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Scootaloo

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1. He'd have better luck if the president hadn't announced the intended dissolution of Syria?

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 02:59 AM

Sep 2014

Getting up behind that podium and announcing that Syria has no right to sovereignty, that we will be bombing Syria, and striving to overthrow Syria's government... Might have not done a lot to help build a mideast coalition.

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Kerry Scours Mideast for Aid in ISIS Fight [View all] alp227 Sep 2014 OP

He'd have better luck if the president hadn't announced the intended dissolution of Syria? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #1

I agree about Syria CJCRANE Sep 2014 #2

i agree. DesertFlower Sep 2014 #5

If you carefully read the articles on what Kerry is doing, the coalition is not just for "war" karynnj Sep 2014 #14

The people of Syria are striving to overthrow Syria's government oberliner Sep 2014 #8

Plus tens of thousands of foreigners CJCRANE Sep 2014 #17

Maybe they should have tried actual presidential elections oberliner Sep 2014 #18

That doesn't explain how and why all the foreign invaders are there. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #19

The people of Syria are tring to not get killed in a civil war Scootaloo Sep 2014 #20

Well said! another_liberal Sep 2014 #11

Yes, that was absolute idiocy. Now they are ballyhoo Sep 2014 #15

Yet Kerry couldn't (or wouldn't) stand up to the Swiftboat liars. blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #3

This is disgusting me Scootaloo Sep 2014 #4

Which middle eastern leaders should Kerry be going to? oberliner Sep 2014 #9

We shouldn't be bombing as an attempt to solve Iraq's internal problems in the first place . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #12

What about the folks who killed the American journalists? oberliner Sep 2014 #23

Those journalists were held as hostages by IS for months without serious harm . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #30

Holding journalists as hostage isn't OK oberliner Sep 2014 #31

I didn't say the guilty should never have to face the consequences of their crimes . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #32

I've been suggesting three all along Scootaloo Sep 2014 #21

Ones that will actually do something, like Iran. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #22

Iran has human rights issues of their own oberliner Sep 2014 #25

And so do we.... Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #28

Interesting oberliner Sep 2014 #29

Can we sometimes have a Kerry thread in LBN or GD mylye2222 Sep 2014 #16

Kerry did stand up against them - but the media continued reporting every SB lie karynnj Sep 2014 #27

The Coalition of the Unwilling Baclava Sep 2014 #6

Maybe we should just cancel the war. Chemisse Sep 2014 #7

The people are worried - the autocratic leaders not so much oberliner Sep 2014 #10

When you are right . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #13

No 'maybe' about it. We should definitely cancel this war. Dems to Win Sep 2014 #26

Utterly pathetic and disgusting Dems to Win Sep 2014 #24