"Escalates?"

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"Escalates?"

TB — 5/23/2007 4:35:16 PM (archived)

The president just rejected the military option in favor of "soft power," and you're reaming him for it. No surprise, I suppose.

Can you tell us all exactly what the hell you actually WANT to see the U.S. do to face the threats we do?

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Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran - Eric - 5/23/2007 2:59:04 PM
- Amazing how reality has been re-wrapped for some people. - TB - 5/24/2007 1:40:39 AM
- The Dawn was Bleak... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 10:54:37 PM
  - re: The Dawn was Bleak... - Lindy - 5/25/2007 1:09:13 AM
  - MODS Belongs on Off Topic or Flame (n/t) - Lindy - 5/23/2007 11:51:20 PM
    - Be my guest... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 11:59:57 PM
      - re: Be my guest... - Lindy - 5/24/2007 12:22:40 AM
- France to back U.S. complaint against IAEA chief - REB - 5/23/2007 4:43:48 PM
- Well........ - Lindy - 5/23/2007 4:34:06 PM
  - I could ask you the same question I asked Bowser... - TB - 5/23/2007 4:39:48 PM
    - Now of course if Iran sneaks people into the US. - Bowser - 5/23/2007 11:13:37 PM
      - Ah, the equivalence bit again. (n/t) - TB - 5/24/2007 1:35:27 AM
        
        Anything else is sociopathic. . - Bowser - 5/24/2007 5:25:33 AM
        
        It's all about perspective. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 7:00:35 PM
    - Communism under Reagan - Lindy - 5/23/2007 4:54:08 PM
      - re: Communism under Reagan. Communism wasn't just under Reagan... Kennedy. - Marcia - 5/24/2007 12:38:09 AM
        
        Familiar debate - Lindy - 5/24/2007 1:10:45 AM
      - Well, that explains it. - TB - 5/23/2007 5:02:35 PM
        
        re: Well, that explains it. - McFly - 5/23/2007 6:02:16 PM
        
        No danger - TB - 5/24/2007 1:29:24 AM
        
        LOL - FrankC - 5/23/2007 9:03:24 PM
        
        re: Well, that explains it. - REB - 5/23/2007 6:06:58 PM
        
        US fantasies - Raoul - 5/23/2007 7:26:23 PM
        
        Tell that to the dead Hungarians, Lithuanians, Poles... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 11:32:50 PM
        
        QUICK! Anyone got any pictures of dead Indians?? (n/t) - Lindy - 5/23/2007 11:46:08 PM
        
        Now there's a stain on America - FrankC - 5/23/2007 11:53:24 PM
        
        Go ahead... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/23/2007 11:53:04 PM
        
        European fantasies - REB - 5/23/2007 8:13:42 PM
        
        Hypothesis - Raoul - 5/23/2007 8:46:09 PM
        
        re: Hypothesis - REB - 5/23/2007 9:43:16 PM
        
        Raoul, you're trying to reason with the irrational. - Bowser - 5/23/2007 9:25:11 PM
        
        Who is being irrational? - REB - 5/23/2007 10:07:57 PM
        
        Don't worry REB - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 12:08:58 AM
        
        re: Hypothesis - FrankC - 5/23/2007 9:24:44 PM
        
        It's not contempt, Frank - McFly - 5/23/2007 10:19:56 PM
        
        Well.. - FrankC - 5/23/2007 11:34:34 PM
        
        On this we can agree - McFly - 5/24/2007 12:28:33 AM
        
        re: On this we can agree - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 12:51:32 AM
        
        Dear gawd, SDAI - McFly - 5/24/2007 1:32:19 AM
        
        Au contraire! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2007 1:48:11 AM
        
        re: Hypothesis - REB - 5/23/2007 9:52:11 PM
        
        Blame yourself - Raoul - 5/24/2007 5:45:27 AM
        
        Russia was never a threat to Canada - Lindy - 5/23/2007 6:15:06 PM
        
        Because the US was there. - REB - 5/23/2007 6:23:42 PM
        
        Canada protected her borders just fine - Lindy - 5/23/2007 6:39:36 PM
        
        Because the US was there to keep the USSR military from coming across the Bering Strait - REB - 5/23/2007 7:06:17 PM
        
        Maybe the USSR never had intentions to conquer territory. - Fox - 5/25/2007 6:05:24 PM
        
        re: Maybe the USSR never had intentions to conquer territory. - Lindy - 5/25/2007 7:50:11 PM
        
        Some good maps. - REB - 5/25/2007 8:28:44 PM
        
        Some really good maps on that site. If you like history and maps, you'll like that site. - REB - 5/25/2007 8:40:56 PM
        
        Also found this on that site. - REB - 5/25/2007 8:51:55 PM
        
        re: Maybe the USSR never had intentions to conquer territory. - REB - 5/25/2007 8:23:13 PM
        
        "And then we saw Communism spreading across the globe over the decades." - Lindy - 5/25/2007 9:57:17 PM
        
        "the spread of Americanism" - TB - 5/26/2007 6:09:36 AM
        
        "McDonalds and the gulag as moral equivalents?" - Lindy - 5/26/2007 2:30:36 PM
        
        re: "McDonalds and the gulag as moral equivalents?" - TB - 5/26/2007 5:04:30 PM
        
        Maybe - REB - 5/25/2007 6:32:06 PM
        
        "What would have happened to communism had the USSR achieved its goal of taking over the world?" - Lindy - 5/25/2007 7:53:42 PM
        
        I fear conflicts will get worse unless... - REB - 5/25/2007 8:07:45 PM
- At a time when America wants peace, Bush escalates. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/23/2007 3:38:00 PM
  - "Escalates?" - TB - 5/23/2007 4:35:16 PM
    - re: "Escalates?" - Lindy - 5/23/2007 4:44:55 PM
      - "I don't suppose the US doesn't want to take the problem to the UN." - TB - 5/23/2007 5:04:27 PM
        
        TB - Lindy - 5/23/2007 6:17:18 PM

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