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Edited on Mon May-02-11 02:13 AM by Warren DeMontague
Anyway, Bin Laden was in a compound with armed guards. I'm sorry, should we have let him off with a stern warning?
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davidswanson |
May-02-11 01:27 AM |
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At least those 2800+ didn't die without there being some kind of justice. |
FrenchieCat |
May-02-11 01:28 AM |
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justice my ass. |
Hannah Bell |
May-02-11 02:06 AM |
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May-02-11 05:35 AM |
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Did you have a Happy May Day, Hannah? I did. n/t |
msanthrope |
May-02-11 09:47 AM |
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Bin Laden wasn't really a Foreign Leader. |
FarLeftFist |
May-02-11 11:35 AM |
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this NY'er wonders if its really the end or scripted reality TV whitehouse style |
firehorse |
May-02-11 05:35 PM |
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+1 -- |
defendandprotect |
May-03-11 08:39 PM |
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May-02-11 07:46 PM |
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+1 |
Carolina |
May-02-11 05:16 PM |
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All day long I kept thinking we sure didn't stop war after we killed Sadaam |
proud2BlibKansan |
May-02-11 08:48 PM |
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Now we need justice for US victim's |
cpwm17 |
May-02-11 10:17 AM |
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I hope you aren't serious. |
Ikonoklast |
May-02-11 10:40 AM |
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Do you scare easy? |
cpwm17 |
May-02-11 06:04 PM |
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+1 --- and a round of applause for that one -- !!! Keep on tellin' it -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
May-03-11 08:42 PM |
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what's wrong with the celebrations? nothing! |
LupinSansei72 |
May-03-11 09:21 PM |
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yes, where's the justice for the 100,000 + Dead Iraqis? |
WillYourVoteBCounted |
May-02-11 12:32 PM |
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exactly |
Carolina |
May-02-11 05:21 PM |
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Think it's more like a million -- and before this new attack half a million babies --- |
defendandprotect |
May-03-11 08:45 PM |
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Justice is served in a court of law in civilized countries. |
roody |
May-02-11 10:23 PM |
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Justice? We have already killed over one million human beings |
sabrina 1 |
May-02-11 10:50 PM |
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We have caused far more deaths than that through these pointless wars |
alarimer |
May-03-11 12:44 AM |
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... and doubt there's a soldier who comes home without PTSD ...!! |
defendandprotect |
May-03-11 08:46 PM |
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And what of those that fell trying to bring that justice? |
JoeyT |
May-03-11 03:21 AM |
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Pfffffft |
alcibiades_mystery |
May-02-11 01:29 AM |
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We've created many more Bin Ladens thanks to our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan |
Cali_Democrat |
May-02-11 01:30 AM |
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No, you are not - |
RaleighNCDUer |
May-02-11 01:42 AM |
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This was my first thought. |
man4allcats |
May-02-11 03:36 PM |
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+1000 |
smirkymonkey |
May-02-11 05:08 PM |
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No, you're not the only one. |
crickets |
May-02-11 02:13 AM |
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Almost... |
Agony |
May-02-11 05:40 AM |
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No, you're not the only one who sees this |
cpwm17 |
May-02-11 07:57 AM |
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I see it as clearly as you. But, then, I have a bunch of questions |
neoralme |
May-02-11 09:50 AM |
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you are exactly right. |
WillYourVoteBCounted |
May-02-11 12:33 PM |
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+10 |
emilyg |
May-02-11 01:12 PM |
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no, I totally agree |
Carolina |
May-02-11 05:23 PM |
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I agree |
firehorse |
May-02-11 05:36 PM |
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Agree -- Wars only serve elites who profit from them -- and from knocking out Constitutional |
defendandprotect |
May-03-11 08:47 PM |
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Sorry, but I'm human and I know people who died in 9/11. |
blondeatlast |
May-02-11 01:30 AM |
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Indeed, Ma'am: This Is Pretty Silly Swill |
The Magistrate |
May-02-11 01:32 AM |
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hey, sir! Hope you and yours are well! |
tigereye |
