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109. I hope that we are wrong also but this aspect of the war is

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #95)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 12:11 PM

Oct 2015

so intertwined with the rest of it that I do not have much hope.

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NO NO NO NO FUCK THIS NO NO [View all] NuclearDem Oct 2015 OP

Who are you referring to? What has you upset? No link and not enough info yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #1

I think they are responding to boots on the ground in Syria. hollysmom Oct 2015 #2

how could anyone object to the US sending boots to needy people? TheSarcastinator Oct 2015 #15

Boots in the air is sufficient. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #23

You can't take and hold ground from the air. NobodyHere Oct 2015 #33

Why? grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #115

Haha! You are aptly named. n/t Chemisse Oct 2015 #30

What about the needy people here? raindaddy Oct 2015 #59

+1 area51 Oct 2015 #73

Best Post of the day. classykaren Oct 2015 #89

We used to say this but not anymore. tecelote Oct 2015 #90

It's the SOS again, it will be "creeping mission." More and more will be sent. Just how RKP5637 Oct 2015 #94

People, special ops, are being sent to Syria uppityperson Oct 2015 #5

It is big news! nt Logical Oct 2015 #26

Do you really want an answer to this? Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 #3

Platitudes, platitudes, platitudes, empty promises, NuclearDem Oct 2015 #6

You ABSOLUTELY matter. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 #14

Exactly! Punkingal Oct 2015 #4

This LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #7

All wars start with a tiny number. jwirr Oct 2015 #22

You got that right. From what I have read our involvment in Vietnam started with a small group Waldorf Oct 2015 #25

You must be talking about the Viet Nam Conflict. Just a small thing built on lies. LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #29

If I remember correctly the number was 60. jwirr Oct 2015 #36

The first US death was from the Army Security Agency. alfredo Oct 2015 #104

So the number was actually 1. jwirr Oct 2015 #108

1 too many alfredo Oct 2015 #121

Absolutely for a war we got nothing back for. Personally I jwirr Oct 2015 #125

Some get folded flags. alfredo Oct 2015 #126

And headstones with a flag every memorial day. jwirr Oct 2015 #127

Us survivors get bad coffee at the VA, but it's free. alfredo Nov 2015 #128

Exactly! Paka Oct 2015 #43

Yep, and proven throughout history. I hope I am wrong, but I see this ratcheting up. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2015 #95

I hope that we are wrong also but this aspect of the war is jwirr Oct 2015 #109

Obama's eight years: 8 full years of war in Afghanistan. morningfog Oct 2015 #8

I repeat. hifiguy Oct 2015 #13

What? Can't you believe in it? Enthusiast Oct 2015 #47

Chump change for us freeloaders...NOW EAT YOUR PEAS!!! SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #52

He ran on a platform of more war in Afghanistan. McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #79

and Bernie supports Obama in keeping troops in Afghanistan also still_one Oct 2015 #83

You forgot the troops to Uganda, Chad, Liberia, etc...nt Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #81

And what does Russia think about this? Jim Beard Oct 2015 #9

As soon as someone arms "The Rebels" (whoever they are) with bvar22 Oct 2015 #10

Armageddon Bingo Fairgo Oct 2015 #11

War then hifiguy Oct 2015 #12

That is, the bottom line! Profits trump peace. Zillions are made off of war machines. RKP5637 Oct 2015 #97

I'm getting this image in my mind of NO FUCK NO NO FUCK THIS NO NO NO NO! Rex Oct 2015 #16

Let the Saudis fight their own wars. N/T tiredtoo Oct 2015 #17

Damn! I wish they had 'like' buttons on DU dhol82 Oct 2015 #53

Yes! Awknid Oct 2015 #61

Why should they, when The House of Saud pumps money into The House of Bush and Poppy doles Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #75

+ Eighty Gazillion Scuba Oct 2015 #76

Michael Moore's new film TransitJohn Oct 2015 #18

you get what you vote for MisterP Oct 2015 #19

Not really....... not anymore. bvar22 Oct 2015 #117

thousands pretended we had one, at least, and tried to mute any alternative MisterP Oct 2015 #118

+1 leftstreet Oct 2015 #123

LEARNING CURVES ARE FOR PUSSIES! pansypoo53219 Oct 2015 #20

Well it's true. Tough guys don't need no stinkin' learning curve. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #48

To me, you matter. Unfortunately you don't matter to Obama in his CIA wargames LittleBlue Oct 2015 #21

So sad how people are used for MIC $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$'s. RKP5637 Oct 2015 #98

Agree Auggie Oct 2015 #24

BERNIE!!! retrowire Oct 2015 #27

+1000 smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #42

So I guess Bernie's support of Obama's position of keeping troops in Afghanistan must me he thinks still_one Oct 2015 #84

