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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:14 PM Original message |
If you believe there is nothing illegal about going in to a country without permission... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Osama bin Laden mission agreed in secret 10 years ago by US and Pakistan |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So you're saying if such a agreement didn't exist this operation would be illegal? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. "killing anyone we deem an enemy combatant" - I am not following you on your point |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. There are millions of people around the world that the US government considers at war with us |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Bin Laden declared war on America not the US government AMERICA |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You didn't answer my question. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. But I did |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Those other people put out statements online all the time about how they want Americans to die |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Taking him alive very easily could have cost American soldiers their lives |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Again, you aren't answering any of my questions. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I really don't know what question you want me to answer |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I asked you the question of who gets to decide what the line is for when assassination is okay? |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I don't know what you think the assassination is but |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. you are saying the objective of the mission was to capture Osama Bin Laden? |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Where did you get your information |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I never said Obama ordered the assassination of Osama |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I have not heard anyone ask the White House |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. You would not want to bomb in this case for many reasons |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I think claiming this was an assassination mission |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. As I pointed out to you I never claimed this was a assassination mission |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
114. Um, Reuters and The Atlantic Monthly reported independently |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #66 |
141. There are reports that that was the case. And the story was inconsistent. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
113. Oh, FFS, enough with the transparently disingeuous apologetics already. Both |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #57 |
104. This country spent years killing 3,000 Iraqis a day before lunch even rolled around. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #104 |
115. Who needs self interest when you have 'Might Makes Right' |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
108. The question was asked. WHERE'S THE LIMIT? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
117. And we killed a million people in Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
105. Excellent question - WHERE'S THE LIMIT? n/t |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Bin Laden acted on his war by killing 3000 of Americans and |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
94. You are confusing the rabble with leaders who are organizing/directing/ financing terrorist events |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #94 |
134. All the OP is pointing out is that there is no legal process by which people are |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #134 |
146. nope I wasn't responding to the op... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
111. A fatwa is NOT a declaration of war. Only states can declare war on other states - n/t |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
90. Because there are already UN and US provisions to be used against Bin Laden |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
110. I'd like to respond by copying and pasting a brilliant response |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. He was killed while resisting arrest. Oops. n/t |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Why are you having such a hard time with such simple questions? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Because I'm actually conflicted about it a little. n/t |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. So me mostly agree |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
116. He was killed while trying to escape. Oops. Support our Oops. - n/t |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Our last two Presidents have claimed the right to kill ANYONE |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pretty clear that Pakistan would have tipped OBL off. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It isn't clear at all. It's not clear Pakistan didn't tip us off. n/t |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. So far Pakistan's public stance is we knew nothing about OBL living in that compound n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Bush's assasination program provided the personnel to kill bin Laden. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Self-flagellate else-ware. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Why do you find the basic question I asked about due process so offensive? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. If you don't think bin Laden was a terrorist of mass proportion... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. You are attributing a position to me which I don't hold. Surely you're smarter than that |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. If you don't hold that position... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I am happy to discuss with you my positions on this as I have been doing in this thread |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. How funny you are... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
151. "Surely you're smarter than that." |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. OBL is not "any" individual. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. In WWII we brought tons of nazis to trial And Hitler killed himself before we could put him on trial |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. My father was in WWII and when he was in his 70s, he told me |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. and you think such an order was a good idea? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
83. It was a fact that the SS executed many people without trials. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. And he was sure every single person they shot on sight was guilty? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #89 |
130. You are honestly questioning whether someone wearing an SS uniform my not have been guilty? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #89 |
150. SS was guilty. Executing people was what they did for their |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
86. +10000000000000000000 |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Necessary, or not? |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why would it be against the rules to link to earlier topics? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I think it falls under the "calling people out" rule |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
136. I think you'll be fine if you don't name any specific DUer |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. It is easy to draw the line |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. +1000 n/t |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Well put n/t |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I sincerely wish you'd start a thread with this post. Very well put. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Who defines what a terrorist is? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Groups with a history of killing Americans |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. So if I understand you correctly the only thing that differentiates Osama from all other terrorists |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. What are you trying to get at? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Okay, so if the US government says that someone collaborated with Osama to kill americans |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. We shoud arrest him if possible |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. plots to kill americans in the war in terror of just kill americans in general? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. International cooperation on the war on drugs is pretty good |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Really? Have you seen what is happening in Mexico? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #91 |
