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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    prove republicans believe this makes obama look good.
    darla?

    still can't find any evidence or proof?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    darla?

    still can't find any evidence or proof?
    Get a new schtick, Yurt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Onceler View Post
    Get a new schtick, Yurt.
    what? because i prove you and your lefty gang's lies and hypocrisy....you want me to get a new schtick?

    pound sand wuss. really, pound sand. you never back up your claims, you never give links....seriously, why?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Quixote View Post
    the consequences of such an act would be significantly different from what pakistan or afghanistan could do

    i am sorry to say that when it comes to us drone strikes, we are careful not to use them against countries that could defend themselves from us or significantly strike back at us

    besides, drones have a significantly short range and from china to the us is not within the range of any current drones
    Ok then Cuba on Miami? It's the same metaphor. There are reasons for jurisdiction and obeying them. We would not take kindly to an african warlord arresting people in New York.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    what? because i prove you and your lefty gang's lies and hypocrisy....you want me to get a new schtick?

    pound sand wuss. really, pound sand. you never back up your claims, you never give links....seriously, why?
    Why do you respond to him?
    You know all he's going to do is run around what you ask and avoid posting anything of substance.
    Ignore him and embrace zen.
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    WHITE HOUSE PUSHES BACK ON NYTIMES CLAIM

    Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee, told Fox News he is unaware of any change in the way the U.S. counts corpses after drone strikes or other counterterrorism operations. But he added that if it is true, as the Times reported on Tuesday, that Obama has "embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties," then the administration should have briefed the committee on the change in methodology.
    Chambliss emphasized that both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations have tried to limit civilian deaths.

    "There's no question we are doing a better job" in more recent years, he said, citing advances in technology; but Chambliss acknowledged that "collateral damage is always an issue" and said both administrations witnessed efforts by those who are hostile to America to "magnify" the problem, so as to "inflame" local sentiment against the U.S.

    If the administration is correct in its assertions that civilian casualties have never been lower since the 9/11 attacks, outside observers believe the drone strikes can still have a damaging impact without necessarily resulting in the deaths of innocents.
    EDIT MINE DUH. self perpetuating war)

    "Certainly, they are not without side effects, collateral damage," said Frederic Wehrey, a senior associate in the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in an appearance on Fox News' "Happening Now with Jon Scott and Jenna Lee."

    "There's mounting evidence that much of the radicalization of the Yemeni population in these provinces is because of the drone strikes. The drone strikes are turning the population against the U.S., so it's not simply a fight against the Yemeni government, but more and more against the United States. And that is certainly attracting many of these fighters from other countries, like Somalia and Afghanistan."
    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...#ixzz1wPfM4ATY

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disillusioned View Post
    Ok then Cuba on Miami? It's the same metaphor. There are reasons for jurisdiction and obeying them. We would not take kindly to an african warlord arresting people in New York.
    he would get his ass thrown in jail

    you missed the entire point of my post - the us does the things that it does because the nations/people that we do it to cannot defend themselves
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