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riderinthestorm

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3. Quite right of course. Syria is in the middle of a civil war right now.

Reply to nmbluesky (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:47 PM

Aug 2013

Iraq and Afghanistan were NOT in a civil war but who are now because of our intervention.

So yeah. Not at all alike that way.

However the civil war that's raging across all of these places now is remarkably similar....

And what do they all have in common? Oh yeah, "foreign intervention" (mostly US)

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Syria is not Iraq or Afghanistan [View all] nmbluesky Aug 2013 OP

Any response we make will have nothing to do with the children obxhead Aug 2013 #1

"He bombed his own people!!!" "We will be treated as liberators! They'll throw roses at our feet!" Taverner Aug 2013 #2

Quite right of course. Syria is in the middle of a civil war right now. riderinthestorm Aug 2013 #3

100,000 people have died in Syrias civil war. bunnies Aug 2013 #4

When we stick our nose into this, many more than that we die as a result NightWatcher Aug 2013 #5

You did not mention the Constitution once in your thread David Krout Aug 2013 #6

Syriassly ... GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #7

Not yet. Iggo Aug 2013 #8

Actually Iraq did use chemical weapons. They gassed the Kurds in the north and also Iranian targets Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #9

"But don't let the facts get in the way of that which you came to sell." whatever that might be MNBrewer Aug 2013 #10

I get so tired of the 'we forget all history and write up our own' routine. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #11

Unrec. And it has nothing to doing with your English. (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2013 #12