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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:46 PM Original message |
Injured Marine Talks About Haditha Killings ("friends lost control") |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's what spousal batterers say, too |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. This could be flamebait, but it's honest. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Google Robert Jay Lifton and "atrocity producing situations" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. You don't "lose control" four hours after the fact |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 01:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. The thought of putting a bullet |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. How many other soldiers |
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nmliberal (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I believe you are right |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. There are pictures |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I don't see anything about Haditha on any of those pages... |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Not Haditha |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Thanks for bringing me up to speed... |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Thats true. There are |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Lost control?" No, throwing a lamp is losing control. Systematically |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Exactly - I thought I had read |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Talk about an understatement |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Or a blind man in a wheelchair, whose prayers were interrupted |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 01:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. I can't either, but it happens all the time. |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Don't agree at all with that. Soldiers are supposed to be |
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LoneDriver (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't condone but I understand |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thanks for the insight, and welcome to DU! |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. Marines as "peace keepers". I don't think they are really trained |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. some military units are taught to scorn peacekeeping |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. These "lost-control" defenses enrage me. |
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number6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. the Bu$hco Imperial empire hasn't had control |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. Everyone lost control |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. atrocitites are inevitable |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Uh, the guerillas want the US to brutalize their populations so that |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. but not unprecedented |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. best war movie EVAR!!!! |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I agree, don't start wars unless you're prepared for the cost. |
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President Kerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. it's not the execution that's the problem here |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. The IRA did a similar but less extreme version of what that poster |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Wrong. atrocities are indicitive |
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AlanAdam (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Agreed |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. I guess the Iraqis also lose control when they see family |
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vogonjiltz (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. This is a sign of the state of bad morale in our military. |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. No, this is a sign of bad morals |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'm Not Really Blaming The Soldiers Here |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Thats a joke right? |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. It's A Sad Inevitability of Three Tours of Duty In That Hell Hole |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. "It's A Sad Inevitability of Three Tours of Duty In That Hell Hole" |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
35. commander in chief. the bush stops here. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. To be honest, it wouldn't be the first time ... |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. For Those Interested |
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