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In reply to the discussion: Kerry: Bombing other countries is not "Going to war." [View all]Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)178. Righteous rant, Triana.
I could not agree with you more.
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it would be for me if I were targeted and my family killed. kerry is a sell out.
roguevalley
Sep 2013
#233
dropping bombs on the assets of the government of a foreign country for the purpose of punishing ..
darkangel218
Sep 2013
#3
Who cares about semantics? It will be a military intervention with no boots on the ground.
darkangel218
Sep 2013
#20
We don't have anything certain in terms of proof. So do we need to rush to war - throwing bombs
avaistheone1
Sep 2013
#245
If it were Russia or China we were talking about would you still be chomping at the bit
Bandit
Sep 2013
#203
Otherwise he wouldn't be bending over backwards to convince you that it's not war.
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#130
And then this afternoon in his testimony Kerry couldn't even completely rule out
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#201
That's right. This is step one of a many step program called "regime change".
delrem
Sep 2013
#258
So if speaking to countries we are not in agreement is a good thing, and I agree that it is,
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#223
no but it means that you deserve more than to be called an SOB for having one...
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#113
Oh and now he is a "fucktard" because he has an opinion that is different than yours?
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#114
and if he takes out Assad's chemical weapons...will you eat your words?
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#50
We have been working on methods to neutralize them for over a decade..
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#185
I would have disagreed with you before Kerry opened his big mouth. But since
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#199
The difference is that I am an Internet poster. On the other hand Mr. Kerry
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#217
Ridiculous. Clinton took those actions without even consulting Congress, and most
ProSense
Sep 2013
#26
That's absolute nonsense. Taking out a building is not the same as a ground war. n/t
ProSense
Sep 2013
#72
You are haggling over mere semantics. Whether it's committing an act of war or going to war
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#125
I guess the "I was for it before I was against it" criticism had some validity.
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2013
#17
Kerry does such a good job playing the peacenik, that I forget he's a big fraud.
reformist2
Sep 2013
#19
So who decided that America has some fivine right to punish sovereign countries
malaise
Sep 2013
#25
You thought he has been speaking for someone/thing other than the administration?
NCTraveler
Sep 2013
#27
I think it may have been Gen. Zini that mentioned that we're short on troops...
fadedrose
Sep 2013
#229
Attacking a sovereign nation's military and populace is NOT an act of war?
Dawson Leery
Sep 2013
#30
It's an act of...... (scrabbles through dictuionary, throws it away) PATRIOTISM.
sibelian
Sep 2013
#227
I have hated John Kerry since he refused to call out the Republicans' lies on the Iraq war.
The Stranger
Sep 2013
#38
I feel you are being deliberately obtuse. You know what he means and so do most other people.
phleshdef
Sep 2013
#57
HAHA! Von Clauswitz: "War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will."
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#87
I just know that somewhere in this thread, where I can't see it, is someone saying
MisterP
Sep 2013
#90
Obama is not looking for a way out then? I had hoped he threw this in their court
Jefferson23
Sep 2013
#98
I think it has more to do with common usage - most short duration military actions are not called "w
karynnj
Sep 2013
#124
The slippery slope. Once people rationalize the use of drone strikes, it easy to justify
snagglepuss
Sep 2013
#135
Hey its all relative: compared to a nuclear strike (something the Isreali's have not taken off the..
marble falls
Sep 2013
#162
I'm fairly certain that if another country decided to drop a bomb on one of our military bases,
Blue_In_AK
Sep 2013
#164
GawdAlmighty!!! I read that subject line and I thought, "Is he all right? Maybe he has some
truth2power
Sep 2013
#191
If someone lobs a few in our country, we won't interpret it as an act of war, right, Mr. Secretary?
CrispyQ
Sep 2013
#208
If our government starts using WMDs on our own population... then no, it wouldn't be.
phleshdef
Sep 2013
#213
I get it. Because we used our WMD on other populations, we can still hold the moral high ground.
CrispyQ
Sep 2013
#230
No. But the UN ignoring violations of the chemical weapons ban doesn't make right either.
phleshdef
Sep 2013
#239
More and more I come to realize he only looked good 'cause of who he was running against
Scootaloo
Sep 2013
#211