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Sunlei

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47. they droned a man on a motorcycle, he's on a public street w/ civies all over!

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 09:49 PM

Nov 2013

very wrong to even allow missile strike attempt near any innocents.

I think I'd be happiest for our troops if the Pacs do say, everyone out and we just totally pull out American military.

Mr. President pull everyone out by end of 2014! everyone.

Let any 'training' be done online. Let the war contractors/war profiteers deal with their own business without any American federal funds or American military.

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Anger Over US Drone Program In Pakistan Prompts Activists To Reveal Secret Identity Of Spy [View all] Purveyor Nov 2013 OP

Mr President, NYtoBush-Drop Dead Nov 2013 #1

A marginal nutcase party wants its terrorists unfettered activity cosmicone Nov 2013 #2

"A marginal nutcase party." Here's what Wikipedia says: Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #3

hahahahahaha cosmicone Nov 2013 #6

Ha ha yourself. Just because you don't like them doesn't make them marginal or nutcases. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #9

Pakistani military supported Imran Khan cosmicone Nov 2013 #11

Sounds like... JackRiddler Dec 2013 #64

The US should not support any part of Pakistan cosmicone Dec 2013 #65

I bet you play MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #5

I don't have to operate a drone or fight myself cosmicone Nov 2013 #7

Oh, you're funny. Brought the Taliban to their knees, have we? Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #8

A few dozen more drone strikes and Taliban will be crawling ... n/t cosmicone Nov 2013 #12

...into Kabul. As the Americans leave. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #20

I seriously doubt it. cosmicone Nov 2013 #22

Is this the Wolfowitz parody? JackRiddler Dec 2013 #63

Or Sarah Palin - same word salad nonsense. closeupready Dec 2013 #67

The Esquire article about the murder of Abdulrahman al Awlaki by drone Ace Acme Nov 2013 #10

Do you give any thought to all of the innocents killed in these drone strikes? nt polly7 Nov 2013 #14

Ideologues don't care about real people--only about their idealized imaginary friends. nt Ace Acme Nov 2013 #15

What innocents? cosmicone Nov 2013 #18

You need to broaden the scope of your reading material a bit, when it comes to these drones, imho. polly7 Nov 2013 #25

Would it be any better cosmicone Nov 2013 #26

Have you read up on the concept of polly7 Nov 2013 #29

Give it up... Celefin Nov 2013 #33

Your previous post was "What innocents?" Ash_F Nov 2013 #35

False dichotomies get you nowhere, except in the courtroom of your own mind Ace Acme Nov 2013 #44

He's killing grandmothers and children. Get a clue. nt Ace Acme Nov 2013 #43

Exactly, they're ALL "suspected militants", hughee99 Nov 2013 #54

They're brown, Muslim, and foreign. JoeyT Nov 2013 #19

That's true. polly7 Nov 2013 #38

This is it, basically. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #57

One may wonder if that same sentiment applies to the thousands of civilians who are too LanternWaste Dec 2013 #58

"marginal nutcase" + "Drone all of them" = unbelievable irony ... Nihil Nov 2013 #37

Yours is the marginal nutcase view. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #52

It is war. It is not criminal prosecution. cosmicone Dec 2013 #55

"It is war" is a nonsense statement. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #56

This would be the second time our top spook there got outed. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #4

Pakistan should be flying drones here to take out tea party members. L0oniX Nov 2013 #13

It's not Tea Partiers droning civilians. It's the Commander in Chief. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #16

Drones don't care who is running this country. L0oniX Nov 2013 #17

Drones love Obama. He's their man in Washington. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #21

Drones love terrorists cosmicone Nov 2013 #23

But since the USA defines as a "militant" any military-aged man who happens to find himself killed Ace Acme Nov 2013 #24

I have more faith in the intellect and wisdom cosmicone Nov 2013 #27

You didn't say honesty, morality, integrity Ace Acme Nov 2013 #28

Good christ Bonobo Nov 2013 #36

Ad hominem attacks cosmicone Nov 2013 #39

A succinct and accurate criticism of someone's style and ideas is not an ad hominem fallacy. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #40

"Wrong" is highly subjective cosmicone Nov 2013 #41

It's not a fallacious attack. It's an aggressive criticism. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #42

:::::::::: yawn ::::::::::::::: n/t cosmicone Nov 2013 #45

Right, you really can't defend yourself. Thanks for making that clear. nt Ace Acme Nov 2013 #46

Sometimes it is useless to teach logic cosmicone Nov 2013 #48

Your credentials as an expert in logic are . . . Ace Acme Nov 2013 #49

Want some cheese with that? n/t cosmicone Nov 2013 #51

That's very stale cheese, left over from Bushbots circa 2005. nt Ace Acme Nov 2013 #53

And you know what, sometimes things are what they sound like. closeupready Dec 2013 #66

You love "terrorists," apparently. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #59

You can believe that if Bush were to have had a 3rd term drone use would have expanded. L0oniX Nov 2013 #31

Bush didn't need a third term. Obama expanded all his neofascistic programs Ace Acme Nov 2013 #32

He probably wouldn't have needed to. Celefin Nov 2013 #34

Oh hooray! Bush would have done it too! JackRiddler Dec 2013 #60

Did you even read what I was responding too? Context is everything. L0oniX Dec 2013 #61

Ah yes, I see. So sad... JackRiddler Dec 2013 #62

If Pakistan flew Sudden Death Robots around the US, we'd be OK with it. MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #30

they droned a man on a motorcycle, he's on a public street w/ civies all over! Sunlei Nov 2013 #47

I once asked a neocon why we needed 700 military bases overseas. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #50

Feinstein and Rogers wonder why terrorism threat to US is Increasing (n/t) knic Dec 2013 #68