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2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

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10. Medical care for a Dictator vs stopping the gassing of innocent children...

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2013, 11:18 PM

Sep 2013

You're right; they're almost the same thing.

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Back in 1979, Jimmy Carter did the proper, humane thing and [View all] hedgehog Aug 2013 OP

No good choices here. Just Saying Aug 2013 #1

So how much are you willing to allow? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #2

While the rebels are eating hearts of the vanquished? Aerows Aug 2013 #3

Yeah right....you believe those stories... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #9

And cruise missiles are going to disallow the killing how? n/t backscatter712 Sep 2013 #8

You know the old saying: Brigid Aug 2013 #4

Sorry but it was a political decision. DURHAM D Aug 2013 #5

Congress is going to vote down the authorized use of force davidpdx Aug 2013 #6

That's a very tempting idea, but I don't think even Jimmy Carter can fix this mess! hedgehog Sep 2013 #7

Medical care for a Dictator vs stopping the gassing of innocent children... brooklynite Sep 2013 #10

Carter was pressured at the time that we had to take care of our friends hedgehog Sep 2013 #11

S0 we should give Assad chemo?? DFab420 Sep 2013 #12

What I'm trying to convey is that Carter was pressured into admitting the Shah to the US so that hedgehog Sep 2013 #13

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