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DemocratSinceBirth

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32. When Bush* said the war on terror would be like no other war...

Reply to grahamhgreen (Reply #31)

Thu Sep 11, 2014, 01:25 PM

Sep 2014

There would be no amphibious landings, no VE Days, no pitched battles he was on to something.

ISIS will eventually burn out or morph into something else as they morphed from Al Qaeda. As you said up thread this has been going on for 1,400 years. They are in it for the long run.

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Rate President Obama's speech last night [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 OP

Didn't watch it. Don't give a shit leftstreet Sep 2014 #1

+1 deutsey Sep 2014 #2

^^^^This^^^ +1000 2banon Sep 2014 #28

Well, you gentlemen or women can disagree with the topic of the speech... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #3

Very important. Open ended commitment to a 1400 year old war. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #19

I didn't watch. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #4

It was only fifteen minutes or so. The pres is worth fifteen minutes out of my life./NT DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #5

The same, tired, flagwaving, justification for violence that the bosses have used since Genesis. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #6

PNAC garbage for the masses. woo me with science Sep 2014 #7

Same stuff, different day. Moondog Sep 2014 #8

Erect Bogeyman, wave flag, start bombing, send troops, and talk about peace. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #9

I notice the vocal ODS posters aren't voting much. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #10

Obama's Loyal Supporters are probably tongue-tied n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #11

Obama has my support because he deserves it. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #12

See below. How do we pay for it? (Crickets) grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #18

I watched it, and came away thinking it was a speech he didn't want to give. hedgehog Sep 2014 #13

ISIS represents a much larger threat to the Arab world than it can ever present to Israel. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #15

Can he ask Israel and the Saudis to pay for it? Yes. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #17

Why should Israel pay for it? DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #20

In response to hedgehogs comment: grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #21

ISIS has picked a fight with so many groups so far DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #22

More justifiable than starving granny. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #23

I see your point... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #26

I agree. I see this as a great opportunity to ask those that want war to pay for it. "put their grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #29

They should put their militaries where their mouths are... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #30

No. We're in it now. I would have love to see us foster an Iranian/Saudi/Syrian/Israeli coalition grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #31

When Bush* said the war on terror would be like no other war... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #32

I was thinking of Israel and the Saudis in general terms, not just ISIL - hedgehog Sep 2014 #24

Just saying we should ask them to pay. I'm tapped. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #25

Didn't watch it, never watch speeches geek tragedy Sep 2014 #14

F. How do we pay for it? How much will it cost? How long will it take? What are the metrics for grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #16

Didn't watch or listen. 2banon Sep 2014 #27