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oberliner
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Tue May-03-11 02:25 PM Original message |
Should bin Laden have been captured and tried? |
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RZM
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Tue May-03-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nah . . . |
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Capitalocracy
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Tue May-03-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. If possible, safe, and feasible, yes. |
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hulka38
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Tue May-03-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
73. +1 |
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emulatorloo
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Tue May-03-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Per Richard Engle, mideast is "Bin Laden is Dead. And now, todays weather" |
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Botany
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Tue May-03-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. no |
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seabeyond
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Tue May-03-11 02:30 PM Original message |
no. nt |
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MineralMan
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Tue May-03-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Frankly, I can't imagine how they would have done that. |
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oberliner
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Tue May-03-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. What circumstances didn't make it possible? |
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MineralMan
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Tue May-03-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. You know, I don't know. I wasn't on the scene, and we haven't |
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oberliner
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Wed May-04-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
87. More info has now been released |
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Deep13
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Tue May-03-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. If it had been feasible, that would have been the prefered option. |
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hamsterjill
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Tue May-03-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. No. It's best to have it simply be over with. |
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oberliner
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Tue May-03-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Wouldn't a trial have helped the US internationally? |
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Abq_Sarah
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Tue May-03-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. He was held accountable |
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hamsterjill
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Tue May-03-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
85. No, I don't think so. |
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oberliner
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Wed May-04-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. You may be right |
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TTUBatfan2008
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Tue May-03-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. LMAO... |
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Pab Sungenis
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Tue May-03-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. An attempt was made. |
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oberliner
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Tue May-03-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Where do you get that he resisted with deadly force? |
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vssmith
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Tue May-03-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
77. He raised both hands |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. That's no longer the official story |
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spanone
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Tue May-03-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. moot point. |
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mmonk
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Tue May-03-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would have preferred captured. |
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Capitalocracy
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Tue May-03-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. . |
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mmonk
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Tue May-03-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
69. . |
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BlueCaliDem
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Tue May-03-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. No. Congress refused the President funding to close Gitmo and bring |
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leftynyc
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Tue May-03-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. I saw that crap |
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tritsofme
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Tue May-03-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't see how the ICC could even theoretically have jurisdiction. |
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hakko936
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Tue May-03-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Nope. |
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oneshooter
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Tue May-03-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. No more than Isoroku Yamamoto should have been. n/t |
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Puregonzo1188
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Tue May-03-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes. I'm surprised how many DUers are against trials now. |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I wonder if they'd have opposed the Nuremberg trials? |
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FiveGoodMen
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Tue May-03-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Obama overturned the Nuremberg verdicts shortly after taking office |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Thanks for reminding me |
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Capitalocracy
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Tue May-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Or would've just been executed on the spot. |
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Tue May-03-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I see our rights are in good hands with you - NOT /nt |
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jmowreader
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Tue May-03-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Yes, the guy was guilty as shit. |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yes, he probably was guilty |
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Capitalocracy
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Tue May-03-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. The rule of law is worth more than Osama bin Laden. |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. ++100 /nt |
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Spinny Liberal
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Tue May-03-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
78. Amen -eom- |
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PBS Poll-435
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Tue May-03-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. I am all for it! Let's try him in absentia |
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TTUBatfan2008
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Tue May-03-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. So, United Nations... |
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cottonseed
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Tue May-03-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. OBL didn't think so. Otherwise he would have made arrangements to surrender. |
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damntexdem
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Tue May-03-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Can you imagine the circus? |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. The U.S should have tried him, not the ICC |
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Capitalocracy
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Tue May-03-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Every nation with a stake should've tried them. |
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leftynyc
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Tue May-03-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. No - it would have shut down |
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JuniperLea
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Tue May-03-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. Where could you find a judge or jury without a preconceived idea? |
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Zhade
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Tue May-03-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. So we shouldn't even try? Our principles only matter when they're easy to uphold? |
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JuniperLea
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Tue May-03-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. What utter nonsense... |
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kenny blankenship
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Tue May-03-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. Anybody who feels like that was welcome to try it themselves...for nine years. |
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Capitalocracy
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Tue May-03-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. Amazing some of the things people are saying in this thread... |
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jp11
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Tue May-03-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Remember some people have grown up after our government decided our laws were too |
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blondeatlast
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Tue May-03-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. Would I have preferred it? Yes. Would it have made a differnce? No. Am I gonna lose sleep |
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Cleita
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Tue May-03-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yes. Putting him on trial, if it had been possible to |
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DefenseLawyer
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Tue May-03-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. When I am contacted by someone with an outstanding warrant |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Her didn't "shoot it out" |
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blondeatlast
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Tue May-03-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. But if EVERYONE at the compound didn't raise their hands and surrender, |
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DefenseLawyer
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Tue May-03-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. To my knowledge, the change was that bin Laden wasn't armed |
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blondeatlast
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Tue May-03-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. It's amazing how "black and white" the thinking is on these threads. |
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Capitalocracy
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Tue May-03-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. He probably imagined death would come from a predator drone. |
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Raffi Ella
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Tue May-03-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nope |
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Tue May-03-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
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blondeatlast
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Tue May-03-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. That's how she twrites--apparently you haven't encountered her before and so |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. The thoughts expressed were ugly and ignorant |
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Raffi Ella
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Tue May-03-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
83. Thank You. |
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DeadEyeDyck
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Tue May-03-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
79. the problem is that Obama has now neutralized so many |
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Raffi Ella
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Tue May-03-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. oh god. I totally disagree. |
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DeadEyeDyck
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Tue May-03-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. No, no... We do agree. I agree that this was a great |
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Raffi Ella
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Wed May-04-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. right. |
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The Nexus
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Tue May-03-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. Now that we know he was unarmed.... |
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xchrom
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Tue May-03-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yes. If we are a nation of laws. |
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Forkboy
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Tue May-03-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
58. Yes. it would have sent the strongest possible message that the Rule of Law means something. |
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MrSlayer
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Tue May-03-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
59. No. It would have been a disaster. |
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OhioChick
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Tue May-03-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Agreed...It would've been a circus n/t |
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Bragi
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Tue May-03-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. You mean a circus like these trials? |
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Distant Observer
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Tue May-03-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. Like SADAAM: A show trial with no public speaking by the accused? What's the point |
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JonLP24
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Tue May-03-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yes, if possible |
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wildbilln864
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Tue May-03-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
67. of fucking course! if possible. nt |
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On the Road
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Tue May-03-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. There Were Certainly Multiple Violations of International Law |
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malaise
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Tue May-03-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
71. Would have been nice |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Tue May-03-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
72. Why weren't the Seals sent in to capture him 10 yrs ago or even 2 yrs ago? |
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LupinSansei72
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Tue May-03-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
74. Did he show any mercy on 9/11? |
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Dappleganger
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Tue May-03-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
75. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. |
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Spinny Liberal
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Tue May-03-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
76. Hell no |
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Gregorian
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Tue May-03-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
80. It opens the door to assasinations. But being taken alive also had bad consequences. |
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Shiver
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Tue May-03-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
81. Please. |
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HappyMe
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Wed May-04-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
89. Hell no. |
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