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You are saying that the US should stop fighting ISIS and the Taliban? DetlefK Jul 2016 #1
Remember the old commercial? raven mad Jul 2016 #4
You cannot undo the past. Gone is gone. There is only present and future. DetlefK Jul 2016 #6
Do you remember who coined that absolutely offensive phrase malaise Jul 2016 #45
Yes. Just walk away. seabeckind Jul 2016 #9
Are you willing to accept the consequences of walking away? DetlefK Jul 2016 #11
I've been forced to accept the consequences seabeckind Jul 2016 #13
Just answer the question. Yes or No? DetlefK Jul 2016 #24
Could you be more specific atreides1 Jul 2016 #30
What if the US leaves ISIS alone and ISIS kills more people than they already are? DetlefK Jul 2016 #34
Some here prefer to be on the side of the angels: never a war, whatever the consequences Albertoo Jul 2016 #40
The US and her allies created ISIS and this mess malaise Jul 2016 #44
No, because they're not going to be the ones who have to deal with the consequences. NuclearDem Jul 2016 #69
What happens then? melman Jul 2016 #12
Nice strawman. seabeckind Jul 2016 #14
no, it's the next rational question uhnope Jul 2016 #16
It's your next question. seabeckind Jul 2016 #19
Are you saying that you don't care about the consequences of your demand? DetlefK Jul 2016 #25
Seabeckind, you seem to prefer deflecction to engaging in real discussion. Nitram Jul 2016 #33
Walking away would entail one additional step Bragi Jul 2016 #32
Ahh, new blood (so to speak) seabeckind Jul 2016 #39
Perhaps I misunderstand you Bragi Jul 2016 #42
I don't think building a wall around an entire region is prudent or moral. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #41
Doesn't matter that more Muslims live outside than within the ME Bragi Jul 2016 #43
No, the LAST time we "left", ISIS easily took over a huge part of Iraq & Syria 7962 Jul 2016 #20
"Western civilization is at war." -Newt Gingrich DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #36
That simple n/t malaise Jul 2016 #46
So, how good are we doing? bvar22 Jul 2016 #62
Thank You billhicks76 Jul 2016 #2
And how will abandoning this mess make the situation better? DetlefK Jul 2016 #8
How will continuing to do the same thing that's failed to this point seabeckind Jul 2016 #15
so let the jihadists organize, amass weapons, and plan uhnope Jul 2016 #17
What are you talking about? seabeckind Jul 2016 #18
Does it ever occur to you that uhnope Jul 2016 #21
And what will happen AFTER walking away? DetlefK Jul 2016 #26
We Were The Biggest Terrorists For Decades billhicks76 Jul 2016 #56
The US supported ISIS? You've been reading too much RT. DetlefK Jul 2016 #66
Yes We Did billhicks76 Jul 2016 #68
HAHAHA! Link or it didn't happen. DetlefK Jul 2016 #70
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! malaise Jul 2016 #67
How many of these major attacks have been by people who lost their family? 7962 Jul 2016 #22
You're Wrong billhicks76 Jul 2016 #63
Sorry, the statement was made that attacks could be revenge for losing family. 7962 Jul 2016 #64
Not Quite Right billhicks76 Jul 2016 #65
Precisely malaise Jul 2016 #47
Amen, sir. raven mad Jul 2016 #3
Female poster here malaise Jul 2016 #48
Wasn't being derogatory, just have had no sleep! raven mad Jul 2016 #58
It's OK malaise Jul 2016 #59
What appalling BS. Je Suis Charlie uhnope Jul 2016 #5
Nonsense. The OP said nothing of the sort. seabeckind Jul 2016 #7
Jesus Cosmocat Jul 2016 #23
Standard operating procedure for that poster melman Jul 2016 #10
to deflect blame from the terrorists that actually commit these atrocities uhnope Jul 2016 #29
Hey look. RoccoR5955 Jul 2016 #28
that's so sick I thought you were being sarcastic at first. Or....are you? uhnope Jul 2016 #31
I am far from joking. RoccoR5955 Jul 2016 #38
We can't be blamed for a group's over-reaction citood Jul 2016 #51
Thanks for your comparison RoccoR5955 Jul 2016 #54
Lucy, you'll have to 'splain to me why its apples and oranges citood Jul 2016 #55
If I have to explain it to you RoccoR5955 Jul 2016 #57
Where did I insult you? citood Jul 2016 #61
But we need the wars. RoccoR5955 Jul 2016 #27
Naailed it and with the collapse of ths Soviet union we needed another malaise Jul 2016 #53
I do believe this thread has been hijacked. seabeckind Jul 2016 #35
They do it on every thread that asks them to think malaise Jul 2016 #50
So do you suggest letting Milosevic, Saddam, Bachar and Qaddafi kill 100,000's of Muslims? Albertoo Jul 2016 #37
How many have been killed in your name malaise Jul 2016 #49
It's taken for granted now Doctor_J Jul 2016 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #60
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