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etherealtruth

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53. As a human being I care deeply about this

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 07:08 PM

Aug 2013

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I do not know what the best course of action is (I am reasonably sure us killing even more Syrians is NOT best) ... but, the world NEEDS to intervene.

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Why the FUCK should we in this country give a fuck what Syria does to it's own people [View all] bigdarryl Aug 2013 OP

Why the fuck should I care Kelvin Mace Aug 2013 #1

Hitler analogies are soooo wrong. David__77 Aug 2013 #57

Hey, the poster said "gassing his own people" Kelvin Mace Aug 2013 #70

How many people did in the US for lack of food, shelter and medical access. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #2

Really? You don't care what happens to people outside the US? BainsBane Aug 2013 #3

Well put muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #46

Have we even been formally _invited_ by any of the local parties to this war? (nt) Heidi Aug 2013 #4

Rebels have been asking for assistance for sometime BainsBane Aug 2013 #12

and the rebels have been getting assistance for some time... from Al Qaeda KurtNYC Aug 2013 #21

If Assad murders babies in their cribs with chemical weapons it is none of our business... Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #5

Yeah, taking babies from incubators. David__77 Aug 2013 #58

We have the dead children in Syria on video... Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #59

Yeah, the terrorists are killing lots of Christian and Alawite children. David__77 Aug 2013 #60

Are they. Well that makes it OK if both sides do it. n/t Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #63

No, it makes it a civil war. One that the US has supported the al Qaeda side in. David__77 Aug 2013 #64

And you know that every rebel is Al Qaeda, how? Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #67

We should care, A LOT! MNBrewer Aug 2013 #6

Exactly. LisaLynne Aug 2013 #38

Yes. deurbano Aug 2013 #51

Then why have a UN or any International Law standards, at all? blm Aug 2013 #7

ahahaha Egnever Aug 2013 #25

what the FUCK are you talking about? MNBrewer Aug 2013 #40

Killing children, and you don't give a fuck. closeupready Aug 2013 #8

whoa, I can't go that far quinnox Aug 2013 #9

I do give a fuck when apostrophes are misused!!!! Someone's in need of a visit from the 101st Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2013 #10

Calling 101st Airborne Division.. Turborama Aug 2013 #16

. Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2013 #17

LOL leftstreet Aug 2013 #27

Come on bigdarryl, you've got to think of the JEB Aug 2013 #11

Because you're a human being and we all live under the same sun? WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2013 #13

+1000 nt narnian60 Aug 2013 #45

I do care what Syria does, but I still don't support missile strikes or invasions DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #14

+1 n/t n2doc Aug 2013 #19

Yeah, why should we have cared when Germany was murdering millions of its own people? pnwmom Aug 2013 #15

We didn't care leftynyc Aug 2013 #28

True. But I thought that war taught us something -- pnwmom Aug 2013 #32

I have seen no evidence of that leftynyc Aug 2013 #35

The US didn't give a shit leftstreet Aug 2013 #30

So what? The point is that I would have thought pnwmom Aug 2013 #33

we learned a lot about intervening in other countries' civil wars exlrrp Aug 2013 #54

Vietnam wasn't engaged in genocide or chemical warfare on civilians. pnwmom Aug 2013 #56

Empathy. Some folks have it, and some don't tkmorris Aug 2013 #18

Don't get out much do you? People are the same no matter where they sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #20

because they're human beings. I oppose military action but that doesn't mean I cali Aug 2013 #22

Because we are all human beings. RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #23

I care about the kiddies and other innocents being gassed ..... oldhippie Aug 2013 #24

Problem with your logic sheplifka Aug 2013 #26

How "never again" becomes "foreigners aren't human" nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #29

I care get the red out Aug 2013 #31

Well, you certainly showed your disgusting true colors. RiffRandell Aug 2013 #34

Because the U.S. has given itself the prerogative to be the decider of all issues, both domestically indepat Aug 2013 #36

Because people are fucking PEOPLE Hayabusa Aug 2013 #37

Well, I do give a fuck what happened, but... Little Star Aug 2013 #39

Agreed deutsey Aug 2013 #42

Because questions of human rights trump nationalism and public will. n/t Chan790 Aug 2013 #41

Would you have "given a fuck" about Auschwitz? (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2013 #43

It's called "morality". If you don't care about it, there's not much that can be said. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #44

I do care, but charging in will lead to more deaths by blowback mainer Aug 2013 #47

many people don't care what happens to others outside of their own life JI7 Aug 2013 #48

I know your opinion isn't popular fujiyama Aug 2013 #49

Who the FUCK do you care about? brooklynite Aug 2013 #50

Would you have said that to the Jews Hitler was "gassing" too? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #52

The Syrian terrorists learn their methods from fascists. David__77 Aug 2013 #66

And this answers the question how exactly? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #69

As a human being I care deeply about this etherealtruth Aug 2013 #53

Intervene against whom? Al qaeda, or the government fighting al qaeda? David__77 Aug 2013 #65

Oh "dear God" ... I did not mean to say .... etherealtruth Aug 2013 #71

Why should we give a fuck? Starboard Tack Aug 2013 #55

This is silly, the US already intervened by supporting Syrian terrorists. David__77 Aug 2013 #61

I do care quite a bit LostOne4Ever Aug 2013 #62

Why the FUCK should we in this country give a fuck what Syria does to it's own people? DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2013 #68