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davidthegnome

(2,983 posts)
10. No. It doesn't.
Tue Feb 12, 2013, 02:35 PM
Feb 2013

The left has been anything but silent regarding this issue. There are debates taking place on college campuses, within family homes, here on the internet, on the radio, on television. That being said, silence is NOT consent, either. It may instead be indicative of consideration, of thought, of planning.

Your assertion is both inaccurate and unfair. I don't support Obama's use of drones. If asked, I imagine that millions on the left do not.

The democratic base says plenty when the drones kill innocents. It's a matter of whether or not you're paying attention. Most of us lack the ability to rant about it on television.

Cheney backs Obama on drones [View all] Gentle-man Feb 2013 OP
The man... ReRe Feb 2013 #1
darth cheney probably bought up ALL the model airplane companies :) Sunlei Feb 2013 #50
This is a sure sign.... AnneD Feb 2013 #2
Exactly. TDale313 Feb 2013 #4
+1 nt Live and Learn Feb 2013 #77
Good news: Obama finally gets his due from Cheney! MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #3
WTF!? Cheney sure popped out of his hidey-hole They_Live Feb 2013 #5
this worries me.... samsingh Feb 2013 #6
The left backs Obama on drones. Redfairen Feb 2013 #7
Yep, undeniable, good point. montanto Feb 2013 #8
No. It doesn't. davidthegnome Feb 2013 #10
...is a shit statement. About the only people speaking out are on the left. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #11
Exactly and how many are ignoring the lawsuit against Obama admin? Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #43
This leftist supports the drones. n/t cosmicone Feb 2013 #14
...because they're aimed at Pakistanis. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #15
No. Because they're aimed at terrorists cosmicone Feb 2013 #27
So we are on board with the war on terror? Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #44
Yeah, but jihadist terrorists have a particular tactic they developped for decades. Amonester Feb 2013 #47
terrorists are usually men, not monks. They have woman and children, families. Sunlei Feb 2013 #55
That's one reason, and the other is, in the case of many Afghano-Pakistanis, Amonester Feb 2013 #58
How could they be disarmed? Sunlei Feb 2013 #60
More like deterred than disarmed, sadely. Amonester Feb 2013 #61
You don't know anything about Pakistan, Ash_F Feb 2013 #57
I don't know anything about Pakistan? cosmicone Feb 2013 #67
The point of these killings is the opposite of your solution. Ash_F Feb 2013 #72
Did you read what I wrote? cosmicone Feb 2013 #74
You really need to do some reading Ash_F Feb 2013 #75
Oh brother cosmicone Feb 2013 #76
Wow that's wrong. I guess you need someone to hold your hand Ash_F Feb 2013 #82
Old news .. you need recent literature cosmicone Feb 2013 #83
Nothing in those articles is counter to anything I've said, nor do they verify what you have said Ash_F Feb 2013 #86
This leftist sees your drone support and raises you... EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #20
good thing the sun gives free energy and after the plants use the free energy it's there for humans. Sunlei Feb 2013 #56
and this leftist DOESN'T shanti Feb 2013 #32
I know what you mean! They are awesome! Pterodactyl Feb 2013 #78
Add me to your list of those who speak out against this barbarism n/t SylviaD Feb 2013 #87
The same ones will back SS cuts and the Keystone XL Doctor_J Feb 2013 #89
Okay, people, seriously... davidthegnome Feb 2013 #9
Let's have us a big drone-stroking circle jerk! Who's invited? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #12
you forget a huge player: John Brennan, aka the royal executioner Mutatis Mutandis Feb 2013 #18
I'm wondering if these guys may also have something to do with it reorg Feb 2013 #81
I would find some more interlinking articles, and make that an OP Mutatis Mutandis Feb 2013 #84
Cheney is an imminent threat The Second Stone Feb 2013 #13
How so? He's not even in office anymore. What can he do to us? Pterodactyl Feb 2013 #79
really? i am sure he wants obama to invade yemen + syria. pansypoo53219 Feb 2013 #16
I back Obama on drone use too. But Cheneny also wants troops on the ground right? Sunlei Feb 2013 #17
"I bet the countries that give the USA permission to root out the terrorists like the drones better" Mutatis Mutandis Feb 2013 #21
I know war is a terrible thing it is hell. I hate what Bush started, he made the USA a FAT target! Sunlei Feb 2013 #23
Both of bin Laden's fatwas against the USA where written well before that POS Bush became POTUS Mutatis Mutandis Feb 2013 #28
what would you suggest we do? Sunlei Feb 2013 #31
end the empiric wars, use fair trade, not guns, nationalise the Fed, break up the too-big-to-fail Mutatis Mutandis Feb 2013 #33
I like you. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2013 #38
that's a long list :) Sunlei Feb 2013 #49
btw, thank you for at least asking, I really appreciate it Mutatis Mutandis Feb 2013 #34
after shock and awe when bush beat his chest on that ship, mann did that make them hate the usa more Sunlei Feb 2013 #52
by "most countries" do you mean most of the people there? or their supreme leader? Gentle-man Feb 2013 #36
Interesting question. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2013 #45
In many of those countries 90% or more can't read or write, so their Leaders control thebit of media Sunlei Feb 2013 #53
Thanks for explaining that in your mind, a country is the same as its leader Gentle-man Feb 2013 #63
why do you deflect from cheney the war criminal loves the killer drones, so Obama must be a bad man Sunlei Feb 2013 #64
Your argument evolved, and I don't blame you Gentle-man Feb 2013 #65
Hibby is that you? Sunlei Feb 2013 #69
Message auto-removed Gentle-man Feb 2013 #70
congrats! DU has an ignore list and you've won first position. Sunlei Feb 2013 #71
Message auto-removed Gentle-man Feb 2013 #73
I support the use of Drones John2 Feb 2013 #35
Yup. that's where the DU Drone Murder Fan Club is right now Doctor_J Feb 2013 #19
If Cheney likes this Third Doctor Feb 2013 #22
Cheney is a citizen of Dubai,yet he has closed door meetings with our Congress. Sunlei Feb 2013 #30
Greeaatt, that's all we need . . . aggiesal Feb 2013 #24
It's a sign mr. president obama2terms Feb 2013 #25
well now ain't bi-partisanship grand azurnoir Feb 2013 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2013 #29
If Cheney supports it then you know it's wrong especially when he's rachel1 Feb 2013 #37
Would love to see the right wing DU trolls explain this one Ash_F Feb 2013 #39
Proof that this is wrong. eom MyNameGoesHere Feb 2013 #40
And there you have it n/t Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #41
And that's all you need to know FiveGoodMen Feb 2013 #42
LOL! OnyxCollie Feb 2013 #46
I guess this could be called one of those.... DeSwiss Feb 2013 #48
Cheney loves his "smart" weaponry. liberalmuse Feb 2013 #51
Well Im sure Darth Cheney never met a drone he didnt love.. DCBob Feb 2013 #54
I suspect the truth is more like "as long as it was aimed at" Amonester Feb 2013 #59
Cheney and Obama see eye-2-eye on illegal "extra-judicial" killings by "Leader of the Free World" panzerfaust Feb 2013 #62
Creepy, seriously creepy. undeterred Feb 2013 #66
Reason enough to oppose it. alarimer Feb 2013 #68
Like I needed another reason to be opposed. nt NoGOPZone Feb 2013 #80
in other news, Lee Harvey Oswald backs NRA position on gun control... yurbud Feb 2013 #85
Time to start calling the pro-drone-murder DUers Doctor_J Feb 2013 #88
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