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EFerrari

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15. Mistaken identity, my @ss. Are you telling me the Pentagon doesn't know

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #14)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 08:51 PM

Apr 2012

who it is killing

That's fucking ridiculous on every level.

We've had this conversation before. I keep referring you to the Geneva Conventions and you keep posting as if they don't exist.

That's fine. You do that. You choose your own adventure.

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Bradley Manning: a show trial of state secrecy [View all] marmar Apr 2012 OP

And no one has been held accountable for that crime. The documentary made in Iceland sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #1

That's because it wasn't a crime. jeff47 Apr 2012 #4

Well, it's nice that you have conducted an investigation, a trial and have reached a conclusion sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #5

If you're going to complain, you should probably pay more attention to what was actually said. jeff47 Apr 2012 #10

DOD investigations do not hold much weight frankly. They are naturally self-serving. sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #17

Again, I recommend reading what's actually written here, and not the argument in your head. jeff47 Apr 2012 #18

I'm pretty sure you can still commit crimes in a war. bemildred Apr 2012 #7

You can, but the AK-47 and the mistaken AT weapon mean it's not a crime. (nt) jeff47 Apr 2012 #11

Mistakes can be crimes too, you know, that happens frequently in the real world. bemildred Apr 2012 #21

War crimes have specific criteria jeff47 Apr 2012 #23

Ah, I guess that's all settled then. nt bemildred Apr 2012 #25

Wrong. Killing civilians is a crime. EFerrari Apr 2012 #8

Targeting civilians is a crime. jeff47 Apr 2012 #12

Bullshit but, you know that. EFerrari Apr 2012 #13

Go ahead and quote where mistaken identity is illegal. jeff47 Apr 2012 #14

Mistaken identity, my @ss. Are you telling me the Pentagon doesn't know EFerrari Apr 2012 #15

So you're operating under the belief that someone in the Pentagon is pulling the triggers? jeff47 Apr 2012 #16

If you kill someone by mistake it is a crime Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #20

In the civilian world jeff47 Apr 2012 #24

So many things wrong with your theory Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #26

No, actually the wrong is with your mischaracterizations jeff47 Apr 2012 #27

Go to post #3 Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #28

The war in Iraq was a war. The "war on terror" is a euphamism jeff47 Apr 2012 #29

My mistake I meant #4 Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #30

You just really aren't bothering to read at all, are you? jeff47 Apr 2012 #31

Obama's DoD Lacanian peep show. n/t EFerrari Apr 2012 #2

And in other news, the boy that revealed the Emperor has no clothes will be hanged. nm rhett o rick Apr 2012 #3

"Democracies die behind closed doors." countryjake Apr 2012 #6

If all we can do is be the memories for the truth, let's do that. nt EFerrari Apr 2012 #9

K&R. nt OnyxCollie Apr 2012 #19

K & R! nt CherylK Apr 2012 #22