Ted Rall for February 18, 2015
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Authorization for the use of farce "The barbary states, which included the ottoman regencies of algiers, tunis and tripoli, terrorized American ships. In 1801, president Thomas Jefferson obtained from congress in authorization for the use of military force to attack them. (Jefferson: They have come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact... I send a small squadron.) Know what other places were part of the Ottoman Empire? Iraq and Syria. (Man: ...so you're all good to nuke ISIS.) (Barack Obama: A nation of laws and very creative man)
mattro65 about 9 years ago
BamBam. Sigh. Just another war pig. Before some non-veteran or some mindless conservative tries to feed me that nonsense about if we don’t take care of them there we’ll have to take care of them here, please point out to me where their naval fleet and air force are based or explain to me why it’s only happened twice in our history.
Dtroutma about 9 years ago
Well, not nukes, but Armed drones to our “friends” (of the moment?) yes.