May-02-11 06:24 AM |
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Me too! |
blueamy66 |
May-02-11 08:07 AM |
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The OP author is a professional 'comment maker' |
Bluenorthwest |
May-02-11 08:29 AM |
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I have to admit that I don't follow this poster. |
blueamy66 |
May-02-11 08:36 AM |
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And there were hundreds |
Carolina |
May-02-11 05:27 PM |
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Exactly, on my mind too |
Sevenfold |
May-03-11 08:46 PM |
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May-03-11 08:49 PM |
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I believe the killing is a feature, not a bug. ( n/t ) |
Make7 |
May-02-11 01:31 AM |
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TLDNR |
Swede |
May-02-11 01:32 AM |
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Please, for the unititiated, |
RaleighNCDUer |
May-02-11 01:43 AM |
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too long did not read |
Swede |
May-02-11 01:44 AM |
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Then why click on it? |
RaleighNCDUer |
May-02-11 01:46 AM |
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I didn't know it was so fucking long. |
Swede |
May-02-11 01:47 AM |
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May-02-11 02:20 AM |
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+1 |
cali |
May-02-11 05:07 AM |
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ego driven sanctimony |
marions ghost |
May-02-11 10:45 AM |
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+2 nt |
Raine |
May-02-11 05:23 AM |
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I'm certainly not hanging on his every word. |
zanana1 |
May-02-11 05:33 AM |
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Hmm...ah, NM. nt |
Zorra |
May-02-11 08:26 AM |
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Unrec. (nt) |
Tarheel_Dem |
May-02-11 01:35 AM |
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Hey, you're turning into Sid's little padawan, aren't you? |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 05:29 PM |
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bin Laden is not human being. He is a monster |
bluestateguy |
May-02-11 01:36 AM |
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agreed, except... he WAS a monster. nt |
Gamow |
May-02-11 01:37 AM |
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He was a human being who did a monstrous thing. |
RaleighNCDUer |
May-02-11 01:45 AM |
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And while perhaps some time in one of our penal institutions, that we've filled with drug users |
Warren DeMontague |
May-02-11 01:47 AM |
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+1 |
crickets |
May-02-11 02:18 AM |
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May-03-11 08:51 PM |
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May-02-11 01:56 AM |
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What would you have done, buy the fucker an ice cream cone? |
Ikonoklast |
May-02-11 02:07 AM |
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Not celebrating death does not equate to buying him an ice cream |
adigal |
May-02-11 10:04 AM |
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+++++ thank you adigal |
marions ghost |
May-02-11 10:51 AM |
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Thank you. |
avaistheone1 |
May-03-11 02:39 AM |
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Bunch of party poopers N/T |
Tveil |
May-02-11 05:03 PM |
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+100 |
Hannah Bell |
May-02-11 02:08 AM |
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Demonization |
Hissyspit |
May-02-11 02:02 AM |
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Uh yeah, because bin Laden is a demon |
bluestateguy |
May-02-11 02:11 AM |
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You don't seem to understand the word. |
Hissyspit |
May-02-11 02:13 AM |
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Actually, as unbelievable as it may seem, there are a lot of people |
RaleighNCDUer |
May-02-11 03:00 PM |
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lol. |
Hannah Bell |
May-02-11 02:07 AM |
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He had horns, you know. |
Hissyspit |
May-02-11 02:14 AM |
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I beg to differ. Demonization is definitely not "useless". |
Solomon |
May-02-11 08:08 AM |
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insert heading here |
iverglas |
May-02-11 05:14 AM |
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Mourning bin Laden is like mourning Charles Manson |
somone |
May-02-11 01:44 AM |
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Where is there mourning for bin Laden in the OP? |
Hissyspit |
May-02-11 02:03 AM |
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straw men make baby jesus cry |
Hannah Bell |
May-02-11 02:08 AM |
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May-03-11 09:12 PM |
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Too fucking bad. I remember watching people jumping out of buildings b/c they had no choice. |
Warren DeMontague |
May-02-11 01:45 AM |
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Exactly |
