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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:01 AM Original message |
U.S. Troops Kill Iraqi Girl On Roadside |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Our brave heroes in action. Nothing to see here. Move along. And certainly, do NOT |
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cornflake_31 (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I wouldn't go so far as to |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. "Who do you trust"? |
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Upfront (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Doubt you have been there. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Bullshit. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
67. How are our troops suppose to know what exactly the girl is doing... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. A 10 year old is not shaped like a man or a woman. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Shoving plastic Flashlights up children's rectums OK too ? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
64. There is NO justification for this |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Don't blame the troops after all they only |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. No sex for sale here???? Dont expect ANYTHING |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The moral individual decision would have been to refuse be in the military... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. One good sign |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. You arent the only one...... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe she was signaling, "Mommy, help me!" ??? n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. The girl wasn't the one who was signalling. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. They're elevating the girl to adult status to shield the criminality of it |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. they did the same thing with the 15 y.o. girl that was raped |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Me too. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. So the "suspicious woman" turns out to be a 10-year-old girl |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. That's not what it even says |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. "...then why on earth would they call to have her evacuated for treatment?" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. But...but... everybody is saying the girl and the woman were the |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. No, the woman and the girl were two different people. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Geeze, don't believe everything you read. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. All our media did that for days and days following the rape and slaughter of the Iraqi girl |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe it was this girl.... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Murderers. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Exactly. And once this is over other countries will make us pay for our crimes. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. Support the troops! (n/t) |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. You forgot this... |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Hmmm |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
20. Too many just don't get it - the USA invaded and occupied a country that was no threat |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. "Too many just don't get it - the USA invaded and occupied a country that was no threat" |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. Bringing God's gift of freedom. No child left behind. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. They shot at a "woman" and killed a "girl" |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Sounds more like a woman was beside a berm and they saw her waving |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The story is quite vague |
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SpikeTss (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. Bush, Rice, Powell et al. are the greatest mass murderers of the century |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Sadly, not by a long shot. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Do you have those numbers? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. Which numbers, Genocides |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Here's one in need of a Prison Jumpsuit |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. Where did we end up on the thread about supporting troops and atrocities? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Gee, I guess that would make the soldiers 'baby killers,' now |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. No. It makes Bushco baby killers. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Thank you for that. I sometimes need a verbal slap to get myself |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. I understand what you mean... |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
57. NO you are wrong. Not after the brave souls that have |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. They are not all there by choice. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I expect everyone to be honest enough to say |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. So basically you're saying that the Vietnam vets who returned to jeering crowds |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Hmmmm let's see from 1972 till 1975 I was in the USArmy |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Then why didn't you leave? |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. There is more than one way out of this mess. One fast |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
54. One can still be a baby killer and have now or suffer in the future from PTSD. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. When soldiers are in a situation where women and children have been used as weapons... |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. You know what is disgusting about this article.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Dear God. |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. My daughter is 9. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. The shooters will probably wind up as cops. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Eerily similar story being discussed in the Israel/Palestine forum |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. the 'War on Tots' |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. NCLA |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. The blame for this lies 95% with Bush & Cheney, and 5% with |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
50. In other news, a soldier threw a puppy. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Wow this gets less recs than the OBVIOUSLY faked puppy vid. Way to go DU. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Not faked. And gleefully killing anything is a symptom of an illness |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
62. The AP sure as hell worked hard to spin this one |
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