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Daniel537

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7. Who said anything about an adventure?

Reply to cali (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 07:32 AM

Apr 2012

We helped get rid of Gadhafi with little cost and no lives lost, why not repeat that model in Syria? Considering the amount of weapons our military already has at its disposal, why not use them for getting rid of a mass-murdering dictator who just happens to be Iran's number 1 ally in the Arab world? I just have a tough time rationalizing why we should stay out of a slaughter like this if we have the ability to do something about it.

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Shit. this is very, very bad: Syrian Troops Fire Across Turkish Border in Clash Near Refugee Camp [View all] cali Apr 2012 OP

If Syria only had more oil reserves MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #1

you know, I don't want any military intervention by the U.S. cali Apr 2012 #3

If Syria had significant reserves Russia would've invaded already. joshcryer Apr 2012 #10

Isn't this an attack on all of NATO? Daniel537 Apr 2012 #2

I don't know, but I'm against U.S. military intervention. cali Apr 2012 #4

I'm in favor of it. Frankly it should have been done months ago. Daniel537 Apr 2012 #5

yeah, we really need another fucking military adventure in the middle east cali Apr 2012 #6

Who said anything about an adventure? Daniel537 Apr 2012 #7

call it what you will cali Apr 2012 #8

Yes. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #12

Turkey is a very strong regional power Kaleva Apr 2012 #9

Pissing off the Turks = VERY BAD IDEA!!! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #11

The Turks Would Destroy Syria In A War DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2012 #13

Yup, Damascus = one giant Turkish soldier barracks inside of a week. Zalatix Apr 2012 #15

The explanation for this was given in this post: tabatha Apr 2012 #14