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(8,155 posts) Sun Sep 1, 2013, 05:16 AM Sep 2013

There is nothing more unifying for a nation of nationalists than the great prospect of war... [View all]

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Feel it coursing through your veins? That flutter of adrenaline that disperses throughout your psyche when you consider the entrance into war. Not yourself personally, that would be foolish.

We are the great guiding light of the world. Let us rain this light down upon other nations and liberate them from their bondage. We are the Gods of thunder and great mercy. Bequeathing our essence upon the willing masses of sympathetic, tragic Syrians. They will fall to their knees and weep in joy and penance as the missiles scour the sky for targets of opportunity. As each blast rings, like a grand symphony, our liberation breaks the back of the enemy.

We are the universal libera---aaaaaayeah!!!

Man this new lotion really does the trick.

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There is nothing more unifying for a nation of nationalists than the great prospect of war... [View all] Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 OP

It's not nationalism, it's far worse. David__77 Sep 2013 #1

Good piece. tom_kelly Sep 2013 #2

Disgusting darkangel218 Sep 2013 #3

I suggest you read Mark Twain's The War Prayer. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #4

We all know why it was posted on here. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #5

You do know what Twain said about the only people who had the right to use the word "we"? hobbit709 Sep 2013 #7

You know its hypocritical to broadbrush, and assume everyone who is pro an intervention darkangel218 Sep 2013 #8

Ok, I'll bite. TM99 Sep 2013 #9

The only consequence will be no more napalm bombs dropped on schools. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #11

In at least as many instances we were the perpetrators of massacres. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #12

This is not about moral ground. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #13

As I told a baked goods commando yesterday, if you're so gung ho, then YOU sign up and go. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #14

I am fighting death and pain here, in the NICU. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #15

Those skills will be badly needed on the front. But you will provide them only in the US Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #67

How nasty and condescending. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #69

America and the American government is responsible and yes Obama is specifically TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #22

The innocent babies my ass. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #31

You responded to what I think and failed to address it. TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #61

Wrong. TM99 Sep 2013 #25

Missles can destroy military infrastructures darkangel218 Sep 2013 #29

What you are describing then is war. TM99 Sep 2013 #32

I know your heart's in the right place. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #33

A warmonger is any activist or leader who advocates war. The stated rationales are beside the point. Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #16

Im advocating saving people from genocide. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #17

The stated rationales for the war are beside the point of the term in question. Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #20

So is calling other DUers warmongers. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #23

You're the one evading that question treestar Sep 2013 #65

with a war of aggression.... mike_c Sep 2013 #51

Do you think our buring people alive will help them out much? Scootaloo Sep 2013 #52

the most stable of the factions darkangel218 Sep 2013 #63

Well, this is the person who said that US troops injured in combat deserve it and are criminals geek tragedy Sep 2013 #18

Whow... i had no idea the OP thought like that. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #19

And DU juries found them perfectly acceptable geek tragedy Sep 2013 #21

O M G!! darkangel218 Sep 2013 #26

That's the jury system. Comparing troops at Walter Reed to burglars falling through skylight window geek tragedy Sep 2013 #28

What's laughable about the jury system Summer Hathaway Sep 2013 #54

Exactly the jury system is really allowing treestar Sep 2013 #62

Yah, no kidding. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #70

Where is your link? Characterizations when quotes are easily accesable strike me as a choice made Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #24

Links: geek tragedy Sep 2013 #27

yeah he has also called for the killing of george w. bush arely staircase Sep 2013 #34

Damn.. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #35

yep. this one got hidden by a jury but just one vote the other way and it would have remained arely staircase Sep 2013 #36

Does the OP know that calling for a POTUS's death is a federal offense?? darkangel218 Sep 2013 #37

I think making DU look bad is the mission of some people arely staircase Sep 2013 #39

I agree.. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #40

... Bobbie Jo Sep 2013 #46

+1000! n/t zappaman Sep 2013 #56

Yes. When they seem like a freeper's parody of a left winger treestar Sep 2013 #64

It is not illegal to say that a war criminal deserves to be executed. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #59

Was this august 14 this year??? darkangel218 Sep 2013 #42

yes. it was in a thread about the rodeo clown/obama thing nt arely staircase Sep 2013 #44

Wow... darkangel218 Sep 2013 #45

oh it is true arely staircase Sep 2013 #38

Feel free to take your sunny self elsewhere. morningfog Sep 2013 #47

Yeah. I always wonder why people who profess to hate DU stick around. redgreenandblue Sep 2013 #71

ya think millions of people go to stock car races to see them go around an oval for 3 hours? KG Sep 2013 #6

You would think, but it's not working this time.... reformist2 Sep 2013 #10

says the poster who thinks George W. Bush should be murdered. nt arely staircase Sep 2013 #30

Really? another_liberal Sep 2013 #49

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If what you say is true . . . another_liberal Sep 2013 #53

No, I said GWB deserves to be executed for his war crimes... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #57

Liberals are usually against the death penalty treestar Sep 2013 #66

I said he should executed for his crimes, not murdered. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #58

Hey OP, do you feel the same today about W? darkangel218 Sep 2013 #41

Where would DU be without simplistic hyperbole like this? sufrommich Sep 2013 #43

"What goes around, comes around." another_liberal Sep 2013 #48

That's because nobody fucking thinks gopiscrap Sep 2013 #55

Curious damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #60

Wow. You really struck a nerve there. redgreenandblue Sep 2013 #68