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Cerridwen

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23. I've been here 10 years-ish. I've adapted.

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 09:36 PM

Aug 2013

I came here to learn and to share knowledge.

I learned that rhetorical tools and games(wo)man ship are valued more.

I still try to stick with facts rather than spin and reliable sources rather than those that confirm my bias. I appear to be in the minority. When I bother to come here, I use that tool that works in that situation.

I still hold on to my values and principles regardless of what I type or read here.

I still know bullshit when I see it. I'm not referring to your OP. A general observation of what "it's just business nothing personal (LLC)" (or principled) has wrought.

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I love when brutal dictators get to use chemical weapons. [View all] jessie04 Aug 2013 OP

And I love depleted uranium Link Speed Aug 2013 #1

^^ this ^^ bobduca Aug 2013 #56

for many any act if war is a crime Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #62

Meh, your argument about President Roosevelt crumbles at first glance as most who know history quinnox Aug 2013 #2

And, on December 8, 1941 FDR asked for a declaration of war against only Japan. dflprincess Aug 2013 #39

Exactly. The argument about why the US entered WWII is just wrong anneboleyn Aug 2013 #40

Your right. Glassunion Aug 2013 #3

Chemical weapons also lack the panache that double-tap drone strikes have MNBrewer Aug 2013 #4

Excellent parody of a right-ringer during the Bush administration. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #5

You had no problem with hundreds of Egyptians getting butchered, Jessie Scootaloo Aug 2013 #6

Egypt is a lose-lose-lose situation. jessie04 Aug 2013 #9

And what makes chemical weapons the special line? Scootaloo Aug 2013 #26

Great post Scootaloo. Excellent summation of the huge clusterfuck situation anneboleyn Aug 2013 #41

What about Israel? nt Amonester Aug 2013 #52

Dunno, what's the question? Scootaloo Aug 2013 #54

I am just wondering at what point they would become active Amonester Aug 2013 #55

Depends on what you mean by "active" Scootaloo Aug 2013 #58

Me neither. Amonester Aug 2013 #60

Thank you, that is one of the best posts I have read on this subject all week. /nt Dragonfli Aug 2013 #69

who is "backing" them? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #27

It would not surprise me one bit that WE are. RC Aug 2013 #53

I love when people try to pull us into a war that's none of our business NightWatcher Aug 2013 #7

Is this the same as a Red Alert or just another bogeymans-gonna-getchya OP? Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #8

WWII had absolutely jackshit to do with the holocaust NuclearDem Aug 2013 #10

Thank you. jessie04 Aug 2013 #16

Man I have seen takedowns before... SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #19

but then you leave out the point that the reason Japan attacked...was to get the U.S.involved. VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #28

Sorry, but that is not true. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #35

Fuckin A. bunnies Aug 2013 #29

Amen.... WCGreen Aug 2013 #36

Actually we fought Germany... sarisataka Aug 2013 #38

Why should we care? Cerridwen Aug 2013 #11

And I thought I was being sarcastic. jessie04 Aug 2013 #20

I've been here 10 years-ish. I've adapted. Cerridwen Aug 2013 #23

I'm glad your kids and grandkids will be fighting and dying in Syria steve2470 Aug 2013 #12

Like they are in Libya? Or do you mean Iraq? Cerridwen Aug 2013 #13

yep good points nt steve2470 Aug 2013 #14

The Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda REALLY hope for US intervention. David__77 Aug 2013 #15

have you spoken to them? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #30

So it's "turn away" or "launch the missiles?" David__77 Aug 2013 #34

I love the smell of Napalm in the morning n2doc Aug 2013 #17

Love napalm? Then you'll adore this little video, filmed this week in Syria. pnwmom Aug 2013 #59

Wow....just wow. jessie04 Aug 2013 #63

Good old "Rowanda." JackRiddler Aug 2013 #18

So my spelling sucks. jessie04 Aug 2013 #21

Can't address the message? Start on the messenger. Cerridwen Aug 2013 #25

It's not the spelling... JackRiddler Aug 2013 #46

I miss Saddam. Assad just doesn't look like a brutal dictator leftstreet Aug 2013 #22

Got punked the first time? Didn't that just suck? n/t Cerridwen Aug 2013 #24

And the 99,700 dead from... 99Forever Aug 2013 #31

That's how it sounds to me as well. Union Scribe Aug 2013 #42

When our own massive stocks of that shit have been destroyed Warpy Aug 2013 #32

It's an outrage pokerfan Aug 2013 #33

Exactly. bunnies Aug 2013 #37

This reminds me of the same crap I used to read about chemical weapons before the war on Iraq Bjorn Against Aug 2013 #43

If you are an empire, the whole world is your animal shelter eridani Aug 2013 #44

^ Very good post. Rec. JackRiddler Aug 2013 #49

Oh man. Excellent post. anneboleyn Aug 2013 #51

You are a citizen of the only country in the world not signing on to ban landmines, eridani Aug 2013 #45

^ Also ditto. JackRiddler Aug 2013 #50

We responded to Hitlers Declaration of war. Savannahmann Aug 2013 #47

You should call 1-888-550-ARMY (2769). AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #48

Did you fail history? Rex Aug 2013 #57

Is that the best response you got? jessie04 Aug 2013 #67

Post #61 is spot on about you. Rex Aug 2013 #68

I love it when disinguous fanatics pile false dichotomies upon lies upon emotional blackmail Alamuti Lotus Aug 2013 #61

Interesting... jessie04 Aug 2013 #64

It's amazing frustrated_lefty Aug 2013 #65

oh please jessie04 Aug 2013 #66

Rwanda Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2013 #70