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DirkGently

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13. Well of course our rigid moral enforcement doesn't apply to US.

Reply to Dragonfli (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 10:22 AM

Sep 2013

America is exceptional, in that it has the bigger guns, and we say we are exceptional.

Might makes right. Still.

This is the limit of our evolution as a species.

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CHARLES BLOW: "Using dead children as a mask for America�s militaristic instinct=REPUGNANT" [View all] kpete Sep 2013 OP

that's not mission creep eom Kolesar Sep 2013 #1

mission creep is that it started as very "limited" with "only" 100 missiles magical thyme Sep 2013 #9

Photos of dead children are A-OK when they serve the goals of the MIC Z_I_Peevey Sep 2013 #2

NICHOLAS KRISTOF: "Syria is the world capital of human suffering" frazzled Sep 2013 #3

I think North Koreans would beg to differ... Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #4

No, you read a single headline and beg to differ frazzled Sep 2013 #5

I did. And thanks for the personal attack on my opinion. Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #6

Nicholas Kristof is actually the NYTimes' Head Cheerleader for sweatshops brentspeak Sep 2013 #7

We love to wave the bloody shirt DirkGently Sep 2013 #8

Drone killing videos are classified. sibelian Sep 2013 #10

And its hard to fight a war, excuse me, "NotWar�" as Kerry says, against ourselves. /nt Dragonfli Sep 2013 #12

We need to send a message, to any evil countries that use chemicals like white phosphorous and D.U, Dragonfli Sep 2013 #11

Well of course our rigid moral enforcement doesn't apply to US. DirkGently Sep 2013 #13