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79. I salute the civil libertarians on DU who served on this jury and can only

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 07:41 PM

Jun 2012

hope I will measure up if and when called to serve.

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What is your favorite rationalization for the U.S. drone killings of civilian non-combatants? [View all] coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 OP

Please change the title to something related to "summary executions" Zalatix Jun 2012 #1

The wording of the title is admittedly klunky. Just can't seem to find an coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #3

"The technology has increased our ability to decrease civilian casualties." Prometheus Bound Jun 2012 #2

Tough to choose only one, but at least I now understand the Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #4

You got it? I sure as hell didn't get it when I got that response. Zalatix Jun 2012 #5

Well, I get it insofar as now I understand the posters intent. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #34

At least he didn't call you a Trotskyist running-dog. sudopod Jun 2012 #48

Wars have always killed the innocent MrScorpio Jun 2012 #6

Nice post and I largely concur. I think what bothers me as much as, or even more than, coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #30

++ cbrer Jun 2012 #43

We cannot absolve ourselves of guilt or the need to speak out. sudopod Jun 2012 #51

Invention of the Browning machine gun FogerRox Jun 2012 #87

Arrows came before the machine gun. boppers Jun 2012 #90

Yes, exactly. FogerRox Jun 2012 #91

The missile attacks are to create a distraction from the Whitewater investigation Kolesar Jun 2012 #7

Mine is: "Trooolllll, NADER, PAUL, Obama hater, burnnn teh witch!!!!11111" redgreenandblue Jun 2012 #8

x2 AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #23

Why do you hate America? (nt) harmonicon Jun 2012 #9

Yeah, my option #7 is a variation on that theme (the affirmative coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #31

Now we don't have to put our troops in harm's way... rucky Jun 2012 #10

There is none Angry Dragon Jun 2012 #11

Most of the choices Capt. Obvious Jun 2012 #12

"automatic unrec for Glenn Greenwald" n/t Enrique Jun 2012 #13

+ Infinity. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #17

We don't really know how many civilians have been killed. randome Jun 2012 #14

We do know. Records have been kept, names, dates, and when it's been impossible to deny, sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #89

Fuck Ron Paul...nt SidDithers Jun 2012 #15

Brilliant ... GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #22

Hunh? How does Ron Paul enter this discussion, other coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #32

I believe SidDithers' post was intended as a parody of this... Zalatix Jun 2012 #38

Ah yes. I've got that particular individual referenced in your links on "Ignore," coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author sudopod Jun 2012 #52

I trust our President to kill only people who deserve it. woo me with science Jun 2012 #16

Did that include FDR? treestar Jun 2012 #62

Ah, a combination of numbers one, two, and possibly seven. woo me with science Jun 2012 #80

That one is so darkly satiric that it leaves me speechless in awe. - Jonathan coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #76

Other: "We're fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here." smokey nj Jun 2012 #18

Other - If they run, they're terrorists.... slackmaster Jun 2012 #19

Ooh, I had a strong feeling of deja vu (or maybe deja entendu): is that coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #28

Yes. It's based on lines spoken by Door Gunner. slackmaster Jun 2012 #29

Oh, man, the image in the penultimate scene of that movie (of the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #33

My favorite is the first one treestar Jun 2012 #20

Yeah and that rule somehow only applies to pesky brown people outside the country. Zalatix Jun 2012 #40

Well we are supposedly fighting Afghanistan treestar Jun 2012 #61

Other: There are no civilian non-combatants in the area. Zanzoobar Jun 2012 #21

Correction: There are no MALE civilian non-combatants in the area. Zalatix Jun 2012 #39

I accept the correction. Zanzoobar Jun 2012 #49

That's okay, that correction won't be valid for long. Zalatix Jun 2012 #57

Another: ProSense Jun 2012 #24

FDR is the father of nuclear weapons... SidDithers Jun 2012 #47

What was the one I saw yesterday, Arctic Dave Jun 2012 #25

Is it that dangerous to commute to an air-conditioned shack in Nevada? nt sudopod Jun 2012 #53

"Those people are just lucky it's not Mitt Romney deciding who to attack!" JVS Jun 2012 #26

That is an instant classic and revelatory of the utter coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #78

Other: In times of great austerity, even killing people should cost less. L. Coyote Jun 2012 #27

Why are people arguing over the method? Lurks Often Jun 2012 #35

Are people arguing over the method? - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #42

It seems that way Lurks Often Jun 2012 #56

So I take it your favorite rationalization for the killing of civilian non-combatants would coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #59

Don't change the original question Lurks Often Jun 2012 #60

I notice you're not responding to the original question either, not that coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #67

I answered other and explained my answer Lurks Often Jun 2012 #71

Well, your 'question' as you put it was actually a run-on sentence, containing coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #73

Ok Lurks Often Jun 2012 #81

642% of Liberals love Obama Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #36

Ha-ha. That's a good one! Thanks - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #37

There are distinct differences between the mind of Authoritarian followers, Larry Ogg Jun 2012 #44

Well if war is hell and it doesn't matter what we do JonLP24 Jun 2012 #45

Neutron warheads! There's not much infrastructure in that part of the world, Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #55

Drones are the perfect product. One use only. It's great profit if you value money more than llife. Gregorian Jun 2012 #46

You do know that these drones are reused over and over. Swede Jun 2012 #50

Oh! I posted without thinking. Although I didn't know that. Gregorian Jun 2012 #54

Close, drones are an easily produced and replaceable delivery device for "a perfect one use product" Dragonfli Jun 2012 #58

Fear Obama. Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #63

The president must know something we don't whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #64

Yeah, this one fits right in with Greenwald's evocation of the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #70

My favorite is not in there nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #65

Oy, that one really does take the cake, doesn't it? - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #69

stuff like this -- BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #66

Oh, man, that is positively brutal. But apt - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #68

Two for 'Fuck Ron Paul' n/t Earth_First Jun 2012 #72

Other - "It's regrettable if there were civilian casualties.......BUT THE STRIKES WILL CONTINUE." IDemo Jun 2012 #74

Oopsie, someone seems to have forgotten that we have a president and not a Dear Leader: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2012 #75

I salute the civil libertarians on DU who served on this jury and can only coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #79

no rationalization Sea-Dog Jun 2012 #77

VOTE: "How ya likin' my passive-aggressive troll, er I mean poll?" AtomicKitten Jun 2012 #82

Here's an assertion straight-up: AtomicKitten has no problem whatsoever coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author AtomicKitten Jun 2012 #85

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #86

FYI..... DeSwiss Jun 2012 #84

Now this is trippy. My mind melded two separate experiments, the Stanford prison experiment of the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #88