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bobduca

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88. Herpa Derp

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 11:54 PM

Jun 2014

Last edited Sun Jun 29, 2014, 01:28 AM - Edit history (1)

if you are going to join the loyalty-brigade pop-and-lock squad your non-sequitur accusations need to be better than that!

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Give Obama Credit: Drones Are Better Than Boots [View all] Michigander_Life Jun 2014 OP

The problem with drones lies with the rules of engagement for their use. Maedhros Jun 2014 #1

Brace yourself...get ready to be called "babykiller". cheapdate Jun 2014 #2

But this is not an "either or" quesiton. It is a "whether at all" question. morningfog Jun 2014 #7

I don't have an answer to the "whether at all" question. cheapdate Jun 2014 #62

Yes, turning killing into a video game with no moral component whatchamacallit Jun 2014 #3

+1 SomethingFishy Jun 2014 #17

+1 whatchamacallit Jun 2014 #21

Amused to Death is one of my all time favorites Lucinda Jun 2014 #26

Brilliant is a great description.... think Jun 2014 #29

I wasn't sure if anyone would know what it was... SomethingFishy Jun 2014 #31

How very cool! I'd love to meet him. Lucinda Jun 2014 #35

More relevant today than ever... SomethingFishy Jun 2014 #36

Sadly, this board is far from liberal now. So is the Dem Party. n/t cui bono Jun 2014 #100

But...but...but... Lancero Jun 2014 #25

The news I have read shows some of the pilots quaker bill Jun 2014 #113

Certainly makes it easier to rationalize our involvement in a crime. 1000words Jun 2014 #4

Manned aircraft are flying over Iraq, too. morningfog Jun 2014 #5

Well, no actually... Kelvin Mace Jun 2014 #6

A poem for you, by Thomas Merton . . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #8

+1 xchrom Jun 2014 #9

Not killing is better than either. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #10

Yes. 840high Jun 2014 #77

Boots on the ground lunatica Jun 2014 #11

I think you are wrong. Savannahmann Jun 2014 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jun 2014 #13

There are more reputable lines of work woo me with science Jun 2014 #14

wow. UNREC m-lekktor Jun 2014 #15

Why don't you support PBO? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #16

~facepalm~ Marrah_G Jun 2014 #33

I don't support him when I disagree. morningfog Jun 2014 #82

Herpa Derp bobduca Jun 2014 #88

That is your argument? Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #98

"Wow. Unrec" is worthy of argument? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #99

You think drones will end the "War on Terror"? SomethingFishy Jun 2014 #18

Better why? So we can covertly kill at will, minimizing blowback and costs at home? TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #19

It minimizes American casualties Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #20

Only from a highly privileged perspective and then if dealing death is TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #22

Like coffee without caffeine. You can drink it all day and not get the shits. Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #41

Exactly Puzzledtraveller Jun 2014 #23

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

excellent post, and wise grasswire Jun 2014 #83

I see. cheapdate Jun 2014 #84

"Battle not with monsters lest ye become one." CrispyQ Jun 2014 #104

drones just give the illusion of clean hands. WE are the merchants of their misdeeds bigtree Jun 2014 #24

And what would Hildy write about this, I wonder? historylovr Jun 2014 #37

K & R Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #27

American weapons are best when used moderately. countryjake Jun 2014 #28

K&R Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #30

That is a thought provoking piece there. I am thinking about your excerpt: freshwest Jun 2014 #42

The use of drones is merely expedient, and shady as hell IMO. Lucinda Jun 2014 #32

The incessant propaganda grows old. woo me with science Jun 2014 #34

Does my post say war is good? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #43

Yes, by attempting a lame and disgustingly invalid "lesser of two evils" argument, woo me with science Jun 2014 #44

If there are two options Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #45

No, there aren't. woo me with science Jun 2014 #46

Your attacks on Obama are transparent. Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #47

Right on cue. woo me with science Jun 2014 #48

Cue on right. Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #49

That was predictable, too. woo me with science Jun 2014 #50

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

wow. they ran through the shtick 4 posts! KG Jun 2014 #64

That was really low, lame, and ugly. You should delete your smear. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #53

Do you deny that PBO has been attacked by racists since his presidency began? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #54

Sure he has. But that doesn't make criticism of his policies racist. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #55

bullshit, bullshit grasswire Jun 2014 #57

Your "arguments" are laughably inept. Maedhros Jun 2014 #69

Who says no one is "worked up over the bombing itself"? cui bono Jun 2014 #73

What site? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #75

You emotarian, you. morningfog Jun 2014 #94

You should delete your post. CrispyQ Jun 2014 #106

Project much? bobduca Jun 2014 #89

Is that the new catch phrase? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #91

You are combative and transparent bobduca Jun 2014 #92

Signature strikes are not ethical. Maedhros Jun 2014 #67

Do those strikes become ethical Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #68

No. As is said in my first response, the problem is not the technology Maedhros Jun 2014 #71

So there's nothing inherently wrong with drone strikes Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #74

Collective psychological punishment of entire villages and regions (http://www.livingunderdrones.org woo me with science Jun 2014 #70

how about we just send boots annm4peace Jun 2014 #38

Sounds much better to me /nt think Jun 2014 #103

Hear Hear! Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #39

As Slavoj Zizek puts it, this is like coffee without the caffeine, soda without the sugar... Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #40

Far more sanitary way to kill them pesky furrners. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #56

Far less risky for our servicemen and women. Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #87

Like I said, sanitary furriner extermination. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #93

don't drones require spotters on the ground? grasswire Jun 2014 #58

No they don't, they have cameras that relay back to the operator Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #59

how does a camera identify a terrorist? nt grasswire Jun 2014 #60

How does a surveillance camera read the text messages on your phone as you peruse through a store? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #61

here, for your edification... grasswire Jun 2014 #65

Surely there is an immeasurable amount of intelligence proceeding drone strikes Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #66

Remember, they changed the definition woo me with science Jun 2014 #63

They remember, they just want everyone else to forget so they can spin the fairy tales of goodness TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #76

I heart this post for its brutal honesty. woo me with science Jun 2014 #79

This is one of the most amoral positions I have ever seen taken on DU Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #80

So manned aircraft are somehow not as bad as unmanned ones? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #86

A reasonable, logical and ethical question... countryjake Jun 2014 #81

Well, it costs less money and less US blood. JEB Jun 2014 #85

If a country is going to insist on waging war, then it damend well SHOULD cost that country! markpkessinger Jun 2014 #112

We are paying a huge price for using drones the way we do. JEB Jun 2014 #114

Nope. Zero credit. Bonobo Jun 2014 #90

Drones are not better than boots. Orsino Jun 2014 #95

Death from above is never justified. mattclearing Jun 2014 #96

Your use of absolutes diminishes the value of your post. Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #97

If you say so. nt mattclearing Jun 2014 #110

... SammyWinstonJack Jun 2014 #101

For whom? rug Jun 2014 #102

No, "we" are NOT "all in agreement"! scarletwoman Jun 2014 #105

So boots on the ground is better than an unmanned plane in the sky? Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #107

What part of "NO U.S. military action" do you not get? (nt) scarletwoman Jun 2014 #108

You're painting yourself into a corner Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #109

Yes I believe POTUS is a good man but.... Jasana Jun 2014 #111