Oasis_ |
May-02-11 01:54 AM |
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it's the hypocrisy |
Hannah Bell |
May-02-11 02:09 AM |
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Is it? |
Warren DeMontague |
May-02-11 02:12 AM |
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So? People are hypocrites. Show me one who isn't. |
Union Scribe |
May-02-11 02:25 AM |
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What hypocrisy? |
WatsonT |
May-02-11 09:21 AM |
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Killing foreign leaders? Since when does Bin Laden qualify? |
dkf |
May-02-11 01:48 AM |
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Exactly. I wouldn't have been crying over Hitler or Himmler either |
anneboleyn |
May-03-11 05:54 PM |
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... but there were no doubts as to what they did -- who but W and Cheney and Rumsfeld |
defendandprotect |
May-03-11 09:14 PM |
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What might we have learned had OBL been captured alive and brought to trial? |
Old and In the Way |
May-02-11 01:48 AM |
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+1 |
laconicsax |
May-02-11 01:58 AM |
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+100 |
Hannah Bell |
May-02-11 02:09 AM |
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THIS. -nt |
crickets |
May-02-11 02:19 AM |
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Yeah, cause I'm sure that he would have sung like a bird. |
blueamy66 |
May-02-11 09:31 AM |
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Osama Bin Laden would have been a unsinging bird in captivity. |
PufPuf23 |
May-02-11 05:49 PM |
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Sung? No. Bragged? Indubitably! |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 05:36 PM |
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+1 |
pecwae |
May-02-11 11:12 AM |
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Maybe, but couldn't he have said anything anytime he wanted? |
Zorra |
May-02-11 12:22 PM |
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Exactly |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-02-11 12:40 PM |
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I got in the car to come home about an hour ago... |
truth2power |
May-02-11 02:21 PM |
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exactly |
Carolina |
May-02-11 05:31 PM |
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Yes, including how many supporters would take hostages and bomb things to get him released n/t |
stevenleser |
May-03-11 12:55 AM |
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Well I'm pretty sure bin Laden won't be taunting us with any more video and audio recordings |
Lasher |
May-02-11 01:53 AM |
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not that he had been anyway. |
Hannah Bell |
May-02-11 02:10 AM |
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Well he'll never make another one. That is resolved. |
Lasher |
May-02-11 02:31 AM |
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What is the provenance |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 05:39 PM |
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I am no fan of death .... |
Trajan |
May-02-11 01:56 AM |
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Thank you. Americans really should study the history of the |
coalition_unwilling |
May-02-11 01:58 AM |
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Jesus probably was a historical fiction. |
Warren DeMontague |
May-02-11 02:13 AM |
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kr. |
Hannah Bell |
May-02-11 02:06 AM |
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Explain how he was executed. |
themadstork |
May-02-11 02:14 AM |
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the expression used was "summary execution" |
iverglas |
May-02-11 05:19 AM |
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That's what I meant to ask about. |
themadstork |
May-02-11 11:33 AM |
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Will Reuters be enough for you? If so, check this out: |
coalition_unwilling |
May-02-11 01:46 PM |
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Now that's interesting. |
themadstork |
May-02-11 03:58 PM |
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I've heard differently from several different news outlets... |
eqfan592 |
May-02-11 05:41 PM |
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Unarmed, Not resisting arrest -- and it was a "Kill operation" -- seems pretty definite ... |
defendandprotect |
May-03-11 10:01 PM |
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I don't know if I agree with your thoughtful OP, but I really appreciate the alternative view point. |
ZombieHorde |
May-02-11 02:23 AM |
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Solve? No, it didn't solve anything. It didn't have to. It was satisfying. |
Union Scribe |
May-02-11 02:24 AM |
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"There will be no review of bin Laden's alleged crimes, as a trial would have provided. " |
ProSense |
May-02-11 02:25 AM |
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What do you find so hilarious about that sentence, pray tell? |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 05:45 PM |
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Consider it a formality, then |
