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EEO

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75. You cannot even defend the statements you made on Iraq...

Wed Jul 2, 2014, 09:01 AM

Jul 2014

Or refuse to. Instead you ask me if I am having fun trying to debate someone who doesn't know how to do so. You claim you wanted me to reply to you arguments on the merits then don't directly reply to my retort. And then you say its my fault - you deflect. You don't understand the basic rules of debate. You have lost, because you conceded so many of your claims by not replying to my retorts. You should quit while you are behind, way behind. Go ahead, attack me and not my position in this debate - again.

If you reply, I will repost your direct comments on Iraq again and my point-by-point replies to them to give you a second chance to defend what you asserted. Or, just quit. That would be swell.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] EEO Jun 2014 OP

before, during and after the Sunni and the Shia will fight regardless of what we do- Always Randy Jun 2014 #1

Indeed.... EEO Jun 2014 #2

The Biblical name for present-day Iraq was "Mesopotamia." They were the first people Cal33 Jun 2014 #16

+1 lunasun Jun 2014 #27

Mesopotamia spread beyond Iraq. Anyway, I was making more the point that Iraq has several... EEO Jun 2014 #32

Until we learn that there is no ONE right way, that every road is just a different way, Cal33 Jul 2014 #55

No Pass here RobertEarl Jun 2014 #3

I think it's the trap of comparing just about everything Obama does to George W.Bush... EEO Jun 2014 #8

These "advisors" have a very specific skillset. MADem Jun 2014 #4

When someone says IMO, I am pretty skeptical of the factual foundations of their argument. EEO Jun 2014 #15

Well, when someone doesn't say IMO, I assume they're shooting their mouth off MADem Jun 2014 #23

Are you going to be okay? EEO Jun 2014 #24

Your honor, OilemFirchen Jun 2014 #29

Wow--how very interesting. MADem Jul 2014 #39

If you had replied on the merits on my argument and not been a complete ass... EEO Jul 2014 #41

There you go, talking about ME again. MADem Jul 2014 #42

There you go talking about ME again. EEO Jul 2014 #43

I will say something about you--you don't understand what irony is. nt MADem Jul 2014 #44

Maybe you can explain it to me. EEO Jul 2014 #46

Here's a YOU for YOU... MADem Jul 2014 #47

Ugh. So you double down on focusing on me and not making any valid, intelligible points... EEO Jul 2014 #48

I am just telling "you" how "I" (since you spent MADem Jul 2014 #56

That's right, continue making this about me. Add nothing substantive, as you have the entire thread. EEO Jul 2014 #59

You're having fun, apparently. MADem Jul 2014 #70

I directly replied to your statements... EEO Jul 2014 #71

No, you didn't. You slung a lot of accusations and aspersions, though. MADem Jul 2014 #72

You cannot even defend the statements you made on Iraq... EEO Jul 2014 #75

No--I can't talk to someone who isn't making any sense, who is being MADem Jul 2014 #76

Stop acting like a Republican in an election by only attacking and not replying to the issues. EEO Jul 2014 #79

Stop telling me what to do. Stop calling me a Republican. MADem Jul 2014 #81

"I find it nearly impossible to start a dialogue on the situation in Iraq" jberryhill Jul 2014 #51

The worst part is he keeps coming back and proving my point... EEO Jul 2014 #60

Do you hear a giant "whooshing" sound above you? jberryhill Jul 2014 #64

Does a fan make a "whooshing" sound? EEO Jul 2014 #65

There it goes again! jberryhill Jul 2014 #67

Oh good, passive-aggressiveness has been confirmed. EEO Jul 2014 #68

Hee hee!!!! MADem Jul 2014 #69

Post removed Post removed Jul 2014 #80

You just need to quit with the personal insults. MADem Jul 2014 #82

I am thinking the same. We go back into ballyhoo Jun 2014 #5

He just sent in some more of those things yesterday. EEO Jul 2014 #50

I know. The economy of war will not have the ballyhoo Jul 2014 #53

there are some folk here who give Obama a pass no matter what he does Skittles Jun 2014 #6

I may just do that. EEO Jun 2014 #10

you are absolutely correct Skittles Jun 2014 #18

Yes, and that has put us on our current ballyhoo Jul 2014 #54

absolutely right Skittles Jul 2014 #57

don't think people give any President a pass. IMO,Pres. O is really carefull with these issues. Sunlei Jun 2014 #7

Not one president has been given a pass by anyone? Ever? Really? EEO Jun 2014 #9

no we should not police the world. But no country should stand by and let people be slaughtered. Sunlei Jun 2014 #12

If you think we are doing anything in Iraq because people are being slaughtered you are naive. EEO Jun 2014 #13

It is hard to get your points across on a message board. I fully understand the Bushcheney gang got Sunlei Jun 2014 #17

What you characterize as an "insult" I call greasing the wheels of a lively discussion. EEO Jun 2014 #19

ok, have fun. Sunlei Jun 2014 #21

"I learned a long time ago that absolutes are to be avoided. " OilemFirchen Jun 2014 #22

An apologist is an apologist. EEO Jun 2014 #26

A root vegetable is not a beet. OilemFirchen Jun 2014 #28

Indeed. A root vegetable is a root vegetable. EEO Jun 2014 #33

Be careful--he resorts to personal insult when he MADem Jul 2014 #40

Well... OilemFirchen Jul 2014 #45

Some people think we should just ignore ISIS lunatica Jun 2014 #11

I'm sure some people do think we should ignore ISIS. EEO Jun 2014 #14

The man somehow got us through Egypt, Syria, and Libya without putting troops in. Arkana Jun 2014 #20

Right Cosmocat Jun 2014 #31

More troops deployed to Iraq... EEO Jun 2014 #37

I would wager that most of us supporting PBO think that he is capable of making smart decisions Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2014 #25

Escalation with Obama sending in 200 more troops... EEO Jun 2014 #35

Putin just sent 5 fighter jets to the Iraqi government. Amonester Jun 2014 #30

I give him a pass SmittynMo Jun 2014 #34

Obama just sent more troops in... 200 to 300 depending on what source you read... EEO Jun 2014 #36

If we're going there to SmittynMo Jun 2014 #38

Politics is an ugly business, we really ought to do away with it. nt bemildred Jul 2014 #49

"Maybe I'm In The Wrong Place" JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #52

I was referring to DU, specifically on the topic of the recent events in Iraq and our involvement. EEO Jul 2014 #61

You've only been here a few weeks JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #63

Ironically, I am more concerned about domestic issues like the ones you have cited... EEO Jul 2014 #66

It's hard for me to have JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #74

it's a very tricky difficult situation EEO. I don't think there is anybody who is 'gung ho' even Bill USA Jul 2014 #58

I agree. It is a very difficult situation and I am very concerned about putting more boots on... EEO Jul 2014 #62

A surge for a surge polynomial Jul 2014 #73

What is a moderate liberal? I mean, other than an oxymoron. valerief Jul 2014 #77

I think there is a strong potential for it to morph into something larger. Generally, RKP5637 Jul 2014 #78