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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]Robb
(39,665 posts)71. Honestly, I just haven't made up my mind yet.
I was curious if the other poster had, because I value his opinion. I've already heard yours.
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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