Then stop the bellicose rhetoric and the exceptionalism bs on the part of most Americans.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:32 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > By that reasoning we should be heavily involved in ground combat all over > the world Larry. Africa, Asia, South America even. > > We aren't a humanitarian police force, nor should we pretend to be one. > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> And that justifies not intervening? >> >> So you're OK with some 3 year old getting gutted because she's a Shia >> and some other Shias are doing the same to Sunnis? >> >> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Yes but elsewhere the Shia are doing the same to the Sunnis....etc. etc. >> > It's one big circle and each side is as barbaric as the next in >> conditions >> > of majority. >> > And let's not forget how they all treat Christians. >> > And then we shouldn't forget how Christians treated them... >> > >> > The Middle East seems to be one big morass of ignorance and violence. >> > >> > On 26 June 2012 10:05, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Turkey is still acknowledging that the aircraft strayed into Syrian >> >> airspace, but claims the Syrians shot the aircraft down over >> >> international waters. >> >> >> >> That said I think a good case can be made for intervening simply on a >> >> humanitarian basis. I personally think that preventing massacres of >> >> the sort that the Ba'athists are doing to the majority Shia population >> >> is justification enough. >> >> >> >> But Turkey is being very restrained right now. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:38 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > You guys been following with things between Syria and Turkey. Seems >> as >> >> > though Syria shot down a Turkish jet. Syria claims it violated it's >> >> > airspace, Turkey is saying it was over international air space. >> Turkey >> >> is >> >> > a NATO member. >> >> > >> >> > If it comes to blows you think we'll get pulled in? I hope not, I'm >> so >> >> > sick of our foreign adventures it's insane. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352297 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm