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maxsolomon

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7. This is the choice: pick the less terrible of 2 terrible options

Reply to iAZZZo (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:27 PM

Mar 2016

You're going to hear it no matter what you do.

After Gulf War 1, both the right and left thought GHWB should have rolled into Baghdad. Unlike his Dim Son, he stayed out and left Hussein in place. All Iraqis suffered under the sanctions. Kurds and Shiites suffered more.

Libya was another such choice: stay out and let Gaddafi slaughter the Benghazans using this Air Force, or interfere and let the people of Libya overthrow their long time dictator. At the time, I felt Obama was choosing for freedom. He chose for chaos.

I do wish she hadn't made that joke.

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'call(ing) libya a �shit show�', obama absolves himself and hillary of responsibility for 'libya' [View all] iAZZZo Mar 2016 OP

amazing. roguevalley Mar 2016 #1

Amazing is people summarily dismissing the explanations of Hortensis Mar 2016 #2

It is vital we beat them to stealing Libya's oil. Octafish Mar 2016 #3

Hmm. No. What about Obama's determination, Hortensis Mar 2016 #4

The facts are plain as day: The crowd running Washington makes big money off war. Octafish Mar 2016 #5

But Obama isn't them. Hortensis Mar 2016 #6

sometimes America is evil roguevalley Mar 2016 #8

Sometimes all nations are evil, some incredibly Hortensis Mar 2016 #9

"Amazing is people summarily dismissing the explanations of the planet's foremost expert in our ..." iAZZZo Mar 2016 #11

This is the choice: pick the less terrible of 2 terrible options maxsolomon Mar 2016 #7

"After Gulf War 1, both the right and left thought GHWB should have rolled into Baghdad." iAZZZo Mar 2016 #10

Perhaps you should endeavor to not condescend maxsolomon Mar 2016 #12

writing for the non-member "less than 144 character audience" iAZZZo Mar 2016 #13