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StarfarerBill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:39 AM Original message |
Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Reminds me of |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Others might say that Bush and the Republicans dropped the ball. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Looks like they missed their main target anyway |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. He probably had the live video feed from the drone... |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Especially all the neocons running everything since 20 Jan 09 |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The Obama administration is fixing the glitch. They can't fix everything overnight. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I'm sure they're right on it. :P But we're CREATING more terrorists than we're KILLING. |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. so you advocate the Bush/Cheney 2000/1 approach. |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Do you have the stats to back that up? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. "Hey, I can see our house from that drone! RUN AWAY!" n/t |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. What? Why don't you share your wisdom and tell us |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. If nothing else |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. That led to Republicans in the street shouting, "Wag The Dog! No War for Monica!" |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. What exactly did it lead to? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Boy....ABC pretty much reads like anti-Obama propaganda! |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. I'm sorry, but with all due respect, I don't think you could ever bring yourself to criticize... |
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NecklyTyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. This looks like a practice run on an Iranian nuclear facilities strike |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Except this was done with the cooperation of the Yemeni government |
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pjt7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Obama is quickly making Bush/Cheney |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. no he's not. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Exactly. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That makes it moral? Summary Executions without a trial? Are we at war with Yemen? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. It's called combat. |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Ah, it's combat! |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Combat = killing someone before they kill you. |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. No we aren't at war with Yemen. |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. And that makes extrajudicially killing people okay |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The article never mentions Huthi, it only mentions al Qaeda |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. BBC calls them Huthis. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Why not. Homo sapiens has alway been a very |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hey! Let's tear ass around with our KILLER Planes and Bombs ... Every damn where?!? |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. self delete |
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madmx19790 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. change we can believe in |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Did anyone seriously believe Obama WOUDLN'T take action against al-Qaeda? |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. What Al Qaeda? |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. al Qaeda is active in Yemen and was the target, not the Huthi |
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Andronex (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. "Doesn't matter if they are not Al Qaeda." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. The real terrorists that impact your life are on Wall Street, not in Yemen. n/t |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. So lets fire a missle at Wall Street. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. We already sent them a money bomb. They're good! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Obama lies as well as Bush and Cheney did when it comes to the Al-Qaeda bogeyman |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. Women and children are not "al-Queda" |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Women and children were not the only ones killed in the airstrike |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Over 60 dead, most civilians including women and children. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Can a peace prize be pulled? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. In this Orwellian world we live, war is peace! |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Source? |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. LOL |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I'm looking for something a little more official than the word of the people hiding the militants |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Yeah, it's not like our government ever lied us into a WAR or something so egregious ... |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. And geez, it's not like people loyal to insurgents gruops have ever lied about anything either... |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Would it kill you do do your own searching? Here's some video if that helps. |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Of course it wouldn't, however, if someone is going to post articles |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. source? |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I read it here |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. of course this thread is loaded with armchair chickenhawks |
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YouTakeTheSkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Anything constructive to add? |
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