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Just imagine nichomachus Jan 2015 #1
Well we didn't go nuclear, but we did use White Phospherous in Fallujah and sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #27
Depleted Uranium ammo used all over Iraq... Octafish Jan 2015 #105
Our heavy handed use of DU JEB Jan 2015 #130
I disagree QuestionableC Jan 2015 #36
Nowadays we drone. ananda Jan 2015 #43
Wasn't out mass killing spree in Falluja a direct response to that very thing? Bandit Jan 2015 #78
And we believe mass murderers now? Look...some people just like to kill, and like to find msanthrope Jan 2015 #2
That is more like it. still_one Jan 2015 #4
You're right trumad Jan 2015 #5
Thank you--think these psychos gave a shit about a single 9/11 victim? nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #10
Like the US leadership gives a rats ass about the millions of civilians they've killed either. NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #117
They hate us for our freeeeedumbs!!!!!!!! Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2015 #101
It's what he said in court. Octafish Jan 2015 #6
Well, shit.....people never lie in court, or come up with excuses for their anti-social behavior! nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #12
I thought it was insight to his mind. Octafish Jan 2015 #25
Agreed. Like how Dennis MILLER and his ilk claim they turned wingnut over 9-11. n/t UTUSN Jan 2015 #7
Yeah---9/11 changed them!! No...9/11 just gave them a good cover story. nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #15
Atrocities breed atrocities breed atrocities... bhikkhu Jan 2015 #205
like this guy. NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #21
Damn he looks like Ted Bundy in that picture!!! nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #24
... NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #28
Wow! I guess I wasn't the only one who thought that! nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #32
I have a photo of the two, caption is "Separated at birth?" louis-t Jan 2015 #63
LOL. JaneyVee Jan 2015 #48
Perfect malaise Jan 2015 #53
Time for the "Bush & Bundy Show!" KansDem Jan 2015 #57
which man killed more? pansypoo53219 Jan 2015 #67
Shit howdy W looks much like Ted Bundy Long Drive Jan 2015 #31
Close your eyes and listen the Charlie Manson dead_head Jan 2015 #64
Looks like he could use a Depleted Uranium enema. JEB Jan 2015 #131
from your lips to god's ears... NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #132
Try thinking outside the box. Without the invasion of Iraq, we would not Rex Jan 2015 #41
Without the invasion of Iraq, those determined to kill would have to find another excuse. msanthrope Jan 2015 #44
Hmmm didn't think of that, yeah I can see that as a defense attorney. Rex Jan 2015 #59
Jeez--I don't remember that--what did we tussle on? nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #71
I swore up and down I knew what hate speech was Rex Jan 2015 #72
Oh, shit!!! The DU Lawyer Division showed up? And you survived? msanthrope Jan 2015 #76
I know, I think you guys felt sorry for me after a while. Rex Jan 2015 #81
So you don't think anyone was motivated by the Abu Ghraib tortures and murders? riderinthestorm Jan 2015 #66
I think plenty of people take tragedy and murder and use it as motivator to do the really msanthrope Jan 2015 #73
That's fine but the State department has specifically said there's been blowback riderinthestorm Jan 2015 #77
Like george bush with 911 you mean? Like our entire government with 911? NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #118
I think people willing to do this qazplm Jan 2015 #212
The comment was made in 2008 to explain why he wanted to become a jihadist riderinthestorm Jan 2015 #213
Exactly. cwydro Jan 2015 #133
.... 840high Jan 2015 #60
He said this in 2008 @ the American occupation of Iraq riderinthestorm Jan 2015 #65
this! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #69
What makes you think he is a mass murderer? Bandit Jan 2015 #80
Who are you talking about???? nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #82
Just a guess GummyBearz Jan 2015 #86
george w bush made it to iraq though, with divisions. speaking of mass murderers. NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #120
