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randome

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18. Someone pointed out that the Alabama nutbag, Dykes, was executed without a trial.
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 11:55 AM
Feb 2013

When there is a life or death situation, a trial should be the furthest thing from anyone's mind.

My 2 cents on drones [View all] Jersey Devil Feb 2013 OP
Our nation has a terrifying capacity for destruction. Robb Feb 2013 #1
What is "better"? Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #4
Refusing to believe all options necessarily include war, for one. Robb Feb 2013 #5
Well yes, and I thought that was part of what I said Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #14
Missing the point. Bonobo Feb 2013 #2
Wonder how this all pans out with the geneva convention? (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #3
Let's see - grade the "morality" of drones vs flying planes into buildings under Geneva Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #6
Congratulations. Bonobo Feb 2013 #7
The point is that the Geneva Convention is fiction Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #12
The Geneva Convention was entered into by participants who had conventional warfare in mind and how politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2013 #16
Is "conventional" necessarily moral? Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #20
When have we ever been the greatest democracy on Earth? Our history is filled with a long list JaneyVee Feb 2013 #13
So we need to be more like them. Got it. (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #9
The point is not missed. There can be no morality in immorality Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #8
My point was though The Straight Story Feb 2013 #11
Someone pointed out that the Alabama nutbag, Dykes, was executed without a trial. randome Feb 2013 #18
To place trust in Obama to make the right decisions is to do the same with his predecessors sellitman Feb 2013 #10
Your argument is conditioned on liking who is pulling the trigger. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #15
Why would using drones be any different than any other way of fighting? Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #17
The issue is that the POTUS has appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #19
No, that's not what Obama has done Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #21
That "pack of wolves" has sometimes been a wedding. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #23
that had to do with bad intel, not drones Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #24
The CIA would like you to believe this is all about the technical problems of assymetrical warfare HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #22
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