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In reply to the discussion: holy fuck... [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)6. NYT was a leader for Iraq Invasion...Judith Miller and Bill Keller the Editor...
We Shall See....
Dark of the MOON...a good time for Attack.
With that "Red Line"....How could he not do it before he leaves for the G-8 this Sunday? How better to shove it in Russia's Face?
It's an American "Labor Holiday"...it would be too tempting to do it while American's Minds are Elsewhere for the last Weekend of Summer.
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I just don't see it happening--UNLESS there is something going on that we aren't privy to.
TwilightGardener
Aug 2013
#10
I cannot believe people have so little faith in the guy that killed Osama Bin Laden...
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#4
"Sort of give it the go ahead"--uhhh...that's to the credit (or blame) of the Big Cheese.
TwilightGardener
Aug 2013
#12
exactly Twilight....this conversation is very very enlightening but not about what some will think
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#14
whatevah dude...IF it had failed...HE would have taken the blame! So don't give me that shit..
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#16
Of course we would....you think that many Seals would have remained silent?
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#26
no matter....Jimmy has carried that ever since. Ask him if it was still a mark against "HIS"
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#28
The Special forces guy you are replying to obviously is nowhere near the brave
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#42
but if they failed....HE would have his entire legacy.....you know as LEADER of the U.S. of America.
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#20
are you suggesting here that the President of the United states would have Seal Team Six "snuffed"
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#37
Yeah when getting out of bed means a huge scar on the fact that you are going down in history!
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#30
not political hide...but one of the major return for investment becoming the first African American
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#57
Hey Blue, is this "chairborne division" warrior your own pet troll or can anyone play with it?
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#46
yeah....he gambled the legacy of the first African American President on them...
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#24
He didn't publicly announce that he had located Bin Laden and was going to teach him a lesson
n2doc
Aug 2013
#11
Yes he did! He said from the start....if he had the opportunity to take that man out he would....
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#18
I'm guessing an airstrike on Assad's Palace, along with airbases and military structures.
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#50