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| U.S. Military Should Get out of the Middle East; America is no different from other imperial powers, ensnared repeatedly in costly, bloody, and eventually futile overseas war | |
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| The Inquisitor | Apr 9 2017, 10:57 PM Post #21 |
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The ME has always been a bunch of fighting cultures. Fix one war and two more start up. Trump may be on to something here? minimal ground troops, use our weapon technology from a distance. I bet Putin didn't factor in the Russian-Afghanistan experience when he got involved. |
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| jake58 | Apr 9 2017, 10:59 PM Post #22 |
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If you want to take action you go after Assad personally and take him out, perhaps the guy with the Prince Valiant haircut on the Korean peninsula takes notice. There's zero miltary gain from this latest action other than some live target shooting for the Navy. Politically it has some benefit but I'd rather we not waste 60 Tomahawks on a few points temporary boost in Trump's approval rating. |
| That which can be asserted without evidence; can be dismissed without evidence- Christopher Hitchens | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Apr 9 2017, 11:24 PM Post #23 |
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Trump does everything based on impulse. He's already extremely unpopular, the US public is not going to back a war based on half-assed, unplanned assumptions, not after Iraq Every red flag is going up on this |
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| Alt Right PEPE | Apr 9 2017, 11:30 PM Post #24 |
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www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=668&v=NU2TapgWl-A Trump’s Machiavellian Tomahawk Kabuki Theatre Edited by Alt Right PEPE, Apr 9 2017, 11:32 PM.
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"Be polite, be friendly. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." Gen Mattis | |
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| The Inquisitor | Apr 9 2017, 11:30 PM Post #25 |
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If I had the answer, I'd be an instant Zillionare. Unfortunately the lessons of regime change in WW2 weren't observed. When bush 1 went into Iraq the first time, with help of the coalition it should have been occupied and governed like Berlin, less the wall. Now, we are just too involved in the ME to not be involved and all our exit strategies haven't worked. |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Apr 9 2017, 11:32 PM Post #26 |
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If you've studied up on Islamic State's goals, it relies on biblical prophacy that the infidel nations will gather to fight the caliphicet (ISIL) and near wipe them out in the battle of End Times (Armagaddon), when suddenly Jesus steps in and kills all the infidels. Yes, they actually believe this And, unfortunately, so does a lot of people around Trump, who consider themselves Dominionists, who believe we are about to hit End Times The lunatics are running the asylum on this one |
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| lucash | Apr 9 2017, 11:38 PM Post #27 |
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Mm, to be fair, it isn't just the ME. that's just the current theater of war, as it were. There's also Africa (or was, in some cases), the Balkans, Asia, South and Central America, etc. etc. They all had their moments. |
| "...a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is detrimental...having lost the will..to demand...good..." - Rachel Carson | |
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| lucash | Apr 9 2017, 11:38 PM Post #28 |
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#NeverTrump
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*cough* Iraq *cough* |
| "...a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is detrimental...having lost the will..to demand...good..." - Rachel Carson | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Apr 9 2017, 11:44 PM Post #29 |
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WWII wasnt regime change, there are practically no parallels to that. Germany was totally defeated and cooperated with the West and the Soviets. The ME is made up of hostile religions and tribes that have no intention of cooperating with whoever gets stuck with the job of occupation. Assad's sect, the Aliwaits, are shiite and hated by all the other tribes in Syria. Assad's fall would result in a bloodbath of his tribe, which is why theyre acting so viciously |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 9 2017, 11:47 PM Post #30 |
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WWII and WWI were every bit the false flags that Vietnam, Iraq, and Syria were. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| Robert Stout | Apr 9 2017, 11:51 PM Post #31 |
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We have had a few wars to end all wars....Not once has Jesus made an appearance and interceded....We could bring peace to the Middle East if we kill them all...........
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 9 2017, 11:53 PM Post #32 |
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Let's be ultra woke; the civil war was a false flag. Reagan, Eisenhower, and Coolidge, Presidents who kept the peace were the greatest, not neocons. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| Robertr2000 | Apr 10 2017, 11:01 AM Post #33 |
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Assad has never gased his own people. But in any case, we have no right to attack a country that has not attacked us. |
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| Demagogue | Apr 10 2017, 11:10 AM Post #34 |
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Here is a fun thought, Assad uses a chemical munition to kill less than 100 people and we are outraged so much at the action that we launch 60 missiles to destroy the base and make threats of more involvement. Now, compare that to some of the African nations where rival tribes will literally hack to pieces tens of thousands and what is our reaction? Nothing. What is worse? A nerve agent that kills in minutes (sometimes even quicker) or ritual rape and dismemberment? Just a thought for those who wish us to be world police. Where does it stop? Edited by Demagogue, Apr 10 2017, 11:10 AM.
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| People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm. | |
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| Robertr2000 | Apr 10 2017, 11:26 AM Post #35 |
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"Assad uses a chemical munition to kill less than 100 people " Proof? Evidence? Anything? |
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| Demagogue | Apr 10 2017, 11:42 AM Post #36 |
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It is kind of like Global Warming. It is the generally accepted theory despite a complete lack of actual proof beyond some computer models... The African massacres did happen though. Edited by Demagogue, Apr 10 2017, 11:42 AM.
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| Robertr2000 | Apr 10 2017, 12:20 PM Post #37 |
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Right, so you have no proof at all that Assad did this. I already know this. Edited by Robertr2000, Apr 10 2017, 12:20 PM.
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| voted4reagan | Apr 10 2017, 12:22 PM Post #38 |
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Maybe he'll sell some of that Iraqi Sarin Gas to a Terrorist that will deploy it against someone you know.. Still someone elses problem??? |
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Trump needs to focus more so on the male vote. He should have nationalized the Boy Scouts when they decided to admit girls. Harambe4Trump AKA "FASHY" | |
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| Robertr2000 | Apr 10 2017, 12:26 PM Post #39 |
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Any proof of that? |
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| voted4reagan | Apr 10 2017, 12:29 PM Post #40 |
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You're insane |
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Trump needs to focus more so on the male vote. He should have nationalized the Boy Scouts when they decided to admit girls. Harambe4Trump AKA "FASHY" | |
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