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ou812dot  ·  4566 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Obama pledges no more wars unless "absolutely necessary"
This should just be a "given", right?




mk  ·  4566 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Yes, it seems a bit odd that we'd need to hear that. But, the US does have a tendency to jump into wars where it wasn't absolutely necessary. I don't think we can help ourselves.

But I'm not convinced Obama is going to change that.

ou812dot  ·  4563 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    But I'm not convinced Obama is going to change that.
no evidence to support that he would change it. He seems in lock step with the past abuses with some "drones" added in the mix.
JakobVirgil  ·  4566 days ago  ·  link  ·  
you would think
briandmyers  ·  4566 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I think this was simply a not-so-subtle bash of the prior administration, for getting involved in two wars with no clear exit plans (and fair enough). No real content to his words, though.
ou812dot  ·  4563 days ago  ·  link  ·  
nothing subtle about it imho.
thenewgreen  ·  4566 days ago  ·  link  ·  
It's the equivalent of saying "if I really need to, I'll kill people, but only if I really, really need to".
sounds_sound  ·  4566 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Totally. This pledge is meaningless.