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indepat

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11. But as Condi Rice said mushroom (poisonous gas) clouds might be wafting in any moment and we have

Reply to Flatulo (Reply #8)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:46 PM

Aug 2013

the right to launch pre-emptive wars of aggression as TPTB deem desirable. My God, this is playing out as if it were right out of the right-wing PNAC playbook.

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Charles Pierce: The Syria Mess, Explained by a Man You've Never Heard Of [View all] blm Aug 2013 OP

Apparently targeting heads of state ... GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #1

there's the nub of it, isn't it? Stated and apparent motive to retaliate for chemical attack bigtree Aug 2013 #2

more: cali Aug 2013 #3

And once again we resort to military action with none of the three prerequisites; Flatulo Aug 2013 #4

more an indictment of the stupid ass blivet that george w fucking bush was. pansypoo53219 Aug 2013 #5

exactly.... blm Aug 2013 #7

100 cruise missiles = $140 million straight to General Dynamics. Maedhros Aug 2013 #6

Hang the expense - do we have the right to bomb Flatulo Aug 2013 #8

Of course we do not have any kind of legal authority to drop bombs on a country Maedhros Aug 2013 #10

But as Condi Rice said mushroom (poisonous gas) clouds might be wafting in any moment and we have indepat Aug 2013 #11

K&R Solly Mack Aug 2013 #9