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Bosonic
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Fri Sep-30-11 03:43 AM Original message |
Yemen says it has killed U.S.-born cleric linked to al Qaeda |
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MrSlayer
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Fri Sep-30-11 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good news if true. |
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Hissyspit
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Fri Sep-30-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Good news? |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Fri Sep-30-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The Yemenis did this, not the United States |
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msanthrope
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Fri Sep-30-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. After he didn't show on a murder charge--in Yemen. Yemen doesn't have to tolerate our |
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Hissyspit
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Fri Sep-30-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. @Reuters: FLASH: Two U.S officials tell Reuters that Yemen-based al Qaeda figure Anwar al-Awlaki was |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Fri Sep-30-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, in that case: |
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Nihil
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Fri Sep-30-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Unfortunately not ... |
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Ter
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Sat Oct-01-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
106. Did we produce one with Bin Laden? |
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Hoosier Daddy
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Fri Sep-30-11 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. Guy from New Mexico Executed Without Trial |
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msanthrope
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Fri Sep-30-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I don't think Yemen need suffer our homegrown terrorists. He should have tried Pakistan. nt |
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harun
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Fri Sep-30-11 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Extra judicial killing of a United States Citizen. |
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msanthrope
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Fri Sep-30-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's called irony, when you die of what you espouse. |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Couldn't the same be said about the victims of 9/11? |
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msanthrope
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Fri Sep-30-11 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. Good. Nt |
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kentuck
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Fri Sep-30-11 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. Big story! |
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pmorlan1
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Fri Sep-30-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. They finally did it |
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msanthrope
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Fri Sep-30-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yemen has the right to hunt down fugitives within its borders. I think evidence from British courts |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I do not understand all of the comments sympathetic to al-Awlaki |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. it's not sympathy for al-Awlaki, it's a POTUS-ordered assassination of a US citizen w/o due process |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. al-Awlaki denied himself due process |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. so sorry, but your tautological reasoning holds as much water as a sieve |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Start a rescue program for stray terrorists then |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. that is a strawman argument, due process is guaranteed to all US citizens, by asserting this I'm NOT |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. That is a begging the question logical fallacy |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #53 |
71. an American citizen (al-Awlaki) was assassinated via presidential fiat, with no trial, end of story |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. chaining of logical fallacies |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. terrorists by their very nature, 'hide' from detection, again you build a strawman |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. I do not think you know what Extra-Judicial or Straw Man actually means |
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Muskypundit
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
69. He is an enemy combatant. Not just a criminal. |
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The Stranger
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. But you're the one defending terrorism here. |
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The Stranger
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
58. I don't understand all of the comments sympathetic to extra-judicial state execution/murder.. |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. There is nothing extra-judicial about al-Awlaki's death |
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Muskypundit
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
66. When your at war |
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pmorlan1
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Fri Sep-30-11 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yeminia-American Targeted for Assassination |
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msanthrope
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Fri Sep-30-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. He should have shown up for his Yemeni murder charge. Yemen doesn't have to tolerate our citizen- |
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frylock
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. maybe we should target roman polanski with a cia drone.. |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Logical fallacy |
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frylock
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. how so? |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Logical fallacy explained. |
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frylock
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. i didn't ask for a dictionary definition.. |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Asked and answered |
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frylock
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. who gets to make the decision of who presents "a clear and present danger to civilians?" |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. doubling down on the straw man |
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frylock
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. and you continue to double down on the diversionary tactics.. |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Very well then, again, there is nothing extra-judicial about al-Awlaki's death |
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frylock
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. but more people are killed every day in traffic accidents than by terrorist attacks.. |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Straw man |
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frylock
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Fri Sep-30-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #86 |
102. i feel like we're more in danger than ever before.. |
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vminfla
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Sat Oct-01-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. You remove cancer |
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dana_b
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Fri Sep-30-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. not Yemeni forces, according to these articles |
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n2doc
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Fri Sep-30-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why doesn't Obama just use drones to blow up the Gitmo prisoners? |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
41. The Running Man 2012, coming soon to a theatre near you and yours |
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pinboy3niner
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Fri Sep-30-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yemen Defense Ministry: another American in al-Qaida, Samir Khan, was killed with al-Awlaki |
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SnakeEyes
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
22. CIA assassination of a US citizen |
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IamK
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
92. they had a non US citizen push the launch button just to be safe... |
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Zorro
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. Good riddance |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. Officials: U.S.-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki killed |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Trials are so yesterday. |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Why didn't he turn himself in? |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. So the burden of proof was on him? |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No, he could have cleared his name. |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:59 AM Original message |
Remember habeas corpus? |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
34. Yes, so why didn't he turn himself in? |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. He had already been declared guilty |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That's not true |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Linked by U.S. authorities..." |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. His tapes and videos? |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Okay, the burden of proof is on you. |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Here you go... |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Going by what you presented |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. That's not relevant |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Pretzel logic. |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. The article says Yemen did it. |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Keep your head in the sand |
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Renew Deal
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. That works. |
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
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Fri Sep-30-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
31. Praise be to Allah |
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slackmaster
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
38. I will drink a cup of Yemen coffee this morning in Yemen's honor |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. you cannot even get your facts straight, it was a CIA drone strike, NOT Yemen |
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Throd
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Groovy, I'll toast the CIA as I crack open my first beer tonight. |
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. I got my information from the OP, and I'm not sorry that I had it wrong. |
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Fri Sep-30-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
48. good news! |
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totodeinhere
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
61. This is another victory for President Obama's sensible foreign policy. |
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Fri Sep-30-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. so having 6 hot wars (debt-increasing, civilian-murdering, civil liberty snatching empiric wars) is |
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Muskypundit
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Your really missing a few key points. And it is kind of sad. |
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. find me the term 'enemy combatant' in the US constitution, and also where it is applicable to US |
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Muskypundit
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I am not supporting this policy because a democrat is doing it. |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Article 4, Fourth Geneva Convention |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. yes, and your citation sinks your case completely |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. He was killed on the field of battle |
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stockholmer
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. so, if he was blown up by a drone in say, Portland, Oregon, this would be fine with you? (your logic |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. straw man. straw man. straw man. and slippery slope. n/t |
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stockholmer
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Sat Oct-01-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #99 |
103. U need to go read the definition of basic logical fallacies,such as strawmen (you use them, I don't) |
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vminfla
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Sat Oct-01-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Thanks, but I actually lecture on the topic and can see your logical fallacies to be transparent |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. The US now cherry-picks the parts of the GC it wants to follow. |
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vminfla
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Irrelevant non sequitur: al-Awlaki is dead and that is not a bad thing |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. "No crimes were comitted in his death." |
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bitchkitty
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Sat Oct-01-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #93 |
107. LOL LOL n/t |
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #90 |
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Fri Sep-30-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Now you are even bashing President Obama for something that may be? |
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #77 |
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. War is one area where I don't agree with Obama |
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. see this post for more on al-Qaeda and its role in US policy |
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mvd
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. This is the type of thing I'm worried about - more than further attacks |
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totodeinhere
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Fri Sep-30-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #88 |
98. No I read it well. And what I am objecting to is your criticism of Obama for mere "possibilities." |
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IamK
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Fri Sep-30-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
100. he does like to blow people up... I'll give him that.. |
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ChiGal
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Fri Sep-30-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
85. Thank goodness he wasn't waterboarded! |
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IamK
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Fri Sep-30-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
101. was blowing people up one of his campaign promises? |
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bitchkitty
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Sat Oct-01-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
108. Oh, but he was such a bad guy, right? |
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