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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 01:05 PM Apr 2013

Obama: ‘Any Time Bombs Are Used to Target Innocent Civilians It Is an Act of Terror’













ABC News/Washington Post Poll on Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq

All in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war in Afghanistan has been worth fighting, or not?

Worth fighting 39%
Not worth fighting 56%

Among Democrats

Worth fighting 34%
Not worth fighting 61%

Among Republicans

Worth fighting 55%
Not worth fighting 39%

Among Independents

Worth fighting 38%
Not worth fighting 58%



“In this world Hate
never yet dispelled hate.
Only love dispels hate.
This is the law,
Ancient and inexhaustible.”
- Buddha
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Obama: ‘Any Time Bombs Are Used to Target Innocent Civilians It Is an Act of Terror’ (Original Post) grahamhgreen Apr 2013 OP
Prepare to be castigated for bringing up the hypocrisy. Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #1
I think they're afraid of me now... grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #7
*Any* time...? Marr Apr 2013 #2
Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet.... Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #3
K&R forestpath Apr 2013 #4
the operative word (in the purulent moral economy of the Beltway/Sam Harris) is "target," MisterP Apr 2013 #5
That's a fine distinction that dead children are unable to understand. Or their parents. grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #18
Four fingers indeed nt msongs Apr 2013 #6
Anytime bombs are used and they kill innocent civilians Rex Apr 2013 #8
Yes. We are creating generations of hatred. grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #9
Massive hypocrisy LittleBlue Apr 2013 #10
I suppose the distinction is targeting... BlueCheese Apr 2013 #11
That's a fine distinction that the dead and mourning are unable to make. grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #12
Indeed. BlueCheese Apr 2013 #15
+1 Pot. Kettle. Whack. nt Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #13
Shock & Awe Carolina Apr 2013 #14
He has declared himself the DECIDER of LIFE OVER DEATH... KoKo Apr 2013 #16
Ouch leftstreet Apr 2013 #17
 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
3. Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet....
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 02:03 PM
Apr 2013
Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor. A pirate, from St. Augustine's "City of God"

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
5. the operative word (in the purulent moral economy of the Beltway/Sam Harris) is "target,"
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 02:24 PM
Apr 2013

not "innocent victims"

though if you bring up the strikes targeting second responders and any random gathering of sufficiently tall people, or the redefinition of "militant" as "anyone 16-60," they just yell that you're a Murka-hatin' reactionary Communislamofasconaderbot

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
8. Anytime bombs are used and they kill innocent civilians
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 03:28 PM
Apr 2013

on purpose or not, do the victims feel like it was an act of terror?

BlueCheese

(2,522 posts)
11. I suppose the distinction is targeting...
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:08 PM
Apr 2013

In that theoretically the U.S. does not intend to kill civilians. However, we certainly seem to think that killing civilians is an acceptable and predictable side effect of our actions.

 

grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)
12. That's a fine distinction that the dead and mourning are unable to make.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:18 PM
Apr 2013

Instead, the survivors become our mortal enemies.

Carolina

(6,960 posts)
14. Shock & Awe
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:20 PM
Apr 2013

was a huge act of terrorism! Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. It was an INNOCENT nation full of innocent civilians who died, have been maimed or whose lives have been destroyed because of the US terrorism.

The so-called war may be over but the ramifications, the destruction and the destabilization live on. So too does the simmering hatred. There will be hell to pay!

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
16. He has declared himself the DECIDER of LIFE OVER DEATH...
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:20 PM
Apr 2013

That doesn't always end up good in the end for one choosing that course.... Sometimes...but, it can bite you in the ass..down the road.

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