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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:19 PM Original message |
"It is a mistake. We didn't mean to kill the child...." |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Winning "Hearts and Minds" one CORPSE AT A TIME |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Another family ruined ... |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. not to mention the toll on our troops |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. No one is arguing that. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I know a vet who had to kill a twelve-year-old who |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. bushco put him in that situation? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Riiiight. So the soldier should just drop his gun and let himself be |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. hmm |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. possibly ... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. and he would have been shot - dead. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Yes |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 08:09 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Last I checked, we had a 100% volunteer force |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. He didn't say he was against the military. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 07:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. In times of armed conflict |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. There was a time when someone joining the military had an expectation |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. It's not a soldiers job |
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Thtwudbeme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
55. Oh how cool! ANOTHER omniscient poster on DU! |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. this part really hurts: |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I agree. |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. terrorist? |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I should have used quotation marks. |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. if you use their language |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 07:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Oh, brother! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. playing devil's advocate here: |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Yep |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hearts & Minds ... |
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Cults4Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. .. and that my friend is the long and short of it, there is no win here. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. she is talking about us. We killed her son. |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. My point exactly ... |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Oh but only Natalee Holloway's mother has the right to express such rage! |
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Karmageddon (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Everything's going great in Iraq. Making great progress, don'tcha know? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. And another generation of 'terrorists' is born... |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. im glad |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Thanks for the links. I hadn't heard this one yet (surprise, surprise) |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. i am hoping |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. Here's one from the Manila newspaper |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Brother, thanks for the links. |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. hey bro |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. "I feel like I want to drink the blood of those who killed my son" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Tip of the iceberg |
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hopeisaplace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. exactly, "you may as well rip the mother's heart out and |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Although my kids are adults now |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
53. Make that giggling monsters! |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is exactly how an occupation grows an ensurgency! n/t |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. We're creating terrorists faster than we can kill them. |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. i think youll find |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Oh good heavens...I know they aren't terrorists. |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. cool |
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pocket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. mistake my ass |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. I am with you pocket - |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. hmmmm |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. The OP was about a soldier saying they didn't mean to kill the child, |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. . |
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DIKB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sadly |
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Tedddy (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. you're cool |
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earthboundmisfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. "We didn't mean to kill the child...." So --- did they just mean to kill |
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YourBrother (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. yep |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Out of curiosity.... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's so sad |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
57. I posted this and talked about this on my blog last night, AND |
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