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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:03 AM Original message |
You know what, I wouldn't have cared who was president--the UN action in Libya is just |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. I would have supported it if Bush was prez, just like at first I supported Afghanistan |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Libya is what we should have done in Afghanistan |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I hope you're right about Libya |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. CNN was reporting the the fact that US does not want to spend alot of time there |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. +1 |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think that this will solve anything |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. I can understand it if one country invades the borders of another country, but for an international |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. So preservation of the state and state soveriegnty are the only conditions? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. So why isn't the UN doing the same thing for Sudan, or other countries where similar |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. The whole point of the UN's responsibility to protect is that "sovereignty is a not privilege |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. The only reason the UN is going into Iraq is because he made too many enemies, not because of R2P. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Glad to see there are some sensible people on DU |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. Agreed. Bush tried to get the UN involved in Burma in 2007, but China and Russia vetoed it. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. I Didn't Complain When Bush Attacked the Taliban |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Agree on all points, including the Taliban strike |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. k&r |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. I have a few questions, since you believe that military action is justifiable in this case. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Sure, let me answer in rapid fire |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I understand your support for this action. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Hope I wasn't coming off an uncivil. Just wanted to give some flash answers |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. We have got to be consistent... |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. Agreed! |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Twice as many countries supported Bush going into Iraq |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Nonsense. |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Do you have a list of countries supporting the Libya intervention? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. 10 out of the 15 UN security council members voted for it, the other 5 abstained |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Libya was not Obama's game. It was lead by the UN and France |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Bush's "coalition of the willing" was in name only. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. You couldn't be more right! Absolutely agreed! |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. I feel the same way. +1 |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. If we were catching Hussein square in the middle of the act of nearly committing genocide... |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's still unconstitutional. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No, it really, really isn't n/t |
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