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2016 Postmortem

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14. Clinton declared war? She should be held for some crime then

Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:14 PM

Oct 2015

she didn't have the authority to declare a war or name it after herself.

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Hillary Defends Her Failed War in Libya [View all] portlander23 Oct 2015 OP

where oh where have the editors gone? dsc Oct 2015 #1

Your assertion that Gaddafi said he would destroy Benghazi is not correct. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #9

right dsc Oct 2015 #10

Don't try to move the goalposts. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #15

He said he would treat a city with no mercy dsc Oct 2015 #17

That was four long years ago. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2015 #2

Libya and Iraq aren't even remotely the same situation. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #3

Power vacuums created by US involvement? ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2015 #7

Right. One was a failed occupation; one was a failed intervention. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #16

If Qaddafi had stayed in power, Libya would have turned into Syria. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #20

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #4

^^^THIS!^^^ 99Forever Oct 2015 #5

That's the problem. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #13

umm its obama's war...he is theCIC nt msongs Oct 2015 #6

I'm so sick of war. azmom Oct 2015 #8

no, it's going great! there's no militias or failed state here! MisterP Oct 2015 #12

Clinton declared war? She should be held for some crime then MyNameGoesHere Oct 2015 #14

War then, war now, war forever. hifiguy Oct 2015 #18

+1000 n/t MissDeeds Oct 2015 #19

Congrats on 800 posts! bigwillq Oct 2015 #21

Just saying is all portlander23 Oct 2015 #22

The US is at war with Libya?? JoePhilly Oct 2015 #26

By this logic we weren't at war in Iraq either. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2015 #28

Wrong. JoePhilly Oct 2015 #29