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Another intervention, another insurgency in the making...

Yeah, never say never. Human history proves the fusion of religion and state power to be the rule rather than the exception and the liberal democratic experiment is not holding up well under the strains of late capitalism. The future is wide open and were better off looking to science fiction for an analysis of where we're headed than the pages of the Wall Street Journal.

That's culturally insensitive.

Changd.

Playing Devil's advocate here, is the other side of your coin that the State should stay out of religion, that "the real American tradition of personal choice regarding religion and expression" may mean tolerating a practical affront to the rights and guarantees that "tolerance" is based on? How to maintain the secular institutional basis for democracy and come to terms with traditional or regressive practices in society and honor diversity while not coming off like racist, authoritarian fuckheads? Progressives have their work cut out.

Yeah, I had one of those at a truckstop near Barstow; it was the only vegetarian option on the menu. I was shitting straight-up water for 48 hours. I thought I was going to die.

The problem isn't the set of ideas (which can only be "eradicated" by authoritarian means, if at all), it's the bounty of fertile soil in which these ideas take root and grow. The US and Israel has been spewing enough fertilizer to fuel a global insurgency for another 30 years.

Humanitarian Bowl?! "No, don't go!!! It's a RECIPE! For the love of God, it's a recipe..."

Does this thread mean it's safe to start talking about invading Yemen? "Yemen". Say it...

At least he's doing something about the Muslim problem.

Yeah, somebody should, like, do something about all that...

Man, when I think of what we could've had...

Nice try, but self-loathing is more of a pastime for liberals. The first step to recovery is admitting there is a problem. Liberals have done this (to a degree).

Conservatives have no one to hate but themselves.

Know who I hate? Blackwater security guards. Fuck those guys.

They tryin' t'catch me rollin' dirty...

This is the Spray thread of the year.

Obama should visit Rush in the hospital...and give him a Cleveland Steamer.

Huh? The Clinton admins response to Bin Laden was a poorly timed strike by Tomahawk missiles. That was it. I would wager you would notice the price difference of a full scale invasion if you were forced to pay for it out of YOUR pocket. I suspect that our children will notice this price differential. Clinton balanced the budget, and generally followed the state departments line of foreign policy which was designed to strengthen our country via the most bang for the buck. Bush 2 went crazy on some kind of insane spending spree and expensive militarism as jh notes above, not supported by many inside state, to say nothing of the rest of the world, spending policies which the current pres has seemingly tried to surpass. I don't get it. Get hip.

What's Yemeni for "cakewalk"?