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HuckleB

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13. "If everyone believed in Peace the way they say they do, we’d have Peace." -GSH

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2014, 02:49 PM

Sep 2014

If everyone believed in Peace the way they say they do, we’d have Peace.
The only thing wrong with Peace, is that you can’t make no money from it.
—Gil Scott-Heron 1949-2011

The key word is "everyone."

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So the United States is going all alone in these airstrikes. Anyone surprised? [View all] SummerSnow Sep 2014 OP

Link? eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #1

So far, I believe France is the only country that has said it may help with bombing missions cali Sep 2014 #6

so we are not going it alone. spanone Sep 2014 #12

we're pretty much going it alone on the bombing/training cali Sep 2014 #16

Well, the Brits shut Obama and Kerry down last time leftstreet Sep 2014 #2

The coalition of the willing. merrily Sep 2014 #3

Euro allies are just leery of air strikes in Syria from what I have seen underpants Sep 2014 #4

The UK is more gun shy after Iraq where as we are still just as trigger happy as ever. liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #7

But none are striking in Iraq either. morningfog Sep 2014 #8

possible reason for being leery DustyJoe Sep 2014 #15

If we're the only ones in the air, that's fine with me. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #5

Who is going ot make up the big coalition on the ground? morningfog Sep 2014 #9

I think that some nations, but certainly not ours have a real problem with Autumn Sep 2014 #10

We must "pick up the white man's burden" as we did when the Phillipines was the threat. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #11

The thing is that no rational folks even believe this crap anymore malaise Sep 2014 #21

"If everyone believed in Peace the way they say they do, we’d have Peace." -GSH HuckleB Sep 2014 #13

Not from what I have read: dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #14

Lebanon's military is very, very weak. Iraq? ISIS has been successful against the Iraqi military cali Sep 2014 #18

I am, in fact. Laelth Sep 2014 #17

"France Ready to Participate in Iraq Airstrikes" Kaleva Sep 2014 #19

Not one bit surprised. American torture under Bush burned every bridge Glitterati Sep 2014 #20