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BrotherIvan

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76. The US officially started airstrikes against ISIS two days ago

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 02:11 AM

Sep 2014

That means that people, including civilians, are dying. Do you think snark is appropriate? Do you not see how chilling it is that Americans can support and wage war because it does not affect them? The fact that your day to day life is not affected (outwardly) at all as we enter yet another war so that it is easy to make jokes about "ponies and rainbows" and condescend to those who are calling for peace? That this is the very reason why our country is reviled by the rest of the world?

A serious question, and this is not political, but personal--human to human: how would you feel if the people you loved were being bombed right now? Would you still have posted the same OP?

You tell me to wake up, but my friend's wife is near hysterical because her family is there and she can't contact them. They are most likely dead or will be soon. But it would not matter if I did not personally know someone. I know it is not appropriate to make jokes at a funeral. PEOPLE ARE DYING, killed by our bombs. Americans--rich, fat, soft, coddled Americans--have no idea what the wars they cheer on actually mean, what they cost in grief and suffering. So yes, I think this post is very inappropriate and makes those who call themselves "Democrats" look as tribal and callous as conservatives.

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K&R. n/t FSogol Sep 2014 #4

Mr President, please do not widen the war going on in the Middle East. marble falls Sep 2014 #6

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;) sheshe2 Sep 2014 #19

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I see what you did there. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #53

Is this some kind of justification or rationalization for expanding the war in the Middle East? rhett o rick Sep 2014 #7

It's okay when we have the ball. Puzzledtraveller Sep 2014 #10

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This message was self-deleted by its author rhett o rick Sep 2014 #56

Really. Sometimes my 840high Sep 2014 #85

My apologies. I posted in the wrong place. Best of luck. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #93

Bullshit!! He has been pleading for Congress to return from their 7-week vacation to authorize this. Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2014 #15

bulls eye! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #17

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Yup! I rest my case. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #62

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Agreed it is congress that is at fault. Their duty is clear in the Constitution. jwirr Sep 2014 #34

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When I smell bullshit, I call it. Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2014 #88

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I already did. Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2014 #90

So...Congress needs to come back and rubber stamp the President's new war? Romulox Sep 2014 #97

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We have a Congress? Really? sheshe2 Sep 2014 #27

And when they are in session what does the GOP house do Iliyah Sep 2014 #28

YES, Iliyah! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #30

Congress makes decisions, the decision not to entertain immigration reform because the House is Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #36

I have enough outrage to share with a do nothing Congress and a President rhett o rick Sep 2014 #55

You don't believe in the Constitution do you? Caretha Sep 2014 #81

Where IS Congress, rhett? Hekate Sep 2014 #49

So, what are you trying to justify? What does the Constitution say? When Congress is on rhett o rick Sep 2014 #54

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The US officially started airstrikes against ISIS two days ago BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #76

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