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Uncle Joe

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15. I totally agree with you but perception being in the eye of the beholder made the narrative

Reply to Ash_F (Reply #14)

Tue Sep 24, 2013, 09:42 PM

Sep 2013

very real with millions of Americans and this false narrative needed to be countered.

Obama is going to have a tough enough fight against the Republicans and the corporate media propaganda machine in pursuing diplomatic relations with Iran, putting Manning out there as well can only serve to undermine any serious attempt at diplomacy and peace.

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Of course the answer is one bite at a time.

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OBAMA: "Iraq shows us that democracy cannot simply be imposed by force" --- Take that neo-cons! [View all] kpete Sep 2013 OP

"democracy cannot simply be imposed by force" NOLALady Sep 2013 #1

Can you give one example of Obama "imposing democracy by force"? tridim Sep 2013 #2

Actually, NOLALady Sep 2013 #6

Can you imagine Bush saying this? mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #4

Did he bomb Syria? Rex Sep 2013 #12

but the war in iraq wasnt for democracy to EgyptianDentist Sep 2013 #3

The US never tried to impose Democracy. That's the big lie. Ash_F Sep 2013 #5

+100000000000 Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #7

I hate this "you can't impose democracy"/"let's spread freedom" argument. Ash_F Sep 2013 #8

Every nation wants to save face, the main point is that Obama stated what mass Republicans need Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #13

It just annoys me how, during those years, it was mostly ignored. Ash_F Sep 2013 #14

I totally agree with you but perception being in the eye of the beholder made the narrative Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #15

My comments were not so much directed at Obama, or his strategies, but at the narrative Ash_F Sep 2013 #16

That's cool as well, it should be called out, lest the people think, that's all there is. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #17

Oil, bananas, copper malaise Sep 2013 #9

Now we just need the stubborn right-wingers to listen. RedCappedBandit Sep 2013 #10

I love it when he says stuff like that! Rex Sep 2013 #11