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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:21 PM Original message |
Robert Gates protests AP decision as 'appalling' |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have mixed emotions about this. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
124. I agree: mixed feelings. We are too isolated from the war, but should we demand |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. The death of one soldier |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. We see morgue and murder scenes with their blood and gashes |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Its not Gates |
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robo50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Bravo!!! well stated...no American citizen should be |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
126. +1. as far as AP being purely political. Still undecided about the family getting a veto, though. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
85. As much as I sympathize with the father... |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Obviously you've never lost a son or a daughter. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #91 |
203. I'd have to ask, upon reading your opinion, what stand you have taken to insure the child's safety? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #85 |
133. Being a soldier doesn't mean he gives up the right to privacy, doesn't |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #133 |
182. Unfortunately, we don't have a right to privacy in this country |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
141. No veto for the family |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #141 |
165. Once that person reaches the age of 18 years |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
123. Where was the AP during Bush's ban on photos of even flag draped coffins, though? The GOP supported |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. Agree n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
125. I suspect it was AP's support of the GOP agenda. During Dummya's administration, they |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I will not open that link. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was inappropriate because they asked the family and the family |
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Deadpan (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I somewhat agree |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. A picture can't be warped by the viewer's biases and ideas? |
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bejamin wood (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. We own the boy not his father |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. This may come as a surprise to you, but soldiers are still citizens. (nt) |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. I cannot believe I just saw someone on a prog board claim ownership of other humans |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 04:32 AM Response to Reply #38 |
120. He Was Being Sarcastic? |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
81. Not all Soldiers are US Citizens; however the overwhelming |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
131. Idiot. That's one of the dumbest things I ever read on DU. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
146. dumbest post I've read here so far THIS YEAR!!! |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I paid good money for this war, so I should be "allowed" to see pictures of what I'm paying for. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
139. You're sick in the head. |
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Pretty_in_CodePink (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I agree. It's not a very good photograph |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
93. Absolutely correct. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's interesting |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Kind of ironic, where was the AP during the Cheney/Bush years |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. If the peoples can't handle the tragedy of war, we shouldn't be engaging in war. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
94. + 1. nt |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
186. If people can't handle the true cost of . . . |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's not a good photograph. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Since the Marine's father specifically asked that the |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. it is perfectly appropriate to publish images of ongoing events... |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. +1 |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. then show a pedophile raping a baby... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. My tax money does not pay for the acts of pedophiles. My tax dollars pay for this shit war. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. +1 |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Your tax money funds many secret operations including |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Are these "operations", based on lies, costing us BILLIONS and keeping me from getting healthcare? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. That's up for debate.... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Well, then go debate your wild conspiracy theories with someone. That's not my topic. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. So what exactly should we be able to see? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Anything that the 1st Amendment allows the press to report on. n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Okay... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. LOL! WRONG. Shows that you do not even understand the 1st Amendment. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Where does it say that? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. LOL! LOL! LOL! You do know that SCOTUS reviews, interprets and incorporates the BOR,right? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
97. Two things.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:11 AM Response to Reply #97 |
122. I see you've bought into the 'unitary executive' |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #122 |
136. You may want to brush up on history |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. And you might want to read more carefully. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Wonder why they jumped to comply with blatant censorship? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. I already explained why. Being called a traitor |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. So when you become a soldier, you lose the right to privacy? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #149 |
151. Changing the subject again?? Not a good tactic |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #151 |
154. Nonsense.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. I guesss you forgot about this: |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #155 |
158. And you think no consent forms were signed? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. Do you really believe that before publishing |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. Yes, that is how it works.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. No, that's not how it works. That article is not relevant at all |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #163 |
167. So aborted fetuses are entitled to the same rights as people? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. Wow, you really do have a problem understanding |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. You seem to be a little confused.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Seriously, you're not making sense anymore |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. Just google photo consent lawsuit.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #173 |
174. I am not doing your homework for you |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #174 |
176. I'm talking about the case from the OP... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #176 |
177. Someone is suing over the |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Jjust google "photo consent lawsuit" |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #179 |
184. No, you provide the link you claim exists |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #184 |
190. I have provided evidence including actual cases... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. So, you cannot back up your claims. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #191 |
198. Looks like you're wrong with Paulsby too... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #198 |
200. No links? Didn't expect any. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #200 |
205. I've provided plenty... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:13 AM Response to Reply #151 |
178. get real! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #178 |
183. If a legal autority orders an autopsy |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #183 |
192. that's completely nonresponsive to what i said |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #192 |
193. I did not say that the law stated the autopsy |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #193 |
194. this is what you said. two falsehoods |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #194 |
196. Generally I don't engage with people who |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #196 |
197. you are still wrong. cites provided. will wait to see if intellectual honesty happens or not |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #197 |
201. 'You are still wrong' |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #201 |
202. evasions and intellectual dishonesty noted |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #202 |
204. And like so many people on the internet |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. What lie is the war in Afghanistan based on? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I'm told it's a necessity. I'm told we can "win" it. I'm told we can afford it. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
148. That we went there to 'smoke Bin Ladin out of his cave'. |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 06:00 AM Response to Reply #148 |
152. Your on the money with your data my friend. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. True, especially regarding the rest of the world |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #34 |
134. Yup!!!!! We shouldn't be doing anything to be embarrassed about... N/T |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
188. Should we likewise televise executions? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. and I find Robert Gates appalling, that sack of shite. nt |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. I get to pay for this shit war instead of having a public option- so I should see pictures of it. |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. The lack of a public option has nothing to do with this war. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Tell that to the Blue Dogs/Republicans who say "we cant afford it!!!!" |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Your rights end |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. What 1st Amendment Supreme court case are you referencing? |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Don't disagree with you premise |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I dont find too much too butt heads with you over either. |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #69 |