102. Both countries have extradited cartel leaders to America |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #102 |
120. Pakistan has extradited terrorist leaders to America |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
96. Your assumptive statement is a giant "fail" |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. How about Americans killing Muslims who have done nothing |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
80. I am not claiming we can kill anyone anywhere |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
98. No, but I am saying that if that is the case, then every other |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Well, if we let a foreign national plan acts of terrorism in America |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #99 |
109. Yes, I know he was not a government agent. So why did we |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Oh please... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. That description certainly does describe a terrorist |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. There is no line, "magical" or otherwise... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Okay, so if the president decides to kill someone because he says they killed lets say 10 people |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Don't put words in my mouth... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Like I said, if that is not your position then by all means correct me. And you didn't correct me |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. That is a weak story... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. But again, if the president decided in that case the guy needed to go it would be legal, right? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Obama didn't decide that OBL was a terrorist... |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Obama didn't decide that drug dealer was a terrorist. The drug dealer did so himself |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. The US government deemed the line crossed back in the 1990s |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. It's called discretion. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. So ok...to review your position |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. No, that is not my position. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. You missed the point entirely, let me try to make it a bit clearer |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. No. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. We are at war with drugs. Thousands of Americans die in that war each year |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Which drugs have declared war on the United States |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. I agree with the others here... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh boohoo |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. How could possibly have missed |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. Look, it's very simple... |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
50. The way you feel about it should change depending on who is |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. Your first problem is you ASSUME. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. I don't think they are just declaring any individual they want an enemy combatant |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
69. If you believe OBL was just "part of the war on terror" |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #69 |
132. leave him alone!1!1 *sob* he grew good weed and gifted bunnies and that evil obama killed him dead. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #132 |
135. OMG. No way can anybody top this. Or even add to it. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. i propose arcadian,greenwald and mumia set up an independant commission to bring the truth to light! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #138 |
142. The true martyrs of our age!! All hail the martyrs! |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
72. There are reportedly 11 million people in this country without |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
85. We did that a lot in WWII. It's a war, whatever its extent. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
92. If someone does not want to be killed by the American military, they probably shouldn't declare war |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
95. I'm a little more concerned about the OTHER people we kill in Pakistan |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. They are searching for something to talk about |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #97 |
122. Wow - you must have some super immunity to be able to question another Duer's |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
100. I'm with you. |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
103. K&R [n/t] |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
106. Any individual? Osama wasn't any individual. As far as the pick |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
107. This is interesting, regarding suspected felons in Washington State: |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
112. It was legal under act of Congress |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #112 |
121. Does an act of congress overwrite international law? |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #121 |
123. I think the article makes a very good legal case that killing bin Laden does not "overwrite" |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #123 |
125. You quoted an act of congress, not international law on the matter |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. not all acts of congress violate international law |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #128 |
133. not all acts of congress abide by international law either |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
118. If you believe there is nothing illegal about going into a country without permission |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. There are many people here who want EXACTLY THAT. |
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poli_ticks (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
124. This should rightly terrify us. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #124 |
145. They already put environmental activists in the same prisons as terrorists |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
126. For every killing there is a context, and it is within that context that killings are judged. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
127. It was legal. Congress authorized the President to do so |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #127 |
137. Ah, like they did with invading Iraq. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #137 |
139. There is a difference between 'legal' and 'thing you don't like' |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Yes, but there's also a difference between "Congress said it was OK" |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Does President Obama need to be in prison too? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. I'm not going to directly answer that because of DU rules. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #144 |
155. He signed an executive order to close GITMO. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #140 |
161. Where does it say International law is part of the law of the land in the Constitution? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
129. You are outraged because you believe in an illusion. Other people do not believe in laws, and act |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
131. Maybe Pakistan should have been smarter than to let OBL set up shop right under their noses. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #131 |
147. I read this morning that the Pakistani people are mighty upset about that too... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #131 |
154. i'm sure they were well paid, remember, mullah omar was |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
148. Your poor assumptions are breathtakingly obnoxious. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #148 |
156. You can't accuse someone of lying |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #156 |
158. sure I can |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
149. Yawn. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
152. if you believe there is nothing illegal abt harboring a mass murderer for almost a decade... |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
153. I'm so glad you posted this |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #153 |
157. You, me, and a host of others by the look of it... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
159. Hey. I hear there's a new lefty board that started up... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
160. How would you handle the following scenario? |
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