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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:27 AM Original message |
US airstrike apparently kills Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, 16-year old son of Anwar al-Awlaki |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. See, the rules are different when you're a terrorist. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. He was hanging around with terrorists. He wasn't the main target. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes, terrorists were throwing a barbeque for teenagers. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. No - the adults simply didn't care for his safety. nt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That doesn't make targeted killings moral, in fact this underscores why they're not. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. And how would you know that? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I read the OP? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Because some of the TERRORISTS killed in the drone attack were named in other articles. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And we know that's true just as we know the kid was 21 |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 04:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Make sure you add "killed a 16 year old US citizen with a drone" to your |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. Great, now we're killing kids. I don't care who the hell we were targeting. If you're not sure |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Not really, if we are going to do this at all |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. There are ways to ensure that we only kill the people intended and not occur |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No such thing as clean war... if you go |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes, but technically we're not at war with anyone. We just "authorize the use of force" n/t |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Which are just weasel words for shooting without a congressional declaration |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I completely agree with what you're saying. I should of threw a sarccasm tag my post. n/t |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Damn! |
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