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Photos show U.S. GIs posing with dead Afghans[W:1146]

beerftw said:
not really closed at all,under all classifications they are listed as pacific islander,same as people from guam and hawaiian natives.plus their languages are english and tagolog
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Phillipinos who use Spanish as their first language, and have Spanish ancestors, are Hispanic.

case closed.
 
Thunder said:
judge them? no. that's for a court.

but I do get to condemn their actions when they **** up.
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No, you don't....unless you helped them cut down the bodies off the bridge, loaded what's left of your best buddy's limbs in the back of a Bradley to be taken to the morgue
 
apdst said:
Yep! I see a new dictionary in your future. Or, perhaps, a copy of The Constitution. Re-read the part about, "a jury of his peers".
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that's all great, but I have the right & even obligation to condemn our soldiers when they **** up, as I commend them when they are brave, heroic, and selfless.
 
Hare said:
I was referring to judgement in the verbal and demonstrative sense, obviously not in the judicial sense.
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Perhaps, "criticize", would be a better term?
 
ric27 said:
No, you don't....unless you helped them cut down the bodies off the bridge, loaded what's left of your best buddy's limbs in the back of a Bradley to be taken to the morgue
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sure I do, and I shall continue to do so while its still legal.
 
Thunder said:
Phillipinos who use Spanish as their first language, and have Spanish ancestors, are Hispanic.

case closed.
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you just arent getting it,spanish was phased out and replaced with english as the primary language there.many countries have spanish heritage,does that make them hispanic?does that make the people of india english?
 
beerftw said:
you just arent getting it,spanish was phased out and replaced with english as the primary language there.many countries have spanish heritage,does that make them hispanic?does that make the people of india english?
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actually, yes.

under US rules for the census and other things, any person who comes from a nation that was at anytime under Spanish rule, can be considered Hispanic.

just the facts.
 
Thunder said:
that's all great, but I have the right & even obligation to condemn our soldiers when they **** up, as I commend them when they are brave, heroic, and selfless.
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YOu have the obligation to serve your country, too. Since you chose to sit back and let others die in your place, you have no credibility, when it comes to criticism of our service members.

You have no way of knowing that you wouldn't do the same thing, under the same conditions. And, please, don't embarress yourself by saying that you wouldn't.

Armchair quarterbacks suck.
 
Thunder said:
sure I do, and I shall continue to do so while its still legal.
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When your friend or buddy comes back, don't ask him what he had to do to stay alive - believe me....you don't want to know. Be happy he is back and NEVER EVER ask him.
 
ric27 said:
No, you don't....unless you helped them cut down the bodies off the bridge, loaded what's left of your best buddy's limbs in the back of a Bradley to be taken to the morgue
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You were a BFV soldier?
 
Thunder said:
actually, yes.

under US rules for the census and other things, any person who comes from a nation that was at anytime under Spanish rule, can be considered Hispanic.

just the facts.
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then why does the census have them listed as pacific islander?
 
Thunder said:
who?

what?
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Again, the UCMJ and military courts martial exist, because civilians LIKE YOU do not understand and never will.
 
Crosscheck said:
So tell me what you think of Romney and his 5 sons who have never served one day?
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Are they insisting that they have the right to condemn soldiers, serving on foreign battlefield?
 
Thunder said:
the fact is, Philipinos qualify as being categorized as Hispanic, due to them being a former Spanish colony.
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but can qualify doesnt mean they are classified as,and since they are classified as pacific islander since they have very little in common with any hispanic country in recent times,they therefore are not hispanic.
 
ric27 said:
Again, the UCMJ and military courts martial exist, because civilians LIKE YOU do not understand and never will.
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I'm confident that its a violation of the the military code of conduct to take pictures posing with the dead ripped apart bodies of your enemy.

or should we lend a blind eye to such behavior? maybe keep quiet when our soldiers kill dozens of civilians as well huh?
 
beerftw said:
but can qualify doesnt mean they are classified as,and since they are classified as pacific islander since they have very little in common with any hispanic country in recent times,they therefore are not hispanic.
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either way, Philipinos qualify as Hispanic, especially if their mother tongue is Spanish. Its that simple.
 
apdst said:
Are they insisting that they have the right to condemn soldiers, serving on foreign battlefield?
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I meant that the whole family did not meet their obligation to serve.
 
Thunder said:
either way, Philipinos qualify as Hispanic, especially if their mother tongue is Spanish. Its that simple.
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their mother language is tagalog,has been ever since people inhabited that island.
 
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