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67. "no organization" -- this is changing. Take a look. Peace is possible. Not only that

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 01:48 PM

Sep 2014

but Peace, itself, is already present inside of every human being.

This one has a few moments of (former) Mayor Julian Castro who has
been supportive of this program after seeing what happened in the
Texas prison.

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Is Obama Lying Us Into Another War In The Middle East For Oil? [View all] berni_mccoy Sep 2014 OP

Obama also taking hits for NOT WANTING to go to war. Entire media is in disconnect mode. blm Sep 2014 #1

Oil is decidely a piece of this. that's obvious and there's not much denial of it. cali Sep 2014 #2

Question ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #22

Because ISIS owns some oil fields and they are glowing Sep 2014 #40

ISIS owns some oil fields, and is undercutting OPEC??? bvar22 Sep 2014 #82

I read this here in an article her last week.. and apparently its supposed to be "common knowledge" glowing Sep 2014 #87

This did start over a pipeline Assad wouldn't allow Cayenne Sep 2014 #115

War = Death = PROFIT = War blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #3

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #32

Nice rw phraseology--use of "Barry" geek tragedy Sep 2014 #54

The only time I see references to "Barry" is by the right wing.. Peacetrain Sep 2014 #57

Maybe because of the images it conjures loyalsister Sep 2014 #116

"no organization" -- this is changing. Take a look. Peace is possible. Not only that Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #67

Who the f is Barry?! maced666 Sep 2014 #74

Manilow? berni_mccoy Sep 2014 #75

He writes the songs .... kwassa Sep 2014 #89

He's the reason we can't have nice things! FrodosPet Sep 2014 #105

Obama is transitioning America from the Rumsfeld doctrine CJCRANE Sep 2014 #4

I think your assessment is spot on. berni_mccoy Sep 2014 #10

That's pretty much the way I see it too. Stellar Sep 2014 #14

Saw this in Viet-Nam warrant46 Sep 2014 #39

Yep, he's changing the dance but not the song. Marr Sep 2014 #59

You mean Obama is trying..... bobGandolf Sep 2014 #110

K & R. n/t FSogol Sep 2014 #5

We are the problem, not the solution in Iraq. How many years of failure will it take for war grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #6

Evidence, beyond a blog source, that we knowingly equipped and trained ISIS. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #8

there is little doubt that a some former Iraqi military have joined ISIS cali Sep 2014 #11

I have seen it posited many times here that we intentionally equipped and trained TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #15

nah. it's ct stuff to think that we armed ISIS cali Sep 2014 #16

The Iraqi army we trained intentionally abandoned the goods to ISIS: grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #94

right. that's what I said in my previous post. cali Sep 2014 #104

Reality is the evidence. 99Forever Sep 2014 #31

So... you got nothing. No proof, just insistence that it's true. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #33

I have no interest in your silliness. 99Forever Sep 2014 #60

Iraqi generals knowingly abandoned equipment to ISIS. Some were prosecuted. Need a link? grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #53

Oh I don't know Caretha Sep 2014 #90

So, you're saying we should continue Bush's war without end for political gain? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #7

Hmmm, did I say that? berni_mccoy Sep 2014 #9

Yes. You did. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #13

You are saying I said two things berni_mccoy Sep 2014 #44

What he is saying... JayhawkSD Sep 2014 #12

Was Hilter a ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #27

No zipplewrath Sep 2014 #35

This ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #36

Not violence zipplewrath Sep 2014 #79

What does enforcing international laws, waging law enforcement look like. eom 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #81

Cheney is in jail zipplewrath Sep 2014 #99

IOWs ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #108

Sure I do zipplewrath Sep 2014 #112

"he is enamored with the use of violence" Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #38

I know, huh? eom. 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #51

I laid out the case zipplewrath Sep 2014 #78

The case you have laid has nothing to do with being enamored, Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #80

Distinction looking for a difference zipplewrath Sep 2014 #85

I call it your point of view. Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #88

