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    Matt Lee‏Verified account @APDiploWriter 11 Sep 2014

    No need to seek Assad okay for #Syria strikes b/c he "has lost all legitimacy," per @marieharf-July hostage rescue mission launched w/o it.

    12:20 PM - 11 Sep 2014
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      2. Navstéva يزور  🐐‏ @Navsteva 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @APDiploWriter

        it's very nice of Obama to decide which nations have sovereignty and which ones don't @APDiploWriter @MarkSleboda1 @marieharf

        3 replies 35 retweets 10 likes
      3. Siusaidh Chaimbeul‏ @Zaganashikwe 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Navsteva

        @Navsteva So simple - only sovereignty on this earth resides in the most powerful beneficiary of the largest genocide in world history.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Tiberias 1984‏ @tiberias84 12 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Zaganashikwe

        @Zaganashikwe @Navsteva China?

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      5. Siusaidh Chaimbeul‏ @Zaganashikwe 12 Sep 2014
        Replying to @tiberias84

        @tiberias84 @Navsteva Not China, the US. The colonization of the 'Western Hemisphere' caused the largest genocide in history.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Tiberias 1984‏ @tiberias84 12 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Zaganashikwe

        @Zaganashikwe @Navsteva Okay. Who colonized the 'western hemisphere'?

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      7. Siusaidh Chaimbeul‏ @Zaganashikwe 12 Sep 2014
        Replying to @tiberias84

        @tiberias84 @Navsteva Various European imperialists. The US is the most powerful state to result from a process that began as of 1492.

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      8. Tiberias 1984‏ @tiberias84 12 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Zaganashikwe

        @Zaganashikwe @Navsteva I see. So the US did NOT colonize the 'western hemisphere' so you admit your claim was false. Thank you for playing

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      9. Siusaidh Chaimbeul‏ @Zaganashikwe 12 Sep 2014
        Replying to @tiberias84

        @tiberias84 Are you so ignorant you don't know the US was established by the British Empire? On the genocide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_the_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas …

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      2. Schröshire Cat‏ @CheshirePicture 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @APDiploWriter

        @APDiploWriter @Navsteva @marieharf still would need UNSEC approval, even if that were true ( which it isn't)

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      3. Navstéva يزور  🐐‏ @Navsteva 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @CheshirePicture

        .@ofehr_en @APDiploWriter @marieharf the beheadings of the 2 American journalists certainly came in handy for Obama didn't they?

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      4. Schröshire Cat‏ @CheshirePicture 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Navsteva

        @Navsteva @APDiploWriter @marieharf still doesn't make it legal in International law...

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      5. Navstéva يزور  🐐‏ @Navsteva 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @CheshirePicture

        .@ofehr_en @APDiploWriter @marieharf no, of course attacking a sovereign nation is illegal & an act of war but that doesn't matter to Obama

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Schröshire Cat‏ @CheshirePicture 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Navsteva

        @Navsteva @APDiploWriter @marieharf nor did it ever matter to US, but they have made up better cover stories, this is weakest ever...

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      2. Serbo-Canadian‏ @SerboCanada 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @APDiploWriter

        @APDiploWriter @marieharf Hi Matt, do u have an opinion?

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      3. Vera Van Horne‏ @VeraVanHorne 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @SerboCanada

        @MladenDiklich @APDiploWriter I think, Matt's opinion is pretty evident from his tweet:) Don't get him into trouble...

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      4. Serbo-Canadian‏ @SerboCanada 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @VeraVanHorne

        @VeraVanHorne @APDiploWriter i should know better

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      5. Serbo-Canadian‏ @SerboCanada 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @SerboCanada

        @VeraVanHorne @APDiploWriter sorry matt

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    1. fractalhorizon ⚛️‏ @fractalhorizon 11 Sep 2014
      Replying to @APDiploWriter

      .@APDiploWriter Who needs complex international legal system when @marieharf can just postulate on legitimacy. #US - judge and executioner.

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    2. Jewish Russophile‏ @JewRussophile 11 Sep 2014
      Replying to @APDiploWriter

      @APDiploWriter Assad has more support of the Syrian people than Obama has of the American people.

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    3. KwesoniusMaximus‏ @Kwesi_Booker 11 Sep 2014
      Replying to @APDiploWriter

      @APDiploWriter @marieharf is that all it takes to invade other countries, a loss of legitamacy. Maybe Russia should invade Ferguson MO.

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