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International "social work cannot be the U.S. government purpose"....
Reader comment on item: Back to the Shores of Tripoli?
Submitted by Arnold L. Goldman (United States), Mar 10, 2011 at 11:22
Regarding "More fundamental is the imperative not to put American troops in harm's way on behalf of humanitarian goals for other peoples; social work cannot be the U.S. government purpose; rather, troops must always forward specific American national interests.
This is extremely well put, and anathema to the American left's view of the use of American military force. They seem to want to use it only when there is no American interest and only when no one might accuse us of having an interest. (No blood for oil!). God forbid, we look out for ourselves!
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| NewsFlash [164 words] | Jules Posten | Apr 3, 2011 19:14 | 183843 | ||
| 2 | Why The US Must Follow Through and Eliminate Gaddafi [1648 words] | Michel C. Zala | Mar 29, 2011 12:52 | 183697 | |
| 1 |  Update - Only 24h after handing command over to NATO [853 words] | MichelC. Zala | Mar 30, 2011 10:05 | 183697 | |
| 1 | Update II - Send in the Apaches - Bust instead, Obama crumbles and caves in again [1281 words] | Michel C. Zala | Apr 1, 2011 14:14 | 183697 | |
| Sending in Helo Gunships not Going to Solve This One [838 words] | M. Tovey | Apr 4, 2011 19:03 | 183697 | ||
| 1 | Tovey - many valid arguments - by now we seem to move towards the worst case scenario [2679 words] | Michel C. Zala | Apr 6, 2011 13:43 | 183697 | |
| Worst Case Scenario? - the Worst is Yet to Appear.......... [161 words] | M. Tovey | Apr 7, 2011 19:08 | 183697 | ||
| Very astute observation - and by the way - I am American - just happen to live in exile. [1279 words] | Michel C Zala | Apr 8, 2011 10:40 | 183697 | ||
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| You pegged me well, Mr. Tovey. [403 words] | Michel C. Zala | Apr 12, 2011 11:24 | 183697 | ||
| A Revelation of Current Circumstances in These Melancholy Times [786 words] | M. Tovey | Apr 13, 2011 12:51 | 183697 | ||
| 1 | Solace in Faith - Good for you - but in my view, common sense has left the building [2259 words] | Michel C. Zala | Apr 14, 2011 13:17 | 183697 | |
| And When Common Sense Does Finally Leave the Building - Only Biblical Truth Remains [826 words] | M. Tovey | Apr 18, 2011 17:56 | 183697 | ||
| 4 | Revelation - Does that mean Armageddon? [1546 words] | Michel C. Zala | Apr 20, 2011 10:04 | 183697 | |
| Revelation - Armageddon? - Eventually, But Also So Much More [1136 words] | M. Tovey | Apr 20, 2011 19:20 | 183697 | ||
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| A Chance for America [515 words] | Michel C. Zala | Mar 15, 2011 12:39 | 183360 | ||
| Air power [100 words] | Joe Six-pack | Mar 12, 2011 09:51 | 183342 | ||
| Protect our interests [118 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Mar 11, 2011 10:59 | 183320 | ||
| If oil is the only consideration then it is no wonder we are not trusted. [50 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Mar 13, 2011 04:49 | 183320 | ||
| Stopping the monster Ghaddafi [66 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Mar 13, 2011 21:01 | 183320 | ||
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| 1 | Fairly lucid argument until the end. [152 words] | ElvisX | Mar 12, 2011 00:11 | 183318 | |
| 1 | International Authorization???? [291 words] | Susan | Mar 10, 2011 22:30 | 183271 | |
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| 2 | Please No More. [52 words] | Dr.Louis Fanning | Mar 10, 2011 17:20 | 183260 | |
| 1 | The U. S. Does Not Need to Solve This One [543 words] | M. Tovey | Mar 10, 2011 17:15 | 183259 | |
| 1 | We need to stay out altogether - period. [164 words] | kman | Mar 13, 2011 17:10 | 183259 | |
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| 17 | What has the Islamic world done for anybody lately? [259 words] | Susan | Mar 10, 2011 22:53 | 183258 | |
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| 5 | muslim hypocrisy 3 [1093 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Mar 17, 2011 22:32 | 183258 | |
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| 8 | Pakistanis are number one consumers of porn on the web! ROTFL [349 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 18, 2011 07:45 | 183258 | |
| 6 | Pornography drinking and gambling in Lahore! What a scandal [293 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 19, 2011 14:04 | 183258 | |
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| 7 | Gem time [188 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 27, 2011 15:46 | 183258 | |
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| 8 | But our dear Amin: if you do not like the west than Irhal!! Oh Irhal? Itr means get lost [115 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 28, 2011 08:00 | 183258 | |
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| 6 | Child abuse in Afghanistan and Pornistan I mean Pakistan and what victory? [78 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 30, 2011 07:16 | 183258 | |
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| 2 | wishful thinking! [168 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Apr 1, 2011 04:51 | 183258 | |
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| True! [32 words] | Amin Riaz | Apr 1, 2011 11:37 | 183258 | ||
| 4 | more crocodile tears [1166 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Apr 2, 2011 09:48 | 183258 | |
| 4 | Islamic hypocrisy and ignorance [413 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 4, 2011 07:19 | 183258 | |
| 2 | Michel is still looking for his "moderate Muslim" [159 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 4, 2011 07:49 | 183258 | |
| 6 | Dancing boys of Pornistan I mean Pakistan and Afghanistan and serial number one [151 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 4, 2011 15:29 | 183258 | |
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| 3 | And speaking of Pakistani madrassas and child abuse serial number three [179 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 4, 2011 15:54 | 183258 | |
| 5 | And this is what we do here in the West for islamic mullhas that abuse children serial number four [151 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 4, 2011 16:08 | 183258 | |
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| 1 | I could not care less about Amin and his standard Taliban Talking Points. [480 words] | Michel C. Zala | Apr 5, 2011 14:40 | 183258 | |
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| 3 | Well framed counter argument [1069 words] | Michel C. Zala | Apr 10, 2011 15:14 | 183258 | |
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