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MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
6. Iraq for one
Thu May 21, 2015, 01:38 PM
May 2015

Libya is unstable. Syria is unstable. Hamas is not the most rationale actor.

Are you seriously saying that should not be a concern?

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We do it with Iran too: a nation of suicidal maniacs who hope to drop one nuke and then die. arcane1 May 2015 #1
yep. You can dislike the ayatollahs but they aint suicidal yurbud May 2015 #3
I think the fact that a terrorist group.... MaggieD May 2015 #2
that is a strong argument for invading Saudi Arabia when they get nukes from Pakistan yurbud May 2015 #4
what country has been taken over by suicidal terrorists? yurbud May 2015 #5
Iraq for one MaggieD May 2015 #6
those two countries are unstable because we backed Islamic fundamentalist to yurbud May 2015 #7
Regardless, the risk is there MaggieD May 2015 #8
suicide bombing is not the same as committing national suicide yurbud May 2015 #9
Are you so naive that you don't think.... MaggieD May 2015 #11
at most they want ALL of Israel instead of just the Palestinian areas. Nuking someplace you want yurbud May 2015 #19
also, it is dishonest for our government to wring their hands about a problem they created yurbud May 2015 #10
Obama didn't "create" it.... MaggieD May 2015 #12
back to that DLC talking point? Why don't you guys try running on your ideas yurbud May 2015 #17
And Hillary wanted to make the same mistake with the Kurds. Luckily Obama learned from history and Exilednight May 2015 #14
Obama must have forgotten by the time he got to Libya and Syria. yurbud May 2015 #20
I am certain that will ce to bite us in the ass, but arming the Kurds Exilednight May 2015 #21
Out of everything we do here is a lefty group that we probably should help JonLP24 May 2015 #25
Did you see her word-for-word case for it JonLP24 May 2015 #24
WHO is "we"? reddread May 2015 #16
They don't have the capacity to attack the United States. Anyone who believes they Exilednight May 2015 #13
I think it's more like a money hat yurbud May 2015 #15
Israel has hundreds of nukes. When do the calls for inspection and sanctions start? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #18
as soon as they are no longer of use to our financial elite yurbud May 2015 #22
I look at it this way JonLP24 May 2015 #23
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