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DearAbby

(12,461 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2013, 11:07 PM Sep 2013

What if they call for War and no one showed up?

That is all.

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What if they call for War and no one showed up? (Original Post) DearAbby Sep 2013 OP

Because it's a payday for Important People. They and their cheerleaders always show up. Sad. libdem4life Sep 2013 #1

"The only way to stop atrocities is to refuse to participate in them." rug Sep 2013 #2

Actually, they should put me in charge of war SheilaT Sep 2013 #3

I showed up once. Cured me! pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #4

Carl Sandburg scooter rider Sep 2013 #5

Funny, I was thinking the other side bottomofthehill Sep 2013 #6

He probably will, but he will also be breaking the law, outside of congress the only power the Act Dragonfli Sep 2013 #8

That is what I wish for felix_numinous Sep 2013 #7

We'd have larger concerns as humanity must have recently gone extinct.... Woof_Woof Sep 2013 #9

For the troops to do that would constitute mutiny. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #10

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

1. Because it's a payday for Important People. They and their cheerleaders always show up. Sad.

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 11:16 PM

Sep 2013

Not with their hands out, but with their proverbial hands in our pockets.

rug

(82,333 posts)

2. "The only way to stop atrocities is to refuse to participate in them."

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 11:22 PM

Sep 2013

"Every government that intends war is as much our enemy as ever the Germans were...the safeguard of peace is not a vast army, but an unreliable public, a public that will fill the streets and empty the factories at the word War, that will learn and accept the lesson of resistance. The only way to stop atrocities is to refuse to participate in them."
- Alex Comfort, Peace and Disobedience, (1946)

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

3. Actually, they should put me in charge of war

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 11:25 PM

Sep 2013

because no one would show up.

I stopped giving parties years ago because yes, I'd throw a party and no one, or at the very most, three people would show. One time only two did.

So I should be in charge of war.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. I showed up once. Cured me!

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 11:35 PM

Sep 2013

But seriously, I know that there are things worth fighting for and worth dying for. But when it comes to that, we'll know it. Until then, it's like the expression we had when we lost someone in Vietnam:

"He got wasted."

scooter rider

(80 posts)

5. Carl Sandburg

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 11:58 PM

Sep 2013

“The first world war came and its cost was laid on the people.
The second world war — the third — what will be the cost.
And will it repay the people for what they pay?...
The little girl saw her first troop parade and asked,
‘What are those?’
‘Soldiers.’
‘What are soldiers?’
‘They are for war. They fight and each tries to kill as many of the other side as he can.’
The girl held still and studied.
‘Do you know ... I know something?’
‘Yes, what is it you know?’
‘Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.’

bottomofthehill

(8,334 posts)

6. Funny, I was thinking the other side

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 12:07 AM

Sep 2013

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What if there is a vote to stay out, and, the President decides that he has the authority to do what he feels necessary, vote aside, under the war powers act

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)

8. He probably will, but he will also be breaking the law, outside of congress the only power the Act

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 03:48 AM

Sep 2013

gives him is to retaliate against a strike against our country, so, there is that.

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)

7. That is what I wish for

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 01:15 AM

Sep 2013

that at a certain point people decide not to support these obvious crooks! It is time for Americans to say NO to them. No, you cannot have any more from us, you have robbed us blind, and now you want more blood.

NO.

Woof_Woof

(24 posts)

9. We'd have larger concerns as humanity must have recently gone extinct....

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 07:17 AM

Sep 2013

You can always find someone who is ready to fight...

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)

10. For the troops to do that would constitute mutiny.

Reply to DearAbby (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 07:22 AM

Sep 2013

I would prefer we not place them in that position against our president.

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