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In reply to the discussion: Magical thinking [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)237. If a deal was not reached he was going to strike, it was not a bluff.
As for your "war criminal" masturbatory fantasy, have at it.
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For god sakes, it's a think tank, not a person, IMHO. Instant reponse by personas, yada yada
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#102
Surely you're not referring to the poster(s) who are here a minimum of 12 hours a day?
dflprincess
Sep 2013
#232
Haters always imagine yourself important enough for people to waste money replying to their hate
ConservativeDemocrat
Sep 2013
#312
HAHAHA "haters". Name calling. Typical right wing think tank double speak, sorry, but you make me
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#313
People with whom you do not agree are "bigots," "haters," and "teabaggers."
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2013
#158
Good Lord! you do know that we Americans - and we Democrats opposed the bombing all along
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#172
"Reality Based" = "What Transnational Corporations Find Acceptable"
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#249
Hilarious post. And WP did not even thank you for proving his point! How remiss of him.
merrily
Sep 2013
#278
maybe ... it was all that you criticize to a point, that made others realize how seriously obama
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#3
that is how i saw it played. and when it all first started people said, why let them know what you
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#16
If he and the US, and western powers in general really didn't like chemical weapons--
eridani
Sep 2013
#23
when there are people with agenda, balance and truth fly out the window. that is what i
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#114
If there's "no way either side can clamin any truth" why should they keep talking?
FiveGoodMen
Sep 2013
#127
they are talking. you and i are not included in the discussion. do you really think any of us
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#128
the people that died as a result of chemical weapons seem pretty much forgotten
azurnoir
Sep 2013
#168
see, these comments even sound like a petulant child. your post does not even make sense.
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#180
i find the name calling pathetic. so? it is like people on here are DEMANDING that obama stands
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#187
obama worship. it is like all the other name calling we do to someone in another position. it is
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#196
ok. labeling people "hero worshipping". geez. again. really? and i forgot about calling people
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#209
when labeling someone in this manner, you have stopped listening. have an inability to hear. yes.
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#282
That's all I care about, the avoidance of more war, of more blood on OUR hands
Dragonfli
Sep 2013
#143
If you didn't want your balls in this particular vise, you should not have dangled them there
BeyondGeography
Sep 2013
#6
Yes. And the USA and Russia have been talking about if for a year. Yet some claim no planning?
freshwest
Sep 2013
#200
"Credit?" - aka: "Surrounded by Police, The Bank Robber 'did the right thing' and Put Down The Gun."
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#258
This. And Will can never reconcile in his mind that he might've been wrong.
scheming daemons
Sep 2013
#15
The Hair-on-Fire Brigade was manipulated more deftly than anyone else, except maybe R's in Congress
alcibiades_mystery
Sep 2013
#17
I think they are all bald by now. No hair left for the next Obama caused Apocalyse. n/t
Whisp
Sep 2013
#21
Absolutely, a master plan...to let Russia once again take the moral high ground. It's brilliant!
Starfury
Sep 2013
#64
Your position requires a rigidity in the political landscape that is totally imaginary.
sibelian
Sep 2013
#264
Obama Doesn't Give A Shit How You Spin This, How It May Appear or His Public Standing in the Polls
Skraxx
Sep 2013
#96
Will, when you've been reduced to quoting Torygraph hyperbole your point isn't as well made
msanthrope
Sep 2013
#11
The Increasingly Orwellian flavor of public discourse is creepy and pathetic.
woo me with science
Sep 2013
#18
It is with the GREATEST pleasure that I co-sign every word of your post, especially the expletives
Number23
Sep 2013
#87
Now yours is a name I DO vaguely remember and considering the racial quality of your posts
Number23
Sep 2013
#288
Rex, why you feel compelled to frequently talk AROUND me while trying so hard to pretend that you
Number23
Sep 2013
#290
+1, based off passed actions and not blind allegiance but some hate him so it doesn't make a diff
uponit7771
Sep 2013
#35
The Libyan Civil War Was Started Under Bush, Obama Just Continued That Policy
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#262
My analogy is not focused on PR, but simply on the *mechanisms* (underline, italicize) of communicat
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#90
"Syria is well on its way to be being disarmed of its chemical stockpile"?
WorseBeforeBetter
Sep 2013
#228
Thank you for helping distinguish truth from fiction in this Syrian bomb/not-bomb episode.
99th_Monkey
Sep 2013
#48
Maybe you weren't paying enough attention to what the other hand was doing while the one hand
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#50
I Agree With Your "Or Else" - In That the Anti-War Anti-Corporatist Dems Need To Say "Or Else"
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#269
The initial burden of proof rests on the one making the assertion-- Debating 101.
ColesCountyDem
Sep 2013
#307
evil motives? That's a judgment I haven't made. Committed to military strikes, no matter what
bigtree
Sep 2013
#233
The game is called poker...and you have to be willing to follow through...
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#81
Any argument about yesterday's developments on Syria is futile if it's premised on:
ProSense
Sep 2013
#84
Right, Cuz No One Ever Heard Of Using a Credible Threat of Force to Achieve Diplomatic Ends Before?
Skraxx
Sep 2013
#92
No, they never presented the carrot, only lobbied like rabid dogs of war for the stick.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#105
Wow, the fact that this diplomacy was EFFECTIVE and military strikes were AVOIDED really bothers you
Skraxx
Sep 2013
#107
Some people have got a lot invested in certain things, so no, they can't give in.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#222
Umm, I Was Pro-Effective, Hard Nosed Diplomacy Backed Up by Credible Threats of Force
Skraxx
Sep 2013
#136
Step 2: Magical thinking at its finest. No other force or work was necessary. Don't ruin the magic.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#225
well said. unfortunately we still see the usual handful of fringe Democrats representing their
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#150
Yugoslavia? Yes, Too Bad The USA STARTED That War Just Like In Syria
HumansAndResources
Sep 2013
#271
When Mitch said he was against military intervention, I just knew we were on the
efhmc
Sep 2013
#171
Nice post. The sneering reaction of the "Friends of Obama" is embarrassing.
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2013
#173
I don't think you are going to get an invite to the BOG Christmas party this year
Marrah_G
Sep 2013
#176
thank you DU for enforcing civility. this post surely deserved to be hidden
Pretzel_Warrior
Sep 2013
#178
I'm glad. because being entertained should be about 50% of the reason we come here
Pretzel_Warrior
Sep 2013
#189
Watching this train wreck of people bound and determined to see Obama as some kind of Brilliant...
Beer Swiller
Sep 2013
#203
They have to think Obama is playing chess, just being lucky does not suit them. n-t
Logical
Sep 2013
#212
no master plan here... Obama has clearly just bumbled his way through this
paulkienitz
Sep 2013
#250
I personally don't give a sh*t what Pitt and other critics "would have" done..
TekGryphon
Sep 2013
#261
As the United States isn't sufficiently well trusted in the region to act as broker
sibelian
Sep 2013
#310