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In reply to the discussion: No Mr. President, Pakistan doesn't tacitly agree to your unilateral, terrorist drone attacks. [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)48. “What the drones are trying to achieve, we may not disagree. We do not disagree."
No matter how the words are parsed or taken out of context, Pakistans concern is the civilian casualties, not that drones are killing terrorists.
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No Mr. President, Pakistan doesn't tacitly agree to your unilateral, terrorist drone attacks. [View all]
MadHound
Sep 2012
OP
Oh brother.. it's clown car time again on DU.. just in time for the election.
progressivebydesign
Sep 2012
#1
Some people are getting very angry that they won't have their "One Termer I Told You So" moment
alcibiades_mystery
Sep 2012
#8
Clown cars often contain partisan robots. Everything isn't about the fucking campaign.
DirkGently
Sep 2012
#95
"Khar said Pakistan does not disagree with the drones being used to go after terrorists."
ProSense
Sep 2012
#7
And yet, they still take our money. Khar knows the dance--the ruling party accepts USA money,
msanthrope
Sep 2012
#13
So you think it is OK to kill innocents and install an era of terror in Waziristan,
MadHound
Sep 2012
#21
Why? You obviously aren't going to provide a straight answer to anything I ask,
MadHound
Sep 2012
#56
“What the drones are trying to achieve, we may not disagree. We do not disagree."
ProSense
Sep 2012
#48
If they were really outraged, they'd stop taking our money. And if Bush had done this early
msanthrope
Sep 2012
#12
As, so killing innocents and terrorizing an entire province is how you secure that border,
MadHound
Sep 2012
#52
Ding! Ding! Ding! It's getting more frantic by the day, and it's predictable.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2012
#64
But..but..the drone killings are the only way to win..er..not lose..er...cover our defeat.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2012
#15
Then they should stop taking our money, and kick us the hell out. It's that simple.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2012
#65
I hope you're putting this much effort into getting your candidate elected.
great white snark
Sep 2012
#17
Well, I happen to think that stopping these illegal drone attacks would go a long way to help,
MadHound
Sep 2012
#25
If our president finds this to be so horrific, why doesn't he put an immediate end to it?
MadHound
Sep 2012
#27
I know that you want to have a broader discussion on drones, and that is fine but
grantcart
Sep 2012
#41
I wouldn't call repeated calls by Pakistani officials to stop the drone attacks tacit approval,
MadHound
Sep 2012
#58
Having negotiated many deals with officials in the Pakistani Govt and other Gvts in the region
grantcart
Sep 2012
#66
Well, if you actually have negotiated many agreements with Pakistan and others,
MadHound
Sep 2012
#85
In MadHound's defense, this is just anti-war propaganda, not right-wing propaganda.
ieoeja
Sep 2012
#45
Opposing it is not propaganda. Pretending that a public denial of a supposed secret is.
ieoeja
Sep 2012
#63
Question: where do you get the notion that this started with the "third way"?
Hippo_Tron
Sep 2012
#68
Constant spewing of anti Dem propaganda used to be grounds for tombstoning here, too.
dionysus
Sep 2012
#72
People continue to float that canard that we accept certain things from Obama we wouldnt under Bush
stevenleser
Sep 2012
#62
good god, the rationalizations for crimes against humanity in this thread are odious....
mike_c
Sep 2012
#78
Then perhaps they should take an active role in rooting out the radicals themselves.
Egnever
Sep 2012
#79