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Cali_Democrat

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34. If you follow the logic of Ted Rall

Reply to kpete (Reply #24)

Sun Mar 23, 2014, 10:47 AM

Mar 2014

No country is allowed to criticize Putin. The boundaries of nearly every country on Earth have been forged in blood. From the US, to Canada to France to China. I could go on and on.

So essentially nobody is allowed to criticize Putin for his invasion.

This OP is some serious derp.

Just thought I'd let you know.

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Oh My, International Laws Violated [View all] kpete Mar 2014 OP

UNREC brooklynite Mar 2014 #1

OP is pointing out the hypocrisy of the U.S. rusty fender Mar 2014 #2

Problem is none of those cases make an analogy. treestar Mar 2014 #5

I'm sure that the cartoonist would rusty fender Mar 2014 #8

Even that, we never intended to keep Iraq treestar Mar 2014 #21

We broke it rusty fender Mar 2014 #22

Actually we kinda did. RC Mar 2014 #27

What exactly did we intend to do with it? LisaL Mar 2014 #35

Unrec facts? The US hasn't invaded any countries in recent history? sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #15

OP doesn't give a shit. tridim Mar 2014 #28

Are we still pretending that Crimea was "invaded"? reformist2 Mar 2014 #3

Crimea was invaded. I don't think that is in question. The question may be whether Russians were okaawhatever Mar 2014 #10

This is so silly. I get that this is the Obama Admin's official line, but it's just not true. reformist2 Mar 2014 #12

I am not taking into consideration what Obama's official line is. I'm going by what the A.B.C.'s of okaawhatever Mar 2014 #19

Even those who would like that to be true, are not making that claim. Crimeans voted sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #18

Migration isn't the same thing treestar Mar 2014 #4

Ever since Cro-Magnons supplanted Neanderthals, there has been upheaval and change. randome Mar 2014 #6

Just the truth malaise Mar 2014 #7

thanks kpete Mar 2014 #24

If you follow the logic of Ted Rall Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #34

Is Obama supposed to give all that back? Whisp Mar 2014 #9

Why isn't it all "stolen from Native Americans". hughee99 Mar 2014 #11

Unrec for history fail. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #13

What do you expect from a fool? ProSense Mar 2014 #33

another example of the far left touching the far right snooper2 Mar 2014 #14

International law which was largely developed post-WWII Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #16

America bashing and Obama bashing rolled into one! JaneyVee Mar 2014 #17

The French better not complain either, given what they did in the Norman Conquest. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #20

Silly. We've become so much better than we were back then. L0oniX Mar 2014 #23

LOoniX kpete Mar 2014 #25

...^ that 840high Mar 2014 #30

Thanks, Obama. tridim Mar 2014 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #31

Crimea's 'Russian majority' is the result of modern era ethnic cleansing of Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #29

And the Tatars still in Crimea are fearful as to what will happen to them now. Ikonoklast Mar 2014 #36

Ted Rall is a fool ProSense Mar 2014 #32