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actslikeacarrot

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1. Large amounts of people are going to die no matter what we do.

Reply to DanTex (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 01:34 PM

Jun 2016

Everything we touch in the middle east turns to shit. If that area of the world is going to know peace, it has to come from inside. No outside power will be able to bend/mold/fit the mid east to what they want. Why do we keep doing the same thing over and over again? and create MORE terrorists in the process?

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I trust Hillary on foreign policy. People complain that she's a hawk or "neo-con." [View all] DanTex Jun 2016 OP

Large amounts of people are going to die no matter what we do. actslikeacarrot Jun 2016 #1

But we haven't done the same thing over and over. DanTex Jun 2016 #3

"The left thinks all we need to do is nothing." Nice Strawman, but not worth my time. nt Electric Monk Jun 2016 #2

So do I trust Hillary more than any other US politician to BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #4

weird caricature of "the left" you threw in there. Schema Thing Jun 2016 #5

I don't trust any fallible mortal absolutely, but I'm willing to bet on her. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #6