I don't like war. I opposed the last one as well as some/many of the others (Reply #31)

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Response to Jeff In Milwaukee (Reply #28)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 08:52 AM

31. I don't like war. I opposed the last one as well as some/many of the others

I just think there are instances where force is necessary, whether that force is employed by an individual or a group. I think this is one of those instances.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
No boots on the ground? Then it's not a war. [View all]	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	OP
I don't agree with the premise that Sept. 11th was an act of war	cali	Sep 2013	#1
But the US government and a lot of Americans did	whatchamacallit	Sep 2013	#3
That's where I was headed (nt)	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#8
Most acts of war are criminal acts, imho. Not trying to get all Jesuitical on you :) - nt	HardTimes99	Sep 2013	#4
Then what about...	Courtesy Flush	Sep 2013	#5
yes, that was an act of war. The nation of Japan attacked the U.S.	cali	Sep 2013	#11
You should add Pearl Harbor was a military target.	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#13
If that's so	mindwalker_i	Sep 2013	#15
15 Saudi Arabians with boxcutters...so we hit Iraq and Afghanistan	NightWatcher	Sep 2013	#2
It was terrorism, and	ProSense	Sep 2013	#6
If President Obama deliberately orders attacks on civilian office buildings I hope you will join me	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#7
And if it's an accident?	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#9
Ummmm, no	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#10
Department of Bad Metaphors	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#19
You suggested that a carefully targeted attack on military facilities	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#20
Swing and a miss....	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#21
If you can't distinguish between a attack on military targets	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#22
You like the word "miscreants" don't you?	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#23
You suggested Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden are morally equivalent	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#25
No, I didn't....	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#28
I don't like war. I opposed the last one as well as some/many of the others	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#31
Why?	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#35
Obama isn't calling for Assad to face "a trial for war crimes at the Hague".	99Forever	Sep 2013	#33
I'm not trying to fool anybody, pal.	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#34
But of course...	99Forever	Sep 2013	#37
Bullshit	In_The_Wind	Sep 2013	#12
Obama isn't going to intentionally strike civilians or civilian targets. FAIL	KittyWampus	Sep 2013	#14
That's right, because he's not pushing the buttons or flying the aircraft	atreides1	Sep 2013	#16
It doesn't make a difference to the victim but the law distinguishes between war and war crimes./nt	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2013	#17
Intention certainly does matter. That's why there are Hate Crime laws. Unless you object to them.	KittyWampus	Sep 2013	#18
It's not war unless both sides are shooting	HereSince1628	Sep 2013	#24
Obama is not Osama...nt	SidDithers	Sep 2013	#26
Sad that this has to be said.	tridim	Sep 2013	#27
My point here...	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#29
LOL, what a foolish post this. When are we declaring war? Do you know what war is?	4bucksagallon	Sep 2013	#30
War is like Pornography	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2013	#36
We are sending in "advisors" already. We stayed out of the Vietnam war by only sending in	GoneFishin	Sep 2013	#32

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