kenny blankenship |
May-02-11 02:28 AM |
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No boo hoo hooing from me ... I'm glad he's dead nt |
Raine |
May-02-11 02:30 AM |
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May-02-11 02:35 AM |
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"Resolves"? No-one is claiming this "resolves" anything. |
johnaries |
May-02-11 02:42 AM |
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Too soon. |
crickets |
May-02-11 02:44 AM |
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Most posters not actually addressing the point of the OP. |
Hissyspit |
May-02-11 02:48 AM |
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I know. |
crickets |
May-02-11 03:04 AM |
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Give it time to shake out, Hissy... |
truth2power |
May-02-11 05:09 AM |
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They'll figure it out eventually. Some of these comments remind me of when Bush announced he |
Exilednight |
May-02-11 06:34 AM |
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rucky |
May-02-11 11:18 AM |
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Was it really worth 2 trillion dollars and the loss of most of our freedoms to do this? |
krabigirl |
May-02-11 02:44 AM |
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It wouldn't have taken that long and that much money if Bushie had the balls to make a decision back |
4lbs |
May-02-11 04:12 AM |
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Balls? WTF? |
Bragi |
May-02-11 05:49 AM |
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your posts are excellent and spot on! |
Carolina |
May-02-11 05:45 PM |
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The US was fundamentally changed after 9-11 |
marions ghost |
May-02-11 11:15 AM |
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Mission Accomplished. |
smirkymonkey |
May-02-11 05:19 PM |
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Ah hell, the war was never really about bin Laden. He was convenient. If not 911, |
gkhouston |
May-03-11 03:13 AM |
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thank you |
iverglas |
May-02-11 05:11 AM |
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It resolves one thing |
quaker bill |
May-02-11 05:30 AM |
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That is a very good point. |
crickets |
May-02-11 06:18 AM |
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Pseudo-intellectual Nonsense |
ProfessorGAC |
May-02-11 05:40 AM |
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So saith the Professor |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 05:49 PM |
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Sorry for your loss. |
TheManInTheMac |
May-02-11 05:41 AM |
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Someone's death doesn't make me happy, but we're safer with him gone. |
franzia99 |
May-02-11 05:47 AM |
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There will be another Osama bin Laden... |
rfranklin |
May-02-11 06:02 AM |
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Normally I'm a big fan of your commentary, but not this time. |
BulletproofLandshark |
May-02-11 06:07 AM |
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Kick & Recommend |
HolyCity2012 |
May-02-11 06:17 AM |
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aaaand,,,, David Swanson jumps the shark |
scheming daemons |
May-02-11 06:28 AM |
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That happened a long time ago |
SpartanDem |
May-02-11 07:04 AM |
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jumped it? he flew over it with a friggin jet pack.... |
dionysus |
May-02-11 09:12 AM |
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Can you say MIC |
mountainlion55 |
May-02-11 06:51 AM |
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Unrec for nonsense...nt |
SidDithers |
May-02-11 06:57 AM |
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So you'd like me to believe, that in a plane full of over a 100 DC natives, not one person cheered |
Joe the Revelator |
May-02-11 07:08 AM |
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Agreed. |
blueamy66 |
May-02-11 08:13 AM |
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Mixed feelings |
davidthegnome |
May-02-11 07:36 AM |
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Correct, it's "grave-dancing" if it's someone who's liked, a parade if hated. |
StarburstClock |
May-02-11 07:43 AM |
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Wow, only 344 posts and you have this place figured out VERY |
smirkymonkey |
May-02-11 05:22 PM |
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Paragraph #2: bin Laden was not a "foreign leader" |
Freddie Stubbs |
May-02-11 07:46 AM |
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Agreed, at least in part |
davidthegnome |
May-02-11 08:03 AM |
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OBL didn't lead Al Quada? Manson didn't lead his "Family"? |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 05:52 PM |
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Resolved: bin Laden will not be killing any more innocent people. |
Zorra |
May-02-11 07:51 AM |
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Unrec. Started writing right away, did you? |
MineralMan |
May-02-11 08:24 AM |
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There are times when there is no other way |
