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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: We killed Yamamoto [View all]

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
21. When will the drones start aiming at Wall Street?
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 05:06 AM
Feb 2013

There seems to be no way to arrest those criminals so they should simple be blown out of existence.

We killed Yamamoto [View all] hedgehog Feb 2013 OP
Bad analogy. truebluegreen Feb 2013 #1
OK - how about Arbenz then? Taverner Feb 2013 #2
That is an excellent example of how policies can be abused - hedgehog Feb 2013 #4
Ah, but to mangle an historical quote, malthaussen Feb 2013 #13
What about him? truebluegreen Feb 2013 #16
Ain't it just? malthaussen Feb 2013 #3
The choice was to take out Yamamoto to shorten WWII. The use of drones hedgehog Feb 2013 #5
Sorry, I really don't get it. malthaussen Feb 2013 #6
I'm not sure if I understand what you are getting at. hedgehog Feb 2013 #8
Ah, that is where we differ, then. malthaussen Feb 2013 #10
I agree with you there. Killing civilians with drones is akin hedgehog Feb 2013 #11
"...certain..." truebluegreen Feb 2013 #15
"...provided that those people are taking up arms against the United States." truebluegreen Feb 2013 #14
This is why I would prefer the language of piracy vs. the language of warfare. hedgehog Feb 2013 #17
I agree that the "language" of piracy would be better truebluegreen Feb 2013 #20
We had formally declared war on Japan after their Pearl Harbor attack. It was war. SharonAnn Feb 2013 #12
My qualm is that there's no limits to the battlefield and no time limit to the war Hippo_Tron Feb 2013 #7
A forever war is a horror. We have been at war with too many people for too long a time. hedgehog Feb 2013 #9
Arrest them zipplewrath Feb 2013 #18
That is the best option! hedgehog Feb 2013 #19
When will the drones start aiming at Wall Street? Kablooie Feb 2013 #21
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