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msanthrope

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9. I agree--a bunch of well-placed drones, particularly at Tora Bora, and

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 11:26 PM

Feb 2013

we would have knocked out much of Al Qaeda's stronghold in Afghanistan/Pakistan, and been able to focus on growing Al Q cells in Africa and India before they spread. Now, we have real threats from AQAP, an AQIM.

Instead, we spent time and efforts in Iraq, where we had Saddam Hussein contained and nearly crippled already. It would have been cheaper to just pay his ass off to keep the lid on the tribal warfare we now see.

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Would Lincoln use drones? [View all] arely staircase Feb 2013 OP

Even if he didn't use 'em to take out people, I'm sure he would have used 'em to spy, to take out MADem Feb 2013 #1

A patent was filed in 1863.... Historic NY Feb 2013 #2

Lincoln was facing an existential threat to the nation. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #3

Al Qaeda is existential? nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #5

"We aren't" => no, al Qaeda is not an existential threat. It is an annoyance. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #8

I agree--a bunch of well-placed drones, particularly at Tora Bora, and msanthrope Feb 2013 #9

Native Americans might not have faired well with drones think Feb 2013 #4

If you are not with us, you are against us, and therefore legit drone targets The Straight Story Feb 2013 #6

And it didn't help much that the US Govt repeatedly violated treaties think Feb 2013 #11

Yes treestar Feb 2013 #7

He suspended habeas corpus during his presidency... backscatter712 Feb 2013 #10

Probably, he's responsible for 600,000 dead Americans and 1 million + amputations with saws... Ter Feb 2013 #12

You mean war with actual defined territories, battlefields, objectives, capitals, TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #13