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Re: Hotel Palestine
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:24:28 GMT
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Pedro Silva wrote:
> I still maintain the crewmen could have chosen to look more carefully. The
> hotel has enough side clearance to stand isolated, so there are no
> distractions to it. e might have wondered what that building was exactly,
> with balconies in it (they're not that common in office buildings).
> That's why I argue no common sense was used in the identification of the
> hotel as a target.
> Besides, why shoot one person, in a crowde building, with a shell? Why not
> send in a small spec ops team to do it without risking to hit a non-target?
What if they didn't have a special ops team? You seem to want the
military to hang its butt out to avoid any possibility of injuring
non-combatants. If the good guys always fought the way you seem to want
them to, we wouldn't be living in anything resembling a democracy.
> Was it reasonable use of force?
> If indeed the tank crewman thought he saw a spotter (and I have to give him
> eagle eyes to choose among all the people with lenses on the balconies),
> wasn't that whole incident a lot like using a nuke to kill flies?
You just don't get it do you?
This line of debate is rapidly getting pointless.
Frank
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| (...) Not hang its butt. Just a little more observation skills, to be put to work before the shootout. (...) If I did, would I have posted? (...) You said it. Pedro (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Whoa. Let me state that the three people's opinions that I most respect and enjoy reading are yours, Pedro's, and Lindsay's (okay, maybe throw Dave! in there, though he can get a little short at times (as if I'm better <g>)). This is one of (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Then you've probably seen it. I'm still looking for the video, though. (...) I still maintain the crewmen could have chosen to look more carefully. The hotel has enough side clearance to stand isolated, so there are no distractions to it. e (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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