treestar |
May-02-11 08:27 AM |
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Ssssh |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 05:55 PM |
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The Great God David Swanson Speaketh--and Runneth. |
blondeatlast |
May-02-11 08:29 AM |
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Whateva! |
lonestarnot |
May-02-11 08:31 AM |
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Bullshit |
slackmaster |
May-02-11 08:37 AM |
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I would rec your post as a good different POV, even though I disagree. |
Zorra |
May-02-11 08:42 AM |
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Amen (n/t) |
bread_and_roses |
May-02-11 08:46 AM |
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I stopped reading at assassination |
NNN0LHI |
May-02-11 08:47 AM |
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Um, are you so sure about that? You might want to read this |
coalition_unwilling |
May-03-11 12:32 AM |
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Definition of Assassination: |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 05:59 PM |
#267 |
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You think President Obama ordered bin Laden murdered? |
NNN0LHI |
May-03-11 06:26 PM |
#272 |
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Do I think President Obama said 'go murder OBL'? |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 07:01 PM |
#273 |
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Right or wrong, |
1awake |
May-02-11 08:53 AM |
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Agreed. nt |
snappyturtle |
May-02-11 08:56 AM |
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Nonsensical drivel. Unrec. |
DevonRex |
May-02-11 08:57 AM |
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you know, i never thought I'd see that day where getting OBL would be portrayed as an unjustified |
dionysus |
May-02-11 09:14 AM |
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I fully expected it on DU. |
Common Sense Party |
May-02-11 10:17 AM |
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Which is why you come here. And why you donate? |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 06:01 PM |
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The same folks who would gladly wage all-out war on hooters or sexy ads on IFC |
Warren DeMontague |
May-02-11 12:31 PM |
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Porn producers draw more ire here than OBL (n/m) |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
May-02-11 05:19 PM |
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Vengeance is mine, sayest the Internet. Wonder how big a |
neoralme |
May-02-11 08:57 AM |
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It may not have resolved everything... |
tallahasseedem |
May-02-11 09:00 AM |
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ROFL |
dionysus |
May-02-11 09:02 AM |
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May-02-11 09:02 AM |
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Really, DUers? |
chervilant |
May-02-11 09:06 AM |
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A simply excellent post in quite probably the wrong place. Yeah, |
neoralme |
May-02-11 09:18 AM |
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Of late |
chervilant |
May-02-11 09:25 AM |
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Uhm, what? |
davidthegnome |
May-02-11 09:27 AM |
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If |
chervilant |
May-02-11 09:37 AM |
#126 |
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Really? |
davidthegnome |
May-02-11 10:36 AM |
#143 |
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If you're truly interested: |
chervilant |
May-02-11 11:17 AM |
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I am also in the twilight years. Perhaps you understand |
WHEN CRABS ROAR |
May-02-11 04:31 PM |
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Yes, |
chervilant |
May-02-11 10:43 PM |
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Oh lord. |
Dappleganger |
May-02-11 09:21 AM |
#118 |
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"killing a foreign leader" |
MilesColtrane |
May-02-11 09:21 AM |
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k&r |
Starry Messenger |
May-02-11 09:30 AM |
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Drive-by post. |
Common Sense Party |
May-02-11 09:42 AM |
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No kidding. |
themadstork |
May-02-11 12:47 PM |
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Please quote |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 06:10 PM |
#269 |
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Supercilious horseshit. |
Robb |
May-02-11 09:44 AM |
#128 |
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That's a good way to put it. |
Common Sense Party |
May-02-11 10:02 AM |
#136 |
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It makes people feel better. |
Iggo |
May-02-11 09:46 AM |
#129 |
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Almost 7 Billion people on this planet...Some of them are rabid dogs |
snooper2 |
May-02-11 09:46 AM |
#130 |
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Sanctimonious Bull. He was nothing more than a murder who rejoiced in the killing Americans. |
