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• Here's one for the pious, naive stay-at-home chickenhawks. - Bowser - 11/16/2004 5:10:24 AM
  • re: hey Bowser, on a related note, Did you see the kill ratios for the Battle of Falluja? - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 10:57:51 PM
  • You have to understand the language used....... - Publius - 11/16/2004 9:33:37 PM
    • "one man's terrorist, is another man's freedom fighter." A blatant lie. - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 11:43:19 PM
      • Now you are quoting Likud's Johnathan Foundation - Publius - 11/17/2004 2:18:51 AM
        • So make a list. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 2:50:26 AM
          • How did you develop this preoccupation with obsfucation? - Publius - 11/17/2004 3:54:26 PM
            • re: obsfucation? - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 6:58:38 PM
  • So now your defending terrorists. - Lee - 11/16/2004 8:43:36 PM
    • Where Have You Been? - Mark Eby - 11/17/2004 4:25:13 AM
  • And one more point of view... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 5:30:54 PM
    • I see, Kerry did it first mommy? - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 6:28:36 PM
      • Don't ask me. It was in his own damn biography. - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 7:11:49 PM
        • Again I ask you - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 9:15:20 PM
          • The Press and just about everyone else gave Kerry a pass... - Larry J - 11/16/2004 11:11:24 PM
            • And again: so what? Even if true, what does this have to do with this? - Davin L. - 11/17/2004 3:28:48 PM
              • It shows a blatant double standard (AKA hypocricy) - Larry J - 11/17/2004 6:02:18 PM
                • No, it shows that you are manufacturing a strawman you don't actually believe in to somehow try to avoid this incident (AKA base _HYPOCRISY_) - Davin L. - 11/17/2004 7:39:29 PM
  • re: Here's one for the pious, naive stay-at-home chickenhawks. - LJ - 11/16/2004 5:09:12 PM
    • That's the point. This type of stuff is unavoidable in war. - Bowser - 11/16/2004 6:52:44 PM
    • Let him correct you if you are wrong - FrankC - 11/16/2004 5:34:39 PM
      • re: Let him correct you if you are wrong - LJ - 11/16/2004 5:50:31 PM
        • Did he deserve death? - FrankC - 11/16/2004 6:25:52 PM
          • He was an enemy combatant, so yes he did. - Lee - 11/16/2004 8:38:24 PM
            • IT WAS A WAR CRIME, YOU MORON!!! - R.L. - 11/16/2004 8:48:53 PM
              • Terrorists are NOT "protected persons" according to the Geneva Conventions. - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 9:56:27 PM
              • Your obsession with race tells much about you. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 9:23:55 PM
                • Its his obsession, if you actually read the posts you would know that (n/t) - R.L. - 11/16/2004 9:35:40 PM
              • No, it was an act of war. - Lee - 11/16/2004 8:54:23 PM
                • BY DEFINITION KILLING UNARMED WOUNDED IS A WAR CRIME! - R.L. - 11/16/2004 9:01:12 PM
                  • Looked like an AK-47 beside him to me. - Lee - 11/17/2004 12:42:04 AM
                    • That is Bull - R.L. - 11/17/2004 2:40:48 AM
                    • That makes no sense. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 1:51:25 AM
                      • The weapon was from another picture. My mistake. - Lee - 11/17/2004 6:17:20 AM
                  • Terrorists are not "protected persons" by international law. They have no rights whatsoever. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 9:57:25 PM
                  • I would suggest that in this topic you are contributing much less. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 9:25:41 PM
          • Poor chice of words - R.L. - 11/16/2004 7:43:32 PM
          • re: Did he deserve death? - LJ - 11/16/2004 7:00:25 PM
    • No, Bowser confessed to lying about serving. He has not served at all. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 5:17:29 PM
      • Ed, as usual, is lying and wrong, but slanderous. And he makes things up. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/16/2004 6:49:07 PM
        • So now you did serve? Make up your mind. Truth is not slander. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 7:13:21 PM
          • Hey, I served and.... - Publius - 11/16/2004 10:09:29 PM
            • Colin Powell was one of those in charge of Desert Storm - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 1:56:01 AM
