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Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
116. hallelujah
Thu May 29, 2014, 04:23 PM
May 2014

GOPer, Libertarian, complete right wackos kill first and take whatever resources they have.

He does give one hell of a good speech. Autumn May 2014 #1
You sound pretty negative to me. Give me an anti-war prez ANY DAY. nt babylonsister May 2014 #4
You don't think he gives good speeches? Autumn May 2014 #26
Yeah, not hard to have her number or any of the ODSers.. whose Cha May 2014 #100
He does say the right things Pharaoh May 2014 #23
Well there is that Autumn May 2014 #27
not being Mitt Romeny is pretty fucking low bar Skittles May 2014 #76
Right, that bar is pretty fucking low Autumn May 2014 #85
What has he said ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #35
Here is where you'll get a litany of complaints... ConservativeDemocrat May 2014 #75
I suspect you're right. eom. 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #82
Obama signs 'Monsanto Protection Act' written by Monsanto-sponsored senator Pharaoh May 2014 #95
Was that a response to my question? ... eom. 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #97
So refusing to destroy the economy because of Progressive dog May 2014 #110
Yeah, you'd actually have to know the Obama Admin's record of history to realize how ignorant your Cha May 2014 #101
I think he gives the best speeches out of any POTUS I have ever heard. Rex May 2014 #103
First time I ever heard him speak he had me in tears. Autumn May 2014 #105
I didn't know anything about him before he ran for office. Rex May 2014 #107
Why that no good cut and run commie randys1 May 2014 #2
Two major powerhouses have invaded Afghanistan and yet no one has ever beat them LynneSin May 2014 #3
Afghanistan was called the Graveyard of Empires. Bush was an ahistorical idiot, but you knew that Hekate May 2014 #24
Alexander the Great lost there Aerows May 2014 #34
Alexander the Great lost there? ieoeja May 2014 #112
Hell I knew they were fighting against an army... LynneSin May 2014 #36
Bin Laden was never trained by the CIA. That misinformation gets repeated constantly here. Ikonoklast May 2014 #68
Thank You! Bookmarking that website now. We are not in charge of the world, that's a myth. freshwest May 2014 #78
But arming Syrian rebels to fight Assad won't come back to bite us. Maedhros May 2014 #90
I know - it doesn't settle well in my stomach either LynneSin May 2014 #92
SEVERAL major powerhouses over the centuries have met their end Aerows May 2014 #37
Ok in the last 40 years LynneSin May 2014 #43
Oh, I agree Aerows May 2014 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author caraher May 2014 #50
But ...but ...but the Taliban = Al Qaeda. The Taliban attacked us on 911! L0oniX May 2014 #74
I applaud him for not buckling to neocon pressures. JaneyVee May 2014 #5
I think we are no longer able to tell the difference Puzzledtraveller May 2014 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science May 2014 #11
The rightwing will gladly remind you exactly what JaneyVee May 2014 #12
Not anymore. Puzzledtraveller May 2014 #64
Curious ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #39
The rightwing doesn't want Obama starting wars LynneSin May 2014 #41
Syria, Libya, Russia, to name a few. Iliyah May 2014 #114
He's a tyrant, a hypocrite, blood on his hands EVEIL EVIL EVIL!!! MohRokTah May 2014 #6
Good job. You 'almost' beat them! :) nt babylonsister May 2014 #15
Don't worry, that train's never late. MSM will be tearing its hair thinking of ways to diss it. freshwest May 2014 #28
+1! sheshe2 May 2014 #69
I added a picture of the love birds. KICK!!! freshwest May 2014 #79
Yeah, but what about our secret wars? And our secret CIA armies? Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #7
See my reply #5 Puzzledtraveller May 2014 #9
The Administration says one thing, and does another. Maedhros May 2014 #30
Curious ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #38
Not at all. Maedhros May 2014 #48
Isn't that what he's doing? ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #53
Training Syrian rebels? Training African rebels and tripling military operations there? Maedhros May 2014 #55
You don't see a difference in ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #60
