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Thinkingabout

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12. There was hell raisers when he sent air strikes into Libya, some said he declared war

Reply to vdogg (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:07 PM

Aug 2013

Without going to Congress, now he is weak for not sending strikes without going to Congress. The bottom line members of Congress do not want to record their vote on the Syrian issue. If things does not go well they can still blame Obama.

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What the Hell is up with MSNBC? [View all] vdogg Aug 2013 OP

Corporate news being corporate news. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #1

Col. Jacobs needs to be court martialed gopiscrap Aug 2013 #13

Court-martialed for sabotage? Are you kidding? pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #32

War is good for ratings Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #2

and GE likes their war money. n/t Whisp Aug 2013 #15

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Sep 2013 #35

MSNBC had an erection for Iraq too. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #17

the colonel jacobs snarked that kerry was calling for war after being a veteran against vietnam spanone Aug 2013 #3

At least Kerry WAS a veteran. Boomerproud Aug 2013 #29

They were all geared up for a Shock and Awe weekend. I imagine they've invested lamp_shade Aug 2013 #4

Neo-cons love war malaise Aug 2013 #5

That was the right wing there, Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd et al Cleita Aug 2013 #6

But at least its US news dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #7

zing. Whisp Aug 2013 #18

They have trotted out every neocon fossil they could dig up Skidmore Aug 2013 #8

Yeah and you know damn good and well gopiscrap Aug 2013 #9

This is like 2003 suckage. . seriously! You'd think annabanana Aug 2013 #10

What did Dubya say? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, don't get fooled again. reformist2 Aug 2013 #16

People must have gotten their talking points mixed up giftedgirl77 Aug 2013 #11

There was hell raisers when he sent air strikes into Libya, some said he declared war Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #12

BTW: WELCOME TO DU! gopiscrap Aug 2013 #14

It may be a weird reaction to the New Yorker article this week elfin Aug 2013 #19

I turned MSNBC off today when they started yapping about Obama heading off to play golf. Tx4obama Aug 2013 #20

You know its serious, they have their prepackaged video intro already up. Crimson76 Aug 2013 #21

Watch Al Jazeera BainsBane Aug 2013 #22

Some of our favorite democrats are warlovers... fadedrose Aug 2013 #23

There are some people that believe in a strong executive... kentuck Aug 2013 #24

They are all but bumping him with a telephone poll trying to get him into war; tavernier Aug 2013 #25

Why does MSNBC hire thugs like Jacobs who mock the Constitution & the rule of law? Faryn Balyncd Aug 2013 #26

I was in the "customer service lounge" at the Chevy dealer earlier today getting the brakes checked scooter rider Aug 2013 #27

They'll probably think some Faux fan did it. nt Raine Sep 2013 #33

We are so afraid that we have Ilsa Aug 2013 #28

Al Jazeera America started just in time locks Aug 2013 #30

The military-industrial complex is all upset because a little democracy got in the way? Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #31

Saying the same on FOX too. B Calm Sep 2013 #34