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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:18 AM Original message |
..."if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's a tough one. nt |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. What if they did so with Obama - since he ordered the raid, is carrying on the wars, etc?(nt) |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. don't think Obama rises to the level of international villain that W achieved |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You don't think to the victims of drone strikes or the civilians killed in Afghanistan Obama is a |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
121. that's cuts right to the point -- this debate is not unlike the torture debate, in that |
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diveguy (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. My thought exactly |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
84. So, you think Obama=bin Laden. |
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diveguy (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #84 |
135. where did you get that |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
82. In either case |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
83. President Obama is an elected official, ergo that would be a crime. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. Minor detail . . . . . |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. extra points for dropping him at the Macondo well site? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. The Gulf is more fitting because of the oil damage there. |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Didn't we do that with Hitler? Break into the country, etc. or maybe it was some other country - |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Hitler committed suicide. n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. a lot of people aren't aware that we put the nazis on trial |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. You could have stopped with "A lot of people aren't aware." J/S. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
94. totally. :) |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
127. But we won that war. We had the time to set up trials. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. This is a joke post, right? |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
60. Wrong |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Do Iraqis hate Bush for getting rid of Saddam? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. it's likely the +/- 110,000 other Iraqi deaths that get their dander up. |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Not sure, but they may hate him for the 100,000+ civilians killed since the start of the war... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. or, as Seth Meyers said..."you broke the world." |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. "Iraq better off under Saddam" |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Those were older reports. Are they still feeling that way? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Have you been following what's been going on in Iraq at all? |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
72. Are you being serious? |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
117. they thank him from there refugee tents in the desert every day |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'd be doing the exact same happy dance. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Oh, for crying out loud. I've been one of the loudest to insist that |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. OBL and Bush have something in common then... |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. A trial at the Hague would be a lovely thing. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. Vincent Bugliosi (of Helter Skelter fame) argues that any district |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thanks for posting this article! |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. A FLAWED ARGUMENT FROM THE START |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. A more appropriate comparison would be the killing of a hate group leader. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Explain what makes us so special, that we are exempt from punishment for doing the same terrorism |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. It is flawed because Bush caused the death of orders of magnitude more people n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Nonsense |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Bush's actions were crimes against humanity and several orders of magnitude worse |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. BS |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Dead is dead, whether the bomb is on a vest or on a drone |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Hmmm? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I'm saying flying a plane into a building is just as evil as dropping a bomb on one |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Oh please |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. The same could be said about the US repeatedly attacking countries with nothing to do with 911 n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Here's what the U.S. should do: |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Stop making sense |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. Outside of the Iraq war, wow where to begin. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #54 |
113. Wow, your plan is really bad |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
100. when politics precedes principle you get Dems defending George W Bush's Iraq war. Go Team! |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #100 |
108. Defending Bush? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #108 |
115. squeeeeeee! they're so cute when their feathers ruffle. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #100 |
133. Who is defending Bush's Iraq War? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
70. EXACTLY... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. OK, so what if the Mexican Army did come into Tucson and |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
103. interesting -- the Mex/drug/kingpin argument could cut both ways...a side must be chosen. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
102. Very astute -- Chomsky's going for the dazzle, but that's more analogous. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
95. it's the allcaps that makes this so compelling. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
97. So make it Mexican commandos landing in LA to execute a drug lord. We wouldn't complain? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #97 |
131. Only if America was sheltering and protecting the drug lord. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because OBL got his attorney's FIL to declare he won the election? |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. LOL! n/t |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. CNN - "We are standing... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Indeed, since the OP's analogy was IRAQ. ;-) |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. LOL! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. Bin Laden wasn't the leader of a country, like a president or prime minister. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Yes, as much as I despised Bush, he was the recognized political head of state, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Organized violence kills just as well as ad hoc violence. n/t |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
112. Sovereign immunity doesn't apply to war crimes under international law. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
124. when laws are ignored, how do you tell the difference? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. Actually, I think there is an even better comparison to be made |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. I like it! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. Insightful question, and one worth asking. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. Thoughtful comments from Chomsky |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. Haters gonna hate. K&R |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. An emphatic K&R! I'm reminded of sosmething by Chomsky's |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
93. There ya go! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. kr |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. Considering that he spit upon the Geneva Convention, I'd have no problem if Iraqis grabbed him |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
66. Ding, ding ding - Key phrase is "put him on trial" imho. If prosecutors in |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #50 |
126. that day could be coming given the world we're creating |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
51. I would be willing to fly bush to Iraq so he could explain |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
52. The logic is interesting. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
56. And the problem would be? |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. Aside from the outrage I would feel (even as a lib), this |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Let me get this straight . . . you are defending the government's conduct |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #63 |
136. Oh, right ... I forgot the part where the Navy Seals gave Osama bin Laden all the notice in |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
58. Chomsky is wrong. It is false equivalency |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. This was my first reaction too |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Um, like Orlando Bosch? Chomsky mentions him and could have |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. That's a good example. We wouldn't be offended in the least |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Hold on a sec, there. I believe everyone is entitled to a trial before |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I don't have any problem with people who believe in people's rights |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. We need more rights and less (fewer) wrongs. Reminds me of a |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
101. "International arrest warrant?" So, the world got together & gave America permission to do this? |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #101 |
134. Why are you misreading what I wrote |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. You implied an "international arrest warrant" authorized this. It does not. Still illegal. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
109. Bingo. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
65. equating Osama Bin Laden to an "elected" Head of State |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Hitler was "elected" (actually appointed by Hindenburg after Papen |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. The OP was an incredible reach. Has the far left become this silly? nt |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
107. Has RW logic become so pervasive it can longer be questioned? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #78 |
116. actually, it's the center-right throwing trampling international law that's overreaching. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
69. FAIL for invalid analogy..Osama bin Laden was NOT the head of state of Pakistan |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
96. So it's not what you've done that matters, but who you are when you do it? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
106. it should pain some people, at least, that international law is no longer relevant. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #106 |
132. I think, Brook, that enough of us have seen in our lives that the law doesn't mean |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #69 |
128. You found the fatal flaw. I see it that way too. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
73. First off, I don't think Iraqi commandos could get two miles into Texas |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #73 |
129. You assume they're going to send in dark skinned Moors? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
86. In after "WHY DON'T YOU LOVE AMERICA?" nt |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
87. What is it about the analogy that upsets? Specifically. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
88. regardless of error, we target soldiers. osama targets innocents. there is a difference between |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. freudian slip? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. thank you. no. i have done that 80% of the time talking about osama |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #88 |
105. At some point, results trump declared intentions. And undermine their credibility. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. i am opposed to both wars. not gonna argue for them. and yes... the is a huge difference |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #111 |
125. You lose that distinction when the war has no valid basis. Iraq did not attack us. We were not |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #125 |
130. and still.... there is a difference in targeting soldier and targeting innocents |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
91. Took me a minute to come up with the down side but |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
98. As per usual, I agree with Chomsky. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
99. Has Iraq ever accused Bush of commiting war crimes? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. by "Iraq" do you mean the government we put in place? |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. So President Obam would order the Iraqi govt. to order its commando's to take out Bush? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #110 |
114. omg -- it's a meta-phor. not prognostication. |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
118. I have the sense that the Pakistanis are just fed up with the US and Terrorist |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
119. I hate it when people ask awkward questions like this that disrupt my unambiguous joy |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #119 |
120. :) you're welcome -- it's ok to celebrate the demise of the ultimate symbol of the GWOT |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
122. That's a pretty terrible piece. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
123. It's already happened, hasn't it? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
137. All those voters who elected Osama would certainly be outraged. |
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