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rhett o rick

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66. One has to admire your devotion to the authoritarian state.

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 11:56 PM

Sep 2013

"Secretary Kerry certainly isn't advocating carpet bombing Syria and killing tens of thousands of people. " Yes, he certainly isnt. Wait. How do you know that? Certainty is for the conservative closed-minded among us. Open minded liberals always are skeptical. But I understand how tempting it is to blindly follow the authoritarian leaders that promise to take care of you.

Pres Johnson didnt advocate carpet bombing when he lied America into war in Vietnam. It was just unavoidable.

I stand against the MIC. Where do you stand? It's a rhetorical question. You stand where Obama tells you too.

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Regarding cruise missiles and airstrikes not being "war" [View all] WilliamPitt Sep 2013 OP

It's just embarrassing the shit that's coming out of Kerry's mouth. KG Sep 2013 #1

The Irony of it all warrant46 Sep 2013 #11

He's full of shit about ground troops not being in Laos too newfie11 Sep 2013 #2

But has there ever been an "official" acknowledgement... malthaussen Sep 2013 #26

he's doing it at Obama's "behest". yeah, sarcasm. nt antigop Sep 2013 #56

How the mighty have fallen. I have to ask why they want this so badly. morningfog Sep 2013 #3

Empire, empire, empire drynberg Sep 2013 #41

That's the real question, isn't it. Although I expect that the answer is: follow the money. eom Blanks Sep 2013 #47

MIC profits, profits, profits lark Sep 2013 #50

Maybe to pay back Russia for the Snowden asylum. JEB Sep 2013 #67

They don't have the same commitment of resources el_bryanto Sep 2013 #4

JKerry: lost in place. nt. Warren Stupidity Sep 2013 #5

A lot like all the varying degrees of rape. MindPilot Sep 2013 #6

It's in the definition of war that's the problem. Blanks Sep 2013 #48

But it's gonna be a "humanitarian" airstrike. progressoid Sep 2013 #7

Complete with "humanitarian" free fire zones. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #38

Yep, we's gonna kills them humanely. RC Sep 2013 #70

Here's an article at least addressing that: treestar Sep 2013 #8

Which war powers act do you speak of? Supersedeas Sep 2013 #46

At the risk of coming across as a shameless self-promoter, I posted kind bullwinkle428 Sep 2013 #9

Message hidden by jury decision. L0oniX Sep 2013 #64

It's a great quote ProSense Sep 2013 #10

I'm sure Cluster bombs and Napalm are OK ? warrant46 Sep 2013 #12

Well, Napalm is not a chemical.... FarCenter Sep 2013 #28

LOL-- NT warrant46 Sep 2013 #29

How many bombs and how many deaths are the threshold between war & not-war? arcane1 Sep 2013 #13

No Body Bags to fill. GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #19

How many people dose he want to kill? zeemike Sep 2013 #34

What, then is war in the "classic" sense? N_E_1 for Tennis Sep 2013 #37

So 100 cruise missiles isn't much? lark Sep 2013 #51

how about white phosphorous or depleted uranium? yurbud Sep 2013 #59

One has to admire your devotion to the authoritarian state. rhett o rick Sep 2013 #66

According to that logic Hutzpa Sep 2013 #14

so the 9/11 "missles" were not war either. nt msongs Sep 2013 #15

It would mean that if they were landing here. Just sayin'. nt silvershadow Sep 2013 #16

No doubt it would. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #18

So, it's not war if Syria were to launch missiles?! Or is it only the US that gets the free pass? reformist2 Sep 2013 #17

not just the US. White majority countries get a pass La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2013 #20

We won the Cold War ... GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #21

His "arguments" are so surreal and I'm just gobsmacked. myrna minx Sep 2013 #22

It's one of those eye opening moments, when you first see the strings making the puppets move. reformist2 Sep 2013 #25

the only ones they convince are those who try to shame us for not believing that "X must be true MisterP Sep 2013 #32

that was the feeling I first had after 9/11. the attack was bad enough, but yurbud Sep 2013 #58

"airstrikes are not 'war'."? AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #23

If a cruise missile hit DC Aerows Sep 2013 #24

Yes, airstrikes DURING A WAR are considered a part of that "war". tridim Sep 2013 #27

From yesterday: Kerry - "I had feelings very similar to that protester" PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #30

Kerry was against it, before he was for it. blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #31

The ultimate flip flop, I guess. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #44

He was for war...... DeSwiss Sep 2013 #33

Yep. Keep the MIC going & keep the region disrupted until they can get to Iran. CrispyQ Sep 2013 #42

All the money Kerry makes from defense contracts is from the sales of ketchup and pickles. OnyxCollie Sep 2013 #49

The cruise missiles and air-strikes thingy is astoundingly ludicrous on its face considering how, as indepat Sep 2013 #35

"John Kerry was just a young, idealistic hippie radical back then. He's a sensible grown-up now!" Zorra Sep 2013 #36

Shame on you !!! ... CRH Sep 2013 #69

Hey now, don't shoot the messenger. Zorra Sep 2013 #71

"War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will." -Von Clauswitz grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #39

john kerry is honorable and courageous.. frylock Sep 2013 #40

Kerry has drunk the Empirical KoolAide drynberg Sep 2013 #43

I'm glad Kerry is trying to fool the liberals. Dr Fate Sep 2013 #45

They might also think that flying planes into skyscrapers isn't war. David__77 Sep 2013 #52

...And 200,000 Japanese marines stormed Waikiki in 1941! Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #53

This is a wound that strikes to the heart. Autumn Sep 2013 #54

Let some other country launch missiles and airstrikes against us Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #55

that should be on a billboard outside his office window. yurbud Sep 2013 #57

If only one side uses munitions, and only the other side dies...it isn't war HereSince1628 Sep 2013 #60

Ground Control to Commander John Blue Owl Sep 2013 #61

It's kind of like peppering someone in the face with birdshot is not shooting them Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #62

A Taste of Armageddon - Star Trek L0oniX Sep 2013 #63

How many John Kerrys are there? Triana Sep 2013 #65

War Eko Sep 2013 #68

That is a powerful statement in so many ways. Dawgs Sep 2013 #72

Nope. Not war. Hell Hath No Fury Sep 2013 #73