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107. Millions of Americans need help as well!

Sun Sep 1, 2013, 11:10 AM

Sep 2013

Each cruise missile costs 1.45 million to build, not multiply that by 100...because that's approximately how many will have to be expended initially...and then it's very likely that a second strike will have to take place because not all of those missiles will take out their assigned targets with the first strike!

And each cruise missile carries a 1000 pound warhead...how many innocent Syrians do you think will be killed?

Cruise missiles can only take out aircraft on the ground, what about artillery and tanks? By the way those cruise missiles will also end up killing innocent children...but I guess those innocent children dying will be acceptable?

One other thing, if the rebels would quit fighting in residential neighborhoods...that just might lower the civilian death rate...something that everyone seems to have forgotten is that these brave rebels are themselves putting those innocent children you care so much about in danger!

And as for genocide, you might want to look up what the word means before you go making accusations!!!

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The innocent Sirian people need our help. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #76

Millions of Americans need help as well! atreides1 Sep 2013 #107

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