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99. We know who's sending the care packages.

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Wed Feb 18, 2015, 03:59 PM

Feb 2015

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Those who could do something about it just don't have the authorization to interdict them, yet.

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If armed mercenaries invaded your country, that you have never attacked, would you fight back too? [View all] kpete Feb 2015 OP

Absolutely. polly7 Feb 2015 #1

Wolverines! n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #2

The US military are not mercenaries. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #3

If 'ANY' foreign armed group invaded your country would you fight back? polly7 Feb 2015 #5

:crickets: BeanMusical Feb 2015 #122

Reenlistment bonuses sound pretty mercenary to me mwrguy Feb 2015 #7

that's because you don't understand what 'mercenary' means nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #8

I love it when formatting goes wrong uppityperson Feb 2015 #30

the perils of cut and paste nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #31

And in this case it seems appropriate. nt uppityperson Feb 2015 #46

and, g) mercenaries don't cry, unless they don't get paid on time. leveymg Feb 2015 #59

everybody cries when they don't get paid on time. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #68

Charlie didn't get much USO. leveymg Feb 2015 #96

Not quite so sure we can cut off all the funding for ISIS. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #97

We know who's sending the care packages. leveymg Feb 2015 #99

Blackwater, and others who were heavily involved, were though. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #106

Blackwater didn't do the invading, and isn't featured in the photo. nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #111

Blackwater/Xe certainly were, though. nt tblue37 Feb 2015 #124

We were assured that the locals would only throw flowers!!!!! What went wrong?????? djean111 Feb 2015 #4

You damn right I would madokie Feb 2015 #6

Interesting how no one says they wouldn't fight Fumesucker Feb 2015 #9

It's hard to have a meaningful discussion dumbcat Feb 2015 #15

GOOD ONE LOL discussionists. you got that right randys1 Feb 2015 #53

the idea of the US being invaded is so alien to reality that it's hard to take seriously. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #27

Yes, those forces are in Iraq now Fumesucker Feb 2015 #32

The legacy of Bush-Cheney. Just about on par with Kissinger's nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #35

Spoken like a true American who thinks it is up to him or her to decide what people randys1 Feb 2015 #55

feel better about yourself now? nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #61

Notice you didnt try and refute my statement. randys1 Feb 2015 #63

Your statement was a bunch of substance-free personal attacks combined geek tragedy Feb 2015 #65

Opposite of substance free, you are the one who said others will be better off if we invade them randys1 Feb 2015 #67

No, you should read more carefully. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #71

No, I was right, you are saying they are better off if we invade them. Dont shy away from that randys1 Feb 2015 #72

I am only saying what my opinion is, if I had to choose. I am not saying that people who geek tragedy Feb 2015 #82

Fine, but for much worse reasons rightwingers are agreeing with you and they arent randys1 Feb 2015 #85

It is our job to see things in gray, not just the polar opposite of how the wingnuts geek tragedy Feb 2015 #87

Even if they are killing all your people? A lot of innocents were killed. A lot! onecaliberal Feb 2015 #127

And your personal attacks are any better? Jamastiene Feb 2015 #108

LOL. Look at a map. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #109

You are so wrong to think that. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #107

"America could very well be invaded." geek tragedy Feb 2015 #110

This message was self-deleted by its author panader0 Feb 2015 #121

Well said. I understand why the Germans fought the US in both world wars. hughee99 Feb 2015 #10

Ahhh . . . Germany invaded several others countries in WWll before . . . brush Feb 2015 #13

I believe the post was saying something about invading a country that didn't attack you hughee99 Feb 2015 #19

Germany declared war on the US. Kaleva Feb 2015 #14

Yes, December 11th 1941, but they hadn't really attacked us. hughee99 Feb 2015 #21

Germany sunk TONS into the Atlantic while the conservatives of the day were swearing uponit7771 Feb 2015 #75

Yes, and none of those sinkings resulted in a declaration of war. hughee99 Feb 2015 #86

Germany was the aggressor nation, having attacked Poland, Norway, Denmark, France, Maedhros Feb 2015 #100

You listed a lot of countries Germany attacked... The US wasn't on your list, though hughee99 Feb 2015 #104

I think Germany was attacking other countries long before we got into the either war. They jwirr Feb 2015 #16

Bosnia or Kosovo as well. hughee99 Feb 2015 #22

We were attacked by Germany BEFORE Pearl Harbor and Germany Declared war on us first... uponit7771 Feb 2015 #74

Some of our shipping had been sunk for a few years before the war started hughee99 Feb 2015 #88

Excellent point. That is why we need to let the people of the ME do most of the fighting themselves. jwirr Feb 2015 #11

Would you post videos of yourself brutally executing civilians ? Bonx Feb 2015 #12

The United States routinely "brutally executes" civilians, but we do it by remote control Maedhros Feb 2015 #101

I'm sorry, but you seem to have responded to someone else's question. Bonx Feb 2015 #112

