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Unread 22 Sep 2007, 04:05 PM
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Yep, when they're not shooting civilians...I mean insurgents, Blackwater is being a bunch of busy bees arming the terrorists.
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Yep, when they're not shooting civilians...I mean insurgents, Blackwater is being a bunch of busy bees arming the terrorists.
The article said, "Officials with knowledge of the case said it is active, although at an early stage. They spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, which has heightened since 11 Iraqis were killed Sunday in a shooting involving Blackwater contractors protecting a U.S. diplomatic convoy in Baghdad." and naturally you concluded that the killed Iraquis were just average guys hanging out and were innocently murdered.
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and naturally you concluded that the killed Iraquis were just average guys hanging out and were innocently murdered.
Naturally you make a conclusion on what you think my conclusion is.
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Yep, when they're not shooting civilians...I mean insurgents
Forgot about the backspace key then?
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So you want to bicker about a moot point when the big picture of this is 1) there's a possibility that they may or may not have been innocent civilians 2) there's a company getting all kinds of tax dollars who may have supplied arms to the enemy and 3) the fact that we need to have a bunch of private mercenaries to help fight this war.

But yeah go ahead and try to make petty jabs and ignore the big issue. Typical.
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But yeah go ahead and try to make petty jabs and ignore the big issue. Typical.
... which is, the civilian death toll in the U.S since 9/11/01 stands at 0.

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So you want to bicker about a moot point when the big picture of this is 1) there's a possibility that they may or may not have been innocent civilians 2) there's a company getting all kinds of tax dollars who may have supplied arms to the enemy and 3) the fact that we need to have a bunch of private mercenaries to help fight this war.

But yeah go ahead and try to make petty jabs and ignore the big issue. Typical.
No. The point is all you ever want to do is assume the worst of the US, our troops,etc. Try turning the filter off stop jumping to the conclusion they had to have done something wrong.
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No. The point is all you ever want to do is assume the worst of the US, our troops,etc. Try turning the filter off stop jumping to the conclusion they had to have done something wrong.
Thanks for the laugh. Thats the dumbest thing Ive read on these boards.
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3) the fact that we need to have a bunch of private mercenaries to help fight this war.
So, you're in favor of increasing the troop level ... oh, wait, did I misunderstand your conclusion?

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... which is, the civilian death toll in the U.S since 9/11/01 stands at 0.

And the civilian death toll in Iraq, a country that had absolutely nothing to do with the $9.11, oops (Sorry Rudy) 9/11 attacks on New York and Virginia, by some estimates, has topped 1 million.



The body of three-year-old Mahmoud Modher, who
was found dead in al-Aswad village three days after he
was kidnapped, is carried by his father from the morgue
in Baqouba, some 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of
Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007.
(AP Photo)



Morgue workers prepare bodies for burial in a
m--- grave, outside a hospital morgue in Baquba,
65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad September 26, 2007.
About 25 unidentiified bodies, which were found
in different parts of Baquba during the past days,
were buried in a m--- grave on Wednesday, police
and Iraqi army said. REUTERS/Stringer(IRAQ)


Meanwhile, our young men & women are continually sent home in coffins, while our politicians argue over condemning a newspaper ad.


An Army Honor Guard carry the casket of Army Sgt.
Michael C. Hardegree, of Villa Rica, Ga., who died earlier
this month while serving in Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007,
during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in
Arlington, Va.. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)



Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackman, left, presents an American flag
to Cynthia and Stan Hardegree whose son, Army Sgt. Michael
C. Hardegree, of Villa Rica, Ga., died earlier this month while
serving in Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007, during funeral services
at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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a bunch of liberal crap
Your use of photos of fallen service members is vile.

The continued practice of making political arguments disguised as military critiques is cowardly, childish, and dangerous to the very same military you falsely purport to give a damn about.

Enjoy your time in Hell.
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Your use of photos of fallen service members is vile.

The continued practice of making political arguments disguised as military critiques is cowardly, childish, and dangerous to the very same military you falsely purport to give a damn about.

Enjoy your time in Hell.
Standard response from a 29%-er. There is no logical defense of Bush's occupation of Iraq, so you result to personal attacks, even condemning those who you disagree with to eternal damnation.
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Standard response from a 29%-er. There is no logical defense of Bush's occupation of Iraq, so you result to personal attacks, even condemning those who you disagree with to eternal damnation.
Even your beloved Democratic candidates can not assure they would have us out of Iraq four years from now. Of course, once the "occupation" was of a Democratic brand, the lot of you hypocrites will finally shut your yaps.

The assertion of some form of majority is a laugh. You are in a large group of folks with no answers, only jabs.
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Your use of photos of fallen service members is vile.
Hey,

Why? They should show the flag draped caskets as they arrive in the USA for everyone to see.

Might help the American people really see how useless the conflict in Iraq has been.
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isn't equally as reprehensible to claim to support the troops and yet continue to allow those in DC to fabricate new and exciting reasons to find wars. or refuse to hold one's leaders (the very same who send those troops to their deaths) accountable for their actions and lies?

i realize fear is a huge motivator but to me using it to rationalize following corrupt and oft inept autocrats seems as bad if not worse than anything ld's posted here.
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