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In reply to the discussion: This time, we'll only kill the right people [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)50. Maliki is a torturer, murderer and brutal dictator and our government is supporting HIM.
Do you have a solution to protect the victims who have been suffering under his brutal regime, the ones that are still alive that is, while we continue to support him?
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People addicted to the gee whiz military technology of Hollywood and TV killer shows do not
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#1
Manny gets I, I know. Thanks for the link. Someone should ask if America is aiding IDF. No one does.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#5
I noticed the reporters are very careful about the questions they ask the POTUS.
nilesobek
Aug 2014
#83
It is possible for the greatest military in the world to do something good.
A Simple Game
Aug 2014
#33
"There's nothing that will stop these 10,000 people from establishing a caliphate from Spain to
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#12
Okay, how did this relatively miniscule group get so powerful in such a short time?
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#40
Yep and add the arms and finanacial support for Syrian rebels, some of whom now are ISIS
suffragette
Aug 2014
#110
Hi suffragette, I wish I had seen that post you made a year ago. Looking at it now,
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#126
Sad isn't it, we on the left were the only hope to try to stop all these criminal invasions of
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#133
Zarqawi? The one we 'killed' multiple times until we finally killed him, the one who had only
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#73
Al Zarqawi was a myth. And there was no Al Queda in Iraq until WE BROUGHT IT THERE.
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#84
I know he was a real person. But he was in no way the powerful, AQ Leader we were
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#88
That one, he sure was a good job creator. Every damn time we killed him someone else moved up
Autumn
Aug 2014
#87
some sources are saying they are financed by the Saudis and by kuwait
questionseverything
Aug 2014
#91
Yep. Being sold a fairytale again. My guess is that they're not that powerful and they're part of a
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#79
Good post, some of us aren't suffering from amnesia regarding what has gone on in Iraq
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#123
What are we doing to help the victims of murder in Libya since we left? Would you support
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#43
In my country, the wise ones have two sayings for those who beat the drum for war.
Zorra
Aug 2014
#55
If we wanted to stop the slaughter of the Iraqi people, over one million of them, and the
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#45
This whole thing smells...at first, I was all for helping those poor people trapped on a mountain.
Stardust
Aug 2014
#93
Exactly. Remember when we used to be slammed by the Bushbots for saying that the Iraq
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#107
Good ol' "Operation Iraqi Liberation." So obvious what the whole thing was about that it's
Stardust
Aug 2014
#109
Of course Charlie Brown, this time is for real. Lucy won't pull the ball away.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#104
Here's a better suggestion regarding the 'diplomatic personnel', they just did it in Libya
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#47
No, our first duty is to stop making it worse which we have continuously failed to do
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#22
It's time to stop imagining what we wish the MIC would do, and look at the actual record.
woo me with science
Aug 2014
#35
We continued to support the dictator Maliki, despite warnings of his brutal treatment
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#49
Over a year ago, people were calling for Maliki to step down as his brutal treatment
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#56
Of course we are responsible, and despite how it looks, we succeeded in OUR goals,
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#60
And, we'll have the "unfortunate deaths", "human shields" speeches ready when we don't.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#16
Maliki is a torturer, murderer and brutal dictator and our government is supporting HIM.
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#50
Are you stalking Manny? You seem not to have much to add, just here to get on Manny's case.
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#105
Neener neener, ritual chants, don't get santimonious, look forward, patriots torture folks
Corruption Inc
Aug 2014
#31
You forgot to mention we got a liability contract signed so we can't get sued.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#32
he'll do all the wrong things for the right reasons! or maybe say "antiwar activism is the
MisterP
Aug 2014
#34
So you seriously want us to just stand by while Boko Haram slaughter innocents?
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#39
Tough John McCain knows who the killers are: he's looked into their eyes .....
marble falls
Aug 2014
#48
To avoid counting civilian deaths, Obama re-defined "militant" to mean "all military-age males
woo me with science
Aug 2014
#80
A majority of DUers fully understand Manny's posts. The small minority who don't
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#103
Manny, I am encouraged that you now realize the USA is the greatest nation ever.
Enthusiast
Aug 2014
#89
Lots of mercenary groups, possibly our old friends Blackwater, or whatever they are calling
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#106
Yes, when you think about it, it has all worked out the way the neocons told us
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#124