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69. Do you think it would help any, if you said that to the big corporations -- especially the big oil

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Mon Oct 5, 2015, 12:11 PM

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Doctors Without Borders: Kunduz Airstrike Was 'War Crime' [View all] bananas Oct 2015 OP

America - The Most Violent Nation On Earth - Both Domestically And Internationally cantbeserious Oct 2015 #1

One giant reason Thespian2 Oct 2015 #12

You made an excellent move NeoConsSuck Oct 2015 #82

"The Most Violent Nation On Earth" EX500rider Oct 2015 #46

Yes - Very cantbeserious Oct 2015 #48

Not... EX500rider Oct 2015 #50

Yes - Very cantbeserious Oct 2015 #52

I suppose if you can't read a simple graph it may seem that way... EX500rider Oct 2015 #53

One Can Read The Graph - Per Capita Stats Hide The Reality Behind Averages cantbeserious Oct 2015 #54

Can you explain how that is the case? whopis01 Oct 2015 #59

Per Capita Stats Hide Totals Across Populations - This Obscures The Total Number Of Deaths cantbeserious Oct 2015 #60

Per capita puts large and small countries on an equal basis for comparison. cheapdate Oct 2015 #77

The problem with you logic is that the U.S. doesn't top whopis01 Oct 2015 #83

80,000 Gun Deaths Since Sandy Hook - Which Country Tops That cantbeserious Oct 2015 #84

Well Brazil for one whopis01 Oct 2015 #86

7 other countries top that.. EX500rider Oct 2015 #87

80,000 Is Larger Than Any One Of The Countries Listed cantbeserious Oct 2015 #88

That's for 1 year:2012 EX500rider Oct 2015 #89

And how many have we killed outside our borders? bemildred Oct 2015 #56

Roger That - Those Numbers We Will Never Know cantbeserious Oct 2015 #85

Clearly was intentionally hit, repeatedly, for 30 minutes. This was no accident peacebird Oct 2015 #2

What do you think the purpose of deliberately targeting a hospital is? Adrahil Oct 2015 #4

They were treating injured fighters from the other side. peacebird Oct 2015 #6

<sigh> Adrahil Oct 2015 #17

I don't know how our 840high Oct 2015 #22

+1 Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #35

Anyone helping the Taliban deserves to be shot NobodyHere Oct 2015 #80

And kept being misidentified for 30 minutes after they were informed they were attacking a hospital? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #26

And what should happen to the commander in chief in whose name this was totodeinhere Oct 2015 #37

He should, at the very least, personally apologize. America does not KingCharlemagne Oct 2015 #62

"being misidentified for 30 minutes after they were informed" EX500rider Oct 2015 #47

You seriously think they called someone in the United States? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #61

I seriously think we don't who they called yet. EX500rider Oct 2015 #66

Both revenge and to send a message come to mind. bemildred Oct 2015 #57

Someone messed up...or misled US air power. KeepItReal Oct 2015 #8

That was my immediate thought - someone with ulterior motives had the compound targeted. erronis Oct 2015 #10

Yep, Make a list of empires. Make a list of where they faied. The Green Manalishi Oct 2015 #14

My bet is.... Adrahil Oct 2015 #18

i agree restorefreedom Oct 2015 #23

Especially since they were provided with that info directly by MSF long in advance of the attacks.nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #27

Yup... but I do have some sympathy. Adrahil Oct 2015 #29

that could be restorefreedom Oct 2015 #32

i heard the dwb guy say tonight restorefreedom Oct 2015 #31

Gave them to who? Adrahil Oct 2015 #33

i dont know who they told, didnt say. restorefreedom Oct 2015 #39

But the attacks continued for one half hour once DWB informed the military command that totodeinhere Oct 2015 #38

that is what worries me. nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #40

So very lame Caretha Oct 2015 #41

I abhor this attack as much as anyone, but I do am not guilty for paying my taxes. totodeinhere Oct 2015 #44

Not to derail, but that's not true metalbot Oct 2015 #75

"All proper procedures for identifying their location was well known" EX500rider Oct 2015 #49

I doubt it but it makes no difference. JackRiddler Oct 2015 #15

Doctors Without Borders closes Afghan hospital, says U.S. may have committed war crime bananas Oct 2015 #3

*May* have?? SusanCalvin Oct 2015 #7

"All these strikes on sovereign countries without a declared war are war crimes" EX500rider Oct 2015 #51

should Obama be marched to the Hague? 6chars Oct 2015 #9

Let's see if Obama holds anyone accountable. NT Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #13

Unfortunately, that is a strong point. salib Oct 2015 #21

It won't be swept under the rug: could you ever imagine a better recruiting tool? mpcamb Oct 2015 #30

Fine by me. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #28

can you go to the hague if you have a nobel peace prize? 6chars Oct 2015 #34

Kissinger certainly should n/t Hydra Oct 2015 #45

Yes Caretha Oct 2015 #42

I don't know about Obama, but we do have quite a number who should. bemildred Oct 2015 #58

Medical charity MSF leaves Afghan city after fatal airstrike bananas Oct 2015 #5

One in a series Demeter Oct 2015 #11

I still remember how the US military wouldn't let MSF land in Haiti mainer Oct 2015 #16

in a civil war, there is no such thing as a noncombatant. - nt KingCharlemagne Oct 2015 #63

They say they hate us for our freedom, but maybe its all the innocent people we slaughter whereisjustice Oct 2015 #19

I think someone misidentified the buildings Marrah_G Oct 2015 #20

They don't Caretha Oct 2015 #43

I disagree. Marrah_G Oct 2015 #55

Crimes against humanity don't require that the act be deliberate. Xithras Oct 2015 #71

Oh I do agree Marrah_G Oct 2015 #78

Very troubling coolepairc Oct 2015 #24

Conjecture, crime, and redemption Fairgo Oct 2015 #25

Bravo! Should be its own OP, imo. - nt KingCharlemagne Oct 2015 #64

You are the author? Yes, please make an OP flamingdem Oct 2015 #74

thanks for the encouragement Fairgo Oct 2015 #79

That's a huge accusation to throw out there Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #36

unless... Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #81

A terrible, fiery vengeance awaits this benighted land. Behold the KingCharlemagne Oct 2015 #65

All war is criminal Flying Squirrel Oct 2015 #67

Do you think it would help any, if you said that to the big corporations -- especially the big oil Cal33 Oct 2015 #69

We need to hear from Doctors Without Borders flamingdem Oct 2015 #68

MSF 'Disgusted' By Officials Justifying Attack bemildred Oct 2015 #70

Unbelievable. flamingdem Oct 2015 #72

Yep. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #73

K and R! nt m-lekktor Oct 2015 #76