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In reply to the discussion: Pakistan: US drone kills 10 suspected militants [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)54. I can request a change?
You mean if I contact Obama, he won't blow up families anymore?
He must not have opened my letter yet, but it's good to know that this shit will be stopping soon.
And, yes, the first casualty of war is the truth. Changing the rules about who is classified as a militant in order to avoid reporting civilian casualties is an excellent example.
"The strike was signed off at the highest level." Sheesh.
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Some of them might even have been 'terrorists disguised as children' - Hope
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#69
I will never condone the killing of suspects. It smacks of the stench of unrighteous death
think
Jun 2012
#3
Give it ten years, until China or someone starts manufacturing them cheap in bulk.
WriteWrong
Jun 2012
#36
If you're going to dismiss "Habeus (sic) Corpus" as a 'childish notion,' you could at least have
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#71
Well they must have ties to al-Qaida. Why else would they be offering condolences to an Al-Qaida
ArnoldLayne
Jun 2012
#9
All mourners at a terrorist's funeral are thereby terrorists themselves, warranting death.
rug
Jun 2012
#17
Maybe it is they shouldn't go to it. By the way I like Your Marx pics. I've been trying to find one
ArnoldLayne
Jun 2012
#26
They shouldn't have been hangin with that crowd. I wouldn't hang around members of Organised Crime,
ArnoldLayne
Jun 2012
#18
The problem is that every male between the ages of 16 and 60 or so is a suspected militant.
RC
Jun 2012
#24
If they are know they are members of al-Qaida, Talaban or whatever they are called stay away from
ArnoldLayne
Jun 2012
#39