2016 Postmortem

auntpurl

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38. How is Syria supposed to deal with IS?

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 07:08 PM

Mar 2016

They are fighting a 3-way civil war and random citizens are getting beheaded on a daily basis. People are WALKING ACROSS EUROPE with their infant children because it is fatal to stay in Syria.

IS wants to kill EVERYONE who is not them, including other Muslims, and are happy to die themselves. You cannot have diplomacy with this group. They just blew up half of Brussels!

I am RARELY in favour of military intervention if it can be avoided, but for real, IS needs to be completely destroyed. Their presence anywhere is incompatible with life. The Syrians cannot deal with this on their own. Are we to stand by and let genocide happen?

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I'd rather it be my girlfriend. But it's gonna be Hillary. Which is great. DanTex Mar 2016 #1

Perfect response!! Pisces Mar 2016 #41

I respectfully decline. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #2

I've seen your posts, no way you are Elizabeth Warren. Warren is a progressive. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #28

But Warren isn't going to be VP.. Would you mind having Tulsi Gabbard being the first????? pdsimdars Mar 2016 #3

I don't know much about her, but from the pictures I just googled... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #6

LOL! Nice JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #29

Tulsi Gabbard...she's my choice...She's the upcoming generational libdem4life Mar 2016 #16

How do you know this? Autumn Colors Mar 2016 #61

Hillary is a Progressive and a good Democrat auntpurl Mar 2016 #4

Unless they have changed the definitions, she is neither. IMO and all that. nt djean111 Mar 2016 #7

Have you taken that "I side with" internet quiz that's floating around DU? auntpurl Mar 2016 #8

A Progressive in favor of war, fracking, the TPP, private prisons, cluster bombs......just to name djean111 Mar 2016 #19

No, I meant her character, not yours. auntpurl Mar 2016 #26

Progressives don't run around supporting Regime Change and planning more. libdem4life Mar 2016 #18

I believe in a strong foreign policy auntpurl Mar 2016 #20

She's one of the most dangerous persons in DC on foreign affairs. RiverLover Mar 2016 #27

I disagree, as does President Obama auntpurl Mar 2016 #32

For someone that is highly UglyGreed Mar 2016 #51

The Arabs need to take care of ISIS. Not my son. Europe's issues libdem4life Mar 2016 #30

How is Syria supposed to deal with IS? auntpurl Mar 2016 #38

This makes alot of sense bravenak Mar 2016 #45

I don't think most people understand the IS situation very well auntpurl Mar 2016 #49

I hope they do bravenak Mar 2016 #58

I'm talking about the Arab World. They build gleaming palaces and cities libdem4life Mar 2016 #54

So you are pro war, in the end. Fairgo Mar 2016 #57

You should write her speeches. pangaia Mar 2016 #82

A great many who allege to be liberals say they cannot and wont vote for her. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #69

Well...Elizabeth is Not Running... FarPoint Mar 2016 #5

She's my senator... and she isn't running. Agschmid Mar 2016 #9

Mine too! sheshe2 Mar 2016 #33

Yes. Respect a woman's no. KitSileya Mar 2016 #48

Love you Kit! sheshe2 Mar 2016 #50

Elizabeth Warren was very emphatic in her refusal. KitSileya Mar 2016 #63

She is my Senatior. sheshe2 Mar 2016 #73

Too damn bad bravenak Mar 2016 #10

ouch runaway hero Mar 2016 #14

I want in one hand and I shit in the other bravenak Mar 2016 #23

Kind of unfair. runaway hero Mar 2016 #77

Life does not care bravenak Mar 2016 #81

Don't know enough about Warren. I thought I wanted Sanders until I researched and listened to him. seabeyond Mar 2016 #11

Hillary in the WH, Warren in the Senate, Pelosi in the House. msanthrope Mar 2016 #12

Why would you trust someone who was a Republican during the Reagan years? bettyellen Mar 2016 #13

Why would you trust someone who's been a republican her whole life RiverLover Mar 2016 #25

Sorry, her voting record is unlike ANY republicans, and closer to Sanders' than anyone. Try that bettyellen Mar 2016 #31

I now call myself an FDR Democrat. Warren has been ignored. libdem4life Mar 2016 #37

I don't see any hope of change to bring back true Democracy for YEARS if she is elected. RiverLover Mar 2016 #47

Well, it is sad, but I am forever optimistic that many are holding back, libdem4life Mar 2016 #65

So well said. Thanks for the optimistic breakdown. Its appreciated. /nt RiverLover Mar 2016 #72

.... libdem4life Mar 2016 #76

Warren is inexperienced and a Dem come lately. Cannot trust a Reagan supporter unless they can bettyellen Mar 2016 #59

I was never terribly fond of her, but then Hillary was a Goldwater libdem4life Mar 2016 #68

I think teenage decisions are moot, an adult supporting Republicans scares me. I think Hillary bettyellen Mar 2016 #70

I pretty much agree. I lived in California when Reagan ascended. Ugh. libdem4life Mar 2016 #78

Boom! nt sheshe2 Mar 2016 #36

Just last week having any sympathy or kind words for even his wife was horrid- but supporting their bettyellen Mar 2016 #56

I'm a Hillary supporter but I like Warren a lot too. StevieM Mar 2016 #64

interesting runaway hero Mar 2016 #15

Lack of corruption Autumn Colors Mar 2016 #74

she was runaway hero Mar 2016 #79

great but jcgoldie Mar 2016 #17

It's easy to support someone who isn't running. Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #21

Yes, it's been ages since we last elected a liberal... Tarc Mar 2016 #22

What made Obama a liberal? Lorien Mar 2016 #40

Lol, this is the Democratic Underground, not the Free Republic Tarc Mar 2016 #46

Drone Strikes? Gwhittey Mar 2016 #62

How can you give the Heritage Foundation credit for the ACA? StevieM Mar 2016 #71

New Democrats are not liberals and the best of them don't pretend to be. merrily Mar 2016 #55

Yes, because non-party members get to decide who is and who is not a particular ideology Tarc Mar 2016 #66

Um, no. First, I am a party member. Second, Obama spoke for himself. merrily Mar 2016 #67

Nope! leftofcool Mar 2016 #24

Yeah, too bad there wasn't a huge Draft Warren movement circa 2014-15. merrily Mar 2016 #34

Me too. Our first woman President shouldn't be widely loathed, under investigation Lorien Mar 2016 #35

Wow. Tell us what you really think! Pretty accurate run down, I'd say. libdem4life Mar 2016 #44

What you want and what's really going to happen Yavin4 Mar 2016 #39

It's nice how your first woman President just has to wait for one more old white man's turn. nt CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #42

Not at all surprised bravenak Mar 2016 #60

American will not elect a CO/proclaimed paficist to the whitehouse beachbumbob Mar 2016 #43

Me As Well colsohlibgal Mar 2016 #52

Hear-hear!!!!! nt revbones Mar 2016 #53

I love Elizabeth Warren and I hope that someday she will become our president. StevieM Mar 2016 #75

Only if you want to eliminate one of our best voices from the senate loyalsister Mar 2016 #80

She has a very narrow agenda and has only held elected office for 4 years. procon Mar 2016 #83