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   Malcolm McMahon to Zepp   
   Re: US intervention in Syria: An informa   
   16 Jun 13 15:50:53   
   
   XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: malcolm@theriomorph.me.uk   
      
   On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:56:02 +0000, Zepp wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:59:31 -0500, Free Lunch wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:33:04 -0700 (PDT), Kurt Nicklas   
   >>  wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>   
   >>>I'd like to know how many folks in these groups support the planned US   
   >>>intervention in the civil war in Syria.   
   >>>   
   >>>Basically, a "Yes" or "No" is sufficient but if you want to provide a   
   >>>few sentences supporting your opinion, that's fine.   
   >>   
   >> Yes or No is never sufficient. Those are the answers of the unthinking.   
   >>   
   >> I have no idea what intervention is planned, so I cannot possibly   
   >> support a pig in a poke.   
   >   
   > Have you EVER seen a ground intervention in another country's civil war   
   > that went well?   
      
   It's kind of like when the cop tries to intervene in an argument between   
   husband and wife and _both_ turn on him.   
      
   What the hell kind of government is Syria going to wind up with if the   
   rebels win? There's about a hundred different groups fighting, each with   
   their own agenda.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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