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Jackpine Radical

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28. I was a participant in a shameful war

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 02:28 PM

Jul 2014

many years ago. I was a draftee, but I permitted myself to be drafted and sent into it rather than fleeing to Canada or Sweden. Many of my peers were killed or disabled in that war.

Since we have not been in a morally defensible war since WWII, I take it that you feel that those who were killed or disabled in those wars also got what was coming to them. Perhaps we should cut off disability benefits and medical care for all those monsters who, like me, went out to do terrible things to lands and peoples who had never meant us any harm.

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13 Israeli soldiers killed overnight in Gaza [View all] shaayecanaan Jul 2014 OP

And, to be clear, that's from the official IDF Twitter account muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #1

Saddened by this tragedy. yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #76

what a sad world heaven05 Jul 2014 #2

That happens to invading soldiers sometimes. n/t Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #3

Didn't read the details, but YarnAddict Jul 2014 #4

You totally made that up and you know it. The Stranger Jul 2014 #65

Invading their own country? shenmue Jul 2014 #5

Headline says "killed overnight IN GAZA." Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #7

Didn't know Gaza was a country shenmue Jul 2014 #9

Are you being paid or working propaganda for free? kickysnana Jul 2014 #11

The pro-Israeli propaganda has its contradictions. JackRiddler Jul 2014 #13

Right, officer friendly in a tank. n/t kickysnana Jul 2014 #14

Those are soldiers Billy Budd Jul 2014 #35

A lie. former9thward Jul 2014 #38

Israel considers Palestinians Untermensch subhumans Billy Budd Jul 2014 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #52

77 percent Billy Budd Jul 2014 #40

Because Hamas purposely put them in harms way. former9thward Jul 2014 #42

WHERE the HELL are they supposed to go? ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #55

Well, they could camp out on the beach NickB79 Jul 2014 #61

A beautiful brother went looking for his family in the death zone... countryjake Jul 2014 #60

If your country is being attacked, christx30 Jul 2014 #15

Just joshing are you? 3auld6phart Jul 2014 #30

For a minute there I thought you meant the 13 soldiers. JackRiddler Jul 2014 #36

when is Israel going to stop land thieving ? Billy Budd Jul 2014 #41

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So stealing land and killing kids is okay? bravenak Jul 2014 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #71

I want Israel to stop making excuses for killing civilians. bravenak Jul 2014 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #73

Killing children is wrong. Bombing hospitals is wrong. bravenak Jul 2014 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #77

I am against the slaughter i see on my screen. bravenak Jul 2014 #79

Oh bullshit. You go to where the land is you want to steal. The Stranger Jul 2014 #66

More details here shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #6

Looks like the same dynamic as the 2006 Lebanon incursion Strelnikov_ Jul 2014 #20

Hezbollah provided training after cast lead shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #44

Serves them right, damn terrorists flying overseas to take part in their Holy War ... Nihil Jul 2014 #81

cry me a fucking river d_b Jul 2014 #8

Try Aug 9 2006 jakeXT Jul 2014 #10

Fair enough will edit shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #45

We've lost quite a few more on several different days. bluedigger Jul 2014 #12

Beirut: bemildred Jul 2014 #46

I remember that one well. bluedigger Jul 2014 #47

It seemed like quite a few more to me. bemildred Jul 2014 #48

What did? bluedigger Jul 2014 #49

300 dead soldiers in one day, I thought we were talking about dead soldiers. nt bemildred Jul 2014 #50

The OP was more specific. bluedigger Jul 2014 #56

From the op: bemildred Jul 2014 #58

It's really hard to get numbers for a single day. bluedigger Jul 2014 #59

Yeah, WWI was just the last time mass charges against machine guns was considered a good idea. bemildred Jul 2014 #68

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Really. dhill926 Jul 2014 #18

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Good God, how can you say that? Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #19

Because I don't feel sorry for those who get what's coming to them Downtown Hound Jul 2014 #21

I was a participant in a shameful war Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #28

Not good. None of it is good. redwitch Jul 2014 #22

Grieving for them solves nothing either except to satisfy some misguided Downtown Hound Jul 2014 #26

I think everyone has the right to live. Including the Palestinian people. redwitch Jul 2014 #29

Gaza is a cage? SnakeEyes Jul 2014 #64

Quick points of fact JoDog Jul 2014 #78

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It's really not that complicated Downtown Hound Jul 2014 #25

It be like that sometimes. bravenak Jul 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #54

For good reason. bravenak Jul 2014 #69

Just sitting in awe reading these heartless,mean replies..................... Old Vet Jul 2014 #27

Me too. AngryDem001 Jul 2014 #34

You do realize Calista241 Jul 2014 #80

Not surprised at all leftynyc Jul 2014 #75

Question is, will this cause the operation to expand or contract daleo Jul 2014 #31

This is more than the total number of IDF killed in Pillar of Cloud and Cast Lead combined azurnoir Jul 2014 #32

There will be more, if this goes on. bemildred Jul 2014 #33

This will put pressure on Bibi geek tragedy Jul 2014 #37

Yep. bemildred Jul 2014 #43

Between the rest of the works and hardliners & settlers geek tragedy Jul 2014 #67

Israeli APC destroyed was a fifty-year old M113 shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #51

This wont play well back in Tel Aviv. DCBob Jul 2014 #57

Yeah. There's a new sherrif in town, Iran. harun Jul 2014 #62

The Body Count ltheghost Jul 2014 #63

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