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stevenleser

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14. Then do your own research. Do not throw unsubstantiated accusations around. nt

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Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:11 PM

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Is ISIS going to put millions of children out of their homes, homeless and starving? [View all] J_J_ Sep 2014 OP

I'm thinking ... Trajan Sep 2014 #1

chopping heads is worse than shooting unarmed US citizens for no reason? J_J_ Sep 2014 #2

Yes. Because ISIS is doing it to thousands of people per week. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #3

Saddam was putting people in people shredders,and had a suitcase nuke in your backyard J_J_ Sep 2014 #4

There is video. Iran is on board. Everyone in the region is on board. Not all things are the same stevenleser Sep 2014 #6

vidoes are created for a purpose, sometimes as propaganda J_J_ Sep 2014 #7

Read my post #6 again. It's lazy thinking to apply sameness to issues like these. stevenleser Sep 2014 #11

I DO NOT TRUST US MEDIA J_J_ Sep 2014 #12

That is no reason to color all these issues as the same. Do the research on your own then. stevenleser Sep 2014 #13

NO! I don't want to be distracted by bullshit- I care about America! J_J_ Sep 2014 #15

That is a separate issue. Don't change the subject because you are losing. stevenleser Sep 2014 #17

I didn't change the subject, I started the subject J_J_ Sep 2014 #21

You changed your own subject that we were both discussing. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #27

you tried to change the subject, I didn't let you J_J_ Sep 2014 #65

He's not losing, in fact he's up by double digits. Scuba Sep 2014 #70

Thanks! J_J_ Sep 2014 #71

ISIS will probably be raping and killing madville Sep 2014 #5

Saddam's gonna hit us with a UAV filled with 30 year old mustard gas sold to him by the US J_J_ Sep 2014 #9

+1. Remember Nayirah Al-Sabah nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #22

I remember it well, thank you! J_J_ Sep 2014 #23

Welcome to DU... SidDithers Sep 2014 #8

After lying to kill millions in Iraq, lying about how great Bush is, how Obama ruined America J_J_ Sep 2014 #10

Then do your own research. Do not throw unsubstantiated accusations around. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #14

I am accusing the media of not really caring about helping Iraqis J_J_ Sep 2014 #20

Yes, I see you haven't been here long but you understand. factsarenotfair Sep 2014 #53

About the same that you've done in 87 posts to gain DU's trust. nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #16

I do not believe I have lied to start a war resulting in the deaths of millions J_J_ Sep 2014 #28

People across the board tend to fall in line behind the media, even in the face of facts reported by Chathamization Sep 2014 #32

sounds about right J_J_ Sep 2014 #39

I know... greytdemocrat Sep 2014 #18

... NuclearDem Sep 2014 #31

Nope, they are just the next bunch of religious wackos, taking the place of the last ones NightWatcher Sep 2014 #19

but somehow this time we will fix it with more intervention?? J_J_ Sep 2014 #24

My Professor called it our Whack a Mole Theory of International Politics and Intervention NightWatcher Sep 2014 #25

more like plant a mole then whack him J_J_ Sep 2014 #26

You do know that the answer to that would be "yes" if they weren't fought, don't you? Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #29

So the government you don't trust to assume control and spend billions to fight wars is a government Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #30

I expect our politicians to spend our tax dollars to help Americans first J_J_ Sep 2014 #34

Again: You're saying what you want to see. OK, I get that but Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #37

"bad people out there" J_J_ Sep 2014 #52

Yes, depending on where you are in the world. MineralMan Sep 2014 #33

I don't believe the media, they are proven liars J_J_ Sep 2014 #35

I'm afraid I can't see how your reply relates to what I wrote at all. MineralMan Sep 2014 #36

I think I'm beginning to sense a pattern with this one. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #38

I'm out of this thread. It's going nowhere. MineralMan Sep 2014 #40

going nowhere, like our military interventions. Try reading "1984" J_J_ Sep 2014 #44

why do you think the media cares and talks about ISIS and Iraqis, but not poverty in this country J_J_ Sep 2014 #42

No Compromise!...nt SidDithers Sep 2014 #43

Ugh. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #46

yes, that is how I felt when I saw pictures of babies being born in Iraq after our bombing J_J_ Sep 2014 #48

That's an awfully broad brush you're using. (nt) pinto Sep 2014 #51

we have millions in the US homeless, suffering, starving, dying J_J_ Sep 2014 #41

Until poverty is eradicated, we can't address anything else. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #47

War is THE excuse to do nothing about poverty J_J_ Sep 2014 #49

Martin Luther King - Beyond Vietnam J_J_ Sep 2014 #56

... J_J_ Sep 2014 #61

wish Obama felt this way about his peace prize J_J_ Sep 2014 #62

I'm disappointed with her reaction lame54 Sep 2014 #45

Oh thank God! J_J_ Sep 2014 #50

Dick Cheney Tells GOP It's Time To Restart The Iraq War Machine' - HuffPo J_J_ Sep 2014 #54

No our unregulated, predatory banking and financial industry does that on a daily basis. Initech Sep 2014 #55

exactly J_J_ Sep 2014 #63

Not in the US, but yes. n/t pampango Sep 2014 #57

I hope all you pukes with a boner for war are enlisting. Pronto. JEB Sep 2014 #58

How many millions did Bushco put out of their homes malaise Sep 2014 #59

seriously J_J_ Sep 2014 #64

O I L malaise Sep 2014 #67

The Gulf States have to cough up for this war flamingdem Sep 2014 #60

The Saudis are well armed thanks to us. Let them handle this one. JEB Sep 2014 #66

The Gulf States are already coughing up--for ISIS n/t eridani Sep 2014 #68

Her roots are red. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #69

Okay Poverty and the Corporate Media are our biggest enemy J_J_ Sep 2014 #72