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@Rumors "Stepping in" and killing a whole bunch more people, including more children, is not an answer. Walking on a knife's edge and risking thermonuclear war with Russia is not "something". Why? To satisfy someone's bloodlust? Do you understand what you are saying? What if it was your family...

Agreed! Well said Doc. :D

No we do not have a moral duty to "step in" and start WW III. That is BS of the highest order. The US is not the world's policeman. We can thank ISIS (mostly non Syrians) for 500,000 dead Syrians. The vast majority of Syrians support Assad. Most of those Syrian children killed, were killed by...

The British and the French were there ( in the Eastern Mediterranean ) first. We had only one destroyer in the Eastern Mediterranean. The British and the French have been clammering for war from day one. We are trying to keep them (the British and the French) from having their ass handed to them...

@Justmehere These missile strikes are not US led, they are British and French led. The British and the French were quacking for a military response even before we knew who was responsible for the gas attack. Its just as I thought, the British and the French are trying to drag us into this crap...

@Dr.Knowbuddy, man do I agree with you 100% on the US leaving the Kurds out to dry. At least in the last year we have started giving them some hardware to fight with. I think the Turks are just licking their chops for the US to withdraw from our recent support of them (Kurds) so they (Turks) can...

@Tornadic Thoughts I agree. Round Up s*cks, toxic carcinogen of the highest rank. Ban the sh* t. This is a case where the medicine is worse than the disease. It is killing a lot of my friendly plants and insect buddies. Its genocide by a herbicide. Makes DDT look like a puppy. Ban it....:hungover:

@Princess Pearl Your commitment to the welfare of daughter is admirable. I think over time she will realize that you were a victim too. Being a witness to trauma is traumatizing as well. Explain to her that witnessing trauma can cause paralysis itself. Trauma is paralyzing. The only thing I...

@mumstheword I so sorry for you loss. I have CPTSD and occasionally intense depression which have had me entertaining thoughts of suicide. God in his mercy has pulled me back from the debths. Some things I do are: 1) talk to God 2) find anything to distract me from those thoughts and 3) work...

@Vee In addition to turning off the TV news I turn off the analysis of my problematic history for a while. My inner child needs a break to exist without focusing on the stressful times. Its analysis paralysis sometimes. I have to pull away just to lighten the load for a while. :tup:

When the British were killing and enslaving Americans in our War of American Independence, against the British, and also the War of 1812, again against the British, the British Army officers thought it their duty to make "all the World, British". Well, the British have lost their empire. Well we...

I agree with you Scout. On top of that, what right do we have to impose our democratic values on others if they don't want them. For a lot of people in the world, if not most, not all behavior is acceptable like it is in the US. For many, their religions do not permit certain behaviors, and...

@Dr.Knowbuddy Yep, I hear you bro. This tape just keeps playing over an over, again and again. We don't need to go to war here. I just don't want to get sucked into something again, needlessly. We should protect our friends and stop trying to democratize the world. It ain't happening. :D

No, not really...No I am grinning because the Germans were foolish to hand their family jewels to the Russians. I'm grinning at their foolishness. :D

That's pretty funny. Its kind of like a wolf inviting a sheep to dinner and telling the sheep not to bring his friend the sheepdog to dinner with him. :hilarious: Note, Israel is more like a lion than a sheep. I noticed the British and the French have been all gungho about going to war with the...

@Florian7051 Your fellow combat buddies should have your back. It is a bit strange how they are reacting to your trauma. I have TMI from terrorism and other sh*t. My cranial plates are looser than they should be as a result. I'm being held together with duck tape and eImer's glue. I don't...

@Freida. Very well said, and I am in complete agreement. A lot of folks put people in a preconceived box when they have no f*cking idea what you have been through. Ignorance is bliss and apparently makes some morons all knowing. :D

@Justmehere. Great answer. I am more of a private person. Generally, I operate on a need to know basis. Although sometimes I just need to get something off my chest and shoulders so I tell someone. :D

"Candle in the Wind" The song almost brings me to tears every time I hear it. What a great spirit Princess Diana was. She will live forever....:happy:

Congrats @littleoc. I love biology, I'm big into insects. Thousands of hours looking at those guys up close. It's an amazing world. :cool:

It is a messy situation. The main thing is to avoid thermonuclear war at all costs. Everyone looses then. :D

@blackemerald1 I don't think the Russians and the Chinese want war with the US. I don't think they would deliberately seriously provoke us. Doesn't make any sense for them. Trump announced the US wanted to leave the Syria. There are other countries who don't want the US to leave the area...

Pray.....and defuse the situation. :(

Agreed.:D

@Ronin Surely you are not making the case that there us no difference in the outcome of a medical emergency if it takes ten minutes to get to a patient as opposed to one hour and ten minutes. Clearly you are mistaken. In emergency situations seconds matter. Also, it is a logical fallacy to make...