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Thu Sep-09-10 07:35 AM
Response to Reply #18 |
| 63. mr fish always cuts through the crap |
| -US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies' |
seafan |
Sep-08-10 08:05 PM |
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There are despicable sociopaths on both sides of the war. |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 08:09 PM |
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And even that isn't an accurate comparison |
USArmyParatrooper |
Sep-08-10 08:17 PM |
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I know. |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 08:54 PM |
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The Afghan people speak: |
seafan |
Sep-08-10 08:25 PM |
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Sep-08-10 08:32 PM |
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You are a real piece of work. nt |
awoke_in_2003 |
Sep-08-10 08:53 PM |
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So these few old men speak for all Afghanis? Do the women of Afghanistan feel this way? |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 09:15 PM |
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please... |
another saigon |
Sep-08-10 09:30 PM |
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Prove it. |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 09:36 PM |
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None of the civilians killed in Afghanistan or Iraq have been killed by |
polly7 |
Sep-08-10 11:09 PM |
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Not deliberately as a matter of command direction. |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-09-10 06:06 AM |
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Riiiiiighhhhhhhht, I forgot, they were just collateral damage. |
polly7 |
Sep-09-10 07:25 AM |
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OK, can we stop with the fantasies about what a teddy bear Saddam was supposed to be |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-09-10 09:19 AM |
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Kindly point out posts (or anything else) claiming Saddam's Iraq was a bastion of egalitarian jus- |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 09:47 AM |
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. |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-09-10 10:14 AM |
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but those 'someones' WILL be prosecuted |
MH1 |
Sep-09-10 11:26 AM |
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mr fish always cuts through the crap |
another saigon |
Sep-09-10 07:35 AM |
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Indeed he does. n/t |
Karenina |
Sep-09-10 02:26 PM |
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As a matter of fact, yes, many of the women do feel this way. |
TheMadMonk |
Sep-09-10 01:17 AM |
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Excellent post. |
Nihil |
Sep-09-10 06:14 AM |
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These Afghan women and children can no longer answer for themselves. |
seafan |
Sep-09-10 08:20 AM |
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Women, children and the |
femrap |
Sep-09-10 04:35 PM |
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"There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare." - Sun Tzu, Art of War, 500 BC |
grahamhgreen |
Sep-08-10 09:45 PM |
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Then it's a good thing Pres. Obama has a firm exit date set for the end of combat in Afghanistan... |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 10:06 PM |
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If keeping 50,000 under arms in Iraq really counts as an "end" |
Alcibiades |
Sep-08-10 10:38 PM |
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No more combat = no more war, period. We still have troops in Korea but we're not at war with them. |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 10:44 PM |
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We'll see |
Alcibiades |
Sep-08-10 11:19 PM |
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Kuwait, probably. It's got oil. My opinion. n/t. |
polly7 |
Sep-08-10 11:22 PM |
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Not true. See Reply 71. And Korea is not comparable in the least. |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 09:35 AM |
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Just as we have an indefinite occupation of Korea. |
MH1 |
Sep-09-10 11:31 AM |
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We are not benefitting from Americans dying for the corrupt Islamic republics we set up there, IMHO. |
grahamhgreen |
Sep-09-10 12:19 AM |
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Actually, Bush fixed the draw down date in Iraq before Obama's election and there's no guaranty |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 09:27 AM |
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Wars aren't fought to benefit nations, they are fought to benefit a few individuals |
glitch |
Sep-09-10 09:56 AM |
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those who don't learn from history... |
Blue_Tires |
Sep-09-10 07:58 AM |
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You can't learn diddly from anything if you insist on remaining in denial or spin facts more |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 09:53 AM |
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Yup. At least we're going to execute our sociopaths. |
BreweryYardRat |
Sep-08-10 08:56 PM |
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How many did we even try after Abu Ghraib, let alone hang? How did prosecution of Bushco go? |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 09:54 AM |
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It was her Father in law and Brother in law who did that to her |
another saigon |
Sep-08-10 09:05 PM |
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The Taliban terrorize schoolgirls and women for daring to educate themselves. |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 09:46 PM |
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He seems to imply because her family mutilated her... |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-08-10 09:54 PM |
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I noticed that jarring dissonance, too. Yet it's the "occupying force" that is such a concern! |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 10:04 PM |
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You're wrong. The 18 year old victim said "her abusive husband" did it "with Taliban approval" |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 10:22 PM |
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I take umbrage with the despicable sociopaths in the occupying force. |
another saigon |
Sep-08-10 09:12 PM |
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What about th despicable sociopaths in the civilian world? |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-08-10 09:50 PM |
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+1 |
ClarkUSA |
Sep-08-10 10:08 PM |
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Most people condemn them: they are called criminals |
Alcibiades |
Sep-08-10 10:46 PM |
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And civilians are supposed to abide by civil law |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-09-10 06:05 AM |
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The difference is that there is more leeway |
Alcibiades |
Sep-09-10 09:32 AM |
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OK, I'm throwing a flag on this play |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-09-10 10:18 AM |
