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How many lives do you suppose we would we save by changing our Syria policy to "Bring everyone back home and let Assad and ISIL settle this on their own?" More than 200?

And to think, if only we weren't bombing ISIL in Syria, those people would still be alive today.

Sorry, I was musing on your point, not actually expecting an answer to the question. More like, "I also can't wrap my head around the thing you've mentioned, and I am one of those believers in absurd fairy tales."

By the thousands? Do you imagine that the B-52 and B-2 have been converted into UAV's? Or that we are engaging in major combat operations in any of those countries? Are you thinking of Russia bombing Syria?

I actually did see Afghanistan in '01 and '02! Perhaps I was thrown by the commenter's use of the present tense. Are you and he under the impression that we're still fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Or that drone strikes kill thousands of innocents?

Why would a Christian or Muslim feel the need to defend their own Christianity or Islam "against" the acts of extremists? Being a shitty believer doesn't make a person a non-believer.

We're taking innocent Muslims out by the thousand

Did you want ants? Because this is how we got ants.

Deep cut, nice!

The A.V. Club

I mean, a lot of it is context. I expect teenagers and kidults to fart around on their phones during a summer 'splosions & popcorn film. Having low expectations of most people's courtesy helps prevent me from being constantly disappointed by life.

Ben Hopkins has been declared NPRSN.

Levels!

Nice puns. Here, Habbakuk-ee.

Meth?

Nicki Minaj as Mary?

"My Father always said life is like a box of chocolates. Except that I know what you're going to get, and will patiently try to get it through your skulls with a series of increasingly on-the-nose parables."

I'm seeing double! Six Christs!

Yes, Mr. Schopenhauer, we all know how you feel about Mr. Hegel.