olegramps |
May-02-11 09:47 AM |
#131 |
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Scipio Africanus looks at your post and decides you are wrong |
AngryAmish |
May-02-11 09:48 AM |
#133 |
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Yep. Exactly. I'd add |
Zoeisright |
May-02-11 09:52 AM |
#135 |
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Confucius was wrong. Didn't even need one. They just chucked his corpse in the drink. |
Ikonoklast |
May-02-11 10:26 AM |
#141 |
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We have reaped the whirlwind as well |
marions ghost |
May-02-11 11:18 AM |
#154 |
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True, however I'm not shedding a tear |
Taverner |
May-02-11 10:12 AM |
#138 |
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Amen and Amen. A voice of sanity and reason from the wilderness. |
IsItJustMe |
May-02-11 10:33 AM |
#142 |
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I was thinking how many people's lives would have been saved if we were honest about |
midnight |
May-02-11 10:48 AM |
#146 |
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+1 attempted K&R |
bluestateboomer |
May-02-11 11:03 AM |
#148 |
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thanks |
davidswanson |
May-02-11 11:05 AM |
#149 |
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May-02-11 11:21 AM |
#156 |
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Rewatch the footage from that day and get back to me. |
Hosnon |
May-02-11 11:16 AM |
#152 |
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We Americans are such adolescents |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-02-11 12:44 PM |
#171 |
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+1000 |
smirkymonkey |
May-02-11 05:30 PM |
#203 |
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K&R! |
Carolina |
May-02-11 05:50 PM |
#210 |
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K & R. |
chill_wind |
May-02-11 12:06 PM |
#159 |
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Thanks. |
NOLALady |
May-02-11 12:09 PM |
#160 |
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You could have just typed "wah" and saved us all this reading. nt |
TooRaLoo |
May-02-11 12:20 PM |
#161 |
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!!!! |
dionysus |
May-03-11 05:58 PM |
#265 |
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Yep. All this reading is hard werk. |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 06:15 PM |
#270 |
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Absolutely nothing here to see. |
cliffordu |
May-02-11 12:22 PM |
#163 |
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It resolves one thing Bin Laden is DEAD! n/t |
MicaelS |
May-02-11 12:26 PM |
#164 |
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The majority of the responses on this thread remind me of Walt Starr's response to 9/11 |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-02-11 12:38 PM |
#168 |
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I guess you've never read a Michael Vick thread on DU. You haven't begun to see bloodthirsty. |
cottonseed |
May-02-11 12:43 PM |
#170 |
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Since I have no interest in sports news, I have not read a Michael Vick thread |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-02-11 12:45 PM |
#172 |
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Well said |
LiberalLovinLug |
May-02-11 01:41 PM |
#178 |
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Yes, thank you |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-02-11 03:14 PM |
#185 |
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It was sick to watch all the spoiled GWU kids and their brainwashed chanting |
StarburstClock |
May-02-11 03:07 PM |
#184 |
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Well said - |
Hell Hath No Fury |
May-02-11 12:46 PM |
#173 |
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Or worse yet, a TACTIC |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-02-11 12:53 PM |
#175 |
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I always hated that "War on Terror" thing - |
Hell Hath No Fury |
May-02-11 01:04 PM |
#176 |
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By David Swanson's definition, Osama Bin Laden was "a foreign leader" |
Kolesar |
May-02-11 01:52 PM |
#180 |
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It was posted within a half hour of the announcement last night--I was on the boards |
blondeatlast |
May-02-11 03:02 PM |
#183 |
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Amazing timing, no? |
msanthrope |
May-03-11 11:07 AM |
#249 |
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Hey, hey, hey |
BigD_95 |
May-02-11 03:15 PM |
#186 |
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we prevented him from engaging in any more terrorism |
Mosby |
May-02-11 03:16 PM |
#187 |
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So now his followers can work to avenge his killing |
proud2BlibKansan |
May-02-11 08:54 PM |
#222 |
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maybe you're not doing it right if you think "killing resolves nothing" |
pitohui |
May-02-11 03:17 PM |
#188 |
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Tell that to a Carthagenian, as regards Rome. |
The Green Manalishi |
May-02-11 04:27 PM |
#191 |
