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SYRIA: Let our Enemies Wipe Each Other Out.

radioman said:
Now innocents are slaughtered by suicide bombing maniacs or car bombed by terrorists.
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First, that's nothing compared to what Saddam did. Second, no one promised them (or you) utopia.
 
P. Kersey said:
Right...sure..whatever you say. The middle east is safe and stable and muslims are tolerant and peaceful and they live together in peace and harmony....9/11 never happened, women aren't stoned to death
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When faced with reality, do you always strawman your opponent? That's not healthy, intellectually, and it's not debate.
 
ecofarm said:
First, that's nothing compared to what Saddam did. Second, no one promised them (or you) utopia.
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Saddam?

You mean the guy who, as long as he was killing iranians in the iran-iraq war, was our best friend in the area? THAT Saddam?
The one we supported with arms, money and satellite info? That one? Yeah..he was a great guy..as long as he killed only who we told him to kill.
 
ecofarm said:
When faced with reality, do you always strawman your opponent? That's not healthy, intellectually, and it's not debate.
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You duck and dodge so much I'm not going to run in circles chasing you..you're right..muslims are no threat to the u.s. or each other. We siimply misunderstood their 9/11 show of affection for us as an attack.
 
Why do so many think there are only two sides in the Syrian civil war? Is it a function of the conservative tendency to bilateral thinking? The "My way or the Hiway" thought pattern of George Bush? Why?
 
P. Kersey said:
Saddam?

You mean the guy who, as long as he was killing iranians in the iran-iraq war, was our best friend in the area? THAT Saddam?
The one we supported with arms, money and satellite info? That one? Yeah..he was a great guy..as long as he killed only who we told him to kill.
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Yeah, the US told Saddam to commit genocide. It's all the US's fault.
 
P. Kersey said:
You duck and dodge so much I'm not going to run in circles chasing you..you're right..muslims are no threat to the u.s. or each other. We siimply misunderstood their 9/11 show of affection for us as an attack.
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Muslims are not a threat. Terrorists are. Failing to differentiate between the two is pathetic.
 
ecofarm said:
Muslims are not a threat. Terrorists are. Failing to differentiate between the two is pathetic.
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That rather depends upon the Muslim, or the Christian, or the Jew, or the ______ for that matter.
 
ecofarm said:
Muslims are not a threat. Terrorists are. Failing to differentiate between the two is pathetic.
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Were the hijackers on 9/11 muslims?

Are the people killing each other in syria (iraq, iran, afghanistan, libya, egypt, etc...) muslim?
 
P. Kersey said:
Were the hijackers on 9/11 muslims?

Are the people killing each other in syria (iraq, iran, afghanistan, libya, egypt, etc...) muslim?
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Is the Wesboro Baptist Church Christian?

Are the people bombing abortion clinics Christian?
 
ecofarm said:
Is the Wesboro Baptist Church Christian?


Are the people bombing abortion clinics Christian?
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Somerville said:
Were the Irish who killed each other in Northern Ireland - Christians?
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Deflection and evasion.

Is this thread about christians or abortion...or ireland?
 
P. Kersey said:
I disagree...they were decent pilots, it would appear. They went exactly where they wanted to.
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I think they got lucky. Their version of a One Way Ticket was far too literal in my opinion.
 
P. Kersey said:
It isn't an "either-or" proposition. You obfuscate on purpose.
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Saddam is responsible for his actions.

I think it's funny that the same people who want diplomacy condemn it at their convenience.
 
Goshin said:
Well, I'll agree on this much... it is highly improbable that either (or whichever) faction wins in Syria, will be our trustworthy friend when the dust settles... even if we helped them.


Thus, intervention seems kinda pointless from the perspective of our own interests.
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Apparently you can lob a few missiles around that part of the world, then go Oopps. We should just come up with some old Russian or Chinese armaments and take out Assad.

Oopps!
 
P. Kersey said:
Deflection and evasion.

Is this thread about christians or abortion...or ireland?
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It's not deflection. It's a reflection of the ridiculousness of your demonization.
 
P. Kersey said:
Deflection and evasion.

Is this thread about christians or abortion...or ireland?
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I do believe you are ignoring a valid rejoinder to your post #61. Do you have any idea about the conflicts within the Muslim faith between Shia and Sunni, never mind some of the smaller sects within Islam, such as the Sufi or the Ismaili? Just as with the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland, there is long standing conflict over matters of doctrine between Shia and Sunni. Add to those theological differences, the tribal wars that have gone on for centuries and - yes, we have Muslims attacking Muslims just as we have had Christians attacking Christians in the West.
 
ecofarm said:
Saddam is responsible for his actions.

I think it's funny that the same people who want diplomacy condemn it at their convenience.
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Who specifically are those "same people" you refer to?
 
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