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We do not want war, but also we should remember the vision of 1400 innocent victims including many children gassed by their own government. We also need to remember this:
“First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a trade unionist;
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unfortunately the US always uses some humanitarion situation in the World to absolve the US from getting into a war. Remember Bad Saddam Husssein and he was gassing the Kurds and had weapons of mass destruction. We were the good guys going to free the Iraq people and bring democracy. Right !!!
It appears to be the same ole thing.
NO we dont need to strike Syria.
chemical weapon:
something only ever considered a WMD when it's not used by, or purchased from America, Inc.
pin pricks:
remote controlled million dollar cruise missile delivered 1,000 to 3,000 pound (half-mile plus kill radius) "pin point accurate" bombs — 1 to 10 required per person precision targeted — with a limited use of only several hundred launched together considered insufficient for a progressive POTUS to earn real man respect
something an insecure in his manhood inadequate boy would order done
JSOC:
what's over there on the ground when "no boots on the ground" is advertised
advance teams of psychopaths, progressive POTUS deployed to covertly create conditions favoring fortunes to be made from the profits gained through investing in options betting on the necessity of all of America's future war crimes being humanitarian acts of liberal conscience
highly trained American terrorist teams purposefully persuading poor people to become "terrorists" to have longer lists of targets for JSOC to continue to capture, torture, and murder... in places where poor people live over rich resources
the legacy of JFK loving Democrat voters... profiles in depravity
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Because of our actions since WW2 there aren't any countries left to speak out for us now.
the United Arab League is the same group who have made sure our gas prices continue to rise and why should we send our young men over there to die when they have been using their profits to back the talaban, the same organization that hate us and had a hand in taking down the twin towers in New York and attack the Pentagon??????????
There is no justification for war and more killing, especially when every diplomatic option has not been tried. Are we stupid enough to fall for the WMD scam yet again? Most of the people are not for this military action. Will our reps really represent us?
Recent history begs the question: while the drama of a Congressional committee has our attention, what are we being distracted from? More Shades of Orwell - Big Brother, on-going wars, & propganda media; Big Corporate slipping through a trade deal that will further gut the middle class and ship more jobs to Nicaragua, pushing for worldwide slave labor: more domestic devastation like Detroit, perhaps a micocosm of bigger things; voting rights nonsense in the government of the people and by the people: fracking, pipelines and more oil wars, instead of developing better options, with more records of warming temps, fires, floods, melting glaciers and CO2 wrecking the life-support of this planet?
More bombing??? Hmmmm Will the REAL terorists please stand up.
NO military action should be taken without completion of the UN investigation and discussion within the world community, since these have been adopted by the community of nations as standards for all. PLENTY of pressure can be brought to bear from that extended community should the UN investigators conclude that these weapons were inflicted upon the population by Assad. First and foremost, full investigation ought to be made of the rebel group who has claimed accidental firing of these weapons through ignorance and mishandling. WHY that is not at the top of this discussion is important, and answers ought to be demanded.
Second, we might want to reconsider the moralistic saber rattling on this considering U.S. forces' use of white phosphorus and depleted uranium weapons in Fallujah, Those weapons continue to cause untold misery for the Iraqui people in terms of vastly increased cancer rates and infants born with grossly abnormal birth defects. Where is the accountability for that?
I don't see any alternative, except to limit Assad's ability to make war on his people.He's no abraham lincoln.
Are you even remotely aware that the "rebels" the US is supporting are Al queda?? Are you aware that without the Assad government the Christians there are being slaughtered by these muslim fanatics?
The US has no business getting involed AND to do so is an act of WAR.
With the Brits backing away from "the fun", will there be an effort to rename English muffins to American muffins?, English toffee to Freedom toffee?, Scotch whiskey to Liberty whiskey? How about you pool players putting more Yankee on the cue ball? WWDD. What Would Dumbya Do??????