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In reply to the discussion: God Damn This Country. [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)19. No... it seems rather tame given the actions of a nation that holds itself as an example
"But 'God damn this country' seems a bit too much..."
No... it seems rather tame given the actions of a nation that holds itself as an example, a beacon and a refuge. It also seems a rather appropriate visceral reaction to the actions, regardless of one wrings their hands in prognostication of its assistance in "only help the GOP"
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And the HONEST question is, can we name ONE current American politician who would bring
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#2
Sanders' Attorney General designee might, as might Russ Feingold's. - nt
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#23
Never say what politicians would do -- or wouldn't -- or wouldn't have done.
nichomachus
Dec 2014
#26
President Obama can and should be criticized for many things. But one of his first acts upon
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#27
And yet we might be in for another 4 years of that horrible family back in charge.
Initech
Dec 2014
#4
I'd add kudos to the Senate Intelligence Committee for releasing the brutal overview of the programs
pinto
Dec 2014
#6
No... it seems rather tame given the actions of a nation that holds itself as an example
LanternWaste
Dec 2014
#19
Again, I've never heard another country say "Goddamn us" when their own travesties are revealed.
randome
Dec 2014
#24
It is worse than 'anyone else's", because we're America, we're not supposed to do that. We have
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#11
I think the ship foundered in the Mekong Delta ca. 1954. But the world forgave us Vietnam. This, not
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#28
They would then be the same dogmatic half-wits who rationalized the original actions
LanternWaste
Dec 2014
#21
Not only free, but allowed to twist the public conversation to normalize torture
Matariki
Dec 2014
#12
Once upon a time I would have firmly believed that it they did not pay here in this life they would
jwirr
Dec 2014
#13
Not to mention the ones who actually did the torture...the Patriots under a lot of pressure.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#15
Torture is as American as cherry pie (with apologies to H. Rap Brown) - nt
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#25