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DerekG

(2,935 posts) Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:20 PM Dec 2012

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It’s always strange to see politicians shed tears for murdered children

In all honesty, I’m never “touched” when someone like Bush or Obama or any given senator/representative displays emotion in response to domestic terror. It’s more discomfiting to me than anything. These are, after all, people who (unwittingly or not) terrorize children all over the world with their invasions and saturation bombings and drone strikes.

Do you think any of these reserved, respectable figureheads ever think, “Hell, I just did this to a few foreign kids last week? Is there something wrong with me?”

Just a query before the Holidays.

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It’s always strange to see politicians shed tears for murdered children (Original Post) DerekG Dec 2012 OP

Get over yourself. Just a suggestion before the Holidays. MjolnirTime Dec 2012 #1

Baby steps. We have to start somewhere. Avalux Dec 2012 #2

+1 Marrah_G Dec 2012 #4

so does obama shed tears for those kids killed by drones in pakistan. not likely nt msongs Dec 2012 #3

A question that being personal should be addressed to him? HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #5

MjolnirTime

(1,800 posts)

1. Get over yourself. Just a suggestion before the Holidays.

Reply to DerekG (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:24 PM

Dec 2012

Avalux

(35,015 posts)

2. Baby steps. We have to start somewhere.

Reply to DerekG (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:25 PM

Dec 2012

And if progressive action comes from Obama's grieving, good on him.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)

4. +1

Reply to Avalux (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:40 PM

Dec 2012

msongs

(67,406 posts)

3. so does obama shed tears for those kids killed by drones in pakistan. not likely nt

Reply to DerekG (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:35 PM

Dec 2012

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

5. A question that being personal should be addressed to him?

Reply to DerekG (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 07:18 PM

Dec 2012

If you want an answer to that you should go to the source for it.

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