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choie

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101. Just a follower, huh?

Reply to graham4anything (Reply #93)

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 01:03 AM

Feb 2013

And will support Democrats no matter their lack of ethical backbone

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Good news, 3 taliban killed. Also 10 civilians including kids. I feel safer now. [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP

Drones again?...nt SidDithers Feb 2013 #1

No. nt Robb Feb 2013 #5

Callous disregard again?...nt whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #74

Non sequitur again?...nt SidDithers Feb 2013 #75

Your "contribution" to the discussion of this tragedy whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #78

Ho hum reaction to civilian deaths again? Bonobo Feb 2013 #95

k and r niyad Feb 2013 #2

Someone they probably waterboarded had an axe to grind with those three The Straight Story Feb 2013 #3

that sounds about right. I keep thinking about that guy --chulabi? who was giving all that niyad Feb 2013 #4

All three of them were the number two man in al qaeda think Feb 2013 #6

I doubt NATO is waterboarding anyone. I could always be wrong, of course. randome Feb 2013 #22

They quit sending prisoners to Afghan prisons think Feb 2013 #64

Three killed, and 30 parents and family just join, Coyotl Feb 2013 #7

My first thought too,how many did it create. libtodeath Feb 2013 #23

and those three could have killed 10,000. So possibly 9990 saved. graham4anything Feb 2013 #8

I was going to post this sarcastically, but I see you beat me to the punch Hugabear Feb 2013 #9

We had to kill the civilians in order to save them. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #80

Could have? G_j Feb 2013 #10

I've seen this defense from a few here Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #11

Most politicians were FOR Afghanastan, AGAINST Iraq. Inc. Bernie Sanders & Dennis Kucinich graham4anything Feb 2013 #13

a good many of us were against going into afghanistan--so please do not try that nonsense. niyad Feb 2013 #14

Did they think 9-11 should have been left unanswered? So it could happen again & again? graham4anything Feb 2013 #19

afghanistan offered to turn over bin laden, bushie refused. there were much better ways to niyad Feb 2013 #25

How soon we forget. Octafish Feb 2013 #94

you are most welcome. it seems I have one of those inconvenient memories--just cannot forget niyad Feb 2013 #97

You seem to be OK with collateral damage in war and then A Simple Game Feb 2013 #60

Yes. OBL wanted to bankrupt America, and it worked for 10 years. graham4anything Feb 2013 #76

You act as if our response somehow prevented terrorists from being able to act RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #99

^^ this ^^^ oldhippie Feb 2013 #21

Four women and five children were killed, no mention of drones though - just airstrike (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #15

Are you kidding? G_j Feb 2013 #16

You are un-fucking-believable. By all means, continue to support the slaughter of children Hugabear Feb 2013 #24

34 children of some parent die every day from guns and bullets in private hands in the USA graham4anything Feb 2013 #29

You will NEVER defeat terrorism by bombing people to bits....... marmar Feb 2013 #89

You could not be more WRONG! Coyotl Feb 2013 #27

Dennis Kucinich was for it at the start, Bernie Sanders for it. graham4anything Feb 2013 #41

Before edit "People were against Bush going into IRAQ. No one was against going to Afghanastan." Coyotl Feb 2013 #44

Thought everyone knew Bernie Sanders and Dennis Kucinich and almost ALL senatete/house were 4 it. graham4anything Feb 2013 #50

And 98 Senators signed on to the Tonkin Gulf Resolution Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #100

interesting that you changed your title from "people" to "politicians" when it was pointed out niyad Feb 2013 #45

when someone didn't understand what was obvious, I changed it to make it clearer graham4anything Feb 2013 #81

no, you didn't do it because it wasn't clear--you did it because you were shown to be WRONG, niyad Feb 2013 #91

It's HOW we went into Afghanistan, for one thing. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #12

+1000 G_j Feb 2013 #17

and don't forget that the afghans offered to give up bin laden, and bushie said no niyad Feb 2013 #18

Reading your postst is like taking an acid bath of stupidity. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2013 #26

