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70. Really? To what end? What was the last war you consider made sense and America won?

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 11:21 AM

Sep 2014

Please see Reply 69.

Defend the country? Which nation declared war on the US? Which nation's army invaded? A band of rogue thugs behead two people and that is not cause to hunt down the killers but to start a fucking war against some nation or other-how many nations this time, btw? And call it defending our country? Are you kidding me?

Any idiot can start a war on feeling provoked and macho and powerful because of other people's kids and other people's money

And then what? Vietnam? Iraq? Afghanistan? How did all that work out? Besides creating more hatred against us and fueling creation of Al Qaeeda Iraq and Isis, that is, and costing untold lives limbs and minds on all sides, how did all that work out?

It takes brains, though, to avoid going to war just because you think you can.

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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

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #64

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