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15. Less about the drones and more about the concerned showed

Reply to Earth_First (Reply #14)

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 07:12 PM

Apr 2013

when it is someone else other than our people here getting killed.

We look for ways to stop things, get outraged over them, all the while we ourselves are doing these things in other countries. A very ameri-centric view on matters.

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What does it look and sound like when a hellfire missile strike? [View all] Enrique Apr 2013 OP

I see what you did there... Earth_First Apr 2013 #1

Yeah cause it's only news/bad when our folks die in attacks The Straight Story Apr 2013 #6

"I'm so much more anti-drone than you are" Earth_First Apr 2013 #14

Less about the drones and more about the concerned showed The Straight Story Apr 2013 #15

Maybe you should go over to Yemen and chide them for not wringing their hands and kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #21

+1000. eom tarheelsunc Apr 2013 #7

please. spanone Apr 2013 #2

I get your point, but suggest you self-delete leveymg Apr 2013 #3

I disagree. This is a very good time for us think about things we may be doing BlueStreak Apr 2013 #8

Ain't nobody got time for that. nt Codeine Apr 2013 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #5

Different. That did look/sound a lot like the IEDs we saw in Iraq, though Recursion Apr 2013 #9

Tacky. Just tacky. Liberal Veteran Apr 2013 #10

jury warrprayer Apr 2013 #11

It looks and sounds like this: OnyxCollie Apr 2013 #12

It looks like you're justifying pintobean Apr 2013 #13

It doesn't look that way at all to me. aandegoons Apr 2013 #16

i don't see how you got that Enrique Apr 2013 #22

On a similar note, there were some recent bombings in Iraq that killed 30... octothorpe Apr 2013 #17

I understand your point and I think it is brutally well-timed. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #18

Important thread, REC Demo_Chris Apr 2013 #19

I'll give this a Rec too. bvar22 Apr 2013 #20

all kinds of footage on youtube... snooper2 Apr 2013 #23

thanks Enrique Apr 2013 #24

I'm not finding video from ground level, I imagine that would be hard to come by... snooper2 Apr 2013 #25

i imagine it would be as horrific as the footage of Boston Enrique Apr 2013 #26