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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:24 AM Original message |
The Hand Wringing Over Osama’s Death from Fellow Progressives is Unwarranted |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good, clear articulate writing and thinking. K&R |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. There are no false moral equivalencies or hand wringings on his death |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent post although there are quite a few around who |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Wild accusation and almost certainly wrong. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Prove your contentions |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Once you accept Bush's proposition that the entire planet is a war zone |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I don't accept that proposition. That is a straw man. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Not at all. It's the basic premise of the War on Terror. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I never asserted there is a war on terror and certainly not a global one. You are altering my |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. So in your war between the US and Al Qaida, what is the battlefield? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Generally, Afghanistan and Pakistan. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. The thing is, unless you accept the WOT's premise |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No, that is not correct. International law has considered situations like this before |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. In your example, the non-state territories had no sovereignty to violate |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You are now completely outside the premises of the OP with your comments. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Not at all. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
79. You incorrectly assume that a state of war can only exist between two states. Correcting for that |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #79 |
157. So, does Cuba have the right to come here and go after |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
60. Not Yemen? Not Saudi Arabia? Not Sudan? |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. That the world is a war zone is the national military policy. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That is outside of what I am arguing in the OP. n/t |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
53. Don't be obtuse. It is critical to your argument that bin Laden's death was a product of war. n/t |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
59. Didn't you know? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Great post. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Great post. K&R. nt |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. Well said. k&r |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. Thank you for your thoughtful post. K&R nt |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. Excellent Steven. Kicked, Rec'ed and Bookmarked. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. Agree; well written, thought out and concise post. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. Accidentally unrecced. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. Glenn Greenwald has said it best: |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Its not a bin Laden exception. It is a war exception. International law is clear on this |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Aside from the niggling little technicality ( so quaint and obsolete now as |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
83. Congress did pass the AUMF almost unanimously. n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
115. keep sailing that failboat all over the ocean of bitter. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #115 |
156. Why, dionysus! |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. America has no problem treating terrorism as a police problem |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. So our CIA, and other approved contractors, aren't in the countries |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I would hope they are crawling all over those countries... |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #65 |
91. Your contention is |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
74. If Yemen doesn't have a functioning government, who is Obama giving all that |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. The Tribal areas of Pakistan are not governed by the national government |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I think you are mistaken on both counts. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. But the Pakistan government exerts no control over the area |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Um, the default for international law is not to ignore it when it suits you. n/t |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #88 |
109. The default is not to let evil prevail |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Congress passed the Authorization to use Military Force almost unanimously. Not only did Obama |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Indeed. No one else seems to see these easy analogies supposed to make this killing lawful. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
68. It's easy to confine the issue |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Care to cite the U.S. statute (or statute in any body of international law) |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Self defense is a legitimate right under International law |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #75 |
98. "There is no evidence . . . " - ah, evidence, that quaint and obsolete |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Not enough evidence to indict but |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Just so you know I'm not making this up, the following quotation |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. I never doubted you |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
87. You act like Greenwald's essay is any more accurate than Bush's view on "enhanced interrogation." |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. Actually for many I think it is not "hand-wringing" over his death percee... |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
61. President Obama |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. Your efforts are admirable. I don't buy it. 9-11 was a |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. International law's rules on war are not dependant on congress declaring war |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Your wrong. US comes first and the two are attempted simultaneously. There would |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
63. No but |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. Authorization for Use of Military Force September 18, 2001 Public Law 107-40 |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Jeebus, this has been gone over & over again |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. It should be gone over and over again until you and others who deny its existance return to reality. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. I listened. I researched. I stil do not agree. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #99 |
118. Yes, the joint resolution was done after the 9/11 attacks. Do you really think that supports your |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Rhetorical war? You either live in a bubble or ignore all evidence that doesn't fit into your box. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
51. Yes, there is a war of words and threats. There is NO OFFICIAL war. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. Agreed, but feasibility wasn't even considered. nt |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
106. Qualification: |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. That just flat out kicks ass. Very well done. |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. Great post |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
29. Why, do you think, the Nuremburg Trials were held, rather than summary executions? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The answer is so simple. I am surprised you dont see it. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. No Rules of Engagement permit shooting an unarmed enemy at point-blank range. Nor would the U.S. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Thank you. It was a 'hit job' and its defenders are really |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
77. Recommending Post #46 by DirkGently ^^^ |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
78. You are wrong |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #78 |
90. Could you please cite the legal authority that allows the United States |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Authorization to use military force, passed 9/18/01. As for international law, if you are asserting |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #93 |
147. Burden of proof for killing is not the same as bike riding. Again, what will WE say when another |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
108. Lets flip the question |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #108 |
