds?

[SidDithers]

8. Who are you asking?...

Shouldn't you be asking your congresscritter?

Sid

[neverforget]

16. Obama is the one sending the troops over, not Congress. It's up to both.