Um, no. Maedhros Feb 2015 #118

Ah, yes. So, would you post videos of yourself brutally executing civilians ? Bonx Feb 2015 #120

No. What is your point? Maedhros Feb 2015 #123

If someone invaded your home do you plan on decapitating and immolating your neighbors? nt Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #17

So destroying Iraq, making millions homeless, dead, maimed, tortured polly7 Feb 2015 #20

The OP's question doesn't speak to what AQI and ISIS are doing. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #23

Nobody said they were. polly7 Feb 2015 #25

"Nobody said they were." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #28

I'd defend mine in a heartbeat. There's really nothing else to say. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #29

Would you defend your home in the manner of AQI and ISIS? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #33

I'd defend it with whatever it took. Period. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #36

So, in other words: Yes. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #37

Nah. polly7 Feb 2015 #38

You said, "I'd defend it with whatever it took." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #44

Whatever it took - you obviously don't know me or that I would find it very difficult polly7 Feb 2015 #45

"you obviously don't know me" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #47

I asked if you would fight a foreign, armed invasion. You can't even answer. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #49

I did answer. The answer is Yes BUT not like AQI and ISIS. That would delegitimaize any resistance. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #50

I think most people agree with that. But it wasn't the question. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #51

"But it wasn't the question." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #52

Yeah whatever. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #54

Fuck no, they still invaded our country. Civilians my ass, all part of the occupation TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #113

What are you talking about? Seriously. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #114

If we started abducting and murdering civilians evirus Feb 2015 #34

Of course not but if folk from Canada started doing that crap I'd fight them too uponit7771 Feb 2015 #77

AQI had no legitimate claim to Iraq. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #93

If armed GIs invaded Nazi Germany, that never attacked the US, would it make Hitler a nice guy? Albertoo Feb 2015 #18

Interesting, isn't it, how many oppressed women we send our military to rescue in this world and ... Scuba Feb 2015 #39

Iraq was a F** up. Does it give a free pass to macho obscurantists? Albertoo Feb 2015 #40

No, it doesn't. randome Feb 2015 #42

Is that why we're after Boko Haram? Invading North Korea? Intervened in Rwanda? Scuba Feb 2015 #57

Kosovo? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #58

What about Kosovo? Scuba Feb 2015 #70

That's a bunch of claims from anti-American conspiracy theorists and Slobo-apologists geek tragedy Feb 2015 #76

Please compare the mineral reserves of Boko Haram's turf (Nigeria) vs Kosovo's, nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #62

Please see my post #70. Thanks. Scuba Feb 2015 #73

Yes, the loons and Milosevic apologists offered up some extremely implausible claims geek tragedy Feb 2015 #80

Why is it your arguments are limited to "attack the source"? Scuba Feb 2015 #89

Because you cited the source as support for your argument. Since your source was toxic, rancid geek tragedy Feb 2015 #90

You've confused criticism of American actions with being "anti-American." That's pretty ... Scuba Feb 2015 #92

Knee-jerk assumptions of the worst about the US government in all cases, despite the weight of the geek tragedy Feb 2015 #94

amazingly simple, is it not? niyad Feb 2015 #24

Yes, it really is. polly7 Feb 2015 #41

For the simple-minded. n/t Throd Feb 2015 #48

I thought we are always considered liberators and good guys dissentient Feb 2015 #26

Yes (nt) bigwillq Feb 2015 #43

before we were in Afganistan samsingh Feb 2015 #56

Reading this thread it seems some think that if you kill with drones and planes randys1 Feb 2015 #60

so you consider the US military morally no better than ISIL? nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #64

LOL oh man, and to think that I just tried to reason with you in another post randys1 Feb 2015 #79

Nope, I don't support them no matter what. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #81

What facts? We invaded a country in the ME that we had no business invading randys1 Feb 2015 #83

I don't disagree with any of that. But, we are not occupying Iraq anymore. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #84

Sorry, but killing mass killers is something I am okay with. randome Feb 2015 #66

I think we're a couple of steps above the usefulness of ISIL uponit7771 Feb 2015 #78

"the last thing you would do is send in troops, giving ISIL exactly what they want" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #103

If you want to go then I bet you can get a mercenary gig. We don't need to and shouldn't do shit. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #115

Absolutely and that's why all this BS is just BS malaise Feb 2015 #69

The French Resistance WERE designated as "Terrorists" by the Nazis. [n/t] Maedhros Feb 2015 #102

Sometimes it's for the best, other times it makes matters worse LanternWaste Feb 2015 #91

I suppose that would depend on my relationship with the government of my country Egnever Feb 2015 #95

How Iraq Was Turned into a Mercenary War Go Vols Feb 2015 #98

Like this...? uppityperson Feb 2015 #105

Of course, who would let mercs take over their country? Rex Feb 2015 #116

Probably not Snow Leopard Feb 2015 #117

Seriously pathetic logic fail. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #119

No, it is a logical touchdown. Bonobo Feb 2015 #126

This question should have been raised every day for the last 13 years. nt Bonobo Feb 2015 #125