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LoZoccolo
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:07 PM Original message |
If you do not think the Wikileaks shooting was a mistake, what do you think was the motive? |
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ixion
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. murder |
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Echo In Light
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Oh there'll be LOTS of belligerent scurrying to avoid that one |
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Pavulon
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Wed Apr-07-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Nope, only empty hopes of the pitchfork mob |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Two more points |
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MrMickeysMom
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
70. Would this not cover all theaters of war? Murder? |
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ixion
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. despite all that, at the end of the day |
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MrMickeysMom
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. It IS an institutional rationalization... |
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dorkulon
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I do think it was a mistake. An incredibly dumb, easily avoided mistake. |
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Oregone
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Motive? Some people like to shoot at stuff |
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NNN0LHI
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. A man with a camera is more dangerous than a man with an AK-47 |
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laughingliberal
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. +1000 nt |
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we can do it
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why Do People Shoot and Kill Anything for Sport? |
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Oregone
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Why do they shoot empty beer bottles? |
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Pavulon
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Because people you elect ordered them to?(nt) |
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we can do it
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
94. Shoot and Kill Anything for SPORT - read much? |
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Pavulon
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Bushmaster called in a air support for his position, they provided it. |
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we can do it
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Thu Apr-08-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Support For What? Running Over People with Tanks? |
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Pavulon
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Aww how sweet, childish name calling.. |
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Pavulon
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #94 |
100. dupe |
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Subdivisions
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Racism. Remember the military culture calls them 'Hadjis". |
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Subdivisions
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. oops. n/t |
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Duer 157099
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Revenge killing |
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H2O Man
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. violence |
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walldude
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Do you think my methods are... unsound"? |
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mudplanet
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Fun. |
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Oregone
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yep |
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TexasObserver
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. You say that as if calling it "a mistake" somehow absolves the shooters. |
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laughingliberal
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Very well said. nt |
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TexasObserver
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Thanks. It's important to view things without wearing blinders. |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. And I'm always |
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TexasObserver
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. When you assume ... |
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Pavulon
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Nope. There is no crime. Just images and foreign policy that disturb people |
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TexasObserver
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. As if you know. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Actually this will not be prosecuted as a war crime |
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TexasObserver
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. As if you know - Part II. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. So what are your credentials in this? |
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TexasObserver
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. You're simply not credible, in my opinion. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. In your opiion but in this you have absolutely, no fucking clue |
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TexasObserver
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I'm the military veteran with a war record. You're not. |
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Pavulon
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I'll see that bet, not even a 15 will be handed out |
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TexasObserver
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Of course no Article 15 will be handed out. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Enlighten us as to why they should |
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Pavulon
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #68 |
98. Just to be on record. The Iraq war is a failure and waste of life |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. They already did |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I also have a war record |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. Yeah? |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Let me ask |
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hack89
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Of course not - she has a different opinion so she must be wrong. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. And in your view all military are a bunch of murderers? |
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hack89
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I am on your side - I think you are right |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Thanks there are days that some of these things bother me |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. I read |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. I will, you know what scares me |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Thank You |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. These days all I got to worry about |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. In that |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Still the pedestrian worries |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Yeah but |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. RLOL... I was supoosed to be just the Paramedic shtick |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Well I say that |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. That is why I was crying after 9.11 |
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alarimer
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. It may not be war crime or murder in your opinion but it is reprehensible. |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. You know what |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Having taken testimony from many a refugee from an actual |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. Spoken like someone |
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chrisa
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
96. The 'They're just soldiers' excuse. |
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Vinnie From Indy
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. While not passing judgement without all the facts, |
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romulusnr
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not so much a mistake as gross and deliberate negligence |
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MagCynic
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. Was it a mistake |
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Rex
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Well that is an excellent reason to go ahead and 'light up' people walking down the street. |
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walldude
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Uh there was no RPG it was a camera... |
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Pavulon
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. As much as you want it, and can just taste it, there is no crime |
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walldude
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I never said it was a crime. I said it was inhuman. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. This reminds me a brief |
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JTFrog
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
102. This one has never even tried to hide under the bridge. |
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protocol rv
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. They were within 300 meters of US soldiers on the ground |
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polichick
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Power. nt |
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ThomWV
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. The cowardly motherfuckers thought it was their duty |
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cowman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
64. cowardly |
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Deep13
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. Don't know, but proving motive is not necessary to proving a crime. |
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ljm2002
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. I suspect it is a combination... |
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VMI Dem
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. Homicidal sociopaths. |
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G_j
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. insanity |
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Junkdrawer
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. 14 journalists killed in Iraq during 2003, 24 in 2004, 22 in 2005 and 32 in 2006... |
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ima_sinnic
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Wed Apr-07-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. caveman grunting and clubbing the 21st-century way |
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Rex
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well well Wolfe on CNN just reported on the attack, 'now we are not sure'. |
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Electric Monk
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. What do you think was their motive? Lust? Philanthropy? Seeking their 15 minutes of fame? |
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Ignis
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. Justifiable homicide: One of the Iraqis was wearing an Oasis shirt. |
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. The US military did an investigation, and they said it was no mistake |
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Rex
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yes we need to get out of BOTH countries ASAP. |
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Pavulon
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Wed Apr-07-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. You are aware that will not happen right? |
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walldude
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. ROFLMFAO! You said this in all seriousness? |
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alarimer
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
76. The problem is military indoctrination, nothing else. |
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chrisa
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
97. Believing the US Military is a huge mistake. |
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WillyT
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Youth, Inexperience, Adrenaline, Revenge, Excitement, Fun... |
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donco6
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Wed Apr-07-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. +1 |
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grahamhgreen
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. The over-arching motive is that every time a bullet is fired daddy warbucks makes money. |
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BlooInBloo
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. They wanted to kill demselves some A-rabs. Durr. |
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alarimer
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
67. It wasn't a mistake; it was business as usual |
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Uncle Joe
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
78. There was no Wikileaks shooting, just some Americans in an Apache Helicopter. |
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
92. Seeing that they were not fired upon... |
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Individualist
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
93. You can find what motivates psychopaths here... |
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Echo In Light
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:28 AM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Thanks for posting. Here's another good article: Official Culture - A Natural State of Psychopathy? |
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Iggo
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
101. Good morning! |
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mehdi kiril
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
103. Breaking: Man rolled over by US vehicle was alive, witnesses say |
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Pavulon
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. is this from pattons army or from the video. |
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Junkdrawer
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. DemocracyNow had it this morning.... |
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Electric Monk
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
108. Find the answer you were looking for yet LoZoccolo? |
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