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sabrina 1

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17. But you can stop funding them. Anyhow, it doesn't matter, our own allies are as brutal
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 01:03 PM
Sep 2014

as Isis and have been over a much, much longer period of time. So don't waste your time trying to convince intelligent people that we actually care about brutality. See Uzbekistan eg, Bahrain and all the other brutal dictators whose crimes we turn a blind eye to.

Not to mention our own brutality, now documented over the past decade or more against the innocent people of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Are you seriously trying to sell us the notion that the Western Imperial Powers 'care'?

Lol, is all I can say to that.

We are there for oil and for regime change in Syria, and once that is accomplished, SEE LIBYA to find out how much we cared about the 'brutality towards civilians' there. That was the excuse, no? Well, someone needs to go back and take a look at how much we care about those unfortunate innocent people, many dead, tortured and brutalized every day there. What happened to our 'caring' in Libya again?

This is DU, where people are not as susceptible to the war rhetoric, which never changes btw.

Maybe there aren't many absolutist pacifists. brooklynite Sep 2014 #1
Or maybe they are focusing on more constructive ways, rather than placing their hopes sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #12
ISIS is brutal and unnecessary. You can't try diplomacy with marauding killers. randome Sep 2014 #13
But you can stop funding them. Anyhow, it doesn't matter, our own allies are as brutal sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #17
Maybe it's paralyzing confusion due to the confounding actions of our whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #16
I guess nobody wants to chant, "Don't Kill Asshole Fundies Don't Kill Asshole Fundies" snooper2 Sep 2014 #2
Yep. Actually having a valid reason to go to war takes the wind out of protest's sails. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #18
What non-violent solutions are there to deal with a group whose TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #3
I thought the slogan was AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #6
In this case, it's partly the answer. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #7
Syria Strike Protesters Arrested at White House leftstreet Sep 2014 #4
"Because, Obama." ieoeja Sep 2014 #8
Prove it leftstreet Sep 2014 #11
Why would I not mean 2001? ieoeja Sep 2014 #19
Perhaps a more pertinent question gratuitous Sep 2014 #24
America enjoys killing. JEB Sep 2014 #5
As if you need the answer written out. nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #9
There is a cost to protesting.... peace13 Sep 2014 #10
That is really cute, you actually think people are against war. dilby Sep 2014 #14
You are projecting. ieoeja Sep 2014 #21
*moved* whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #15
"The war(s) will stop when enough average Americans go broke paying for it." Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #20
Agree with several points above. woo me with science Sep 2014 #22
Maybe because no one gives a shit that the beheading rapists known as ISIS are being msanthrope Sep 2014 #23
exactly! rollin74 Sep 2014 #25
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