Syria was on the list from the get go. notadmblnd Oct 2015 #28

President Obama promised no more boots on the ground. Tipperary Oct 2015 #31

Syria is a country in the middle of a civil war. PADemD Oct 2015 #32

Seems like the lesson of Vietmam Joe Turner Oct 2015 #34

They picked the WRONG side in Libya. bvar22 Oct 2015 #120

I knew it would happen. I'm cynical that way. NonMetro Oct 2015 #35

<sigh> Fumesucker Oct 2015 #37

That is a good one. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #49

Exactly! ctsnowman Oct 2015 #88

Expert on TV: "Millennials need to have a GENERATIONAL COMMITTMENT cprise Oct 2015 #38

"GENERATIONAL COMMITTMENT?" Fuck you expert on TV. blackspade Oct 2015 #65

Found out he is Retired Admiral William McRaven cprise Oct 2015 #68

What a flaming asshole. blackspade Oct 2015 #72

The media briefly dappled with interviewing anti-war people cprise Oct 2015 #87

Isn't that the truth. blackspade Oct 2015 #111

A clip about Afghanistan from that interview. He calls it a "Generational Fight" *shudder* aidbo Oct 2015 #124

It cuts out before he talks about millennials committing to the fight. cprise Nov 2015 #130

Nope. We just breed the cannon fodder and pay for the endless wars. nt valerief Oct 2015 #39

Lotta FINE-PAYIN' jobs Plucketeer Oct 2015 #112

Amen! grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #40

What the hell possible christx30 Oct 2015 #41

Selling weapons - to our government in particular hifiguy Oct 2015 #58

At this point, I have no idea why anyone would join the military. n/t christx30 Oct 2015 #63

Desperation for a regular paycheck hifiguy Oct 2015 #64

Free college is another reason. LuvNewcastle Oct 2015 #66

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$'s! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2015 #99

do we matter? HELL NO. niyad Oct 2015 #44

Have to agree with the OP n/t That Guy 888 Oct 2015 #45

Want to know what's even scarier?... paleotn Oct 2015 #46

yup .. Vietnam part II �. US vs USSR using proxies . nt littlewolf Oct 2015 #50

You want to know another scary tidbit? snappyturtle Oct 2015 #74

What NuclearDem said. NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #51

Perusing the rec list hifiguy Oct 2015 #54

It sure is. beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #55

The Tiger Beat brigade is nothing hifiguy Oct 2015 #57

Maybe they'll have to move some from Afghanistan now. rug Oct 2015 #56

Typical Isolationist Cowardice denem Oct 2015 #60

Speaking of comfortably numb, tell me about Saudi Arabia cprise Oct 2015 #70

Note:The VA is not a good example. It has been f**Ked forever & will always be. UTUSN Oct 2015 #62

No.... daleanime Oct 2015 #67

Wtf CarlaJonesChicago Oct 2015 #69

The Republican Party isn't making this decision. Scootaloo Oct 2015 #77

1, 2, 3, what are we fighting for? marym625 Oct 2015 #71

Um...we elected the president on a platform of "I'm escalating the war in Afghanistan." McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #78

Syria is a whole new war. And we left Iraq but we're back there too. neverforget Oct 2015 #82

Bernie agrees with Obama in keeping troops in Afghanistan still_one Oct 2015 #85

Obviously Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #80

There are about 50 special forces that will be used in coordinating efforts with Kurdish forces. In still_one Oct 2015 #86

Those Kurdish forces are considered to be terrorists by the Turkish govt. CJCRANE Oct 2015 #91

thanks for the information still_one Oct 2015 #93

Yeah, what a fucked up world Munificence Oct 2015 #116

Russias involvement has changed the entire situation. Jim Beard Oct 2015 #114

Unbelievable yet unsurprising. Nobel ought to shut down due to ineptitude TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #92

Temper tantrum much? Darb Oct 2015 #96

What is the necessity? The Traveler Oct 2015 #102

apparently the president said 8 different times that this wouldn't happen Doctor_J Oct 2015 #100

I can't understand how the smartest people in the government can be so short-sighted. paulbibeau Oct 2015 #101

It has now become a proxy war against Russia. alfredo Oct 2015 #103

^^this DustyJoe Oct 2015 #106

Did Obama say they will be situated in Syria, or are they going to do in and out raids? alfredo Oct 2015 #122

The situation is impossibly complicated. Religion, politics, dictators all scrambled together. olegramps Oct 2015 #105

No, NucDem, we don't matter to any WarMongerOligarch. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #107

Where are all the people who wanted war with Syria back in 2013? Scootaloo Oct 2015 #110

presumably that war, if it had happened, would have been airstrikes against Assad Charlie Brown Oct 2015 #119

. hedgehog Oct 2015 #113

If you're following climate change you'll get the idea theres not going to be trillion Nov 2015 #129