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6. If the people there have agency

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 10:03 PM

Nov 2014

We should butt out and let them settle things themselves. That's what having agency means.

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CNN: ISIS Takes Libyan City. [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2014 OP

We need the 28 pages released CJCRANE Nov 2014 #1

We didnt make it any better but Ravenna44 Nov 2014 #3

By any metric, all of these countries were better off before we meddled. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #4

Yes I think you and I think roughly the same Ravenna44 Nov 2014 #7

Welcome to DU. Your last paragraph sums things up quite well. Throd Nov 2014 #10

All true. What I have sadly come to believe is that Little of grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #12

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I agree with most of your points CJCRANE Nov 2014 #16

If the people there have agency daleo Nov 2014 #6

We need to drop moar bombs LittleBlue Nov 2014 #5

We need to get the heck out of the Middle East. bigwillq Nov 2014 #8

This happened more than a week ago. Glad CNN finally noticed. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #9

grumpy.... Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #14

We've occupied Libya? Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2014 #17

K&R Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #18