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67. Maybe to pay back Russia for the Snowden asylum.

Reply to morningfog (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 12:09 AM

Sep 2013

Next best thing to bombing Iran.

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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