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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 06:59 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you support air strikes and a no fly zone in Libya? |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. The generals say that you can't have one without the other. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. No. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Right. No! No! And HELL NO! We don'tneed another war and another quagmire. |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tough call actually.. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. At the beginning of a no fly zone... |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. we dont have another 400-800 million / week ... were broke remember? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Let's assume you're right and the US would spend that amount. Money is more important than lives? |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. At some point, you have to say "no" |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Do you think any money that might be spent on this action would instead be |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. We should leave Iraq and Afganistan and that'd solve a lot of our problems. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Boy, I don't think you'll get any disagreement on that statement! For the first |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. My thoughts exactly |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. that came from the DOD on tehhill.com .. and no we cant be the world police anymore |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You guys are making it sound as though we're footing the bill - are we? nt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yep, there are a lot of threads implying that, but we're not leading it, and that was made clear... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That's my sense of it as well. But those who have made up their minds won't |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. A new topic will come up every 5 minutes bitching about a "new war" etc now. |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. go get educated and read the link from thehill |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Provide the link and I will. Really. nt |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. here ya go |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Thanks, I'll either come back educated to your liking, or even more convinced of |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Here's the ACTUAL REPORT, The Hill is citing the highest number (no way a "full" NFZ is implemented) |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. who the hell else will pay for it the UN .. Ive got news for you |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Ask the Republicans. I'm sure if we don't engage in this they'd love to instead |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I dispute that we're going to spend that much on the enforcement of this. |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. dispute it all you want , Its the DOD's figures .. see the link |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Here is the actual report: |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. So, from joshcryer I get educated, from you I get spin. Your piece presents |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. My updated Libyan Revolution thread will probably have a cost breakdown. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. I know this sounds so Pollyannaish, but I don't mind my taxes going to military |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. This isn't Iraq. We're not invading or occupying. And these people are asking for |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. If the people want help, then this is the right thing to do... |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. If it's money you're worried about, |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Better question, what difference will it make? |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. The most imporant thing it will do is stop the advancement of Kadafi's forces. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. Neither |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. A third war? Really? nt |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm afraid we're past that point |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. He hasn't taken Benghazi, and there are still several cities he will need to recapture even after |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. it wasn't up to Obama to do this - it's not a US action. I wish it would have |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bunch of warmongers here at DU. Wow. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. +`1 |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Warmongers would be wanting to engage in war, |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. there are plenty of places in the world where this is happening |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Are they using modern machinery, jets, arty, etc? |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. maybe you do |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. We can sit this one out. Surely the scandinavian countries can handle this one. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Both - can't have one without the other, and these people have asked for help. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. How come the leader of the Libyan Rebels, a human rights lawyer, says NO INTERVENTION? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. Neither. Skunk though Qadaffi is, it's an internal revolt |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. See, I don't view it that way at all. They have asked for our help, we're responding. |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. Um actually he did |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. no, I'm tired of all the war, what I support is |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
49. I support air-strikes on Bank of America, and a no-fly zone over Afghanistan |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. +100000000 |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #49 |
64. me too. |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. We need to end the wars we are in now, not start new ones |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. Neither.. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
54. Both, but absolutely no ground troops. nt |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
60. How can we afford another war? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
62. I support both but only if they're done by someone other than the U.S. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
63. Wow - it's all tied up! |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
65. Both. UN troops and US special forces, too, although I believe they are already there...nt |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
66. Both |
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