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Car bombs kill Iranian nuclear expert

TheNextEra said:
It was an act of terror and a cowardess one at that. Face facts, the nuclear cat is out of the bag and the world is going to have to deal with it.
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The world is dealing with it, one Iranian nuclear scientist at a time.
 
Gill said:
No, I applaud Obama for allowing the Seals to take out bin Laden.

I wonder how many people criticizing this operation applauded Obama's actions ?
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Osama ordered the killing of thousands. How many people did this guy kill?

And if nuclear scients are ok to be assasinated, does that mean another country doing the same to us is acceptable to you?
 
Gill said:
The world is dealing with it, one Iranian nuclear scientist at a time.
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Karma is a bitch. Hopefully you or someone you care about isn't killed in this way.
 
Mr. Invisible said:
Just something I quickly wanna put out there:

Do you think attacks like these will piss the regime off more and make them want to attain nukes that much more or do you think it will make them back down? (Edit: If they are in fact, attempting to attain nukes)
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Neither one, but it does make it harder for them because they have a limited supply of qualified scientists.
 
Its not that simple. Not at all. This worker was not simply driving his car. This worker was actively trying to develop a tool to destroy the world for an unstable government. Would you feel better if war were declared against Iran and committed thousands of troops, and billions of dollars to stopping their nuclear program?
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He was building a nuclear weapon because his country asked him to. Not to destroy the world. He wasn't working for Dr. Evil.

At the end of the day...we are supporting assasination and have lost any moral highground (if we had any left) to criticize other nations.

Apparently American Exceptionalism has given way to American Real Politika.
 
TheNextEra said:
Karma is a bitch. Hopefully you or someone you care about isn't killed in this way.
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If I were an Iranian nuclear scientist, or anyone else working on their goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon, I would certainly be worried about it.

Since I'm not, I have few worries that I'll end up blown up when I start my car, no matter how much you might wish it.
 
TheNextEra said:
So terrorism is ok as long as it is in Iran? :doh

Tell me, what did THIS civilian guy do that deserved to get him killed by a terrorist attack?
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This was not a act of terrorism.It is an assassination.He was not just some civilian, he was working on a nuclear program.

Assassinate | Define Assassinate at Dictionary.com
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously
 
Gill said:
No, I applaud Obama for allowing the Seals to take out bin Laden.

I wonder how many people criticizing this operation applauded Obama's actions ?
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You can't equate the two.
 
jamesrage said:
This was not a act of terrorism.It is an assassination.He was not just some civilian, he was working on a nuclear program.

Assassinate | Define Assassinate at Dictionary.com
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously
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From your own source:

Terrorism: the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
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Is this the best we can do on this thread? Parse a word to death until it croaks?
 
Thorgasm said:
You can't equate the two.
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Of course you can. Both were civilians that had not been convicted of any crime and were assassinated.

You can't have it both ways.
 
Gill said:
Of course you can. Both were civilians that had not been convicted of any crime and were assassinated.

You can't have it both ways.
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Osama ordered people killed. What crime did this civilian of Iran commit? Working on a nuclear program is NOT A CRIME. You can't equate these two.
 
You have proof that this worker was actively trying to develop a tool to destroy the world? I'd like to see this proof that THIS ONE worker was doing what you accuse him of and justify him being assasinated for.
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Here ya go.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Two assailants on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and another person Wednesday, state TV reported. The slayings suggest a widening covert effort to set back Iran's atomic program.
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Karma is a bitch. Hopefully you or someone you care about isn't killed in this way.
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I am confident that no one I care about is developing nuclear bombs for Iranian or North Korean governments. So I think they are ok.
 
MaggieD said:
Is this the best we can do on this thread? Parse a word to death until it croaks?
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Yet you are in complete agreement with the one who actually introduced the false concept into this thread and keeps accusing people of supporting it.

It would be magnitudes less hypocritical of you if you were to take it up with him, instead.
 
MaggieD said:
From your own source:



Is this the best we can do on this thread? Parse a word to death until it croaks?
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Was Jack or Robert's Kennedy's assassination an act of terrorism?
 
Osama ordered people killed. What crime did this civilian of Iran commit? Working on a nuclear program is NOT A CRIME. You can't equate these two.
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Iran developing nuclear weapons is a bigger threat the safety of the world than Bin Laden could ever dream to be.
 
TheNextEra said:
Osama ordered people killed. What crime did this civilian of Iran commit? Working on a nuclear program is NOT A CRIME. You can't equate these two.
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Was Osama convicted of any crime ??

What proof do you have of your allegation ??
 
The word terrorism has gotten stretched out a bit. I view terrorism as targeting the general population, people not directly associated with the military or some program or act which the terrorist is against, to create terror and public pressure to change things.
 
jambalaya said:
The word terrorism has gotten stretched out a bit. I view terrorism as targeting the general population, people not directly associated with the military or some program or act which the terrorist is against, to create terror and public pressure to change things.
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I have no problem calling the unibomber a terrorist.
 
jambalaya said:
The word terrorism has gotten stretched out a bit. I view terrorism as targeting the general population, people not directly associated with the military or some program or act which the terrorist is against, to create terror and public pressure to change things.
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And you think this doesn't create terror? They targeted a CIVILIAN.

What amazes me is that if this is so right and acceptable, why hasn't the coward country that oked this come forward? Oh yeah, because they know it's wrong and illegal.
 
Thorgasm said:
I have no problem calling the unibomber a terrorist.
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Would you call him a terrorist if he designed and made the pipe bombs, then gave them to someone else to use?
 
Thorgasm said:
I have no problem calling the unibomber a terrorist.
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I would go along with that. He kind of targeted people involved in certain industries but not really what I would consider vital targets.
 
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