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99Forever

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8. A very good question.

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:53 AM

Aug 2013

Another is, how is the killing this time, supposedly with "chemical weapons," so much worse than the killing of a hundred times as many people before, by "non-chemicak weapons." Is one more dead than the other? Is it ok to vaporize people and blow off body parts with impunity?

And just what positive effect can our nation getting involved have? I see absolutely no upside to this insanity. None. But I can damn sure see a thousand ways this this will turn out horribly.

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Help me. What is this "own people" line in the sand? [View all] lapislzi Aug 2013 OP

"They can't do that to our pledges!" Bonobo Aug 2013 #1

I like to remind people what happened to Niedermeyer. lapislzi Aug 2013 #3

It's especially tricky in a civil war situation arcane1 Aug 2013 #2

It's a rhetorical, emotional hook to draw you in MNBrewer Aug 2013 #4

what if a country just started shooting down protesters? KG Aug 2013 #5

That would, of course, be terrible. It is terrible. lapislzi Aug 2013 #6

In the case of most "xxxxxx" enlightenment Aug 2013 #7

A very good question. 99Forever Aug 2013 #8

It's emo flub. sibelian Aug 2013 #9

It implies a lot of things. gulliver Aug 2013 #10

Not sure I buy any of your arguments. lapislzi Aug 2013 #11

I'm not actually making any arguments. gulliver Aug 2013 #13

These are regional problems with waaay too much international interference. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #12