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Re: Protests too much
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 12 May 2005 01:31:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Joseph Greene wrote:
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Similarly, I don’t recall the CNN piece about the US’ use of phosphorous
bombs on civilians in Falluja--can someone point me to it?
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Well, as callous as it sounds, I do believe that after 2000+ years of
continuous war in the middle east the term ‘innocent civilian’ is an oxymoron
when referring to that part of the world.. just my mean spirited opinion...
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I agree that it sounds callous and mean-spirited, and in raw pragmatic terms
it’s just not a helpful course to pursue. By that same logic, we in the United
States have been involved in well over two centuries of continuous war, so
anyone could simply start killing US civilians with essentially equal
justification.
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Two words: Carpet Bombing
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So genocide as a tool of war remains on the table for you? Thanks, but I’d like
a different table.
Two other words: Campaign Bombing. As in “This whole stupid campaign is
bombing, which is to say that it’s all a miserable failure.”
Dave!
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| (...) Maybe I should rephrase that, I believe that If we could trust them to only bomb the begeezers out of each other, we should leave, and simply ignore their existence until the stop the fighting. But they won't keep it within their own (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Well, as callous as it sounds, I do believe that after 2000+ years of continuous war in the middle east the term 'innocent civilian' is an oxymoron when referring to that part of the world.. just my mean spirited opinion... Two words: Carpet (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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