146. The answer is there is no legal authority that allow the United States to do that. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. Pakistan has the sovereign right to harbor and support terrorist |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. You are jumbling up what is legal, what is expedient and what is right. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. You have yet to show the law that permits Pakistan |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. I don't have to prove Pakistan is a sovereign nation, it is self evident. n/t |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. So sovereign nations can wage proxy war with impunity? Interesting. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. You're shifting the goal posts again. n/t |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #155 |
161. No - you seem intent on making it impossible |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Because Eichmann wasn't running active Jihad |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
67. Still, they captured him |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Only because it was easy to track and kidnap him |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
95. We had OBL's mansion under surveillance for months |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. You are confusing two entirely separate situations. Eichmann was not at the time of capture a |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. *I'm* confused?! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #103 |
117. With all due respect, I think your confusion may be a mock or |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #117 |
120. The only people that need to stretch ingenuity beyond its natural limits are the people claiming it |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #117 |
145. The second |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #103 |
119. Yes, that was my point. You (not me) are confused. Not sure how I could have been more clear. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #95 |
110. In the age of sucide bombers |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. K & R |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
35. K&R!,,, good insight |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. There are always excellent reasons for the empire |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I am happy to address any arguments that directly refute any of my premises. n/t |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
105. Done and done |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
42. I don't know one single progressive/liberal in real life who is hand wringing over this |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Well, the UN has asked for a run down of the facts on this execution. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. I don't recall any UN investigation into the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. The UN is a highly politicized body and I wouldn't trust them with my laundry. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
66. +10000000000000000000000 |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. So are you for it or against it? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Read this |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
97. Thank you |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
107. How many progressives\liberals do you know in 'real life'? I have |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
125. Exactly. It's a point scoring troll. |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
43. K&R to THAT! |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
45. If they surrender it is a war crime to slaughter them anyway. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
47. +1 |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
48. It's not coming from just progressive, but those versed in international law. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
52. K&R! We were indeed at war with Al Qaeda. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
58. k&r |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
73. It isn't if we believe in true justice and not just vengeance. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
81. bin Laden was planning killing of innocent people right up to his death. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Most career criminals don't stop until their careers are over. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #86 |
111. So the SEALs, who dropped in via Helicopter, not knowing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #111 |
122. Its interesting. Obama uses McChrystal's JSOC assassiantion program |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #86 |
116. i'm glad people with your views are far, far away from the levers of power in the democratic party. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #116 |
123. Yes, because due process of law is to toxic to our culture. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. The process guaranteed by law (domestic and international) to Bin Laden was a bullet to the head, in |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #124 |
126. +1 |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
100. Thank you for |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
112. No hand wringing.. just tired of hearing is name... |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
113. Outstanding. Thanks for this. nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
114. We shouldn't have gone into Afghanistan with massive military force, |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
121. I'm still waiting for a clear explanation. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
127. A Fatwa Is Not a Declaration of War |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #127 |
129. I wish I could recommend this response. I hope you will consider |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:59 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. "Only a state can declare war." False. Once you correct for that false statement, your argument |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
128. Your comparison to Yamamoto is inaccurate. Not quite the same thing. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #128 |
131. But that assumes one can't go to war against a non-state actor, and that is a false assumption. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:07 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. No that doesn't. One was the military head of state during wartime. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #132 |
133. That's like saying we couldn't have legally killed Hitler because he wasn't the head of Japan. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:12 AM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Wrong. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:14 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Says the person who cannot marshal one section of a single law that proves his argument. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. You fail to grasp the facts in this matter. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #136 |
137. The fact that you can't identify a SINGLE law to support your argument is your fault, at least if |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. LOL. I stand by what I said that Yamamoto and OBL are two different |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:22 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Yes, you essentially quote yourself because you can't identify a single law that depends on the |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Between a head of state and a citizen of a country? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. The question is not whether there is a distinction (there is). The question is whether the |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:29 AM Response to Reply #141 |
142. You are rambling. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. If I were making an incorrect statement about the relevancy of a distinction, I would also find |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
144. Kicked for the Monday crowd n/t |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
153. k&r |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
154. You MUST have better things to do than start another devisive thread! |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. Well, I can correct the spelling of people who don't have much to offer in the way of debate... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. I actually thought that yours was the best thought out |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #158 |
162. Meh. When I see a thread like this in the G/D forum |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
160. Please define "Progressive" as you use the term in the OP please. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #160 |
163. You only had to read the first sentence. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. Check your OP again. You contradict yourself. nt |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #164 |
165. Keep telling yourself that. n/t |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
166. Well said and thanks |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
167. i'm as liberal as they come -here. i'm also good with OBL getting whacked |
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