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marble falls

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4. Where have I heard of this before .....

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2018, 08:02 AM

Jun 2018

A famous quote from the Vietnam War was a statement attributed to an unnamed U.S. officer by AP correspondent Peter Arnett in his writing about Bến Tre city on 7 February 1968:

'It became necessary to destroy the town to save it', a United States major said today. He was talking about the decision by allied commanders to bomb and shell the town regardless of civilian casualties, to rout the Vietcong.[3]

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Police Shoot Man Holding Knife to Woman's Throat, Killing Him and Critically Injuring Her [View all] SunSeeker Jun 2018 OP

I'm not certain it is all that obvious that pepper spray would have been better RockRaven Jun 2018 #1

Pepper spray blinds you, makes you immediately grab for your eyes,and scream in agony. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #3

It also requires getting very close to the perp. JayhawkSD Jun 2018 #5

There's sprays that shoot quite far, and then there's shootable tear gas canisters. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #6

Chief said the whole damn thing was really ringing up the overtime, you understand ... mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #2

Where have I heard of this before ..... marble falls Jun 2018 #4

Exactly. nt SunSeeker Jun 2018 #7