The Invisible Gordian Knot. On Fire. Tied to Our Hands.

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Philosophically, is it possible, or even a correct equation, to kill; to express violence, in order to express the emotion of non-violence.

I am thinking about Syria, Assad, and the United States current considerations.

Without question, if we react we are sure to actually kill innocent people…which is what we are reacting to and trying to curb.[/size]

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[size=124]What are we actually doing?


Are we burning ourselves?[/size]

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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[size=124]Now, not only are the Tea Party people but the Republicans are coming-out against my country. Against America. Against Israel. Against standing-up for what is decent and right.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. They have always been anti-Israeli deep in their core. This issue just flushed-it out.

God bless this country and God bless Barack Obama.[/size]

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   It's the Greater Syria which is the major premiss!
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…[size=150]Underlying…the greater premiss…Israel.[/size]

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…[size=150]Obama’s Syria War Is Really About Iran and Israel[/size]

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It’s virtually impossible to prioritise, perhaps there is no priority in a major premiss fueled by power.

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Railing against hypocritical self-deceit is equivalent to railing against existence itself. :-k

If you don’t like it, GTFO. O:)

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Absent a structural, hierarchy of appearent power motives, traditional models of social psychology are used in absence of clear understanding of any apprehension of such structures, and the best which can be expected are media projections of propaganda, and their interpretations.