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SomethingFishy

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11. I just came off the NBC news link on Comcast and the headlines was screaming
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 11:35 PM
Sep 2014

"ISIS Threat: Fear of Terror Attack Soars to 9/11 High, NBC News/WSJ Poll Finds"

The story goes on to explain how Americans are shitting in their boots over ISIS. "Highest threat level since 9/11, blah blah blah.."

They are gearing us up. Again. It's gotten to the point where the decision isn't whether or not to go to war, but how much war are we going to make. Just drones? Air strikes? Covert Ops? Boots on the ground.. There is no opposition. The left perspective now consists of "let's bomb them, strategically.. while the right's position is somewhere between "put boots on the ground and kill em all" to "Obama is is setting up an ISIS base in New Mexico".

There seems to be no place left for sanity.

Funny, but in my personal list of things I'm afraid of, ISIS wouldn't even scratch the top 10.

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Make no mistake, this is pre-emption. morningfog Sep 2014 #1
Perhaps he has the authority as comander-in-chief to order military action (depending on your take kelly1mm Sep 2014 #2
is the iraq war resolution still open? unblock Sep 2014 #3
You may wish to review how the Democratic Congress defunded the Nixon Administrations kelly1mm Sep 2014 #5
Boner has had a huge smile for the last 2 days. obxhead Sep 2014 #26
Link: morningfog Sep 2014 #4
Make no mistake, this is a war of choice. No Syrian War! morningfog Sep 2014 #6
Words fail me. Brigid Sep 2014 #7
This is unchartered legal waters. This will be on par with the torture memos and the US citizen morningfog Sep 2014 #8
+1 The curtain is coming down swiftly now. woo me with science Sep 2014 #10
I just came off the NBC news link on Comcast and the headlines was screaming SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #11
... woo me with science Sep 2014 #9
Obama has to follow the media RobertEarl Sep 2014 #12
The cavalier attitude with which you talk about destruction of human life... anti partisan Sep 2014 #14
Nefarious? RobertEarl Sep 2014 #15
I agree that the less heavy artillery in the region, the better, but radicalism is... anti partisan Sep 2014 #16
Obama's history is better than previous RobertEarl Sep 2014 #17
What is his medicine? anti partisan Sep 2014 #18
OK, oh wise one, what do you propose the babylonsister Sep 2014 #13
Two murders is not worth a war. morningfog Sep 2014 #20
How many more would be acceptable to you before babylonsister Sep 2014 #21
How many innocent people are we justified in killing in our effort to destroy IS? morningfog Sep 2014 #22
Are we talking about ISIS everywhere or just in Kurdistan or Yemen or Syria or Iraq? snooper2 Sep 2014 #24
The Saudis behead people too. arcane1 Sep 2014 #27
Everything is political... kentuck Sep 2014 #19
War! War! War! Baclava Sep 2014 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Sep 2014 #25
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