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In reply to the discussion: All military-age males in a strike zone are combatants... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)73. True, but it is an opportunity to practice. You can get rusty
after a while although the talking points never really change
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Just like that door gunner in "Full Metal Jacket". If the run they're V.C. If they
brewens
Jun 2012
#4
All military-age males in a strike zone are combatants - that's their association
WriteWrong
Jun 2012
#10
So if a terrorist walks by you and a drone hits him and kills you in the process
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#11
Shit in one hand and 'believe' in another and see which fills up first. Kill 'em all
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#90
CAREFUL?!!! LOL!!! Tell that to the weddings that got hit by summary execution bombs.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#96
Hits have happened in shopping malls, or do brown women and children shoppers not count?
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#59
Lol, well anyone who decides to take the position they are taking here, considering how
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#66
Ah, well at least you say it openly it won't happen to 'others like me'....
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2012
#69
Um...EVERYONE is now a presumed Enemy Combatant until proved innocent
kenny blankenship
Jun 2012
#102
Yes, I just don't run into people that don't understand what a bad idea it is,
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#108
You understand why guilt by association is...oh never min why bother reasoning
Puregonzo1188
Jun 2012
#76
It is? What war is it and when was it declared? Oh, that's right, Bush's bullshit war on "terror".
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#36
Oh come on, don't quit when you're losing, makes it too easy for the rest of us!
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#79
We are not killing people who are attacking us in Pakistan, Syria, or Yemen.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2012
#99
What utter nonsense, terrorists cannot declare war. It's been quite a failure hasn't
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#104
Every country has that possibility, terrorism is as old as the human inhabited planet. So
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#103
Will you quit with the 300 to 1 bullshit? You got that from some anonymous idiot on yahoo answers.
white_wolf
Jun 2012
#97
At his presser, Teh Obama laid it out succinctly: Terrorism is like Cooties.
kenny blankenship
Jun 2012
#101
Here, let me help. We know all the talking points, so here's the usual one for that
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#72
Just like all the terrorists in My Lai. In that other lost war also fought for PR.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#26
We should all remember, too, that if it weren't for the actions of one man...
Poll_Blind
Jun 2012
#30
"Thompson started receiving hate mail, death threats and mutilated animals on his doorstep."
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#35
This makes sense coming from a country that considers all black men to be drug dealing thugs and
leeroysphitz
Jun 2012
#29
Their crime was being "military-aged". The AP leaves a part of the story untold though...
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2012
#85
Don't forget the latest category: "Terrorists disguised as children" - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#87