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vanity | August 31, 2013 | Nathan Bedford

Posted on 08/31/2013 12:26:48 PM PDT by nathanbedford

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1 posted on 08/31/2013 12:26:48 PM PDT by nathanbedford
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Would you regard Isaiah 3:1-4 as fulfilled prophecy at this point?


2 posted on 08/31/2013 12:28:42 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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I don’t care if we’re humiliated at this point ,, any action would have meant $8-10 gas and that would mean my family would have been crushed.


3 posted on 08/31/2013 12:30:42 PM PDT by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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Bammy should have started a case against Assad in the The International Court of Justice or in a NYC Federal Court.


4 posted on 08/31/2013 12:30:50 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Wow. That was a chilling read. Frightening days ahead.
Look up!


5 posted on 08/31/2013 12:32:55 PM PDT by FES0844
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DU disagrees with you..LOL

“The President’s speech just now was a brilliant political move. He not only advanced his agenda to attack the Assad regime, he also gave himself an out, should he choose to use it, by including the Congress in his decision to strike. If the Republican House votes not to approve an attack, our President can then, should he choose to do so, cancel his decision and announce he is bowing to the will of the people as represented by their elected representatives. He has given himself an exit from the corner he painted himself into.

I do not agree with the President’s decision to attack Syria, and I do not know how the House and Senate will vote, but I can only admire the deft manner in which he handled one of his most important speeches. That is the man I voted for. He was brilliant today.


6 posted on 08/31/2013 12:34:48 PM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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Let us earnestly pray that it is not.


7 posted on 08/31/2013 12:35:12 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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I have emailed both of my Senators and my Congressman to vote NO. US intervention in Syria is unjustified and fraught with untold danger to Israel and the entire Middle East, not to mention the world economy. Just say no.


8 posted on 08/31/2013 12:36:27 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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“I don’t care if we’re humiliated at this point ,, any action would have meant $8-10 gas and that would mean my family would have been crushed.”

More importantly than your personal circumstances, we don’t pi$$ away more of our borrowed money, and put our military personnel in needless jeopardy!
Actually, while no one would wish harm to you and your family, you are essentially making the same case that the GOP tries, saying that near-term personal survival trumps doing what’s right for our country. In this instance, both you and your country win, but it isn’t always that easy.


9 posted on 08/31/2013 12:36:45 PM PDT by vette6387
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If Obama were any more brilliant we would all be out shopping for prayer rugs.


10 posted on 08/31/2013 12:36:59 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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Times like this is when weak leaders cause major problems, International wars or domestic havoc. I would be very worried. By the way I love your picture of Gen Forrest.
My G. Grandfather was a Fourth Corporal in the 12th MS cavalry under the General.
11 posted on 08/31/2013 12:37:16 PM PDT by Tupelo (There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires protecting their turf.)
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Well. Lets don’t put ALL the blame on Obama.

Bonehead and McConnell could have had a joint press congress to demand a vote. They didn’t. They could have asked for a slow down.
They didn’t. The could have demanded more intel be released to the
public. They didn’t.

Only now do these gutless non leaders come out and say a vote in necessary. Most of us here know why. They were behind this strike
without having to share responsibility. That is not leadership.
I bet they are now crying knowing they are going to have to put their
vote on record. Let’s see how the RINO’s end up voting for this nonsense.


12 posted on 08/31/2013 12:38:45 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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Sssshhh, not so loud. If Obama had heard you say that he would certainly have gone on to bomb Syria and drive up the price of gasoline.


13 posted on 08/31/2013 12:39:00 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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As was predicted, the African communist piece of sh** again voted “present” and kicked the decision over to congress.

“The uh, buck stops... over there.”


14 posted on 08/31/2013 12:39:22 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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LOL...

It’s amazing how they twist him backing down into a brilliant political move..


15 posted on 08/31/2013 12:41:45 PM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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I think this is a no-brainer even for the intellectually challenged like Bonehead with the polls showing the public 80% against bombing Syria.

It is the Democrats who will have some trouble with their votes.

Can you imagine if someone like Newt Gingrich were in power again in the house? He would drive this, he would wedge Democrats away from Obama, he would make it legitimate for both Republicans and Democrats to deify Obama. He would change the entire debate and change the course of history. If you don't like Gingrich as an example, how about Cruz, Lee or Paul?

Instead we have Boehner and McConnell and we don't know if we trust them less than we trust Obama. What a squandering of opportunity! What a hell of a mess.


16 posted on 08/31/2013 12:44:46 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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So before we conservatives rejoice over the personal humiliation of Barack Obama, let us consider as patriots the harm to our country.

Well written, but the above misses the mark for some, at least I don't rejoice in humiliation of 0bama, but in avoidance of lives being lost for now.

In reality, this is anything but a complete loss for 0bama, for he has not only taken his scandals off the front page, he has indeed inflicted additional "harm to our country" as you state.

Seems to be his primary goal since entering office, IMO.

17 posted on 08/31/2013 12:45:51 PM PDT by Errant
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Impossible to discern if this is pathetic bumbling or calculated Machiavellia. In any case loss of US credibility helps those who wish to do us harm. It fuels such division here and with our allies.


18 posted on 08/31/2013 12:48:42 PM PDT by corkoman
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A good article Nathan, but I disagree with you on this point:

“So before we conservatives rejoice over the personal humiliation of Barack Obama, let us consider as patriots the harm to our country. “

What harm? I say we count our blessings as the psychopaths weren’t able to start WWIII today. They’ll try again, of course. And soon. But frankly, having my family burnt to a cinder or having other American families burnt to a cinder or blown up or poisoned or irradiated ad nauseum is a high price to pay so dear leader can look butch.


19 posted on 08/31/2013 12:49:26 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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“Only now do these gutless non leaders come out and say a vote in necessary. Most of us here know why. They were behind this strike without having to share responsibility. That is not leadership.”

Tell it FRiend, they’ve been AWOL so they could avoid being “for the war before they were against it.”


20 posted on 08/31/2013 12:51:16 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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