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sulphurdunn

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3. Natons do not wage war

Reply to byronius (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 05:58 AM

Sep 2013

for humanitarian reasons. They wage war for resources or to defend themselves from being plundered. In modern war the overwhelming majority of casualties are the innocent. The only humane act is not to wage wars but to negotiate an end to them and keep them from starting again. You can't do that with cruise missiles, regardless of what the warmongers say to the contrary.

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Stuck in the fucking stone age. [View all] byronius Sep 2013 OP

Let's Me Offer You A Beer From The Replicator! Tace Sep 2013 #1

It's always different if you can put a face on it newfie11 Sep 2013 #2

Natons do not wage war sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #3

Thank you for the reminder of tomg Sep 2013 #4

You're so right, it's about people — human flesh against bombs brush Sep 2013 #5

God! I can only imagine (and hope, I guess) that Obama would say something like that. MindPilot Sep 2013 #8

K&R felix_numinous Sep 2013 #6

Great post, although it did take a few for me to figure out FTL MindPilot Sep 2013 #7