That's exactly how our operations in Central America were described. Maedhros May 2014 #61
Are you attempting to compare ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #84
The Sandinistas opposed the Somoza Regime, which was a client state of the U.S. Maedhros May 2014 #86
My bad, I meant the "Countras" ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #87
My stance is this: Maedhros May 2014 #89
I will respond ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #93
Follow the money. Maedhros May 2014 #99
"'Our' national interests aren't really ours." woo me with science May 2014 #98
Sure sounds like arming the contras all over again. ozone_man May 2014 #65
It's the same playbook that's been around since Reagan (and before). Maedhros May 2014 #88
Let us know when the pretty words translate into policy. woo me with science May 2014 #10
+1. nt OnyxCollie May 2014 #19
Yes, indeed. Maedhros May 2014 #32
Libya, the Surge, the last-minute dash to keep us in Iraq, PAKISTAN, Yemen, MisterP May 2014 #40
Well, progressoid May 2014 #91
+1000. nt. polly7 May 2014 #96
Yup...i'm not buying it anymore...especially his continuation of 'American Exceptionalism'... truebrit71 May 2014 #104
Truth hurts newthinking May 2014 #118
One graph. toddwv May 2014 #13
Thanks, Obama, for the Sanity! freshwest May 2014 #14
Hey fresh.. check out #16.. :) Cha May 2014 #17
"Obama's West Point address, in two words.." Cha May 2014 #16
Mahalo, Cha, and thanks for babylonsister May 2014 #21
That's very good! And so is the blog! freshwest May 2014 #31
Now This I just Love! sheshe2 May 2014 #71
But but but He didn't scrap this speech and eulogize Maya Angelou instead! Hekate May 2014 #18
I saw that one too. Whisp May 2014 #22
I'm betting Maya would have approved. thanks Hekate nm Cha May 2014 #33
More amazingly ... well, almost is ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #46
Unfortunately, isolationism has never worked. We have to engage with the world. Hekate May 2014 #51
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #54
There is a libertarian... YvonneCa May 2014 #70
The Libertarians are also going after Obama in the VOX comment section. Might lose some of those freshwest May 2014 #83
The Pauls, et al, won't give him any credit for this, will they? They'd rather die first... freshwest May 2014 #81
Since drones and foreign but American-supported rebels will do the fighting, truedelphi May 2014 #20
I prefer the new foreign policy gwheezie May 2014 #25
Lost Iraq? bpj62 May 2014 #111
Does this mean we can just give sulphurdunn May 2014 #29
No to militarism.. but.. iamthebandfanman May 2014 #42
Best President Ever mwrguy May 2014 #45
Yes! freshwest May 2014 #62
This is why I voted for him. Now please follow through Mr. President. jwirr May 2014 #47
Thank you President Obama lovemydog May 2014 #49
Cegelis, Lamont, McKinney, Halter, Romanoff, Sestak, Grayson, Kucinich, Buono, Davis ring any bells? MisterP May 2014 #52
Yes! lovemydog May 2014 #58
Yes, this was all done on the local level by the GOP. Fight back close to home and GOTV! freshwest May 2014 #80
Most definitely, freshwest lovemydog May 2014 #94
Libertiarians at Vox.com while selling anti-war: Attack President for anti-war policy message. Todays_Illusion May 2014 #56
You have defined the situation perfectly. Thanks. freshwest May 2014 #63
anti-traditional war G_j May 2014 #57
See, no difference between the parties IronLionZion May 2014 #59
Sanity sounds good to me.. thanks Obama. mountain grammy May 2014 #66
VIDEO for you: freshwest May 2014 #67
hallelujah Iliyah May 2014 #116
Well ...it's not like he needs MIC money anymore. L0oniX May 2014 #72
Brava, babylonsister. sheshe2 May 2014 #73
Wow. ucrdem May 2014 #77
When he ENACTS "the most anti-war foreign policy doctrine in decades", Doctor_J May 2014 #102
Yup. Weren't we supposed to see the "real" Obama after he won his second term... truebrit71 May 2014 #106
Some of us were afraid of that very thing Doctor_J May 2014 #108
Doesn't he understand the point of foreign policy is to identify a list of evil nations tclambert May 2014 #109
Unfortunately this is, IMHO, just window dressing............ Swede Atlanta May 2014 #113
as if. KG May 2014 #115
I'm not going to argue policy or anything else with the Obama haters here; YOU DON'T LISTEN ANYWAY IrishAyes May 2014 #117
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