How many is "just about nobody"? One, or two? Coyotl Feb 2013 #28

Bernie sanders was FOR Afghanastan, like most, against Iraq. NOT Afghanastan. graham4anything Feb 2013 #33

you know what? I wouldn't care if every single politician in the world was in favour, many of us niyad Feb 2013 #48

another red herring. graham4anything Feb 2013 #52

nice try, dear. but we read your original post, and all the carping in the world about sanders niyad Feb 2013 #59

Niyad - you rock! choie Feb 2013 #55

why only 10,000? Enrique Feb 2013 #30

WTF is wrong with you? polly7 Feb 2013 #39

Again, the statement is true. It has nothing to do with me personally. graham4anything Feb 2013 #47

It has everything to do with you personally. polly7 Feb 2013 #56

hyperbole and personal. The empire word sure sounds like the Nader lines. graham4anything Feb 2013 #61

No, it's just an observation, after seeing the same excuses polly7 Feb 2013 #65

But I wasn't against Afghanastan then. So someone saying I was is wrong. graham4anything Feb 2013 #67

I don't give a rat's azz what you said then or what you were for. polly7 Feb 2013 #68

this board is supposed to support choie Feb 2013 #92

If it's good enough for Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, President Obama, Pres. H.R.Clinton graham4anything Feb 2013 #93

Just a follower, huh? choie Feb 2013 #101

President Obama is perhaps the finest, most ethical, genuine person in the world today. graham4anything Feb 2013 #102

What makes you think those three has the capability, motive and means to kill 10,000? morningfog Feb 2013 #51

It only took 19 to implement OBL's 9-11 plan. graham4anything Feb 2013 #57

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Your logic is beyond stupid - it's freeper logic Hugabear Feb 2013 #71

I didn't ask about 9-11 or Dorner. morningfog Feb 2013 #84

"LBJ, NADER! RON PAUL!!! LOUD NOISES!!! I LOVE LAMP!!!!" Those are basically the responses you'll Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2013 #85

I am learning that. morningfog Feb 2013 #86

You forgot theKed Feb 2013 #87

So LBJ, Bernie Sanders, Hillary a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar...... Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2013 #88

. theKed Feb 2013 #90

Librarians would disagree, right? Bonobo Feb 2013 #96

Just like LBJ took care of them in the Gulf of Tonkin... Taverner Feb 2013 #54

Or not. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #63

Your little hollow heart whistles like an ocarina whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #73

You are one sick individual. Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2013 #77

"Plus the 3 themselves could have killed the 10 collateral anyhow" Really?? Hissyspit Feb 2013 #79

Nicely put - we have to kill innocents to save them (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #82

Wut? Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #103

This message was self-deleted by its author niyad Feb 2013 #104

Good news: 34,000 troops are coming home this year. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #20

and how many will be left? we are in our second decade of war in that poor country. niyad Feb 2013 #40

Bernie Sanders (the most liberal senator) was FOR Afghanastan-from his own website graham4anything Feb 2013 #31

But I don't think he thought killing innocent kids was a good idea like some do (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #32

It's a red herring. No one is FOR collateral deaths, but that happens in war. graham4anything Feb 2013 #34

And there it is. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #62

The acceptance canard & one day at a time apply. graham4anything Feb 2013 #70

He was for Afghanastan. Therefore he knows what happens in war. graham4anything Feb 2013 #35

let's try this another way, since you insist on supporting your views by hawking sanders. niyad Feb 2013 #66

But..but..it prevented the Taliban Navy from sending it's fleet to bombard Malibu. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #36

Complain to Congress and ask OBL why he did what he did. graham4anything Feb 2013 #42

Obama has no control over the CIA and it's killers? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #43

The 10 civilians killed included five women and four children green for victory Feb 2013 #37

The innocents die to keep the world safe for billionaires Octafish Feb 2013 #98

Good news indeed! The more of 'em we kill off, the less problems global corporate conglometrates Zorra Feb 2013 #38

Of course this is horrible and I suspect if they had to do it over again they wouldnt have done it. DCBob Feb 2013 #46

No ...... boiling a pot of soup over on the stove is 'messy'. polly7 Feb 2013 #49

yes.. bad choice of words. DCBob Feb 2013 #53

Sorry I was harsh. polly7 Feb 2013 #72

Sometimes I wonder if NATO isn't strategically incomptent & if that isn't encouraged by the patrice Feb 2013 #58

K&R n/t whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #83