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In reply to the discussion: Boston bombing reveals a new American maturity toward insecurity [View all]sheshe2
(97,128 posts)22. Leveeymg, a question, were you here?
Those were not pipe bombs, they were called IED's. The receiving hospitals said they had never seen so much carnage.
Have you seen the pictures of the wounded and dead lying in the streets of Boston. Did you happen to see the news photos of a man, with two limbs blown off, being rushed along the street in a wheel chair. There were more with double limbs amputated. Little Martin that died, his little sister lost a leg. Her mother is hospitalized with brain trauma.There are others, so many more that lost limbs.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022784072
See the pictures in Post#9 and follow the link to see how veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan rushed to support Boston. I thank them for that.
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They knew exactly who they were looking for. The lockdown didn't happen until that was known.
leveymg
May 2013
#4
Every major terrorist incident of the past decade has been blowback. Here's the new idea: end the
leveymg
May 2013
#49
I have no problem with locking down Watertown for a few hours. I do have a problem with an entire
leveymg
May 2013
#10
I'm sorry Nadin. When you have an entire city with armed troops in the street and people told to
leveymg
May 2013
#12
You might want to continue use the wrong term, that does not mean you're correct
nadinbrzezinski
May 2013
#13
States of seige or exception (suspension of constitutional rights) can go on for years. As in Chile
leveymg
May 2013
#17
Well I don't live in Watertown and we were told to stay in. It involved the city and
virgogal
May 2013
#51
Those who did as law enforcement suggested and stayed inside were very mature...
AmericanLoudspeaker
May 2013
#15
Yes, because obedience to authority has always worked out so well historically...
TampaAnimusVortex
May 2013
#24
Maturity? I seriously cannot believe someone actually wrote that garbage. nt
Demo_Chris
May 2013
#56