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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:47 AM Original message |
Your opinion on the US attack in Pakistan today? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. I rarely believe what the M$M "reports" to us |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm hoping that Obama had NOTHING to do with this and won't be first time . .. |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. The attack wasn't issued by Obama |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. These attacks should be stopped. They're counter-productive, imo. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. I would think it would have to have been approved by Obama |
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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Did Barack Obama give the orders for this attack?" Of course he did. |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It would be most delicious. |
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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. I wonder if this has anything to do with the 'letter' Presidents leave each other? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. Well, if it pissed off Arabs in the area, we got the right guys... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. There's supposed to be a big al Qaida campus in that area |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Nice catch (nt) |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Times online UK Headline: |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. This is the first I've heard of it. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. 8-15 people died so our new President would appear strong |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I really don't understand people who drool over the idea of assassinating bin Laden. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Bless you, sfexpat. You are a truely compassionate human being. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Lynn! We survived the mofos! |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Sadly, far too many of our friends & fellow Americans did not. George W. bUsh killed them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. There's a lot of work to do, I know, and we can't bring back the dead |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. exactly |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
56. Whatever works. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Killing people without due process doesn't "work". |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. I have never understood why war is regarded as more legitimate than assassination. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. I support highly targeted attacks |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I support courts of law. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Not when we've been attacked |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. OMG Pakistan attacked us??!! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Because that's exactly what I said |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
61. In a sense, yes. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. How about when they attacked the Liberty? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. So we have jurisdiction in the tribal areas ? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. There's a number of Gitmo detainees that were kidnapped from Pakistan. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. So you support kidnapping? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. No. I don't support lawless behavior, period. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. So how do we get terrorists into the court systems |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yes, that is the problem. You'd need to get the international community |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Bombing them, and writing off civilian casualties.... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. So what is the smarter way? nt |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. There is no one here who doesn't think there are terrorists out there |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Some believe it is CIA psyops |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. I may be one of the very few ... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It's been 7 years |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. I agree completely. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
63. Nice in theory. |
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shintao (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. Shot over the bow |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. Totally on the fence. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
28. not a good opinion. and surprised he allowed it |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. Just as in Iraq, they're trying to salvage a lost war with failed tactics. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. I doubt that President Obama had anything to do with this particular bombing |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. Not happy about it at all. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. My hope is that it's residual Bush era command prompted. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. People aren't paying attention to his fascination with Lincoln |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. "Democrats can't keep us safe" from right wing talking points, apparently. n/t |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. No - they will be RW talking points. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Bush ran on that in 2004, iirc, and although we ran a real war hero, |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I don't know why they opened Gitmo |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Rumsfeld had no problem having thousands of Taliban fighters |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Your link has nothing but accusations |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. The deaths of those men are public record. Sorry. n/t |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Didn't say they weren't |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm really pissed off! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm not happy about it. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm just going to sit here and wait and make ....... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. I support a moratorium |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. Pak doesn't seem to have sovereignty over Waziristan |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. The military claims to have no control and they've been very happy |
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