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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 16 Sep 2014

    Dempsey: There is no military solution to ISIL. So why are we adopting a military solution?

    9:27 AM - 16 Sep 2014
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      2. Derrick Crowe  🌹‏ @derrickcrowe 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @emptywheel

        .@emptywheel It's a bridge fuel for democracy.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @derrickcrowe

        @derrickcrowe Longest bridge evah™

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      4. Derrick Crowe  🌹‏ @derrickcrowe 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @emptywheel

        .@emptywheel A Bridge To Nowhere, even.

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @derrickcrowe

        @derrickcrowe Sadly, not even an earmark that benefits any Congressional district.

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      2. Steven Dennis‏Verified account @StevenTDennis 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Oof.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @StevenTDennis

        @StevenTDennis Levin quickly corrected not JUST mil but not within what is going to get clipped by either @TheDailyShow or @StephenAtHome.

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      2. Jennifer Briney‏ @JenBriney 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @emptywheel

        .@emptywheel The military intervention itself appears to be the goal. ISIS/ISIL/Boogeyman is just the excuse

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      3. Gargoyle‏ @RVGargoyle 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @JenBriney

        @JenBriney @emptywheel the war machine has to use up the supplies on hand so their buddies can make gobs of money making more.

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      4. Jennifer Briney‏ @JenBriney 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @RVGargoyle

        @SFGargoyle @emptywheel Exactly

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      1. WISE Up Action‏ @WISEUpAction 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @emptywheel

        #ChelseaManning today #ISIS #ISIL'canny strategists' who 'know what pushes us to intervention&overreach' http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/16/chelsea-manning-isis-strategy … @emptywheel

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      1. Ralph‏ @RalphScenic 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel But there is money to be made. Hurry up now, lets go. Snap to it.

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      1. Happy Days‏ @yewkalaylee 16 Sep 2014
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        @emptywheel there IS one military solution, but it is thermonuclear.

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      1. Douglas‏ @DesScorp 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel @instapundit As the man said, air strikes are the casual sex of military responses: briefly satisfying with no real commitment.

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      1. Douglas‏ @DesScorp 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel @instapundit It's not really a military strategy. It's military theater. It's to make it look like we're "Doing Something".

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      1. It's people! Pumpkin spice is people!‏ @znmeb 16 Sep 2014
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        @emptywheel @trevortimm Who is Dempsey?

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      1. Medicalskeptic‏ @medskep 16 Sep 2014
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        @emptywheel @Thomas_Drake1 Because it makes for good theater and we do not know what else to do.

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      1. Silviu‏ @SinedioMD 16 Sep 2014
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        @emptywheel @trevortimm follow the money...

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      1. Mr.Coffee‏ @AlliedBob 16 Sep 2014
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        @emptywheel ummmm.$

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      1. Darlene Downing‏ @anubiszz 16 Sep 2014
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        @emptywheel because LIMITED WARFARE IS PROFITABLE AND CHAOS-CAUSING

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      1. Ni Nahhh Cherry‏ @OohNina 16 Sep 2014
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        @emptywheel cue Benny Hill theme music

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