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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:13 PM Original message |
US troops open fire on villagers as fighter jet crashes: report |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Were these Marines wearing boots??? If so, Obama's a liar. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Could we please wait to find out what happened before we call anybody anything? |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Sounds like this is "what happened", no? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well, there was an earlier story that one pilot was greeted with hugs, lol, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
102. Only hugs? No flowers around the neck? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Did Obama say only barefoot Marines were involved? |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Obama said there would be "NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN LYBIA" militarily speaking ~nt |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
144. CSAR isn't the same thing as rolling tanks into Tripoli |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. So, which is true? This story or the story of the happy villagers |
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IamK (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
84. They were happy not to be shot dead.... |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. uh, who's side are we on again? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. This ENTIRE Engagement is a DISGRACE!!! n/t! |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. "My big fat Libyan wedding" - where Gaddafi and Obama get married for better or for worse nt |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
57. Yeah, it's also turning into a fiasco. I'll bet the oil companies are |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. BBC: US crew rescued after Libya crash |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Thanks, jannyk. So, both did happen. |
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SoulSearcher (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. it was a mistake |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Is it a mistake? Those helicopter pilots didn't set their own rules |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
80. They automatically shot up allies rescuing their comrades? |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #80 |
143. The Libyan rebels aren't allies |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Yes Thanks eom |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. thanks for the update. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. This happened near Benghazi, a rebel stronghold. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks to Obama's war, a boy is losing his leg today. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Question is, how many boys aren't losing their legs |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'm sure that hypothetical question is consoling to the victims of US aggression. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. The survivors seem to be very consoled by US "aggression". |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Were those locals that were later shot by the Marines, or...? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:06 AM Original message |
They weren't shot. Armored vehicles coming to the scene were bombed. The locals were nearby. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. My guess is that we've killed more people this week |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. That's a pretty bold guess. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
90. That's highly unlikely. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. There was a time in this country |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Look it up yourself. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. The hell I don't. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. We're not waging aggressive war. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. The key point that you miss is the word "international" |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. 10 member states of the UNSC disagree with you; 0 agree. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #78 |
105. The U.S. agrees. You don't get it. In the U.S., the Constitutiion trumps all else. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #105 |
118. LOL "the U.S. agrees". That's why we have warplanes flying over Libya. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #118 |
124. Amazing what you missed in the hundreds of times you say you've been over this. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Provide links, please. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Sure, right after you provide links to support your claims. See Reply 104. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. ? Do you need a link to the Constitution, or the UN Charter? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Neither. As Reply 104 suggested, it's your interpretation of the Supremacy Clause |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #78 |
115. Treaties entered into |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #68 |
104. Sorry, no. Neither treaties nor laws of the U.S.. are on an equal footing with the |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
96. Justy like we are "required" to investigate charges of torture. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #96 |
119. We're obligated to investigate charges of torture too |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
103. In the U.S.. the Constitution trumps all other laws. Besides, any reason why Obama |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #103 |
120. He could have, but he's not obligated to. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. LOL. Legal scholars are divided on that. If the War Powers Resolution is |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Why it *must* be, because some poster named No Elephants says so! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Just as your Reply 120 and your parsing of the Supremacy Clause "must" be |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Which "boys" the rebels or the Libyan loyalists? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Do boys associated with one group have more of a right to their limbs? |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
95. Exactly..... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #95 |
125. If you don't think it's possible to save lives with military action |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #125 |
135. "Fighting for Peace is like Fucking for Chastity" |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
60. Glad it's okay with you |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Unfortunate you have no sense of proportion |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Well, I can't argue with someone who thinks that sometimes you gotta shoot a boy |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. And I can't argue with someone who doesn't want to save 10 boys. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. ah, so they hate to remove his leg so that others can have theirs? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. The inanity of your argument is astounding. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. i don't think the boy's leg was key to stopping the Holocaust |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Thankfully it was Roosevelt and not you calling the shots. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. i don't know how to put a value on it yet |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. While you're thinking about it, people are dying. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
110. Thankfully, it was Roosevelt and not you calling the shots. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #110 |
121. That's true. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #121 |
133. Wrong poster. I never said a word about limbs. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
101. No doubt Bush saved some from Saddam as well. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #101 |
122. The two situations are comparable, are they? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #122 |