              • Obviously - Publius - 11/17/2004 2:23:14 AM
                • You were comparing Powell's outlook to that of Bush and the others. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 2:59:12 AM
          • Got proof he didn't? Grow up ed. (n/t) - Tony - 11/16/2004 7:27:25 PM
          • Prove it: how? why? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/16/2004 7:27:05 PM
            • Because he moves in and out of being a vet as it is convenient for him. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 8:09:55 PM
              • nelson, I didn't say that then. I'd remember the lie. - Bowser - 11/17/2004 1:29:15 AM
    • Bowser, being anonymous, can be anyone he wants to be. - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 5:16:33 PM
  • From the milblogs: - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 4:49:22 PM
  • re: My first reaction was that this is a murder... - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 4:01:35 PM
    • Combat stress - Lindy - 11/16/2004 4:22:52 PM
    • If I am in a fire fight, and an enemy is pretending to be dead, I will make sure he is not faking it. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 4:08:26 PM
      • re: If I am in a fire fight, and an enemy is pretending to be dead, I will make sure he is not faking it. - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 4:18:15 PM
        • The NBC reporter's story is falling apart. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 4:27:19 PM
          • Go to Reuters, watch the video - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 6:23:12 PM
            • The excerpt they show, without the context. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 7:17:38 PM
              • I think you are nutty - alcaray - 11/16/2004 7:35:35 PM
                • My track record is pretty good - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 9:29:14 PM
                  • consistent, anyway. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/16/2004 10:06:53 PM
                  • Ed, The person was laying still and unsresponsive, the person was shot at point blank range and flopped around, As the camera panned around, a bloody-splatter can be seen on the wall - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 9:55:06 PM
                    • If the soldier on the scene had reason to beleive that the terrorist onthe ground could pose a threat, he did exactly the right thing. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 10:13:15 PM
                      • Ed, you are a nut. You are your own refutation. Only idiots and other nuts agree with you. (n/t) - Davin L. - 11/17/2004 3:30:01 PM
      • Idea of the Week: from now on, all dead and wounded enemy are going to be checked first by embedded reporters. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 4:15:56 PM
        • Or howabout just not shot point blank in the head while not giving any resistance? That sounds like a really good one? (n/t) - Davin L. - 11/16/2004 9:57:40 PM
        • re: That's a good one. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 4:19:24 PM
  • Here is one for naive, reactionary, anti-Americans pretending to be patriots. - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 3:21:05 PM
    • My my. - Tony - 11/16/2004 7:26:29 PM
      • re: My my. - gbaikie - 11/16/2004 8:57:48 PM
      • For the record... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 7:53:38 PM
        • re: I'll defend Kerry's action. - Scott Evil - 11/16/2004 10:53:31 PM
        • P.S. Feel free to ctiticize Ed as well as Bowser. - Tony - 11/16/2004 8:09:37 PM
        • "This kid has been tried and hung in the media. " - Tony - 11/16/2004 8:08:27 PM
      • That qualifies as a Slam-dunk.... (n/t) - R.L. - 11/16/2004 7:40:20 PM
  • They are just getting back what they are giving. - David F Mayer - 11/16/2004 8:29:55 AM
    • Contempt for military rules of conduct, too. And Geneva, and ... - alcaray - 11/16/2004 7:49:34 PM
    • Is Bpowser calling you a chickenhawk? Or did you yourself spend time in uniform? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/16/2004 2:39:32 PM
  • Bet you thought you were going to turn blue holding your breath for the next American atrocity. - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2004 6:48:09 AM
    • You expect Bowser to comment on terrorists killing Americans? - ebnelson - 11/16/2004 7:22:29 PM
    • Listen, chickenhawk, armchair warmonger, bloodthirsty girly-without-the-man, one doesn't have to wait. - Bowser - 11/16/2004 6:54:58 PM