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Originally posted by Drunkenshrew
...When it really mattered in the last years and it was time to fight for freedom, where was the military -
- when it was time to take a stand against the Patriot Act?
- when it was time to take a stand against torture (you may call it enhanced interrogation)?
- when it was time to refuse to enter illegal wars of aggression?
- when it was time to oppose the catastrophic strategic planning for Iraq and Afghanistan, catastrophic planning which cost thousands of lives?
- when it was time to take a stand against targeted assassinations? Targetet killings, which are murder without trial and without evidence?
- when private contractors plundered the taxpayers?
- when it was time to oppose extraordinary rendition?
- when it was time to oppose Orwellian developments like the terror watch list and warrantless wiretapping?
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Originally posted by ParanoidAmerican
reply to post by fooks
Most of the civilians died in bombings would be my guess...... and most of the Iraqi military "abandon ship" after the initial carpet bombings.
Yes we did have the Iraqi military defeated in weeks but there were still combatants fighting as there still is today. Bottom line is we are an occupying force not liberators of any kind in Iraq or Afghanistan. Saying "The War on Terror" is an oxymoron War is Terror and by fighting a war against terror one is perpetuating a the cycle. This could also be defined as Insanity repetition of anything expecting a different outcome.
I thought that she expressed herself very well and very much drilled down to not supporting the troops vs. the army/wars.
Originally posted by wx4caster
if tomorrow we were invaded, those troops would be the very ones on the street dyig for us here.
Originally posted by mrwupy
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the only reason she has that right is stronger people are willing to take up arms and defend her right to say it
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If she had said such a thing in 90% of the countries on this planet, her head would be on a pike before sunset.