No, but intellectually curious people are interested in motive. DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2015 #89
More "fruits" of our foreign policy dissentient Jan 2015 #3
Blowback. Octafish Jan 2015 #8
I believe it, it seems very plausible dissentient Jan 2015 #14
As do I. Do I need to post that? Octafish Jan 2015 #18
Not at all. I was just making what I thought clear. dissentient Jan 2015 #19
Why yes, you do--over and over again, in fact! MADem Jan 2015 #34
+1. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #46
Right. It's called blowback. brush Jan 2015 #39
I'm in full agreement with your post. (And with this OP in general as well) dissentient Jan 2015 #40
agree...."Blowback." KoKo Jan 2015 #51
So...kill some Parisians. Makes sense. randome Jan 2015 #9
I totally see how you could mistake French cartoonists for US Army reserves. nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #13
Especially with the way that the French were so gung-ho to join the war cemaphonic Jan 2015 #114
There have been so many recruitment ads paid by us TexasProgresive Jan 2015 #11
I've always believed that those Abu Ghraib photos were intended to be "leaked" arcane1 Jan 2015 #17
+100 There are more things, horatio.... NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #26
Profound malaise Jan 2015 #30
"starting with April Glaspie" -- actually, I think you need to go back a bit farther in time, at KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #38
KingCharlemagne Diclotican Jan 2015 #47
How to I "LOVE" this post? lebkuchen Jan 2015 #56
Thanks (I think). I'm not sure there's any way to 'love' a specific post the way KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #58
How about the 'Safari Club' that drove CIA around Jimmy Carter? Octafish Jan 2015 #74
We could push the starting point back to 1953 when the CIA and FDR's grandson KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #83
Absolutely. It was in Reader's Digest. Octafish Jan 2015 #93
prescott's dad sam: war industries board WWI, rockefeller/harriman associate, NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #128
He was Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., Teddy Roosevelt's grandson sketchy Jan 2015 #199
Wipes egg off face! Encroaching senility, not a pleasant KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #223
me too reddread Jan 2015 #16
When Truth Tried to Stop War (Ray McGovern) Octafish Jan 2015 #20
Recommend Read...... KoKo Jan 2015 #50
They don't need an excuse to kill B2G Jan 2015 #22
Killing Hope Octafish Jan 2015 #33
Blowback. AzDar Jan 2015 #23
We need a world media run by people who understand Mahatma Gandhi. Octafish Jan 2015 #103
Because you see only 'we the civilized can torture people' malaise Jan 2015 #29
Remember to Think, Despite the Blood Octafish Jan 2015 #145
The issue here is not to excuse, but to comprehend malaise Jan 2015 #146
Gandhi. H2O Man got me reading Gandhi. Octafish Jan 2015 #149
I've long been of the view that it takes a special kind of insecure malaise Jan 2015 #157
That's why it bothers me when someone bothers you. Octafish Jan 2015 #161
Thanks Octafish malaise Jan 2015 #166
Heartbreaking. Mass murder in service of mineral wealth. Octafish Jan 2015 #173
Got lost on his way to USA. n/t Orsino Jan 2015 #35
Just think if the BFEE would have stuck to the Afghanistan war and left Iraq alone. Rex Jan 2015 #37
Does anyone bring up the CONNECTIONS between the House of Bush and House of Bin Laden anymore? Octafish Jan 2015 #42
What is more, why do progressives get mad when we mention the ties Rex Jan 2015 #49
I suspect they are defending the status quo, meaning the Military Industrial Complex. Octafish Jan 2015 #96
Progressives malaise Jan 2015 #169
I figured I would be nice in 2015. Rex Jan 2015 #174
Too nice malaise Jan 2015 #176
Why do alleged progressives think that right wing homophobes, anti-Semites and racists are credible? SidDithers Jan 2015 #171
Why do alleged progressives laugh about the BFEE and try to pretend it doesn't exist? Rex Jan 2015 #172
You're just going to ignore the promotion of blatant homophobe shitbag Wayne Madsen?... SidDithers Jan 2015 #180
Beside giving your word, you have failed to show where he is any of those things. Octafish Jan 2015 #183
Do your own fucking research... SidDithers Jan 2015 #184
