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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:16 PM
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Here's How I Gloat Over bin Laden's Death
Edited on Sun May-08-11 07:23 PM by louis c
Here's how I've been pissing off my Teabagger workmates who were ga-ga over Palin.

"While your girl was out killing Reindeer, my guy was killing terrorists."

To all the Repuke responses that it wasn't Obama that killed bin Laden, but the military, I have to give them a little history lesson.

Lincoln didn't kill one confederate soldier, yet everyone credits him for winning the Civil War. FDR didn't wheel his wheelchair up Omaha beach, but he won WWII in Europe. Truman didn't invent the A-Bomb, but he had to make the decision to use it and end the war in the Pacific. Get it? Naturally Obama didn't pull the trigger, but he decided to keep Pakistan in the dark and he chose the riskier but more military rewarding choice of using a commando raid instead of a 5,000 pound bomb.

I like this one the best. "FDR killed Hitler, Truman killed the Japanese War Criminals and Obama killed bin Laden. I guess Socialists really do have all the balls."
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:19 PM
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1. Truman didn't kill Hirohito.
Hirohito outlived Truman by many years - he died of natural causes in 1989.
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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:24 PM
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5. Repaired under edit
Thanks for the correction.
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Mojeoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:26 PM
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6. Yeah, so you can say Truman stopped Hirohito
And made the choice to destroy 2 major cities full of people with Atomic weapons of mass fucking destruction.

If anyone wants to debate the gravity of this choice, join the club.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:32 PM
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7. Truman made the right choice. n/t
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:37 PM
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9. My maternal grandfather was on one of the troop ships headed to Japan for the
invasion when the bombs were dropped. If he had been part of the invasion, he likely would have died and I would never have known him.

Grampie lived to age 88, passing away in 1996. The bombs gave to some and took away from others - such is war.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:45 PM
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10. Saved my uncles. n/t
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 08:24 PM
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11. What is the difference between that and 911? Oh yes, it was done on a much
larger scale.
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mrcheerful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:20 PM
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2. Well chimp did find his wmd you know
went missing daily
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:21 PM
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3. And Palin has little to do with even killing reindeer.
She's more about bagging Prada.

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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:23 PM
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4. Truman didn't kill Hirohito. n/t
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Pab Sungenis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:36 PM
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8. You could say Truman killled Tojo.
Of course not many people who aren't students of history even know who Tojo was.
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