134. Identical, no. Comparable in the specific way I compared them, yes. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Guardian: Libya: Six injured as US team botches rescue of downed airmen |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. So much for America ONLY being involved in refueling and intelligence.. |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Libya is unwinnable for us. Lose a soldier and we're screwed. Aggressively rescue a soldier, we're |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've been asleep for 40 years. Geez, are we still in Vietnam?!? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No, and even better news: |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. Ugh... |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. Is the US media reporting this? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. It sounds like the helicopter pilots decided to shoot first and ask questions later. |
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hardtravelin (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. On a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) thats what you do. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I'm not so sure that is "what you do". And I think this no-fly zone is probably a good thing. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. "liberating" those Libyans, one reckless strafing at a time....... |
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IamK (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
85. ask the "good" Libyans to wear cheese head hats or something,,, |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. Did they rescue the pilots successfully? Then that's all that matters. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. They walked up the pilot and hugged him. And then led him to the rescue team. |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. sure; everyone in every pissant village around the planet, has that lesson engraved in their genes. |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. But like that Collateral Murder video from Afghanistan illustrated, everyone isn't familiar with our |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
64. We shouldn't even be there! |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
81. Lesson #2: Choose your allies carefully |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
89. Yeah, who cares who many innocent civilians had to die because of it |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #89 |
106. You wanted your bloody 'no-fly' zone - you got it. Happy now? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
44. This tidy little "humanitarian mission" didn't take long to get untidy |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I think they called it "mission creep" in Vietnam |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
73. That, plus the fact that it takes on a life of its own |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #73 |
100. I buddy of mine who served in Viet Nam told me once... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
99. First thing I thought of when this happened... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. exactly |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
79. Exactly - but the ones squealing the loudest about this wanted the no-fly zone to cure all the ills |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. Accidents happen. Dim the outrage. BBC: "the locals did not appear resentful over the shootings" |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Oh please. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I don't deal in hypotheticals. I can't imagine what life under Gaddafi & Sons has been like. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You're changing the subject |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. No, you're changing the subject. I answered your question. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Well, no, you didn't. You changed the subject. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
142. Which Libyan villagers were killed? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
83. Do Libyan villagers all speak English? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:08 AM Response to Reply #83 |
92. By having a translator interview them? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #92 |
114. Then they would have to trust that the translator is telling the truth |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
141. Reporters aren't stupid, when they go to a foreign country, they usually bring translators |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #141 |
147. Show me some evidence of your claim |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. The BBC, which is owned and funded by the UK government, doesn't have money for translators? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. The U.K. government has huge debt problems |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
108. So? You probably can't imagine what life under Hussein & Sons was like in Iraq, either. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #53 |
91. If I was living under a tyrant I'd be open to accepting it was unintentional. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. I knew that was you before I clicked on the link |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
82. Nobody resents a little thing like getting shot. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
107. LOL! |
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Random Guy (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. Just to recap... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's part our Platinum Freedom Package... |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
86. War is Peace............but now with 15% more war! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #86 |
112. War!!1111 I thought we were only enabling our allies who are leading this mission. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #50 |
111. LOL. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
61. Is that any kind of way to greet those who will receive you with flowers and candy? |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
63. A gigantic piece of garbage and failure, just as expected. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
75. This story has not been confirmed. There are conflicting accounts. In fact, it's being denied. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
77. It sounds like an extraction gone awry. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
87. hey, what's more American than shooting first and asking questions later? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #87 |
97. have you ever run through the streets of a foreign city being shot at from all directions |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #97 |
116. Have you ever realized that you think every country inhabited by Muslims |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #116 |
136. have you ever realized that you interrupt other folks conversations with random off topic questions? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #136 |
138. Why should he? That's exactly what you just did. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. How was I off topic? For that matter, how are you on topic? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #139 |
145. You were off topic by your comment in .97 |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #145 |
149. If you don't like it, don't send them to war. Call up Obama and tell him to bring them home. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
88. nice "humanitarian mission", that |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:10 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Why do people keep bumping misleading reports? We now know the marines didn't shoot... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #93 |
137. You really should provide a link when you make a counter-claim |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
98. Very happy to see they were recovered safe |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #98 |
140. I'm not happy. Somebody has to go through the rest of life without a leg over this. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #140 |
146. Hey, at least it's not $Obama$ so there's obviously not a problem ... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #140 |
150. But they're alive |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
109. President Obama |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
113. Bottom line: I'm glad I don't have to make these decisions. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
117. So unnecessary. Very bad decisions all around here. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. "When will it end"? I have my theories... |
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