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In reply to the discussion: When was the last time the US "won" a war? [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,543 posts)67. Sure, I'm just not impressed by a "win" which included deaths...
...on both sides, that could have been avoided by writing a check. So, yes it was a win; that's true. It was just another war that shouldn't have been fought at all.
Why is the US never so effective at the table but always first in line to begin killing?
I do get it. Saddam was an evil bastard who never should have been in power. OTOH the decision to fight that war led the area into conflicts that still exist and is part of why we have ISIS today.
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Yeah, it feels like the 60's again, we will have to take to the streets. This guy
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#16
I just worry that with the republicans controlling all three branches we are truly fucked.
dhol82
Dec 2016
#20
The avenues to get the government back under control are closing. We've not lived through
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#36
Fear used as a tool to build support for expansion of a military industrial complex
liberal N proud
Dec 2016
#38
Intelligence agencies should be limited to providing intelligence...
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#40
There are huge MIC profits with these endless wars, and then all of the people employed
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#10
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority...
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#37
We never invaded Normandy unitl June 6th 1944 10 months before Germany surenderd. The USSR had lost
doc03
Dec 2016
#60
Thank Dawg someone finally mentioned the actual Constitutional declaration of war.
Efilroft Sul
Dec 2016
#66
Congress did finally designate Vietnam as a 'limited conventional' war
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#69