Forget the sematics zipplewrath Sep 2014 #98

You seem to think that ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #83

Considering vs. doing zipplewrath Sep 2014 #84

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #86

You really want an semantic arguement? zipplewrath Sep 2014 #97

9 times out of 10? ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #107

Not following zipplewrath Sep 2014 #111

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #113

Examples? zipplewrath Sep 2014 #114

Bush & Cheney were a "real and imminent threat" to Iraq. OnyxCollie Sep 2014 #43

What does that have to do with the current discussion? eom. 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #49

If you're going to compare the "real and imminent threat" OnyxCollie Sep 2014 #56

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #68

You're backpedaling from your previous posts. OnyxCollie Sep 2014 #96

How so? 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #106

+1 leftstreet Sep 2014 #64

Obama hasn't said ISIS poses a threat to the US. It poses a threat to the world berni_mccoy Sep 2014 #45

By interests you mean big oil.....? grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #93

No, the motivations are different, but the results are the same. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #17

If Americans won't die, then it's not accurate geek tragedy Sep 2014 #21

I actually care if people die regardless of their nationality. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #55

There is already a war with mass carnage geek tragedy Sep 2014 #58

who says Americans won't die? cali Sep 2014 #69

I was basing it on that person's argument. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #71

Yes. whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #18

The Utopian-Left will attack him on everything not 100% Utopia Amonester Sep 2014 #19

Some of us have integrity, and abhor the horror and suffering of war even when it's a Democrat Maedhros Sep 2014 #47

Next, they will accuse us, "realists" of having no integrity... Amonester Sep 2014 #61

I'll do it right now. Maedhros Sep 2014 #62

I welcome your hatred... Amonester Sep 2014 #63

It has little to do with being "utopian left"- something I am decidedly not. cali Sep 2014 #70

Don't like the left? Feel free to go elsewhere, then. Scootaloo Sep 2014 #102

War is a racket. Kinda' like marriage. ReRe Sep 2014 #20

Thank you so much berni mccoy for posting this. senz Sep 2014 #23

thank you! ISIS is the blow back from w & Cheney's unneeded war in Iraq. Botany Sep 2014 #24

I agree with you... sendero Sep 2014 #25

There are no good solutions. There are degrees of bad and undesirable. stevenleser Sep 2014 #66

What he's not doing is dismantling the War Machine. nt valerief Sep 2014 #26

ISIS is also supplying oil to someone. gordianot Sep 2014 #28

McCain gave the game away when he said CJCRANE Sep 2014 #29

Obama has done more to 'help' the Iraq gov. & the ME stand on their own- than a trillion dollars of Sunlei Sep 2014 #30

If you're not seeing this is for oil, OnyxCollie Sep 2014 #34

THANK YOU!!! Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #37

Yes. Pretending ISIS is not Islamic, pretending the Saudis are trustworthy allies. Dems to Win Sep 2014 #41

ISIS is as Islamic as the kkk is Christian. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #52

KKK well represents Christianity as practiced in the Americas for hundreds of years Dems to Win Sep 2014 #65

Okay. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #72

+1 Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #95

All out WAR would make these guys really happy. $$ Docross Sep 2014 #42

Indeed, Obama is not using the specter of a Mushroom Cloud, and is not claiming WMD Maedhros Sep 2014 #46

Kinda. Orsino Sep 2014 #48

"Almost everyone agrees that it should be cleaned up." Martin Eden Sep 2014 #50

Another question: Can we clean up climate change? Amonester Sep 2014 #73

Another question: Can you clean up your act? Martin Eden Sep 2014 #91

Those are the right questions to ask. berni_mccoy Sep 2014 #76

Good intentions do not necessarily make for good strategy Martin Eden Sep 2014 #92

Answers Scootaloo Sep 2014 #103

President Obama is trying to clean up the mess left by repugs samsingh Sep 2014 #77

Nope it was never about oil. This is genocide... 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #100

You win Sugarcoated Sep 2014 #118

For oil? No. Syria's hardly the biggest oil producer in the world Scootaloo Sep 2014 #101

It's about a gas pipeline to cut Europe's dependence on Russian gas Cayenne Sep 2014 #117

bushes fault obama is repeating bushes mistakes? GummyBearz Sep 2014 #109

Ha! Nice Try berni_mccoy Sep 2014 #119