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

The fearless keyboard warriors are rallying! Mothers' basements all over the USA are reverberating to the sound of frantic chestbeating.
 
lunchbox said:
I think it's time to bring the troops home.
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We don't come home, we get re-deployed to other arias of the world, or retire from service and return to combat zones as civilian contractors for at least 3x the pay, at tax-payer expense.
 
Manc Skipper said:
The fearless keyboard warriors are rallying! Mothers' basements all over the USA are reverberating to the sound of frantic chestbeating.
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I'm gona go take a picture for you real quick. brb

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Does that look like a mother ****ing basement to you?
 
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Manc Skipper said:
The fearless keyboard warriors are rallying! Mothers' basements all over the USA are reverberating to the sound of frantic chestbeating.
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Your mom is calling, dinner is ready. Get your ass upstairs before it gets cold.
 
Cephus said:
Seriously, "respecting the dead"? These are morons who strapped explosives to their bodies and blew themselves up! When did they ever earn any respect? :roll:
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You believe their goal was to kill themselves? You do not understand the enemy.
 
American said:
Anytime you can stomp the military, you don't miss a chance do you?
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obviously. his son has been serving in that military for almost twenty years [/s]

what some find objectionable is that he dares voice criticism where criticism is very much due. such as that photograph

did we learn nothing from that tragedy called vietnam? we won every major battle - but lost the war. we do not win the hearts and minds of a people when we perpetrate a my lai upon them. neither do we win their support when we exhibit disrespect as is found in that photo

those actions did nothing to quell the prospect that yet another resident will come to feel so ardently opposed to us that they would willingly give their life to take ours away. how does that outcome make us safer? how does motivating future suicide bombers advance our mission?
 
Misterveritis said:
Do you know what FUBAR means?
Are you?
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Enlighten me, o enlighed one.only u can know for sure.
“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”

Hermann Goering
 
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Catawba said:
Is your point that US soldiers should be no more honorable than terrorists?
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They should be human, which they are. There's nothing wrong with what they're doing.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
You believe their goal was to kill themselves? You do not understand the enemy.
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It was a suicide bomber. Of course their goal was to kill themselves, plus a lot of other people as well! :roll:
 
Cephus said:
It was a suicide bomber. Of course their goal was to kill themselves, plus a lot of other people as well! :roll:
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You almost have the priority straight, but you still don't understand the enemy.
 
Cephus said:
They should be human, which they are. There's nothing wrong with what they're doing.
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Nothing other than violating their regulations, desecrating the enemy, providing the enemy with more reason to carry on with the insurgency, disgracing their own uniform...
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Nothing other than violating their regulations, desecrating the enemy, providing the enemy with more reason to carry on with the insurgency, disgracing their own uniform...
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The enemy needs no more reasons and frankly, screw the damn enemy. Maybe if they weren't such insufferable pricks in the first place, we wouldn't be wasting our time blowing their fool heads off.
 
justabubba said:
obviously. his son has been serving in that military for almost twenty years [/s]

what some find objectionable is that he dares voice criticism where criticism is very much due. such as that photograph

did we learn nothing from that tragedy called vietnam? we won every major battle - but lost the war. we do not win the hearts and minds of a people when we perpetrate a my lai upon them. neither do we win their support when we exhibit disrespect as is found in that photo

those actions did nothing to quell the prospect that yet another resident will come to feel so ardently opposed to us that they would willingly give their life to take ours away. how does that outcome make us safer? how does motivating future suicide bombers advance our mission?
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Then he shouldn't have written what he wrote, that's not my fault he can't hold his fingers still.
 
Cephus said:
The enemy needs no more reasons and frankly, screw the damn enemy. Maybe if they weren't such insufferable pricks in the first place, we wouldn't be wasting our time blowing their fool heads off.
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And we wonder why...the world calls us ....insufferable pricks.now I know the real reason we are there.
 
Fubar said:
And we wonder why...the world calls us ....insufferable pricks.now I know the real reason we are there.
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It's because oftentimes we are, running around the planet, pretending to be the world's policeman, shaking our insufferable... well, you know... all over the place.
 
Thunder said:
Indeed, I thought we had more honor & decency than the terrorists & murderers.
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Man, I wish I live in your universe. In all honesty, we might be the least honorable and decent country on this planet.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
You believe their goal was to kill themselves? You do not understand the enemy.
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Gee! Allow us to profit from your vast knowledge of the enemy and tell us what the goal of a suicide bomber is.
 
justabubba said:
obviously. his son has been serving in that military for almost twenty years [/s]

what some find objectionable is that he dares voice criticism where criticism is very much due. such as that photograph

did we learn nothing from that tragedy called vietnam? we won every major battle - but lost the war. we do not win the hearts and minds of a people when we perpetrate a my lai upon them. neither do we win their support when we exhibit disrespect as is found in that photo

those actions did nothing to quell the prospect that yet another resident will come to feel so ardently opposed to us that they would willingly give their life to take ours away. how does that outcome make us safer? how does motivating future suicide bombers advance our mission?
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But, when government employees piss away billions in tax dollars, under the current regime, you all are strangely quiet.

Why is that?
 
apdst said:
Gee! Allow us to profit from your vast knowledge of the enemy and tell us what the goal of a suicide bomber is.
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their goal is to:

a. kill as many of the enemy as possible.

b. receive a reward in Heaven for doing so.
 
apdst said:
Gee! Allow us to profit from your vast knowledge of the enemy and tell us what the goal of a suicide bomber is.
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if committing suicide was the only objective, then that would not be required to be conducted in the presence of others
given your considerable understanding of things military, i would have thought you would have already known that
 
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