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JackRiddler

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62. I didn't say Yemen, I said Yemenis.

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 09:18 AM

Dec 2013

That the US is carrying out these operations to murder people in a collaboration with the Yemeni state is not in question.

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Air strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake: officials [View all] Mysterysouppe Dec 2013 OP

It is murder, Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #1

They are just brown muslims dbackjon Dec 2013 #7

They hate 'Murica now--or their friends and relatives do, anyway. nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #13

They always hated 'Murica since they've been told it's the devil filled with free porn sites Amonester Dec 2013 #35

You stop it by demanding it stop. By declaring that you will not be complicit in war crimes. nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #44

Okee dokee. Amonester Dec 2013 #46

But, wait a minute, if the crimes are committed in a country whose leaders (0.000001%) ASKED Amonester Dec 2013 #47

War can be waged legally only in legitimate self defense, or when the UN authorizes it. Ace Acme Dec 2013 #48

So, the real accomplices here are the puppet government Amonester Dec 2013 #49

The real accomplices are the puppetmasters. Ace Acme Dec 2013 #50

OOPS The guys in the trailer in Nevada who dropped the bomb warrant46 Dec 2013 #17

Strikes SamKnause Dec 2013 #2

We've got to kill them over there so they come and kill us over here. Ace Acme Dec 2013 #4

The US hasn't been called a rogue state for nothing cpwm17 Dec 2013 #32

They hate us for our freedoms. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2013 #3

Whoever did this should be prosecuted for their crimes. Coyotl Dec 2013 #5

That would be looking back, not forward. Ace Acme Dec 2013 #6

That would reach right into the White House. Psephos Dec 2013 #8

National leaders are not above the law. Coyotl Dec 2013 #9

Current policy says they are--if they're Americans. Ace Acme Dec 2013 #10

History in the long run warrant46 Dec 2013 #20

It's unlikely Obama personally signed off on this one. joshcryer Dec 2013 #54

I agree that those in the chain of command who signed off should be prosecuted. joshcryer Dec 2013 #53

You think the Obamabots votesparks Dec 2013 #64

Imagine Yemenis were killing "dozens" of US civilians JackRiddler Dec 2013 #11

What happened when the Saudis killed 3000 Americans on 9-11? Mysterysouppe Dec 2013 #12

At the cost of 3 trillion $$$ and rising warrant46 Dec 2013 #21

So Yemen should invade Luxembourg? dbackjon Dec 2013 #23

The Esquire article about the killing of a 16-year-old American by drones in Yemen Ace Acme Dec 2013 #15

Has it not always been like that since the beginning of time? Amonester Dec 2013 #36

America was supposed to be different. And the UN was supposed to end that tradition. nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #43

Yet it's not and the UN hasn't. joshcryer Dec 2013 #56

So you think the USA shouldn't be different? Ace Acme Dec 2013 #58

I don't think it can be. joshcryer Dec 2013 #59

Thanks for that. ronnie624 Dec 2013 #63

I support Yemen filing chargest against the US in the ICC immediately. joshcryer Dec 2013 #55

I didn't say Yemen, I said Yemenis. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #62

Since this is a 'state sanctioned' activity Scalded Nun Dec 2013 #14

Act of war against who? EX500rider Dec 2013 #16

Brides and grooms. And their families & friends. Mysterysouppe Dec 2013 #18

So when is this called war? nt. polly7 Dec 2013 #19

For the time being - call 840high Dec 2013 #22

Tom Tomorrow put it rather perceptively in his cartoon strip Ace Acme Dec 2013 #30

Now, now....everybody just relax a minute. bvar22 Dec 2013 #24

... CrispyQ Dec 2013 #25

Obama's LikeAbility inspired this parody: truedelphi Dec 2013 #28

Awesome U4ikLefty Dec 2013 #42

Mr.Fish has got that one nailed. (n/t) Nihil Dec 2013 #65

It's amazing how cheap we treat 3rd world lives. CFLDem Dec 2013 #26

Maybe actually dying-from-freezing-and-hunger homeless humans inside the US Amonester Dec 2013 #37

Good point CFLDem Dec 2013 #38

It is beyond sad, but what can we do? We tried, and tried again. Amonester Dec 2013 #39

I think that's all we can do sometimes. CFLDem Dec 2013 #40

Yep. I've been asked to do volunteer work at my local soup kitchen last summer Amonester Dec 2013 #41

Sorry but once again orpupilofnature57 Dec 2013 #27

The campaign against Al Qaeda - the open ended carte blanche to kill where ever we want. olddad56 Dec 2013 #29

killers were CIA or Air Force? ...nt quadrature Dec 2013 #31

It seems we don't know. None of our bizness. Security and all that. nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #45

The drone program is run by the CIA. joshcryer Dec 2013 #57

Could we maybe set up a wedding gift registry site that includes a "No Tomahawk" option? Thor_MN Dec 2013 #33

local security officials said seveneyes Dec 2013 #34

How utterly offensive. Sick to death that we need to be reading these stories. Ed Suspicious Dec 2013 #51

CIA is trigger happy after the Yemen Hospital attacks which killed 52. joshcryer Dec 2013 #52

Call it what it is: the war in Yemen. Alkene Dec 2013 #60

National Security! And National Security is not public business! Ace Acme Dec 2013 #66

More Christianist terrorism! RandiFan1290 Dec 2013 #61