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southernyankeebelle

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50. You have a good point. I stopped trusting my government after the assination of JFK.

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 10:01 AM

Apr 2012

Up til then I have this fairey tale thinking of our government. Our government does good things but I hate some of the bad things they don't tell us about in the name of the american people.

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Child witnesses to Afghan massacre say Robert Bales was not alone [View all] godai Mar 2012 OP

I wondered about that. Oh my Goodness, HORRIFIC!! I wondered how one man could sneak offbase, Ecumenist Mar 2012 #1

now they will need to discredit Noorbinak Enrique Mar 2012 #2

Oh dear, or maybe have her meet an unfortunate accident. Cleita Mar 2012 #12

Did you know she is a Muslim!?!?!?!??!!??!?!? Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #60

Du rec. Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #3

Paging Arlen Specter and Colin Powell. /NT jakeXT Mar 2012 #4

I feel sick. But wait ........... Afghani children must lie. polly7 Mar 2012 #5

Yep, I thought this might be coming NCcoast Mar 2012 #6

More easily than one might think. Doc Holliday Mar 2012 #8

Bingo! And isn't it amazing that they can run the same scam, over and over, truth2power Apr 2012 #51

Also, why is this guy willing to take the fall for all of them? Cleita Mar 2012 #13

Why? atreides1 Mar 2012 #15

If the man has TBI and PTSD, then the dig is well deserved. EFerrari Mar 2012 #26

Larium -read more on this folks lunasun Mar 2012 #31

Well, do those who are labeled "lone gunman" ever really have a choice? Jamastiene Apr 2012 #59

K&R Eyerish Mar 2012 #7

I never believe any US military story. Proletariatprincess Mar 2012 #9

I completely agree. CrispyQ Mar 2012 #38

Sadly, I agree. nt mother earth Mar 2012 #44

15 or 20? That just about makes it an official American act, doesn't it? robinlynne Mar 2012 #10

There were about that many involved in Haditha and they all got off... Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #61

Australian reporter: American investigators tried to prevent her from interviewing the children... godai Mar 2012 #11

As though they weren't already traumatized. lumpy Mar 2012 #22

Coverup Marley01 Mar 2012 #14

and Lt. Calley was pardoned by Nixon! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #23

These. God. DAMNED. Wars!!! patrice Mar 2012 #16

Oh, God I hope this is not true - this makes this even worse if anything can be worse. But it looks jwirr Mar 2012 #17

I suspected all along we had another My Lai joanbarnes Mar 2012 #18

As did I WheelWalker Mar 2012 #33

Reminiscent of the My Lai Massacre in South Vietnam. eom tawadi Mar 2012 #19

Good ol' USA - cops of the world Plucketeer Mar 2012 #20

sounds like death squads so not surprising azurnoir Mar 2012 #21

Kids just don't make this stuff up. How was the soldier able to kill so many people in different southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #24

But the American public is not educated enough d_legendary1 Mar 2012 #28

I only have a high school education and I can figure it out surely I'm not the only one. I guess southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #29

How can people follow the truth? d_legendary1 Apr 2012 #49

You have a good point. I stopped trusting my government after the assination of JFK. southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #50

I like that! "If you repeat a lie often enough..." n/t truth2power Apr 2012 #52

A child is like any other witness though and witness testimony isnt always accurate cstanleytech Mar 2012 #34

There is plenty of evidence to support the child's testimony. Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #36

I agree but how could he kill all those people at a time. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #40

If he was alive you could start by asking Seung-Hui Cho. cstanleytech Mar 2012 #47

Yep southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #48

What supportive evidence would be sufficient? Photos? Video? Oh, wait.... truth2power Apr 2012 #53

If you wanna take the word of an 8 year old child by all means go for it. cstanleytech Apr 2012 #55

Why not take the word of an 8 year old? Especially since she seems truth2power Apr 2012 #56

I'd rather take the word of an 8 year old child who was there ... Nihil Apr 2012 #58

And I would rather wait to see if there is any evidence but cstanleytech Apr 2012 #62

These wars started by Bush&Co felix_numinous Mar 2012 #25

Greenwald is right about the collapse of the rule of law in this country. EFerrari Mar 2012 #27

Right the f- on! . . . Whose soldiers? *O*U*R* soldiers!!! patrice Mar 2012 #30

amen!!!! newspeak Mar 2012 #42

Helicopters were overhead from the very beginning chatnoir Mar 2012 #32

Bring them home and end this... midnight Mar 2012 #35

Here is the remarkable video report with the child's first-hand testimony. Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #37

March 17:Afghan parliamentary team says many Americans were involved in massacre Turborama Mar 2012 #39

Multiple references to a group of assailants in Wikipedia's article on the massacre, too Turborama Mar 2012 #41

Seeing as how the Pentagon brass lied through their teeth about the Pat Tillman incident...` JohnyCanuck Mar 2012 #43

"Pentagon lies through their teeth". Why, yes! I don't think anyone under age 40 or so truth2power Apr 2012 #54

The military lies are what brought us into war(s), pre-emptive war based on lies, WMD's they knew mother earth Mar 2012 #45

From day 1 witnesses have been saying that Justice4allofus Mar 2012 #46

Yes, they have. What a surprise so many disbelieved them. polly7 Apr 2012 #57