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Electric Monk

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8. The Operation was a success, but the patient died :/

Reply to Incitatus (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 02:22 AM

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What level of U.S.-inflicted death could YOU stomach in Syria? [View all] Ken Burch Aug 2013 OP

But it's OK, Ken curlyred Aug 2013 #1

Yeah...our killing is so much NICER than other people's killing... Ken Burch Aug 2013 #2

Exactly. curlyred Aug 2013 #4

Who says our weapons can't strike surgically? Barack_America Aug 2013 #3

Didn't seem to be all that surgical in Iraq. Ken Burch Aug 2013 #5

Drones attacks are supposed to be well calculated and surgical. Incitatus Aug 2013 #7

The Operation was a success, but the patient died :/ Electric Monk Aug 2013 #8

And Bashir Assad nor his family will be harmed. Just the common people who happen to be Lint Head Aug 2013 #6

I think we should sit back and do nothing davidpdx Aug 2013 #9

And he'll be allowed to go on killing Celefin Aug 2013 #10

We already know that hitting Syria can't stop the gassing. Ken Burch Aug 2013 #17

far more troubling, is what we would engender by a military strike. cali Aug 2013 #11

Depends entirely on what it accomplishes. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #12

Of course wht is planned per Obama and admin officials will leave Assad in power cali Aug 2013 #13

Where do you get that "hundreds of thousands" number from? Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #14

essentially, from you cali Aug 2013 #16

We sit by in the congo, 5.4 million have died. What is the magic number where The Straight Story Aug 2013 #15

Lots of big dramatic rhetoric there, but you did not bother to answer the OP's question at all. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #18

You seem to be okay with doing nothing no matter how many are killed as long as it by acceptable TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #19

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