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45. Who said anything about Iraq having anything to do with 9/11

Reply to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #43)

Sat Jul 6, 2013, 01:28 AM

Jul 2013

maybe you might want to read the subthread again from the start...

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Suppose a foreign leader had Osama bin Laden in her plane [View all] MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 OP

he committed mass murder, so yes, asking other countries... allin99 Jul 2013 #1

Moot point. First of all, it may already have happened, BUT BUSHCO was never interested rustydog Jul 2013 #2

Of course. We were *at war* with OBL. Sorry to drag law into this, but it matters cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #3

Hell Yes.. we would get Bin Laden Peacetrain Jul 2013 #4

the end would not justify the means. We are a country of laws , without them we are nothing. bowens43 Jul 2013 #10

Tell that to the thousands killed by Bin Laden Peacetrain Jul 2013 #11

This is the exact argument/excuse the neocons used to invade Iraq AgingAmerican Jul 2013 #13

Bull Hockey.. Peacetrain Jul 2013 #14

Let me add this to my own post.. specifics Peacetrain Jul 2013 #15

The money laundering operations in Iraq and Afghanistan AgingAmerican Jul 2013 #22

Off topic much? the question was specific.. Peacetrain Jul 2013 #25

My answer is specific to YOUr position AgingAmerican Jul 2013 #26

The United Nations had been trying to get Bin Laden out of Afghanistan since 1999 Peacetrain Jul 2013 #29

Sorry, I don't buy into AgingAmerican Jul 2013 #33

Okay.. I do not do na na nah boo boo Peacetrain Jul 2013 #44

Upwards of 1M Iraqis killed. This has nothing at all to do with OBL, however. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #37

The whole thread is about OBL Peacetrain Jul 2013 #41

Brace yourself. Have a comfortable seat. I have something to tell you. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #43

Who said anything about Iraq having anything to do with 9/11 Peacetrain Jul 2013 #45

You did, in post 15 DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #48

Clean your glasses my friend.. I did NOT Peacetrain Jul 2013 #49

Ok. I believe you, but I still don't understand your original point DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #51

My original post Peacetrain Jul 2013 #54

Bin Laden was never indicted for 9/11. Mainly because he didn't matter and while I think sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #68

The UN was trying to extract OBL out of Afghanistan starting in 1999 Peacetrain Jul 2013 #76

I am more than familiar with the entire history of Bin Laden. He took responsibility for the sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #77

200 people killed at an embassy in 98 is hardly pointless Peacetrain Jul 2013 #80

Yes, I remember that and it was considered to be fake at the time. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #84

I am not sure what you are saying.. so before I misconstrue your intent Peacetrain Jul 2013 #85

I would have arrested him for what he was indicted for, the Embassy Bombings. There sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #91

Let me add a second post to this sabrina.. Peacetrain Jul 2013 #86

Yes, he should have been arrested, charged and tried like anyone else who commits sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #87

I appreciate what you are saying and agree with you .. Peacetrain Jul 2013 #89

depends, NM_Birder Jul 2013 #5

Suppose a foreign leader had georgy bush in her plane. Arctic Dave Jul 2013 #6

If There Was A Warrant... KharmaTrain Jul 2013 #21

+1 nt Zorra Jul 2013 #75

Me too. I've been saying that for years. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2013 #79

As justified as another country doing the same for certain high ranking ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #7

bogus comparison Enrique Jul 2013 #8

Of course it would NOT have been justified. bowens43 Jul 2013 #9

No Marrah_G Jul 2013 #12

absolutely, and I will go even farther and say we would be justified in shooting it down arely staircase Jul 2013 #16

You'd shoot down Angela Merkel's plane? Seriously? For harboring/ferrying a fugitive? Whoa. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #31

Angela Merkel hanging with bin Laden? arely staircase Jul 2013 #46

And you call Mullah Omar a "world leader"? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #59

I would call him a "foreign leader" as per the OP arely staircase Jul 2013 #60

I really don't think that's what the OP had in mind. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #63

Why doesn't that count? arely staircase Jul 2013 #64

"her" cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #65

so it has to be a female foreign leader? arely staircase Jul 2013 #66

Take your complaint to the OP. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #67

no complaint, I just don't interpret the OP as limiting the scenario to the less than 10 percent arely staircase Jul 2013 #69

Suppose Obama was riding in Merkel's plane... HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #34

in that scenario they would have to consider the wisdom of it arely staircase Jul 2013 #47

Ahhh, the "might makes right" argument. OK. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #50

In a war? Yes. arely staircase Jul 2013 #53

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #17

Even though it was carried out by Saudis AgingAmerican Jul 2013 #23

Wow. I guess I missed your openly advocating wiping out over 3,000,000 innocent people. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #30

You should really go somewhere else with your mass murder fantasies DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #39

sick Marrah_G Jul 2013 #72

If a foreign leader had OBL on a plane with him or her knowing how he was, the plane bluestate10 Jul 2013 #18

That depends. Which party is the president a member of? QC Jul 2013 #19

... idwiyo Jul 2013 #28

Diplomatic Privelege is not a joke. Savannahmann Jul 2013 #20

Let us get the facts right, so we know what we are actually discussing, before we consider struggle4progress Jul 2013 #81

Vienna Conventions Savannahmann Jul 2013 #82

According to at least one of the articles in my prior post, Morales himself cited struggle4progress Jul 2013 #83

Didn't we give some Saudi's a ride home after 9/11? (nt) The Straight Story Jul 2013 #24

Yes, but obviously we only helped The Good Bin Ladens DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #40

Absolutely not. Diplomatic plane, specifically when it's a leader's of the foreign country plane idwiyo Jul 2013 #27

Some of the replies in this thread are NOTHING LESS THAN BREATHTAKING. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2013 #32

Yep. DU has been infiltrated by bloodthirsty totalitarian fascists. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #35

+1 magellan Jul 2013 #36

"Appalling" and "clueless" are the words I'd use. n/t winter is coming Jul 2013 #55

welcome to the big tent frylock Jul 2013 #78

Are you attempting to compare Snowden to one of the greatest terrorists of the 20th/21st century? Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #38

Once again, you make comparisons jazzimov Jul 2013 #42

Suppose they had Adolph Hitler? BainsBane Jul 2013 #52

But Mother Teresa is flying the plane! arely staircase Jul 2013 #56

In that case BainsBane Jul 2013 #57

Well, according to Christopher Hitchens, who is also dead, shooting down msanthrope Jul 2013 #70

to complicate matters, Hitchens is on the plane too arely staircase Jul 2013 #71

Hitchens is on!!! Shoot the fucker down. nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #73

Yes. He was responsible for the deaths of many innocent people, and the probability that he Zorra Jul 2013 #58

So how many people did he kill Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #62

I have absolutely no idea. nt Zorra Jul 2013 #74

Apples and Oranges Aerows Jul 2013 #61

No. It would constitute an act of war. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #88

No, but why would they do that anyway? Rex Jul 2013 #90