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In reply to the discussion: Give Obama Credit: Drones Are Better Than Boots [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)80. This is one of the most amoral positions I have ever seen taken on DU
Horrific views supported by poorly crafted yet vile verbiage. Every cheap rhetorical trick in the handbook.
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Better why? So we can covertly kill at will, minimizing blowback and costs at home?
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#19
Like coffee without caffeine. You can drink it all day and not get the shits.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#41
And what about the violence, oppression, dislocation, and murder carried ouy by ISIS?
cheapdate
Jun 2014
#72
What about the violence, oppression, dislocation, disenfranchisement, and murder of the puppet
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#78
drones just give the illusion of clean hands. WE are the merchants of their misdeeds
bigtree
Jun 2014
#24
Yes, by attempting a lame and disgustingly invalid "lesser of two evils" argument,
woo me with science
Jun 2014
#44
With all this predictability, you should change your name to Miss Cleo.
Michigander_Life
Jun 2014
#51
Wow. "In the mean time, those of us who aren't blinded by racism...."
woo me with science
Jun 2014
#52
Do you deny that PBO has been attacked by racists since his presidency began?
Michigander_Life
Jun 2014
#54
Collective psychological punishment of entire villages and regions (http://www.livingunderdrones.org
woo me with science
Jun 2014
#70
As Slavoj Zizek puts it, this is like coffee without the caffeine, soda without the sugar...
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#40
How does a surveillance camera read the text messages on your phone as you peruse through a store?
Michigander_Life
Jun 2014
#61
Surely there is an immeasurable amount of intelligence proceeding drone strikes
Michigander_Life
Jun 2014
#66
They remember, they just want everyone else to forget so they can spin the fairy tales of goodness
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#76
If a country is going to insist on waging war, then it damend well SHOULD cost that country!
markpkessinger
Jun 2014
#112