You've said that a lot over the years, too, siddithers of DU. Octafish Jan 2015 #186
Nice to see someone else has noticed. zappaman Jan 2015 #188
Blah blah Denmark? Rex Jan 2015 #221
Of course you do, you hate Octa that is not anything that is a surprise to anyone Rex Jan 2015 #218
That's a "yes", then?... SidDithers Jan 2015 #220
I wouldn't do it after what I read in your link. Rex Jan 2015 #222
I wouldn't promote Wayne Madsen at DU either. zappaman Jan 2015 #224
Wayne fucking Madsen... SidDithers Jan 2015 #75
Wow! Rex Jan 2015 #84
On Thu Jan 8, 2015, 12:27 PM an alert was sent on the following post: Vincardog Jan 2015 #90
Thanks for posting the results... SidDithers Jan 2015 #91
Thanks for speaking truth to BS Vincardog Jan 2015 #92
So the Bush family and bin Laden family weren't in business together? Octafish Jan 2015 #94
Interesting, that same asshole was instrumental if fucking up the BOG when it first started Rex Jan 2015 #98
WOW. polly7 Jan 2015 #99
The source was ''In These Times.'' You really don't contribute a thing, do you, SidDithers? Octafish Jan 2015 #95
Do you agree with Wayne Madsen that Obama is gay? zappaman Jan 2015 #106
Don't know. Don't care. Octafish Jan 2015 #109
Yeah, he's not, but why would Wayne smear him like that? zappaman Jan 2015 #111
Why am I not shocked??? zappaman Jan 2015 #104
Because you have an agenda? What do you think about Bush, Bin Laden and HARKEN? Octafish Jan 2015 #107
No. I was not shocked because you never give a shit how loony or disgusting your source is. zappaman Jan 2015 #108
That's not true. Octafish Jan 2015 #110
yes it IS true. zappaman Jan 2015 #112
Vomit all you want. It doesn't change the OP or my posts. Octafish Jan 2015 #125
Why would you link to a deranged, homophobic, anti-Semite? zappaman Jan 2015 #126
Foreign Policy. Octafish Jan 2015 #134
Wayne Madsen is a homophobic, anti-Semite who writes for a Holocaust denial site. zappaman Jan 2015 #136
Not as far as I know. Octafish Jan 2015 #139
No, I don't know why you link to articles by homophobic, anti-Semites. zappaman Jan 2015 #141
Why do you call ''In These Times'' a ''Holocaust denial site,'' zappaman? Octafish Jan 2015 #143
He writes for Rense as well, Octafish of DU. zappaman Jan 2015 #147
Is that the same rense your Tag Team buddy SidDithers of DU quoted in post 75? Octafish Jan 2015 #148
Why are you deflecting from your support of a writer who is a homophobic, anti-semite? zappaman Jan 2015 #150
You are acting desperate, zappaman. As the facts aren't on your side, understandable. Octafish Jan 2015 #154
The fact is Wayne Madsen is a homophobic, anti-Semite. zappaman Jan 2015 #155
Ties Between the Bush Family and Osama bin Laden Octafish Jan 2015 #160
Holocaust deniers are turds, wouldn't you agree? n/t zappaman Jan 2015 #185
Please explain how Madsen's been "smeared". tammywammy Jan 2015 #164
Because what you and they have written is not true. Octafish Jan 2015 #168
I know you know how to google: tammywammy Jan 2015 #177
Good info! zappaman Jan 2015 #192
Not sure why you would defend a homophobic, anti-Semite. zappaman Jan 2015 #187
Smearing is your speciality. That guy seems like a friend of Karl Rove. Octafish Jan 2015 #189
So you really are defending this homophobic, anti-Semitic turd? zappaman Jan 2015 #191
Never. That's why I post on the BFEE and the crimes of the national security state. Octafish Jan 2015 #193
So why are you defending Wayne Madsen? zappaman Jan 2015 #194
Overlook your bullshit, you mean. Octafish Jan 2015 #195
I have no idea why you promote homophobic, anti-Semites zappaman Jan 2015 #196
No. Our difference is that I don't give legitimacy to homophobes, racists and anti-Semites... SidDithers Jan 2015 #203
Nice smear. Octafish Jan 2015 #204
It's the truth, octafish of DU... SidDithers Jan 2015 #206
No, that's a smear. Octafish Jan 2015 #208
Are you being intentionlly obtuse?... SidDithers Jan 2015 #200
You are all over the place, siddithers. Octafish Jan 2015 #202
I've never, ever, said rense is OK... SidDithers Jan 2015 #209
Nothing disgusting about character assassination, either. Octafish Jan 2015 #214
I choose not to use racists and homophobes to support my positions... SidDithers Jan 2015 #215
Never-ending war. polly7 Jan 2015 #217
Thank you so much for this YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #158
