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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:42 PM Original message |
War in Libya, talk me down |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well France can invade. Italy can invade. But we can't afford it. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The French Foreign Legion could use a little practice |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. How many more military debacles in the Middle East will it take to convince you? |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So we should let innocent people get slaughtered? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The consensus these days seems to be "yes," sadly. (nt) |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That is such bullshit. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yep, it is, and it's present in nearly every discussion of this. (nt) |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. An invasion is going to kill a lot more of those innocent people..... |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Reason 1: Iraq, reason 2: Afghanistan |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Both of those wars we started |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. You mean Saddam? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. I have news for you. Pick your 8 favorite would leaders. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Isolationism, more or less |
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Agent William (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. +1 |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. There's nothing wrong with it. nt |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am just hoping that enough people defect |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Geez. Where do I begin? |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. So how many people is it OK for us to kill in this war? |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Military strained? |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have mixed feelings on Libya. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. The UN ought to put a hit out on Gaddafi. |
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CommonSensePLZ (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I get the feeling, but he needs to stand trial like any criminal. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Yeah, like Saddam. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, yet another western invasion will generate fuither generations of hate |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think it will be up to the UN to send in forces. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. And who needs to agree before the UN can send in forces? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I know it's not promising but it seems the only |
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CommonSensePLZ (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Saif might be worse |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. If the Arab League wants to invade so be it. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because it's immoral. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. NFZ does no such thing. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. How does getting into an active war zone not involve everything David_77 mentioned (and more)? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Let's bribe Gaddafi instead. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. if you also want to invade Saudi Arabia, Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Yemen, Algeria |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. You don't invade because they ASKED US NOT TO. All they have ever asked for is a NFZ. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. ..and to take out the tanks and rockets, and assassinate Qadhdhafi, and send weapons, etc.. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Nope. NTC has only asked for NFZ, no air strikes, no weapons, etc. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. for an anarchist, you're very coy and/or naive about state power..I can't get over that |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. I would like to see a no fly zone. Someone has to help the rebels. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
37. Do we KNOW ANYTHING about libya?? Certainly not from news coverage |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
40. This is one of the reasons why the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were a bad idea. |
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