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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 08:33 PM Sep 2013

If Iran and Russia jumped in on Assad's side after the "limited strike"... [View all]

(and you had backed the strike before that)would you support continued U.S. intervention in Syria?


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I'm not exactly for it or against it now Gman Sep 2013 #1
Doubtful...Putin used part of Hitler's playbook(the "avenge the shame" meme) Ken Burch Sep 2013 #3
It's more than WWII, Ken Gman Sep 2013 #6
I don't think US or Russia would resort to nukes HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #7
Do we actually live in a post-nuclear deterrence world? Gman Sep 2013 #16
Russia has valid reasons to hold on to Syria... HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #21
"Nukes are probably the best thing to happen to humanity since penicillin" joshcryer Sep 2013 #26
+Infinity! This is some seriously scary shit. Way scarier than Iraq and that was pretty bad. - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #17
Not by that much. AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #29
There won't be WWIII over Syria without Jonesian conspiracies....or perhaps something truly bizarre. AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #32
I think I know this song. Savannahmann Sep 2013 #4
"we better not back down from anyone" NoOneMan Sep 2013 #5
I think via the NSA and other ways we should have a pretty good idea Gman Sep 2013 #8
Who fuckn cares NoOneMan Sep 2013 #9
Or, as a sign I saw at a Los Angeles anti-war rally against the Iraq War simply said, HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #13
Please read some on the League of Nations .... Peace in our Time ... Neville Chamberlain MindMover Sep 2013 #30
Dude, there isn't gonna be a world war over Syria. It wouldn't be worth it for anybody. nt AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #31
While I agree, Im just taking the scenario as it was presented NoOneMan Sep 2013 #33
Holy Shit. You do know, I hope, that Iran has 1 million soldiers in its Army. Are you prepared to HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #10
The decisions makers are very well aware of that Gman Sep 2013 #14
You really should read Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August" before you go HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #15
They only fought Saddam to a stalemate Gman Sep 2013 #18
That is one deadly 'They'. At first I thought you were referring to the U.S. military which HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #20
No, I was totally dissing the Iranian army Gman Sep 2013 #22
Someone with over 20K posts here I would suspect to have at least a passing HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #23
Yes, that's a very famous picture Gman Sep 2013 #24
This is another reason we shouldn't get involved. joshcryer Sep 2013 #27
Sure. Imagine the cool new round of action movies! NoOneMan Sep 2013 #2
Not sure why your post makes me feel so much despair. But I can't disagree HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #11
Not eligible to vote since I don't back the limited strike. But this is the scenario that HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #12
Exactly. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #19
In their own back yard, even. polly7 Sep 2013 #28
Nope. Iggo Sep 2013 #25
Russia's already supporting Assad - that's why we cannot get 'use of force' resolution from the U.N. Tx4obama Sep 2013 #34
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