George Herbert Walker Bush told the FBI he was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Octafish Jan 2015 #167
He said this in 2008 when the US was occupying Iraq. riderinthestorm Jan 2015 #45
You could wipe out my entire state and I still wouldn't travel to another country and kill people. randome Jan 2015 #55
...^ that 840high Jan 2015 #61
Me neither... I also wouldn't shoot an unarmed black kid, SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #68
So all those people joining ISIS are being coerced? riderinthestorm Jan 2015 #70
Sure, those hundreds or even thousands of fools out of ten billion. randome Jan 2015 #138
So how are these people innocent if they wipe out your entire state? Rex Jan 2015 #100
Not a great working definition of innocence, is it? DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2015 #102
The folks working at Charlie Hebdo had nothing to do with Abu Ghraib Kaleva Jan 2015 #122
And they made easy targets for terrorists who were on the No-Fly List for Years. Octafish Jan 2015 #129
Exactly. randome Jan 2015 #135
Wow, that has nothing to do with what I posted! But you knew that already. Rex Jan 2015 #175
thanks, US Army mwrguy Jan 2015 #52
thanks, GWB lebkuchen Jan 2015 #54
Thank you CIA, all you NAZIs thereabouts, and your puppet, George W Bush. Octafish Jan 2015 #97
So it isn't Obama's fault? louis-t Jan 2015 #62
Who can say? Octafish Jan 2015 #113
I believe that ann--- Jan 2015 #79
The images are a record of evil perpetuated for profit. Octafish Jan 2015 #144
Way to go pnac! Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #85
BINGO! Octafish Jan 2015 #121
So the years of the little bush were a massive give-away to the... Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #181
And here we get into something very interesting CJCRANE Jan 2015 #87
We the People are Public Enemy Number 1. Octafish Jan 2015 #116
Spin alert! It wasn't the pics, it was the torture. Scuba Jan 2015 #88
Fundamentally, the Golden Rule isn't 'He who controls the gold rules.' Octafish Jan 2015 #115
Wayne Madsen is a dangerous, homophobic, deluded, anti-Semite. zappaman Jan 2015 #119
At one point I thought the OP was simply oblivious to the fact... SidDithers Jan 2015 #123
If it was me, I would have self deleted when shown I was using turds as sources. zappaman Jan 2015 #124
The poster in question is (in)famous for this kind of thing YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #159
That's not true and you know it, YoungDemCA. Octafish Jan 2015 #162
... napkinz Jan 2015 #127
I had been against cruel and unusual punishment until 2003. Octafish Jan 2015 #151
"All right. You've covered your ass now." napkinz Jan 2015 #165
Sure it did cwydro Jan 2015 #137
My personal guess is MK/ULTRA with a hint of ARTICHOKE. Octafish Jan 2015 #153
they should have let him go to Iraq and stay there. Sunlei Jan 2015 #140
Well, there's always Gitmo. Octafish Jan 2015 #142
Sure. Turbineguy Jan 2015 #152
We have been stuck in Bushdiditstan since Poppy Bush grew global terrorism blm Jan 2015 #156
Poppy Bush was Vice President Waiting-in-the-Wings just waiting and waiting. Octafish Jan 2015 #170
I've run into a number of busted links on this subject - we used to post them blm Jan 2015 #178
It's the price of doing journalism. Octafish Jan 2015 #179
Everything is unfolding like a huge drama CJCRANE Jan 2015 #182
That certainly explains murdering French cartoonists. WinkyDink Jan 2015 #163
I never knew the staff at Charlie Hebdo worked at Abut Ghraib... N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #190
Poor sociopath needs a map of the world. He's got the 2 sides of the Atlantic ocean mixed up Pooka Fey Jan 2015 #197
Couldn't if they wanted to as both were on US No-Fly List ''for Years.'' Octafish Jan 2015 #198
So the "no-fly" list actually serves a purpose, Pooka Fey Jan 2015 #201
We have and still are the driving force behind their recruitment efforts in the ME. We are still jwirr Jan 2015 #207
Quite profitably. Octafish Jan 2015 #210
Yes, out corporations and their stockholders are making bundles off of endless war and they finally jwirr Jan 2015 #211
In 2009, Gen. Jones reported Al Qaeda was down to less than 100 members in Afghanistan. Octafish Jan 2015 #216
Bugsplat, signature strikes, double-tapping of family members and rescuers, polly7 Jan 2015 #219
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