You make a decent case for isolationism...

FrankC — 8/27/2013 4:28:14 PM (archived)

I would be happy letting them fight it out. We ignored Rwanda while genocide was going on, how is this different or worse.

And, I agree with Rob, we should at least wait until most of the world begs us to act.

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We've been so busy solving the world's problems here on the Zone... - ER - 8/26/2013 8:30:21 PM
- What do you think Bowser. Do we really need to go on another killing spree. - RobVG - 8/27/2013 2:10:09 PM
  - Why US? - bowser - 8/27/2013 2:49:59 PM
    - You make a decent case for isolationism... - FrankC - 8/27/2013 4:28:14 PM
      - Another thought. If we go into Syria piecemeal, the conservatives will chew him up. - bowser - 8/28/2013 2:22:53 AM
        
        I recall, during the Kosovo bombing, - podrock - 8/28/2013 3:12:08 AM
        
        The cons will "chew him up" no matter what he does. - ER - 8/28/2013 2:30:54 AM
        
        Surely you jest, Mr. Recluse. - bowser - 8/28/2013 2:39:53 AM
        
        you can't make this stuff up, Bowz - ER - 8/28/2013 3:25:16 AM
      - Isolationism, like pacifism, has its moral and practical justifications. - ER - 8/27/2013 7:47:29 PM
        
        Why us... - FrankC - 8/27/2013 9:58:30 PM
        
        Funny, I actually bought into the WMD thing. - ER - 8/27/2013 10:20:51 PM
        
        Of course France wants us to pay the freight... - FrankC - 8/28/2013 1:22:28 AM
        
        "JHC, remove Israel from the equation..." - ER - 8/29/2013 12:52:10 PM
        
        That's why Syria is called "a front line state". - ER - 8/28/2013 1:51:28 AM
      - "we should at least wait until most of the world begs us to act." Wow! Just, wow! - alcaray - 8/27/2013 7:17:48 PM
        
        I wish we could pull up the posts from that time. What a whirlwind.... n/t - RobVG - 8/28/2013 1:40:04 AM
        
        I am still angry for being accused of aiding and abetting the enemy for saying something like what you and Frank just said. - alcaray - 8/28/2013 6:12:58 PM
- Syria is a nightmare. - BuckGalaxy - 8/27/2013 1:55:03 AM
  - Realpolitik - ER - 8/27/2013 3:06:26 AM
- ...and it keeps providing us with new ones... - podrock - 8/27/2013 12:18:20 AM

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