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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:10 PM Original message |
Let's call Predator drone attacks what it is: murder |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. its... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. What a heavy burden you bear |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. You don't think they are murder? Do you know how many |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. What is the difference between this and artillery again? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. What are our soldiers doing in other people's countries again? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I think it's like any weapon. It's not that they are used. It's HOW they are used. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Statistics show that 9 out of 10 people killed by drones were |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. My biggest problem with the drones is that innocent people have in fact, been killed. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Well, since the drone operators have to rely on informants on the ground |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Okay, that makes sense too. |
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teddy51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree with you as well, would have expected this from Bush, but not Obama. n/t |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Were the 9/11 attacks murder, too? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Oh come on. Nine-Eleven? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. So, how do you feel about it? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. We all got it coming. Some sooner than others. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That's damned disgusting. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Funny, we killed thousands of children in Vietnam, Cambodia, Phillipines, Iraq, Panama.... |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And yet I don't consider it ever deserved for a child to die |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. I don't either. My point is not that we "deserved" it but that it was inevitable |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Absolutely. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Ok, still leaving yourself some wiggle room, I see |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I honestly don't know who did it. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Ok, then answer me this |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. If the government had anything to do with it... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I guess I just apply Occam's Razor, and go for the simplest explanation |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. It was a Democrat who took impeachment off the table. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I have no doubt it was Mohammed Atta and crew |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Count me in too. nt |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. War is hell. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. i think drones are a punk move..nt |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Since I have yet to get an answer from anyone on this... ever... |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. imo..a lowpoint for this discussion board..i read it..i'm not impressed..nt |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Got it... you think warfare should be fair.... |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. i dont believe in war period..never have..drones are a sucker punch |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Care to address the point? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. no, i wont answer that question. It's silly. The question is why we need to be at war? |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. All valid questions... but not part of the discussion... |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. The method used is irrelevant |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. K and R....what what its worth.....the bravery of being out of range. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. So war is a school yard game now? We have to play fair? nt |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. I post this little spiel when I see someone jump on the "Drones are da devil" |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ok genius, new plan then... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. LOL |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. How about we skip the next deployment |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Use of Drones Are War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. There is nothing unique about them as far as international law is concerned. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Just like land mines |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Aside from being the exact opposite of what you said... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Again, how are they different from regular plane dropping regular bombs? nt |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
64. SILENCE!!! nt |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R! |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have no problem at all with the Drone attacks. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. bs..you watch too much tv..nt |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Too busy to watch television. nt |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Do you seriously mean what you say? That every man, woman and child |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. The USA is taking great efforts to avoid killing women and children. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Then they are not doing a very good job considering that only one |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. They are murder. K & R. nt. |
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Bloke 32 (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. How many states have the death penalty? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. K & R, for all the good it will do. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. Unless it's imminent self defense, it's murder. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's what PRO LIFE is all about don't you know. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
56. But the United States is exceptionally exceptional, you see |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. Extrajudicial murder... |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
66. Would it be better delivered in person? |
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