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uawchild

(2,208 posts) Tue Jul 5, 2016, 07:22 PM Jul 2016

Is there an anti-war wing left? [View all]

Is there an anti-war wing left in the Democratic Party?

Do so few people care anymore about the wars, military interventions and funding of armed groups that we Democrats just stay silent or worse approve these actions?

Seems that way to me.

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Is there an anti-war wing left? [View all] uawchild Jul 2016 OP

Yes. Me for #1. pangaia Jul 2016 #1

#2 840high Jul 2016 #36

How many servicemembers were deployed to a war zone under GW Bush? MADem Jul 2016 #2

I'm against the Bush/Cheney "War on Terror" fraud no matter who is currently waging it n/t arcane1 Jul 2016 #3

Who in the hell is pro war? Really? We just want the right causes fought and not for stupid shit uponit7771 Jul 2016 #4

Do you mean a Pacifist Wing or an Isolationist Wing? maxsolomon Jul 2016 #5

Good answer mountain grammy Jul 2016 #6

I mean an anti-war wing uawchild Jul 2016 #11

Who's "we"? Bush? or Obama? or Clinton? maxsolomon Jul 2016 #14

"We" is ultimately the American electorate uawchild Jul 2016 #18

I reject the concept of Collective Guilt maxsolomon Jul 2016 #30

It's not collective guilt uawchild Jul 2016 #31

well, you did say "all". maxsolomon Jul 2016 #32

I take your point, wait do I? I do. uawchild Jul 2016 #34

If your measure 1939 Jul 2016 #35

The way you're defining it? No, there isn't, thank God. Chan790 Jul 2016 #21

You are misrepresenting my position uawchild Jul 2016 #23

There is. It is apparently much smaller now??? nt silvershadow Jul 2016 #7

In case you weren't aware Downtown Hound Jul 2016 #8

Count me in......... forever. AntiBank Jul 2016 #9

Make Love not War! k8conant Jul 2016 #10

And that's what we should have done after 9/11 maxsolomon Jul 2016 #15

It only allowed to exist when a Republican is in office davidn3600 Jul 2016 #12

Protesting is a lot of work! jonno99 Jul 2016 #13

Me. Javaman Jul 2016 #16

Me! bigwillq Jul 2016 #17

Only when there is a Republican President Lurks Often Jul 2016 #19

Yes. Xolodno Jul 2016 #20

was there ever one? G_j Jul 2016 #22

Pretty much everyone in the Democratic Party. Of course it depends on how you define stevenleser Jul 2016 #24

Didn't Democrats vote to authorize the Iraq war? uawchild Jul 2016 #25

No. They voted to give Bush the power to enforce UN resolutions if they were broken. stevenleser Jul 2016 #27

Thank you for the clarification but still uawchild Jul 2016 #29

Even better than that... stevenleser Jul 2016 #33

No. There are two war parties because war is very profitable. guillaumeb Jul 2016 #26

Only when they're in power... ileus Jul 2016 #28

nope! report for party-betrayal MisterP Jul 2016 #37