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Did something go wrong with your keyboard? |
Alcibiades |
Sep-09-10 11:13 AM |
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weird |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-09-10 11:19 AM |
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That's heartening |
Alcibiades |
Sep-09-10 01:00 PM |
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Respectfully, if your dad killed lawfully, and not "for sport," it's not |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:41 AM |
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In the jungle |
Alcibiades |
Sep-09-10 11:11 AM |
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Try putting a post in context. Plenty of posters have pointed out civilian sociopaths. |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:11 AM |
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What context? |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-09-10 10:28 AM |
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My reply 78 already answered that question. And your elaborate characterizations of |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:52 AM |
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fuck. put them into prison a long time if they are guilty. if that |
roguevalley |
Sep-09-10 01:57 AM |
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true, and they both need to be slapped into the next millennia. |
roguevalley |
Sep-09-10 01:58 AM |
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... |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 09:13 AM |
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No doubt. That's so horrible. |
NC_Nurse |
Sep-08-10 08:10 PM |
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I always figured that was the intent of war. |
RandomThoughts |
Sep-08-10 08:14 PM |
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OMG. I thought nothing else could surprise me. |
polly7 |
Sep-08-10 08:16 PM |
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I notice this is in the UK papers, not ours. |
dkf |
Sep-08-10 08:32 PM |
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lets have a look at the killers |
another saigon |
Sep-08-10 09:15 PM |
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Drugs |
Brooklyns_Finest |
Sep-08-10 09:16 PM |
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WTF? Non Sequitur. Illogical. You should be against the legalization of war for profit. |
grahamhgreen |
Sep-08-10 09:48 PM |
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This comment is why... |
4saken |
Sep-08-10 10:23 PM |
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WHAT?! They were snoking Hash, that's like drinking brandy |
HEyHEY |
Sep-09-10 12:11 AM |
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Baloney. It's how troops are trained. "Kill, kill, kill." They could just as easily have been |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:28 AM |
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K&R |
Soylent Brice |
Sep-08-10 09:47 PM |
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These punks would have done less damage... |
sfwriter |
Sep-08-10 10:40 PM |
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Remember the moive "casualities of war" |
HEyHEY |
Sep-09-10 12:09 AM |
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US Soldiers 'Killed Afghan Civilians for Sport and Collected Fingers as Trophies' |
Hissyspit |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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Why is the general public always surprised when our soldiers do what all soldiers have done? |
jobycom |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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Heros Defending Freedom(tm) |
panzerfaust |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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It's always that way. They report them as things are winding down. It's housekeeping. |
jobycom |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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Pelosi quickly cleaned tables and Obama decided to look only forward, and |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:19 AM |
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Quit blaming Pelosi and Obama. Neither campaigned on prosecuting Bush because |
jobycom |
Sep-09-10 01:42 PM |
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"What is" De Nile ain't just a river in Egypt," Alex. |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:32 AM |
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Just remember what Sarah sez: "Don't apologize!" |
Loudmxr |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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That's pretty much what this guy said... |
Hubert Flottz |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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I blame almost everything on Raygun, but disregard of law and decency began long before him. |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:33 AM |
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And yet we are worried about how a couple dozen people burning Korans is |
Better Today |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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"Swept away" in short order? |
Autumn Colors |
Sep-09-10 06:28 AM |
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And any reprisal for *THIS* ... |
Nihil |
Sep-09-10 07:13 AM |
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+1 |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:36 AM |
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The whole so-called 'war' on terror (and drugs) is one large rolling crime, war and otherwise |
ixion |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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I believe Pat Tillman was killed in this manner |
DrSteveB |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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Tillman was killed by friendly fire |
proud2BlibKansan |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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Look at the shit George Bush and Dick Cheney had the CIA doing |
Hubert Flottz |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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This is a reality of a perpetual war |
pjt7 |
Sep-09-10 06:27 AM |
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Now, where have I read this before... |
a la izquierda |
Sep-09-10 06:28 AM |
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I would |
timo |
Sep-09-10 06:45 AM |
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Yes, this will endanger our troops severely. The extremist pastor's book-burning antics seem like |
seafan |
Sep-09-10 08:57 AM |
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This will endanger our troops also, Mr. President. |
seafan |
Sep-09-10 09:05 AM |
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This is awful.I am wondering how many tours these guys have done. |
w8liftinglady |
Sep-09-10 09:24 AM |
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Shameful. |
No Elephants |
Sep-09-10 10:55 AM |
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Conspiracy to murder Afghans, mutilate corpses and cover up the evidence. |
seafan |
Sep-09-10 05:06 PM |
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k/r |
Solly Mack |
Sep-09-10 06:07 PM |
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Gee, who could have predicted this? nt |
bemildred |
Sep-09-10 06:08 PM |
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Sep-09-10 07:45 PM |
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