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September 10, 2013 9:00 PM EDT
President Obama Addresses the Nation on Syria
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taoistguy
And thankyou for starting the post. I think you can stop counting now. We can see where this is going.
gentledissident
reply to post by ItDepends
Thank you. I hope you didn't think I was addressing you. I was just stating that ATS needs a poll option and that planet cleansers might need their own tally. LOLedit on 10-9-2013 by gentledissident because: Man, I just woke up.
OMsk3ptic
NO!
"Look in his eyes it's all lies, the stars and stripes have been swiped, washed out and wiped, and replaced with his own face, mosh now or die!"edit on 10-9-2013 by OMsk3ptic because: (no reason given)
darepairman
I say NO... I might have a different opinion if we had a camander n chief that knew what he was doing or had the best intrest of our country in heart. This man should not be allowed to make a decision on what color socks to ware in the morning, a complete treasonous idiot
Thanks Ed
ItDepends
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TOTAL COUNT THROUGH 18 PAGES AS OF 12:01pm e.s.t. U.S.
ATTACK:
NO: 271
YES: 11
Non-Comm: 13
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taoistguy
And thankyou for starting the post. I think you can stop counting now. We can see where this is going.
Thank you! It's really not much of a problem, and since I did indicate that I would post the continuing poll results I think it only fair.
Should be interesting to watch what happens considering the latest news regarding Syria's potential agreement to turn its stockpile of chemical weapons over to the Int'l Community. Or, is it a stall tactic??
OneManArmy
Or is it a theatre designed to persuade the masses to run to the UN to sort this all out.
If it is then its working extremely well.
What exactly is the "international community"?
Im starting to feel I have been really played, and I actively supported it. I hope Im wrong.edit on 10-9-2013 by OneManArmy because: (no reason given)
ItDepends
OneManArmy
Or is it a theatre designed to persuade the masses to run to the UN to sort this all out.
If it is then its working extremely well.
What exactly is the "international community"?
Im starting to feel I have been really played, and I actively supported it. I hope Im wrong.edit on 10-9-2013 by OneManArmy because: (no reason given)
Well I think you are correct about trying to get the hopelessly anemic U.N. to gather and to finally unite on something that makes sense.....Syria giving up its' Chemical Weapons.
As far as the Int'l Community, well I guess I would start with all of the NATO and the recent G20 Nations. However, the more the merrier. Just speaking for myself, I would really love to see more countries be outspoken, especially the M.E. countries like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, etc...!
Thanks very much!! IDedit on 10-9-2013 by ItDepends because: Formatting, still learning new ATS, but it's all good!!!
OneManArmy
The way I see it, the international community consists of USA, RUSSIA, FRANCE, UK, CHINA. Thats hardly representative is it? They are more equal than all the other nations that make up the UN, as they are the only ones that can veto. The UN is a racket, far more corrupt than the individual nation states that make it, and thats what worries me.
There are 193 United Nations (UN) member states, and each of them is a member of the United Nations General Assembly.[2]
ItDepends
OneManArmy
The way I see it, the international community consists of USA, RUSSIA, FRANCE, UK, CHINA. Thats hardly representative is it? They are more equal than all the other nations that make up the UN, as they are the only ones that can veto. The UN is a racket, far more corrupt than the individual nation states that make it, and thats what worries me.
Would you not include Germany, Canada, India, any country from South America?
OneManArmy
ItDepends
OneManArmy
The way I see it, the international community consists of USA, RUSSIA, FRANCE, UK, CHINA. Thats hardly representative is it? They are more equal than all the other nations that make up the UN, as they are the only ones that can veto. The UN is a racket, far more corrupt than the individual nation states that make it, and thats what worries me.
Would you not include Germany, Canada, India, any country from South America?
No I would not, for the simple reason, they do not sit on the security council, they do not hold any veto's.
They can use influence, but ultimately the UN consists of the security council, and that has just 5 members.