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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:37 AM Original message |
U.S. forces shoot mentally handicapped person in Falluja |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. winning the hearts and minds, one war crime at a time. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. War-crime or defending your self? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. get out of Iraq, since we invaded illegally to begin with |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Doesn't change the fact that soldiers will defend themselves from a perceived attack. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. This was never 'war'. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I'm not attempting to legitimize the invasion of Iraq. |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. When the bullets are flying... |
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CKennedy16 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. If it is a crime then prosecute BushCo |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Understand, my apologies. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. What war crime are you referring to? |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. "opened fire on a mentally handicapped person" i guess this is news but.... |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. that reminded me of the deaf mentally disabled guy the cops tazed a few weeks ago. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yup. Less than a block from my former house we had the cops shot a mute man dead. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. i remember the diabetic as well. |
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Treo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Just because he's Deaf does NOT mean he's mentally disabled |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. How were the soldiers to know the mental state of the attacker? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. huh? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. If you're a soldier in a hostile area and someone throws something at you what would you do? |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. justified in my eyes as well - a grenade or a shoe- quick decide before it hits you |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. +1 |
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TiredOldMan (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. +2 |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Exactly... it's very sad but the soldiers don't have the luxury of time to decide if he's armed |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 04:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Totally agree |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. At what point did reading a half-assed news report become the equivalent |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. smart enough to attack |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nice. No wonder they want us to leave...OBAMA GET US OUT!!! |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Sure, if it becomes a mission priority to seek and destroy Iraqi mentally ill people |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Sure, if it becomes a mission priority to seek and destroy Iraqi mentally ill people |
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CKennedy16 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh FFS, he threw an object at a MILITARY VEHICLE. |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Hey, you may be on to something... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Obviously they needed a psychologist in the field to administer an IQ test |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
30. Nobody has ever camouflaged an explosive device as something else over there... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
31. Sorry, but I can't really fault those involved in this single incident |
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Treo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Just wondering |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm pretty harsh on deliberate war crimes. This isn't one. |
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