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Paradoxical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 11:11 PM
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9. It is important to me. Hence, the comment.
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  -SEALS thought OBL was reaching for a weapon pnwmom  May-04-11 10:50 PM   #0 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   May-04-11 10:52 PM   #1 
  - No Problem With Killing An Enemy Combatant, Sir, Armed Or No  The Magistrate   May-04-11 10:54 PM   #2 
  - Really?  Arctic Dave   May-04-11 10:59 PM   #3 
  - A declared enemy of the US = enemy combatant.  Gamow   May-04-11 11:11 PM   #10 
  - Member, Actually Leader, of a Partisan Force Engaged In Hostilities Against the United States, Sir  The Magistrate   May-05-11 01:07 AM   #26 
     - Rather vague description.  Arctic Dave   May-05-11 01:19 AM   #27 
        - The Pakistani Military Would Certainly Have Been in Their Rights To Shoot At the Invaders, Sir  The Magistrate   May-05-11 02:21 AM   #31 
           - Why would they terminate, matters not to them.  Arctic Dave   May-05-11 02:44 AM   #35 
  - That literally makes no sense and is a violation of geneva convention.  Paradoxical   May-04-11 11:03 PM   #4 
     - Hardly, Sir: Combatant Status Is Not Dependent On Having a Weapon In Hand  The Magistrate   May-05-11 01:06 AM   #25 
        - Totally dodging the point. You can't just shoot someone because they are a combatant.  Paradoxical   May-05-11 01:20 AM   #28 
           - Yes, You Can, Sir  The Magistrate   May-05-11 02:19 AM   #30 
           - Geneva convention, protocol II, Article 4 "Humane treatment"  Paradoxical   May-05-11 02:30 AM   #33 
              - You Fail At the First Sentence, Sir  The Magistrate   May-05-11 02:34 AM   #34 
                 - That's some serious Bush-lite bullshit you've got there.  Paradoxical   May-05-11 02:44 AM   #36 
                    - Indeed, Sir: My Defenses Of the Bush Administration And Its Actions Are Legend Here  The Magistrate   May-05-11 03:52 AM   #39 
           - You can shoot someone who has reaching for a weapon. n/t  pnwmom   May-05-11 04:15 AM   #42 
  - You have a strange definition of "breaking your neck."  pnwmom   May-04-11 11:08 PM   #7 
     - It is important to me. Hence, the comment.  Paradoxical   May-04-11 11:11 PM   #9 
        - Then why shouldn't it be important to me?  pnwmom   May-04-11 11:15 PM   #12 
           - You are constructing a disingenuous argument based on emotion, not logic.  Paradoxical   May-04-11 11:17 PM   #15 
              - He posed an imminent threat if he was reaching for an AK-47  pnwmom   May-05-11 04:13 AM   #41 
                 - Could you link me to the source saying he was reaching for a weapon?  Paradoxical   May-05-11 04:16 AM   #43 
                    - I've seen a number of articles that said that. Here's one.  pnwmom   May-05-11 11:45 PM   #46 
  - they sould have shot him in the kneecaps first for all I give a shit about him.  demosincebirth   May-04-11 11:03 PM   #5 
  - SEALs? Like were Erik Prinze got his start?  Arctic Dave   May-04-11 11:07 PM   #6 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   May-04-11 11:09 PM   #8 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   May-04-11 11:13 PM   #11 
     - You "couldn't give two shits about OBL." You couldn't  pnwmom   May-04-11 11:18 PM   #16 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   May-04-11 11:25 PM   #21 
  - So you are slagging a SF team why?  Swede   May-04-11 11:20 PM   #17 
     - Just surprised that SEAL stories are gospel now.  Arctic Dave   May-04-11 11:22 PM   #19 
     - Not everybody. Some people even here seem to have to criticize  pnwmom   May-04-11 11:22 PM   #20 
  - Right. Releasing the pictures of an assassination isn't who we are.  EFerrari   May-04-11 11:15 PM   #13 
  - "Releasing the pictures of an assassination isn't who we are." it would be ROFL if it wasn't so sad  Gravel Democrat   May-05-11 04:37 AM   #44 
  - The truth is that the standards required for non-resistance for someone like Bin Laden were always  BzaDem   May-04-11 11:16 PM   #14 
  - How would "quite high" be defined?  TheKentuckian   May-04-11 11:25 PM   #22 
     - At a bare minimum, Bin Laden would have to actively attempt to surrender (hands up, white flag, etc)  BzaDem   May-05-11 04:50 AM   #45 
  - The rest of the title should be "... yeah, that's the ticket."  Towlie   May-04-11 11:21 PM   #18 
  - That's lovely but, I don't really care what they did to him.  Maru Kitteh   May-04-11 11:30 PM   #23 
  - Given OBL's record and his stated intentions,  madamesilverspurs   May-04-11 11:32 PM   #24 
  - How do you know he had not been shooting from the higher windows?  dorktv   May-05-11 01:22 AM   #29 
  - Because the White House has told us he did not. n/t  EFerrari   May-05-11 02:21 AM   #32 
  - All bets are off in dealing with a monster like OBL.  burning rain   May-05-11 02:55 AM   #37 
  - It was a kill mission all along  Cali_Democrat   May-05-11 02:57 AM   #38 
     - So says one anonymous, unconfirmed "official."  pnwmom   May-05-11 04:12 AM   #40 
 

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