90. If I still drank - I'd buy you a beer |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. And Area 51! |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. So you equate oppostion to this shit war with a belief in aliens? You need a reality check. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:07 PM Original message |
If your argument is that you should be able to see what... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
54. You are the one who is comparing this to state secrets, not me. n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. You said we should see what we are paying for... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. YOU needed to compare this photo to state secrets to bolster your argument, not me. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Nope, we're definitely in the apples to apples range. nt |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. If you are a tea bagger who thinks the "War of Terror" = WWII, that is. n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. If your argument is that you should be able to see what... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. If your argument is that this photo should be a state secret, I'd like to see you back that up. n/t |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
175. Go fuck yourself you stupid douche bag. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's not like AP has steller coverage and impeccable credentials to uphold |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why didn't they do this during Bush's term? I do think the father's wishes should be honored. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. They Would NEVER HAVE DONE THIS WHEN BUSH WAS PRESIDENT |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. My first thought too |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. What's appalling is the way that Americans sanitize their wars |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
96. and what's appalling is the US invasion of Afghanistan |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Local tv isn't showing it |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. I feel for the person and family. However, let's not hide the effects of |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. FDR would have NEVER allowed this.... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. Out of Afghanistan! |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. The breach of decency is this fucking war! nt |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. All photos.... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. the wars would stop if we saw these images every day (nt) |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. WWII would have also stopped if FDR hadn't had such |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. This is not WWII. Are we back to that Rush Limbaugh/Fox News comparison again? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. And you think that was shown during the war? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. And you agree with Bush & Tea baggers that this BS is "like WWII"? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. All wars are the same.... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. You are the one who needs to compare this shit war to WWII to bolster your case, not me. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. A war is a war..... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I refuse to compare the "War on terror" with the popular WWII, yet I'm the one denying history? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. You too man.... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
95. The first published photographs of American dead |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #95 |
137. Yep... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. WE, the USA etc., just killed dozens of civilians in an air-strike, why don't they show |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
142. Shouldn't the Germans be blamed for this airstrike? nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. The family requested the image not be published, fuck AP /nt |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. I think is should be very simple. |
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nvme (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. Truth is Ugly |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
48. The numbe of US soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan is pretty small |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
52. what's more appalling is how they hide the public from the war they financially fund |
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fbahrami (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. IF |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. That might keep us from being LIED into them in the first place too. n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
92. and that's why the government censors this occupation of ours |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
63. If the photographer did not embed with that unit, she should publish whatever she wants. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. What is appalling is all these young liives being wasted to protect military bureaucrats careers. nt |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
87. I have seen one hell of a lot more appalling things from this war |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
89. That picture reflects the truth of war. |
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drdtroit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Yep, no matter how hard I scrub ... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
98. The family asked for privacy. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
100. AP Photo of Marine Sparks Controversy |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. These people are so low. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. People were against Vietnam b/c we watched these horror pictures on the teevee |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #100 |
103. When the Republican pResident caused these wars was in office, they wouldn't even show pics |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #100 |
104. I do find it odd that the AP is suddenly, after almost 9 years, now devoted to |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #104 |
110. Not really |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #110 |
130. No. The AP should have respected the wishes of the family, period. |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #130 |
135. I guess we disagree |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. This has nothing to do with joining the military, or fighting in a war-- |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #100 |
105. God, that's awful. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Oh, that's "awful" alright....... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. That's the "patriot" smiley. I'm sure the poster used it sincerely to salute the fallen, as |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #106 |
108. I have a father who deals with wartime pain. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Thanks for the service, but NO....he didn't pay the "ultimate price" |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #112 |
113. The price and the icon is about Lance Cpl. Bernard. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #113 |
114. RIP Robb Miller.....my friend who died in Afghanistan too...... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. I do a little. |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #100 |
109. It's not the photo that's appalling, or even publishing it |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #100 |
111. Stop all these endless wars NOW!! |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #100 |
115. among the first photos ever made were of dead Confederate soldiers. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #115 |
118. I've seen those in history books. |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #100 |
116. The Photo(s) Is/Are Already Gone! |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #116 |
127. But we can find all sorts of photos of those "less than US" ... their parents don't matter |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #100 |
119. So Gates, war-monger extraordinaire |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:07 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. sorry to say this but i agree with Gates |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:57 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. And if we're ANYTHING in the God Almighty USA it's *morally decent.* |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #121 |
129. Call it a casualty of war. |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #129 |
144. most of what you have written above is irelevant to the case at hand |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #144 |
157. I find it sad that some people are using |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #157 |
164. There is enough pictures of this war that it should not be a problem for the media to |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. And your position sits wrong with me on many levels. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #121 |
132. I agree with Gates too. Glad he's taking the AP to task in defense |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
140. Appalling, absolutely appalling... |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
150. We see the film clips of dead and dying soldiers on every |
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jeanmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
153. We want a blood free war |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
159. In this case, I agree with Gates 100%. |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
160. Why are we even still there? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #160 |
169. Why are we still there |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
172. I gotta go with respecting family wishes on this one. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
180. AP is a bunch of sensationalizing fuckers. |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
181. the illegal war itself was appalling. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #181 |
189. The Afghanistan war is legal. It was the Iraq War that was deemed illegal by some. |
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Mystayya (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
185. If the family said "please do not publish" they should have respected that. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
187. They should've respected the family's wishes for the time being. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
195. He's right. It IS appalling |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
199. Hey Gates, the "appalling" part is the young man dying in Afghanistan for another stupid war. |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
206. Why did they bother to ask... |
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