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Mr Dixon

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29. SMH

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 08:34 AM

Sep 2014

Smells like the same old stick, scare the public and we’re off to War and the defense contractor are lining up to cash in. The media drives the narrative after they receive their talking points from the 1% and then wash and repeat in 24/hour cycle and before you know it half the public is ready for War. Enlist some poor/middle class people for the front –lines, shield the 1% kids and away we go…….SMH.

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The ISIS boogeyman is gonna get ya........ [View all] marmar Sep 2014 OP

gotta try life without cable Skink Sep 2014 #1

ISIS is to be taken seriously 3rdwaydem Sep 2014 #2

You can take it as seriously as you want. marmar Sep 2014 #3

Yeah, we know our projection of violence in the Middle East creates more terrorists, not fewer. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #4

Likely so! However, regardless as to whether we are aggravated 3rdwaydem Sep 2014 #14

Disagree. Our own military sucks so nuch of our counties wealth, that it is destroying us. ISIS is grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #16

Time to win hearts and minds again? Because that's been working since Vietnam? merrily Sep 2014 #28

You bet! PSPS Sep 2014 #6

Their base is actually like the Fortress of Solitude, or the Batcave. Super-terrorists, they are! grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #18

Assume they will. What strategies do we have to stop them? merrily Sep 2014 #32

Of course it's to be taken seriously, sammythecat Sep 2014 #7

Quick -- time to get out the plastic sheeting and duct tape!!!!! magical thyme Sep 2014 #10

So was Al Queda. You are free to take it as seriously as you want. I find the biggest threat to our sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #22

We've got to bomb them over there, to create more terrorists over here. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #5

Yeah, stupid ridiculous warnings like "Bin Laden determined to strike in US" Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #8

+1 Little Star Sep 2014 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE Sep 2014 #11

Apparently you are in the minority here. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #13

Proof that when really angry, nutsy people say they're going to do something, it's TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #19

Ya don't fight crime with war, duh. Proven 100% in Iraq. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #20

How many terrorists did that war, the war in Afghanistan and our other "adventures" create? merrily Sep 2014 #27

20,000 at least. See ISIS. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #43

Apparently they are best ignored. Has anything been DONE about that crime? Last I heard medals sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #23

Maybe Obama can ignore ISIS long enough to win himself a medal. nt Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #37

Apparently he is trying to resist the drumbeats from the warmongers. I support him on that. sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #39

Well, that ship sailed-and sunk. What have we done since then that has worked out for merrily Sep 2014 #35

You're missing the point flamingdem Sep 2014 #12

No, we're arming the Kurds. We've asked other countries to also arm them, TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #17

From what I've read they are not arming them flamingdem Sep 2014 #41

Yes, here: TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #42

The Iraq army is not incompetent, they are complicit. They gave weapons to ISIS, and some have joine grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #21

Huh? You're replying to the OP. The OP was about media, not about Obama arming anyone. merrily Sep 2014 #36

As we speak they're preparing to launch their massive fleet to invade Strawberry Point, Iowa. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #15

And the Shock Doctrine merrily Sep 2014 #38

They're following the textbook propaganda plan: soon they'll kill ISIS #2 Corruption Inc Sep 2014 #24

All bullshit...all the time malaise Sep 2014 #25

Well, Isis might indeed get me. But, I prefer to die one death, not one thousand. merrily Sep 2014 #26

SMH Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #29

Remember merrily Sep 2014 #33

Agreed Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #40

My entire life 62 years sorefeet Sep 2014 #30

And that's not counting $ spent the NSA, the CIA, the FBI and all the others who failed us. merrily Sep 2014 #34

The Voice seveneyes Sep 2014 #31