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malaise

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32. As far as his sons goes,
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 06:54 AM
Sep 2014

the argument was that the US military decision to show the bodies was to prove they were dead:

Others could use the same argument - and that's my point.

By the way cutting it before he dropped made no difference. The invasion and occupation was illegal - he was captured and handed over to the Western selected goons and hanged. The propaganda was on our TVs - see holiday sport - celebrate a killing.

Now put yourself in the place of the people of that country and region.

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Allow me to be the first to reply Aerows Sep 2014 #1
The entire fugging media is the problem malaise Sep 2014 #4
Boy, you sure know the history of the US Progressive dog Sep 2014 #6
Huh? malaise Sep 2014 #7
Read what you wrote Progressive dog Sep 2014 #11
How is it untrue? awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #17
You need to go back and reread the post Progressive dog Sep 2014 #45
that post said oil, water, and all natural resources awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #47
At one time, not that long ago Progressive dog Sep 2014 #48
I don't know how you got... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #57
Well I didn't get that. Progressive dog Sep 2014 #58
the US blows up entire families using drones. same concept nt msongs Sep 2014 #2
no, not the same concept at all. kwassa Sep 2014 #18
Like those "terrorist wedding parties" that have gotten wiped out by drone strikes? bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #21
Terrorists go to weddings, too. kwassa Sep 2014 #22
Callous one-line apologia for drone murder! bobduca Sep 2014 #44
Drones work. Callous not. We are at war with these people. kwassa Sep 2014 #55
So, maybe you think you are at war with "these people" bobduca Sep 2014 #56
Who bombed the Al Jazeera building in Iraq malaise Sep 2014 #26
Facts tend to fall into two categories...convenient and unconvenient. libdem4life Sep 2014 #49
So you would prefer they showed it? Progressive dog Sep 2014 #3
You missed the entire point malaise Sep 2014 #5
No I didn't, your point Progressive dog Sep 2014 #8
Like I said you missed my point malaise Sep 2014 #9
You had no point Progressive dog Sep 2014 #10
You are being obtuse. The point is clear to those morningfog Sep 2014 #19
So you think that you made a point Progressive dog Sep 2014 #39
The OP did. You willfully ignore it. morningfog Sep 2014 #40
I got that point, it's pretty simple Progressive dog Sep 2014 #43
They did make a point, you are ignoring it. Deliberately? mr blur Sep 2014 #53
And so you have chosen to tell me what the Progressive dog Sep 2014 #54
Sing it Brother, loud and strong. 99Forever Sep 2014 #12
Sister malaise Sep 2014 #13
My apologies, no ill will intended. 99Forever Sep 2014 #14
No problem malaise Sep 2014 #15
War is cruelty. William Tecumseh Sherman. Whether by drone or knife or IEDs or artillery. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #16
Tell them malaise Sep 2014 #29
I'd extend it to all innocents killed. morningfog Sep 2014 #20
Precisely malaise Sep 2014 #30
This planet isn't in chaos (everywhere)... Amonester Sep 2014 #23
Did the BBC show his hanging? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #24
As far as his sons goes, malaise Sep 2014 #32
I don't recall the BBC 'celebrating it' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #37
whatever. It's sad to see people using Haine's death to make points about this or that. cali Sep 2014 #25
I disagree with you on this one. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #27
I don't want them to show it malaise Sep 2014 #28
I agree with your point but MSM were complicit CJCRANE Sep 2014 #31
I think the families have every right to be upset malaise Sep 2014 #33
The MSM is propaganda. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #36
You forget Shankapotomus Sep 2014 #34
I find your comparisons spurious. first of all, it's repugnant to implicitly cali Sep 2014 #35
BBC and M$M showed everything except the actual hanging malaise Sep 2014 #42
What is up with your obsession with showing Progressive dog Sep 2014 #46
unless it is an editorial they are reporting a specific story, not a comment on killing in still_one Sep 2014 #52
What inane tripe. Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #38
k&r... spanone Sep 2014 #41
A decapitated head is. frankly, far more horrifying than your examples. Why else would ISIS do it? WinkyDink Sep 2014 #50
They are reporting on a specific news story, not having an editorial on war still_one Sep 2014 #51
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