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JonLP24

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27. Talk about two faced

Mon Jan 19, 2015, 11:29 PM

Jan 2015

The Yemen government is incredibly corrupt & their is a civil war raging. I'm sure Yemen was very helpful in providing data to help target rebel forces, whether or not is Al-Qaeda, I don't think they care--they just want to stay in charge.

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Noam Chomsky: Charlie Hebdo massacre was a terror attack -- but so is Obama's drone campaign [View all] Xilantro Jan 2015 OP

and I should care what Noam Chomsky thinks because...? brooklynite Jan 2015 #1

because he is a highly intelligent and studied thinker on the left G_j Jan 2015 #3

Yup. This^^ elias49 Jan 2015 #4

Do you care what Human Rights Watch thinks? RiverLover Jan 2015 #5

Not QUITE the same as accusing the Obama Administration of terrorism. brooklynite Jan 2015 #6

It can be voiced aloud or inferred by reason, why is one more offensive than the other? nt RiverLover Jan 2015 #7

Terrorism: the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. brooklynite Jan 2015 #8

The fact is that they are killing hundreds of civilians. Fearless Jan 2015 #33

That may be an undesirable result, but that's not terrorism. brooklynite Jan 2015 #36

9/11 Fearless Jan 2015 #37

If they have the effect of terrorizing civilians, then they are a form of terrorism. Ken Burch Jan 2015 #40

I always wonder about this conclusion Telcontar Jan 2015 #51

It's a different world now Fearless Jan 2015 #65

You self-evidently do care. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #9

Why should you care what anyone thinks...... daleanime Jan 2015 #21

Perhaps so, but that's not what I was asked to do... brooklynite Jan 2015 #22

No such request was made.... daleanime Jan 2015 #28

Is that question an indicatation that you are not familiar with Chomsky, LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #66

I'm generally familiar with Chomsky... brooklynite Feb 2015 #67

Wow BeyondGeography Jan 2015 #2

it's not terrorism when american presidents slaughter wedding parties and families nt msongs Jan 2015 #10

Of course. Especially a Dem. 840high Jan 2015 #34

I'm not comfortable at all with remote control murder elias49 Jan 2015 #11

"If China was using drones for targeted killing.... EX500rider Jan 2015 #19

Good heavens! You think those countries want our drones? elias49 Jan 2015 #20

They are definitely there with permission. EX500rider Jan 2015 #24

Talk about two faced JonLP24 Jan 2015 #27

pretty weak for Chomsky arely staircase Jan 2015 #12

Chomsky ONLY cares when leftynyc Jan 2015 #43

"the most extreme terrorist campaign of modern times --Barack Obama's global assassination campaign" beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #13

"When the U.S. drones target a person for murder, it kills 27 additional people." RiverLover Jan 2015 #14

While some on Kill List have "died" as many as 7 times Laughing Mirror Jan 2015 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #15

+ Eighty Gazillion Scuba Jan 2015 #18

No kidding. Puglover Jan 2015 #48

Chomsky loyalists? aikoaiko Jan 2015 #49

Starting to see a racial component to Chomsky's diatribes Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #16

Yes, he really does seem concerned kiva Jan 2015 #38

But only when killed by Americans leftynyc Jan 2015 #44

All I needed to see was "Noam Chomsky:" hughee99 Jan 2015 #17

lol, I never thought of it that way till now. But..yea. (nt) Inkfreak Jan 2015 #54

K&R.... daleanime Jan 2015 #23

stupidly unfair, since we're going after the terrorists treestar Jan 2015 #25

Stupidly jingoistic. elias49 Jan 2015 #35

"The US defines 'terrorist' any way they want." Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #57

Heck. I'll take 2 generations! elias49 Jan 2015 #59

To those ann--- Jan 2015 #26

There it is. Octafish Jan 2015 #29

When the wealthy and powerful commit terrorism upon the poor and weak, the wealthy and powerful KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #30

++1,000 nt kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #39

Recommend...you can't kill everyone. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #31

And he would be correct. Fearless Jan 2015 #32

K&R woo me with science Jan 2015 #42

Chomsky vs Micheal Moore marshall Jan 2015 #45

Pretty sure this kind of thing was discussed about......... nolabels Jan 2015 #64

K&R. nt. polly7 Jan 2015 #46

are you accusing my President of being a terrorist? rbrnmw Jan 2015 #47

The hundreds of parents of hundreds of dead children would say so. How about the no coversge Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #52

Never really understood the focus on drones FLPanhandle Jan 2015 #50

This is why Obama will never prosecute the Bush Crime Family. Ferd Berfel Jan 2015 #53

So, you're endorsing President Obama's impeachment and trial as well? brooklynite Jan 2015 #56

No, Ferd Berfel Jan 2015 #61

But you DO think Bush should be prosecuted, right? brooklynite Jan 2015 #62

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #55

Loyalists: "But we're the good guys, and they're the bad guys!" nt RedCappedBandit Jan 2015 #58

September 12 - A Toy World whatchamacallit Jan 2015 #60

Unrec. Republican rhetoric has no place on Du no matter the source. BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #63