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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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2. So you think the U.S. is equivalent to the taliban?
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 01:20 PM
Jun 2021

For all this countries short comings we're not that bad.

She's not wrong. Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #1
So you think the U.S. is equivalent to the taliban? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #2
I think the entire group mentioned has committed war crimes. Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #3
More false equivilance Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #4
Her outrage is selective. She refused to acknowledge the Armenian genocide by being the only JohnSJ Jun 2021 #9
Indeed. Zeitghost Jun 2021 #20
This eissa Jun 2021 #38
how is 'civilian deaths caused by each' Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #30
Except Hamas of course, right ? Rustyeye77 Jun 2021 #5
no not except hamas Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #12
Post removed Post removed Jun 2021 #22
Well a) I didn't bash israel and b) Netanyahu started this war. Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #28
And YET again...you just cant utter a word about hamas. Rustyeye77 Jun 2021 #31
"Netanyahu started this war." EX500rider Jun 2021 #61
That is not what she said. Mariana Jun 2021 #43
Post removed Post removed Jun 2021 #47
I think the mental justification goes like this. RegularJam Jun 2021 #21
Israeli courts have failed to protect Palestinians wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #14
+1 Xoan Jun 2021 #7
Did Obama and Biden commit war crimes with the drone program? Mosby Jun 2021 #26
yes, and no as they have not been charged Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #29
How is killing isis before they commit atrocities by drone a war crime EX500rider Jun 2021 #41
Let me know when Hamas or the Taliban warn people to evacuate a building before they bomb it. EX500rider Jun 2021 #11
Let me know if you'll forgive an arsonist of your home wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #15
Warfare and arson are completely different things in case you didn't know. EX500rider Jun 2021 #27
Killing 63 children is NOT "avoiding civilian casualties" wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #33
When the combat is entirely urban and bombs from above it is. EX500rider Jun 2021 #34
Yes, we all know Hamas hides in six hospitals wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #35
You think a terrorist group like Hamas is above hiding in a hospital EX500rider Jun 2021 #37
I'll bet those hospitals even treat Hamas fighters too wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #45
"The IDF constantly fails at their job" EX500rider Jun 2021 #46
Name one hospital Hamas has destroyed wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #48
So firing 4,000 rockets at Israeli cities trying to kill civilians is not a war crime? EX500rider Jun 2021 #57
How many bombs did Israel drop on Gaza? wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #58
I believe Hamas causality figures like I believe in the Easter Bunny. EX500rider Jun 2021 #59
Then which "causality figure" do you believe? wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #60
I'll take the IDF figures over the terrorist's groups figures. EX500rider Jun 2021 #62
Because the IDF bombs the health ministry building? wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #65
But attacks like that are part of the problem muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #49
Mistakes happen, war isn't pretty. Big difference between accidental and on purpose however. EX500rider Jun 2021 #56
Here we see the problem: the American military investigates itself, decides it was all an accident muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #63
"It's not war, either" EX500rider Jun 2021 #64
The Afghans and Americans had already regained control muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #66
Actually I never said the US gave warnings, that's what the IDF does. EX500rider Jun 2021 #67
So it should be OK to put the Americans in the Hamas/Taliban list, then muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #68
No I do not think the US military belongs in the same grouping as those terrorist groups. EX500rider Jun 2021 #69
She didn't set anything off. intheflow Jun 2021 #6
.... Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #8
She is selective, as was demonstrated in her not voting for the resolution acknowledging the JohnSJ Jun 2021 #10
I wouldn't agree with her a lot of the time but this was a factual statement. I suspect the OnDoutside Jun 2021 #13
Ilhan Omar clarifies remarks on Hamas, US and Israel, but not before condemning Jewish lawmakers' Behind the Aegis Jun 2021 #16
Hmmmm....BULLSHIT Rustyeye77 Jun 2021 #24
I think Omar has said some stupid stuff. RegularJam Jun 2021 #17
Not really Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #18
Yes, really. RegularJam Jun 2021 #19
I don't know about Congress, but her comments sure have divided DUers in this thread Bucky Jun 2021 #23
I guess the issue is accountability Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #25
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #32
Rt TY.. Cha Jun 2021 #36
American Taliban, wasn't that the group that stormed the Capitol on 1/6? n/t DiamondShark Jun 2021 #44
Post removed Post removed Jun 2021 #39
Disagree with your assessment. Caliman73 Jun 2021 #42
Not this Dem BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #40
She's absolutely right and the outrage is more arthritisR_US Jun 2021 #50
Under Bush-Cheney the US tortured prisoners Deminpenn Jun 2021 #51
No shit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #52
Sure you want to hang your hat on that argument? Deminpenn Jun 2021 #54
Hang my hat? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #55
A few scapegoats were convicted iemanja Jun 2021 #75
The US aided and abetted the killing of tens of thousands iemanja Jun 2021 #70
Oh FFS your fantasy world is bizarre Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #71
WRONG iemanja Jun 2021 #72
Wikipedia Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #73
I gave you books from Duke University Press iemanja Jun 2021 #74
You could also read a basic textbook iemanja Jun 2021 #76
See below. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #53
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