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Yes I thought of Starship Troopers as well... |
Cid_B |
May-02-11 06:00 PM |
#211 |
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Wow... would that satisfy your blood lust? |
Carolina |
May-02-11 06:03 PM |
#212 |
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US troops defiled Mecca" |
The Green Manalishi |
May-02-11 10:46 PM |
#227 |
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Fahd invited US troops into SA. |
MilesColtrane |
May-03-11 02:06 AM |
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May-02-11 08:50 PM |
#221 |
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Why didn't you address bin Laden with this? |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
May-02-11 05:21 PM |
#198 |
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Isn't it wackier to expect a terrorist to behave better |
EFerrari |
May-02-11 10:49 PM |
#228 |
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Absolutely. That is why they sometimes need to be killed. n/t |
stevenleser |
May-03-11 12:54 AM |
#235 |
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That's sort of a harsh rule, especially if you begin to assess |
EFerrari |
May-03-11 01:15 AM |
#238 |
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Nope. You are making generalizations and I am accounting for specific instances. |
stevenleser |
May-03-11 10:30 PM |
#287 |
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It's also wacky to believe soldiers should have died if they couldn't take him alive |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
May-03-11 11:01 AM |
#248 |
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OBL's death solved nothing. |
Lucian |
May-02-11 06:03 PM |
#213 |
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Finally, a sensible post among all the grave dancing. |
Cleita |
May-02-11 06:06 PM |
#215 |
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Calling OBL a "foreign leader" is a SENSIBLE post? |
scheming daemons |
May-03-11 12:36 AM |
#232 |
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he's a foreigner, & a leader. tell me, oh wise one, which sovereign nation is |
Hannah Bell |
May-03-11 03:30 AM |
#245 |
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Thanks. I've been trying to tell this to people all day! n/t |
RoccoR5955 |
May-02-11 06:33 PM |
#216 |
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K & R!! |
proud2BlibKansan |
May-02-11 08:47 PM |
#218 |
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Because the Packers won the Super Bowl this year, the Super Bowl is |
ScreamingMeemie |
May-02-11 08:49 PM |
#220 |
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We killed the shit out of Ben Laden. That solves that. |
cliffordu |
May-02-11 09:00 PM |
#223 |
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I wouldn't say nothing. My beef with Bin Laden is resolved. |
aikoaiko |
May-02-11 10:39 PM |
#225 |
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OK Neville, we'll make sure to remember that. |
SmileyBoy |
May-02-11 10:56 PM |
#230 |
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Awww, yet another Reich Wing meme posted proudly on DU |
Cherchez la Femme |
May-03-11 06:21 PM |
#271 |
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Many eloquent points. But this is an exception. You always have to have room for those. |
stevenleser |
May-03-11 12:51 AM |
#234 |
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Killing resolves a lot of stuff |
Zanzoobar |
May-03-11 01:03 AM |
#237 |
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Jesus H. Christ in an Army chopper! |
LadyHawkAZ |
May-03-11 02:29 AM |
#240 |
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As you can see by the post date. This was posted WELL before |
Hissyspit |
May-03-11 02:30 AM |
#241 |
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Going out on a limb here, but I'd be scared shitless if an entire planeload |
rasputin1952 |
May-03-11 07:34 AM |
#246 |
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May-03-11 07:45 AM |
#247 |
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I'm glad I was born without the knee-jerk impulse to constantly override |
TwilightGardener |
May-03-11 11:15 AM |
#250 |
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"Dhammapada," Ch. 1, the Twin Verses 5, as quoted by Maha Ghosananda: |
snot |
May-03-11 12:04 PM |
#251 |
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It is easier to exhibit hubris |
Baby Bear |
May-03-11 02:13 PM |
#252 |
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Awesomely said!!!! |
BrklynLiberal |
May-03-11 04:53 PM |
#253 |
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The OP is 'dead' wrong: Killing Resolves Some Things. |
robcon |
May-03-11 05:02 PM |
#254 |
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Yes, As I posted upthread, when that cowardly fucker Himmler was dead, he was dead |
anneboleyn |
May-03-11 05:58 PM |
#266 |
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A dead person will never bother anyone again, so that's resolved |
WatsonT |
May-03-11 05:35 PM |
#256 |
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wrong once again. it resolved this one pretty nicely. |
dionysus |
May-03-11 05:57 PM |
#264 |
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It resolved the lack of Bin Ladens at the bottom of the ocean quite nicely. |
LostInAnomie |
May-03-11 08:59 PM |
#282 |