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kwassa

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55. Drones work. Callous not. We are at war with these people.

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 05:21 PM

Sep 2014

Though we would like to make war surgically neat, it is virtually impossible. If one hangs out with criminals, one takes a risk.

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So I'm watching BBC I coverage re another despicable beheading [View all] malaise Sep 2014 OP

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