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Enthusiast

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26. We could have had peace every single day since the Vietnam War ended.

Reply to Logical (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 02:13 PM

Jun 2016

But this nation's corrupt "leaders" chose to follow a path of war upon war mostly for no valid reason whatsoever.

This is what happens after we let the elected miscreants get away with Vietnam. They never had to answer for the Gulf of Tonkin lies or the abuses that came after. Since then, ever so often, we just have to have another war of profit.

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"My conscience won't let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people." [View all] Logical Jun 2016 OP

Muhammed Ali spoke truth to power. raging moderate Jun 2016 #1

He won his case 8-0 at the Supreme Court Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #2

+1000! Logical Jun 2016 #3

peculiar case, as supreme court cases go. unblock Jun 2016 #4

Nice post! Nt Logical Jun 2016 #12

There are interesting aspects H2O Man Jun 2016 #16

indeed -- it went from 5-3 to uphold the conviction to 8-0 to overturn. unblock Jun 2016 #21

Who was the young lawyer? n/t FourScore Jun 2016 #31

A landmark and thoughtfully decided case. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #5

There was a good movie about it on HBO Major Nikon Jun 2016 #35

I so loved it heaven05 Jun 2016 #6

He was a warrior. yellerpup Jun 2016 #7

He would have voted for Sanders. n/t leeroysphitz Jun 2016 #8

No question. Enthusiast Jun 2016 #23

Not after he had someone who called Obama some form of nigger stump for him in IA and NH in front uponit7771 Jun 2016 #44

A great man. I wonder what his thoughts were about our Mid-East wars. jalan48 Jun 2016 #9

According to wikipedia, he was not anti-war, he supported Islamic war. braddy Jun 2016 #32

He became a hero to me.. exactly at that moment. mountain grammy Jun 2016 #10

Me too. To stand up to government, yahoos, etc., at risk of career and even life for what's right. Hoyt Jun 2016 #11

He and the government knew they would never send him into harms way..... Logical Jun 2016 #13

Me too, mountain grammy! Enthusiast Jun 2016 #24

A man of convictions madokie Jun 2016 #14

Thank you. H2O Man Jun 2016 #17

Great post. Hoyt Jun 2016 #19

Right on, madokie! Enthusiast Jun 2016 #25

Great post! Nt Logical Jun 2016 #41

He sacrificed the prime of his career to do what was right. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #15

A very brave man who . . FairWinds Jun 2016 #18

So true Logical Jun 2016 #42

Just imagine if every drafted soldier did this. How powerful would the oligarchs be now? nt valerief Jun 2016 #20

Exactly! Enthusiast Jun 2016 #27

+ 1 nt laundry_queen Jun 2016 #34

To thine own self be true felix_numinous Jun 2016 #22

We could have had peace every single day since the Vietnam War ended. Enthusiast Jun 2016 #26

video napkinz Jun 2016 #28

Thank You! nt Logical Jun 2016 #29

Wow!!! C Moon Jun 2016 #33

standing there around a sea of bigotry. hopemountain Jun 2016 #36

I remember hearing his words over the A.M. radio. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #30

It was a blessing for all of this that this man was in our lives. jwirr Jun 2016 #37

+1000! nt Logical Jun 2016 #38

What leaps out at me is "rob me of my nationality" Ellen Forradalom Jun 2016 #39

Great point! nt Logical Jun 2016 #40

My guess is Clarence Thomas would have ruled against Ali.... 4bucksagallon Jun 2016 #43

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Thanks for this! nt Logical Jun 2016 #47

Kick and Rec. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #46

right, left, right, left Jnclr89 Jun 2016 #48