|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:33 PM Original message |
Poll question: Would you support a bombing raid on the Somali pirates base? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Xe |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Amen to that. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. absolutely not.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm hearing those drums of war again... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. No, these are drums of policing. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Do you agree with Bolton or Wilkerson or both? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Only if they drop cash, candy and food boxes. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. They have a base? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Last Thursday, NPR had an "expert" who called for this... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Yeah - I saw that |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. By 2015, 25% of our oil will come from Africa. China currently gets 30% of her oil... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Thanks for posting that |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nope. Blockade their ports, knock out their communications systems, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's good! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, while I have no problem with killing pirates, you'd probably kill too many fishermen, etc. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. kill the warlords: we've tried that a lot and it hasn't worked well |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'd rather see a full assault on the "pirates" that are truly robbing this country blind |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think they're really that organized enough to have a base. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sending million dollar missiles after a couple thousand dollars worth of stuff is not a good plan. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. No. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. No just keep the ships away from that country and the... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes. I agree with President Obama's philosophy. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. Of course not. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. No, we should boycott them |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. For I second I thought "shit, I gotta DU this poll" before I realized... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. 90% of the dead would be civilians |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Doubt we could do it, but in Gaza, the trick was to redefine "civilian".... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. 100% of pirates are civilians |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Maybe you are misunderstanding what civilian means |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Hitler was Commander-In-Chief of the German military |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Damn |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. The "pirate base" is a CITY |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. thanks nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, they are holding over 200 hostages at the moment so that might not be wise. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. Would you support Iraqis bombing an American base? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Optical.Catalyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. Absolutely not |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. Not for one American boat so far. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. What makes you think there won't be hostages there (human shields) |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I voted No. My aim was to show how unpopular this would be... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Oh. OK. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Tue Apr 23rd 2024, 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC