ShortnFiery
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Mon Sep-14-09 06:20 PM
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| 17. p.s. Signals Intelligence. eom |
| -US Launches Military Strike in Somalia Against al Qaeda Target |
sabra |
Sep-14-09 02:43 PM |
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Now Republicans have to figure out how to condemn this. |
DavidDvorkin |
Sep-14-09 02:54 PM |
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Air strikes, in and of themselves are, IMO, cowardice, when you're fighting a rag tag |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-14-09 02:57 PM |
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Have you ever served in a combat zone? |
cliffordu |
Sep-14-09 03:54 PM |
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No but I served in the USA, my father battlefield commissioned in WWII and |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-14-09 05:57 PM |
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Served in the USA, what was your MOS? Were you in Rush and Cheney's brigade. |
denbot |
Sep-14-09 06:14 PM |
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Good for you. We simply disagree. eom |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-14-09 06:19 PM |
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p.s. Signals Intelligence. eom |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-14-09 06:20 PM |
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pps Operations Specialist, Ops Intel Div on a Guided Missile Destroyer. eom |
denbot |
Sep-14-09 06:30 PM |
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You should read some of Howard Zinn's writings. Maybe then you can understand those |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-14-09 06:32 PM |
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Makes no difference if they had "boots on the ground" |
ArcticFox |
Sep-14-09 06:44 PM |
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Military target. You assume we did not have permission, where do you think |
Pavulon |
Sep-14-09 06:47 PM |
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What do you think the civilians' relatives who loved ones were dismissed as "collateral damage?" |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-15-09 05:48 AM |
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Where? |
ArcticFox |
Sep-15-09 03:55 PM |
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Somalia has no government to be sovereign. |
Kurska |
Sep-14-09 08:30 PM |
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Power vacuum? |
ArcticFox |
Sep-15-09 03:57 PM |
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Ask them what they think of air-strikes. |
proteus_lives |
Sep-14-09 06:41 PM |
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Good for his safety, my dad hated artillery because it often killed both troops and civilians |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-15-09 05:52 AM |
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site reference |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-15-09 06:23 AM |
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But the Nazi's proved it's effectiveness in WW2 with Blitzkrieged |
Grinchie |
Sep-14-09 04:21 PM |
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They did put boots on the ground |
tabasco |
Sep-14-09 06:44 PM |
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On site - AFTER the fact ... after civilians were killed needlessly - it was an AIR ASSAULT. |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-15-09 06:40 AM |
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Yes, *Summary Executions* American Style began with Dubya. |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-14-09 02:54 PM |
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No they actually started with FDR |
Thothmes |
Sep-14-09 07:35 PM |
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At least then they were KEPT mostly COVERT and not openly PARADED about to create more |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-15-09 05:56 AM |
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President Obama is still cleaning-up the mess G. W. Bush left behind. n/t |
Ian David |
Sep-14-09 03:09 PM |
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Many Americans claim our national right to sovereignty.. |
Union Yes |
Sep-14-09 03:20 PM |
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Kind of agree... |
Stella_Artois |
Sep-14-09 06:22 PM |
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Good |
Don Caballero |
Sep-14-09 03:20 PM |
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Congratulations. |
The Stranger |
Sep-14-09 06:18 PM |
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... |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-14-09 06:35 PM |
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12 or so dead civilians and attempted murder of 262 more? |
Kurska |
Sep-14-09 08:31 PM |
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We KNOW that small but significant number? Because that's what we are TOLD? |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-15-09 05:37 AM |
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Or we can just spread our cheeks and take it dry.. |
Pavulon |
Sep-15-09 05:24 PM |
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There's conflicting reports on this one - BBC suggests it might have been French troops |
Posteritatis |
Sep-14-09 03:50 PM |
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Some trial this man had--based on ...WHAT? |
Peace Patriot |
Sep-14-09 04:31 PM |
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He was on the Ten Most Wanted list |
alcibiades_mystery |
Sep-14-09 04:37 PM |
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And what makes you think he would receive a trial if he turned himself in? |
The Stranger |
Sep-14-09 06:19 PM |
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Well |
alcibiades_mystery |
Sep-14-09 06:27 PM |
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That "precedent" was overruled by hundreds still in cages in Cuba. |
The Stranger |
Sep-15-09 06:34 PM |
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Don't cha just love America's SF "Summary Executions" in foreign lands? We used to do this |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-14-09 06:27 PM |
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But who died? |
ArcticFox |
Sep-14-09 06:33 PM |
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The previous poster wanted a trial |
alcibiades_mystery |
Sep-14-09 07:18 PM |
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Good post |
ArcticFox |
Sep-14-09 06:35 PM |
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Thank you for the support, ArcticFox! And welcome to DU! |
Peace Patriot |
Sep-14-09 07:59 PM |
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"International Mayhem" is the apt term. |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-15-09 05:43 AM |
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God forbid we should ever try to defend ourselves or fight back against those who kill our Citizens. |
dolphindance |
Sep-15-09 09:33 AM |
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How do we know this guy was a legitimate "terrorist" ... he had no judicial review |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-15-09 11:10 AM |
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"...fight back against those who kill our Citizens." |
Peace Patriot |
Sep-15-09 12:02 PM |
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