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18. Laudable OP, but assumes people can or would be consistent.

Reply to 11 Bravo (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 03:25 PM

Feb 2015

They won't. ISIS good because US bad. That's how it is and how it goes in some circles.

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If your country was attacked, would you assist in ... [View all] 11 Bravo Feb 2015 OP

"not done indiscriminately" trumad Feb 2015 #1

I actually pondered the use of that word. But I honestly believe ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #6

I hear you... trumad Feb 2015 #8

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. They were never a threat to us. So what would you call sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #12

I am also haunted by the incidences you recount. 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #20

Soldiers aren't diplomats... Blanks Feb 2015 #35

We had a policy of Torture! We had top government officials writing 'torture memos'. sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #75

Well, Dresden and Tokyo come to mind . . . nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #23

Not to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki. arcane1 Feb 2015 #28

And that's why we declared war on Japan and Germany, correct? 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #33

And where the fuck did I say that? arcane1 Feb 2015 #41

Perhaps, but the art of dog whistles and code words to insinuate without actually coming out Telcontar Feb 2015 #66

Can't see the basis for that belief Man from Pickens Feb 2015 #76

I think there is a difference between deaths of civilians killed accidentally or.... Adrahil Feb 2015 #25

Not to the dead. BB1 Feb 2015 #60

i don't disagree. But more than the dead are involved. n/t Adrahil Feb 2015 #74

If they were doing to us what we are doing to them, yes. Yes I would NightWatcher Feb 2015 #2

I appreciate your honesty. I myself would not act ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #29

While it's not policy, it happens NightWatcher Feb 2015 #34

You're forgetting that ISIS are the invaders. This is not an indigenous group. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #3

What you said........ WillowTree Feb 2015 #27

No, I wouldn't dissentient Feb 2015 #4

"Innocent civilians have perished at our hands, way too many of them. But it was not done indiscrimi uppityperson Feb 2015 #5

The problem I have with that line is--- trumad Feb 2015 #7

Yup, I was thinking only recently but indeed, that is a good example uppityperson Feb 2015 #9

I must admit, I did not think of our genocidal policy ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #10

Perpetrators of deliberate murder should be tried and punished. Adrahil Feb 2015 #26

It depends Capt. Obvious Feb 2015 #11

If given a choice between the GOP and ISIS I have reservations on how some might choose. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #15

I hope you're just being hyperbolic leftynyc Feb 2015 #37

Doubtful, but failing to help might get you beheaded and burned alive Lurks Often Feb 2015 #13

Interesting OP/thread. H2O Man Feb 2015 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #16

The European nations of the 18th century has very little good to say of the doctrines... LanternWaste Feb 2015 #17

Laudable OP, but assumes people can or would be consistent. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #18

And that's what troubles me about being on the left of ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #21

Yes the dead care so much if it was a rogue hellfire missile at a wedding Rex Feb 2015 #19

Screw that Egnever Feb 2015 #22

For what it's worth, H2O Man Feb 2015 #32

For what it is worth, I don't hope to die. Period. Rex Feb 2015 #38

I'm thinking that H2O Man Feb 2015 #44

So you could die happier knowing your entire family and your almost wives family Rex Feb 2015 #36

No, I agree it is a false equivalence treestar Feb 2015 #24

Really? We're not that savage? atreides1 Feb 2015 #79

He's the one you are going there with? treestar Feb 2015 #81

Not indiscriminately? My lai? Dresden? Tokyo? Haiphong? Hanoi? Fallujah? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #30

As soon as ISIL tries anyone for a war crime you can invoke My Lai. 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #39

He went from life sentence, to 3 years of house arrest to Rex Feb 2015 #42

Under the UCMJ, you know, those evil indiscriminate murderers ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #49

Childish garbage is thinking A = B without any proof. Rex Feb 2015 #51

Yeah, I've just been hanging out for 13 years as a contributing member ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #56

Oh so now you fall back on old timer status blah blah. Rex Feb 2015 #57

I've referred you to the OP several times. You either can't understand it ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #63

Yeah telling people that if they disagree with you, then they need to admit they agree with ISIS Rex Feb 2015 #65

OK, I was gone, but I'll come back one last time. 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #70

Wait, you came back? Nah, then that would mean you were lying about not replying. Not you. Rex Feb 2015 #72

I agree with you Telcontar Feb 2015 #68

If you require further confirmation, check the post above yours. 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #73

It's a deliberate attempt to invent an excuse to bash DUers, IMO. arcane1 Feb 2015 #50

Shit stirring and not even a good try at it. Rex Feb 2015 #53

I literally spit my drink out when he offerd Calley as an example of how tough we are on war crimes. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #58

That would explain the contact buzz I have going right now. Rex Feb 2015 #61

Calley should have received the death penalty. I referenced him ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #64

How much time did Calley, or those who followed him in the killings, serve? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #45

So just say it. The USA is equally as savage as ISIS ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #47

Nobody believes that, you can keep trying to pretend that is what everyone is saying. Rex Feb 2015 #54

As soon as the sentence is proportional to the crime, you can invoke War Crimes. LanternWaste Feb 2015 #46

More American exceptionalism choie Feb 2015 #69

Yup, spot on and the OP knows it and doesn't care to admit to it. Rex Feb 2015 #71

I think I get it now, their understanding of others actions and reactions are on a childlike level Rex Feb 2015 #43

it's binary thinking at it's finest, and that is a hallmark of the conservative mindset.. frylock Feb 2015 #62

No I would not. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #31

Me too, I wouldn't be able to keep my mouth shut long enough to stay alive. Rex Feb 2015 #40

If you invade my country you have no non combatants. Every soul is part of the occupation force. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #48

No. But also -- they are not defending "their" country. They are attacking others pnwmom Feb 2015 #52

I don't think the borders provided by the west are particularly meaningful to the locals TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #77

It isn't only the "locals" fighting there. Radical extremists are flocking in from other places pnwmom Feb 2015 #78

I didn't dispute that at all and acknowledged it. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #82

That doesn't change the fact that the way to end the Caliph is to stop them from controlling pnwmom Feb 2015 #83

The OP dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #55

The OP makes no sense. Rex Feb 2015 #67

Hopefully be like the French Reistance One_Life_To_Give Feb 2015 #59

Right... we didn't murder scores of innocent men, women, and children "indiscriminately" whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #80