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NuclearDem

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3. We're not? Great!

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 12:20 AM

Sep 2013

So I guess that means the strikes are off the table then?

Because last I checked, dropping bombs on another country--particularly that county's armed forces--is an act of war.

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What percentage of 'liberal Democrats' agree with making war on Syria? Eom [View all] TransitJohn Sep 2013 OP

Since nobody is planning to "make war" on Syria, I'm guessing zero? brooklynite Sep 2013 #1

nice to know that killing people who are not any kind of threat to you is not war nt msongs Sep 2013 #2

The Serbian weren't a threat to us...neither were the Libyans brooklynite Sep 2013 #4

Those were wars. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #5

Oh, for Christ sake. ocpagu Sep 2013 #9

Exactly!!!! Nt newfie11 Sep 2013 #10

We're not? Great! NuclearDem Sep 2013 #3

Ask the people getting bombs dropped on them if its a fucking war, some of whom will undoubtedly be Erose999 Sep 2013 #7

zip, zero zilch. PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #6

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