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Wed May-28-08 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #7 |
| 22. Do I look like a fucking pacifist? I'd have bombed every nursery school in Iran in '79 |
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when I was there, but I wouldn't have claimed some bullshit "hero" status afterword.
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| -Does anyone know the circumstances of Mcsames pow capture? |
miles 2 go |
May-28-08 06:36 AM |
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He wasn't doing something stupid; he was doing something immoral |
alcibiades_mystery |
May-28-08 06:38 AM |
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Great. Another "soldiers are baby-killers" opinion. |
JustABozoOnThisBus |
May-28-08 06:43 AM |
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John McCain was a relatively privileged Naval officer |
alcibiades_mystery |
May-28-08 08:17 AM |
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That's war, baby! Kill a commie for mommy! |
DemVet |
May-28-08 06:53 AM |
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Didn't piss me off at all, actually |
alcibiades_mystery |
May-28-08 08:15 AM |
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Yeah, I got that impression too out of this one. |
chknltl |
May-28-08 06:20 PM |
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We *did bomb civilian areas and it *was an agressive |
Clovis Sangrail |
May-28-08 06:55 AM |
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It's a mistake to apply the moral standards of 2008 to actions carried out in 1965 |
anigbrowl |
May-28-08 02:30 PM |
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It's a mistake to apply the moral standards of ______ to actions carried out in ______ |
BlooInBloo |
May-28-08 02:31 PM |
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Right...because nobody in 1965 considered bombing Vietnam morally dubious |
alcibiades_mystery |
May-28-08 02:51 PM |
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Isn't that called "moral relativism?" |
Bornaginhooligan |
May-28-08 05:59 PM |
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Bombing civilian infrastructure, a prima facie war crime. nt |
billyoc |
May-28-08 06:43 AM |
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Fucking pacifists. |
DemVet |
May-28-08 06:56 AM |
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and it always has, and always will be, IMMORAL /nt |
Clovis Sangrail |
May-28-08 07:32 AM |
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War is sometimes necessary. |
Katzenkavalier |
May-28-08 07:51 AM |
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doesn't change the morality on the ground though... /nt |
Clovis Sangrail |
May-28-08 05:53 PM |
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Do I look like a fucking pacifist? I'd have bombed every nursery school in Iran in '79 |
billyoc |
May-28-08 02:25 PM |
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a pacifist is somebody who wont hit back |
Clovis Sangrail |
May-28-08 05:58 PM |
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What's your opinion on the current war? |
Bornaginhooligan |
May-28-08 06:00 PM |
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mCcain would agree whole heartedly with this position. |
chknltl |
May-28-08 06:24 PM |
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You are unable to distinguish between wars of necessity and wars of choice? |
impeachdubya |
May-29-08 07:49 PM |
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Not exactly what you asked for...but related and entertaining. |
chknltl |
May-28-08 06:49 AM |
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You ever serve? |
DemVet |
May-28-08 06:55 AM |
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I'm wih you, DemVet |
Condem |
May-28-08 07:54 AM |
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See my response to DemVet post #27. It applies to you as well. |
chknltl |
May-28-08 05:19 PM |
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WTF???? |
chknltl |
May-28-08 05:16 PM |
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Yeah we all know everything on the net is so true |
RamboLiberal |
May-28-08 05:32 PM |
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Sure it taught me the silliness that my fellow Americans can buy into if they want. |
chknltl |
May-28-08 06:12 PM |
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No, it does not. |
DemVet |
May-29-08 05:28 PM |
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No, it does not WHAT? |
chknltl |
May-30-08 01:04 AM |
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Did you? |
Bornaginhooligan |
May-28-08 06:00 PM |
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thanks for the link/ n/t |
miles 2 go |
May-29-08 07:41 PM |
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I think he was just shot down flying a routine mission |
JVS |
May-28-08 06:57 AM |
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Please don't go this route |
Marrah_G |
May-28-08 07:15 AM |
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I haven't looked into this at all |
Clovis Sangrail |
May-28-08 07:32 AM |
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I doubt that's the case |
miles 2 go |
May-29-08 07:43 PM |
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Well said! |
mamalone |
May-28-08 07:46 AM |
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He was a partier and so-so pilot. His name is what allowed him to be a pilot. |
fasttense |
May-28-08 07:31 AM |
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Thanks for the link, although, I don't know anything about it's validity. |
jazzjunkysue |
May-28-08 06:24 PM |
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He was dropping bombs to protect Amurikkens from godless communists |
mitchum |
May-28-08 07:42 AM |
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DU is better than this. Isn't it? |
MethuenProgressive |
May-28-08 07:47 AM |
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Please don't bring John McCain's military service or POW status into the debate. |
Arkansas Granny |
May-28-08 08:00 AM |
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Beating McSame on the merits will be easy. |
VolcanoJen |
May-28-08 08:16 AM |
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We gain NOTHING by attacking someone who is perceived as a war hero.... |
PoliticalAmazon |
May-28-08 02:53 PM |
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We should not go there |
Jersey Devil |
May-28-08 06:29 PM |
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Yeah.....Torture doesn't work and it is immoral |
FredScuttle |
May-29-08 05:32 PM |
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I wasn't actually trying to make a campaign issue out of anything |
miles 2 go |
May-29-08 07:36 PM |
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Oh for fuck's sake. The guy served, and served honorably and with distinction. No one disputes that. |
impeachdubya |
May-29-08 07:48 PM |
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Stay away from this one. This is best one of those things completely left alone. |
Zynx |
May-29-08 07:50 PM |
#47 |
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Personally, I've no desire to pursue this type of discussion |
Lone_Star_Dem |
May-30-08 01:10 AM |
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