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In reply to the discussion: Syria Inaction is NOT AN OPTION [View all]DearAbby
(12,461 posts)8. I am really torn.
I can understand the President's moral argument, I also hear in the back of my mind, Military Complex speech, and I wonder, how the stocks of those companies who always profit off of wars and rumors of wars, how much they stand to gain.
You know, we have very little in which to stand on regarding morality. Look at congress, seriously, think of yourself as a leader of "name a country" would you feel USA is stable? We can't even take care of fucking business here.
A thought of a human light extinguished, diminishes us all. I weep for the dead.
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Yep, do nothing. Nothing now, and nothing when Assad loses and the massacres begin.
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#6
That would be the same Iran that Saddam gassed with chemical weapons we knew he had
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#58
Interesting little side note to your post: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's National Security Advisor
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#66
Don't forget to send a note to DU when you hit the ground in Syria wearing your confortable boots!
idwiyo
Aug 2013
#26
Fallacious because you assume MILITARY action is the ONLY kind of action possible
pinboy3niner
Aug 2013
#30
What if, after a limited, narrow military strike against the Assad regime, that regime uses CW..
workinclasszero
Aug 2013
#57
Do you think the US should be attacked for murdering hundreds of thousands of Iraqis?
ronnie624
Aug 2013
#35
Crimes against humanity are ok as long as you do it slowly in the right way
workinclasszero
Aug 2013
#61
Anybody else notice that when somebody says "So basically what you're saying is..."
Alamuti Lotus
Aug 2013
#38
This isn't a situation the US can solve there's to many sides to this and the potential for genocide
Arcanetrance
Sep 2013
#69