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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:37 AM Original message |
The Unmentionable: Land Mines in Afghanistan Sexually Mutilate US Troops |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bring everyone home from all the -stan suffixed countries and this problem, |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good Lord, that's awful. It's really not that new, but at least we're doing something. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Seriously wounding the enemy is much more advantageous than killing him |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's good to show the horrors of war to the armchair warriors who treat it like a video game. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Armchair warriors won't get it until their TV shoots back. |
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DocMac (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. 50K for a thumb? |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. That's one possibility. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. Luang Prabang by David Van Ronk |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. we can't make blast proof nut cups? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am inspired |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Has anyone here seen Lisa Ling's Our America on OWN? |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. 1 - 2 penis amputations/day on average. I say this fact to anyone thinking of enlisting. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. I bet they don't mention that at the recruiting drive. nt |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. You could run a great anti-recruitment drive on this alone. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Ideally, a military weapon would kill nobody, just inflict crippling and grievous wounds. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. It seems this would be less of a problem for a female soldier. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Mines have always been a terrible weapon... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, war is very unpleasant. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Holy crap that sounds painful. |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. If the government is not doing anything about this |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Bring them ALL home and let the 1%ers fight their own fucking illegal wars themselves. nt |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Send the |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. I hope the Pentagon re-thinks its position on landmines over this |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. An organization against war should seriously start offering sperm bank insurance. |
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