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pnwmom

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17. What, you didn't vote for people to use chemical weapons in Syria

Reply to Harmony Blue (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:31 PM

Aug 2013

on children and other civilians?

Me neither.

P.S. I don't know what the correct response is to this situation. I'm just pointing out that nobody voted for another war but sometimes circumstances change and we have to decide the best way to respond to them.

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I did not vote for another war! [View all] Harmony Blue Aug 2013 OP

Me neither. n/t Laelth Aug 2013 #1

DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #2

What did you vote for? tridim Aug 2013 #3

Hope and change of course! Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #4

So you vote not according to issues but slogans? Yes, politicians use slogans but they also have KittyWampus Aug 2013 #21

Yes, and right now I hope he changes his mind Jack Rabbit Aug 2013 #23

I voted for Obama, but not his current policies. n/t RebelOne Aug 2013 #5

You knew Syria would gas their people 6 years after you voted for Obama? tridim Aug 2013 #24

I voted for 2007 Obama. obxhead Aug 2013 #7

Democrats, so we could end Bush's warmongering and domestic policies and hopefully sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #12

You voted for Obama in 2012? brooklynite Aug 2013 #13

What did you vote for? sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #18

I don't believe I had the option to order from a memu... brooklynite Aug 2013 #20

What kind of steer manure is that? Jack Rabbit Aug 2013 #30

Yup. Unfoturnately, that is not what avebury Aug 2013 #22

I voted for the smart guy, and that's exactly what I got. nt tridim Aug 2013 #25

Oh, relax. He's got a Nobel Peace Prize. progressoid Aug 2013 #6

Oy Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #9

Maybe they will release doves together with the bombs? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #26

You didn't intend to. DeSwiss Aug 2013 #8

I turned down the offer AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #10

You'll vote for whatever we TELL YOU to vote for! Maedhros Aug 2013 #11

But the oil industry depends on war even more than it depends on lack of public transportation. nt valerief Aug 2013 #14

I'm with you!! B Calm Aug 2013 #15

What is the difference? cjbgreen Aug 2013 #16

What, you didn't vote for people to use chemical weapons in Syria pnwmom Aug 2013 #17

I bet few of us expected this development. No more wars. Paper Roses Aug 2013 #19

Apparently you don't understand how the Democratic process works. randome Aug 2013 #27

Less people approve of this military action than approve of congress davidn3600 Aug 2013 #29

Obama is our representative. He should take into account public sentiment. randome Aug 2013 #31

Was there an election? How did I miss it? MineralMan Aug 2013 #28