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Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:29 PM

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You bellicose old men who never served can 'follow them to the Gates of Hell' [View all] whatchamacallit Sep 2014 OP

Yeah, well, at least McCain had some credibility when he used that line-- TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #1

McCain lost credibility some time ago. atreides1 Sep 2014 #7

Dropping bombs on civilians doesn't give you credibility. DavidDvorkin Sep 2014 #9

Look, this is the nicest thing I'll ever say about McSenile-- TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #15

um, you do realize he graduated at the bottom of his class, wrecked several planes niyad Sep 2014 #22

Killed a comrade or two by firing missiles while still on the ship, didn't he? DavidDvorkin Sep 2014 #24

do not know about that one. niyad Sep 2014 #25

Reports seem to conflict DavidDvorkin Sep 2014 #28

thank you. my mind is slow tonight--I had forgotten about the forrestal. niyad Sep 2014 #32

I will support bombing these people if they strap the congressmen and women roguevalley Sep 2014 #63

No it didn't. former9thward Sep 2014 #31

rw crap? are you serious? or did you simply forget the sarcasm thingy? niyad Sep 2014 #34

The only sites that print that stuff are RW CT sites. former9thward Sep 2014 #38

Where is your link to him "flying an unauthorized mission." former9thward Sep 2014 #36

Wearing the uniform and putting himself in harm's way in a war of aggression DavidDvorkin Sep 2014 #29

and he would have gotten no preferential treatment at all if pops and gramps had not niyad Sep 2014 #33

Right. DavidDvorkin Sep 2014 #37

Wow just wow steelsmith Sep 2014 #75

That's not what the reference is to. DavidDvorkin Sep 2014 #78

reading comprehension is a good thing. I said nothing about preferential treatment when niyad Sep 2014 #79

5 planes lost reverse ace McCain JEB Sep 2014 #57

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VP Joe Biden got a draft notice during VietNam but unfortunately flunked the physical Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #2

STOP! ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #10

My understanding is whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #12

GO! bobduca Sep 2014 #26

Everybody got a draft notice then. Biden didn't try to enlist. merrily Sep 2014 #45

Well, no. Not everybody got a draft notice then. Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #59

You really thought that I intended "everybody got a draft notice then" to be merrily Sep 2014 #60

That must have been horrible getting that thing in the mail. :O I can't imagine! C Moon Sep 2014 #61

In 1969 I was 19, 1-A and my number in the lottery was 98. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #65

He can follow whom he choses. Maybe he has decided not to run for President Autumn Sep 2014 #3

When these radical groups knock on our doors will you dtill feel the same? Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #4

Lol, their favorite catch whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #6

Okay Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #11

Then we'll fight. atreides1 Sep 2014 #8

Really? To what end? What was the last war you consider made sense and America won? merrily Sep 2014 #70

We can turn the places these people live into dust within a matter of minutes Hippo_Tron Sep 2014 #13

End of story, they have plans to fly their flag over DC, no threat huh. Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #18

Exactly how does this absurd and irrational scenario take place? whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #19

Maybe not as absurd and irrational as saying tbey are not a threat. Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #20

Hahahahaha BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #21

The same grip as American crossing the ocean and joining ISIS, yep can Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #23

Hoisting a flag on the white house? BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #40

To the extent some here are willing to make a stand against this threat being carried out, Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #44

Word Salad BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #51

yep Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #58

SO FUCKING SCARED!!!!!1111 bobduca Sep 2014 #27

Whatever Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #30

LOL I have plans to marry Jennifer Lawrence. Hissyspit Sep 2014 #41

Just goes to show that propaganda and war hysteria works. neverforget Sep 2014 #67

Seriously, that's what you want to go with? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #56

At least that's better than the SWAT teams BuelahWitch Sep 2014 #35

They have knocked on our doors a number of times. merrily Sep 2014 #49

They will try to find new ways all of the time. Right now this group has gotten even the attention Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #52

Not at all responsive to my question. merrily Sep 2014 #53

We have different Americas to fight for. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #5

Who are we following to the gates of hell this time? Generic Other Sep 2014 #14

I'm not following anyone. VP Biden is going to follow ISIS to the gates of hell. Autumn Sep 2014 #16

Any chance to quote Tennyson... Generic Other Sep 2014 #17

Is he? If anything, he will be sending our kids and grandkids and our money to the gates of merrily Sep 2014 #50

Why don't they just shut off their (ISIS') money spigot? BuelahWitch Sep 2014 #39

We are pretty much united on the idea that US journalists ought not be merrily Sep 2014 #42

Easiest to just drone the guy who did it Shivering Jemmy Sep 2014 #43

Drone murder the guy we suspect of doing it? merrily Sep 2014 #54

I have a problem, as if beheadings are supposed to be the crux of tnlefty Sep 2014 #46

Exactly. jwirr Sep 2014 #47

Well, since those 'old men' created that hell, I would have to agree they should get their rear ends sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #48

Al Qaeeda, Al Qaeeda Iraq, Isis. merrily Sep 2014 #55

Exactly, and it's sad that we have to keep reminding people of what caused all of this. You would sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #62

True, but it's not a matter only of what horrors we inflicted on them--and still inflict. merrily Sep 2014 #69

Yeah some truth and justice would be nice for a change whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #73

I think we busted through those gates quite a while ago deutsey Sep 2014 #66

Ha, true whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #72

And whether or not they ever served is immaterial. Orsino Sep 2014 #68

Agreed, it just makes their expectations of your sacrifice all the more galling n/t whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #71

Amen to that, whatchamacallit! Raffi Ella Sep 2014 #74

You will include the congress people who voted in favor Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #76

Only the dimwitted don't notice you're running the same old tired play. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #77