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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:51 PM Original message |
The two "kidnapped" soldiers... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Buzzword. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Edited to have to disagree... |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
50. But we are not there for police work we are "at war" |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I think "POW 'has a much nastier ring to it personaly |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It portrays the attackers as criminals and the soldiers |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Now that you mention it... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Flip-flopper? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Darn it... |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Maybe they are just "enemy combatants" and no rule apply like GITOMO? |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Turnabout's fair play |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. i don't think we're at war, either... |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
49. I hate to say this |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. All right, I've had enough |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Sorry |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I'm sorry, too |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. and yet the U.S. does NONE of that regarding POW's |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. I apologize |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. The framing edict has been sent out to the submissive media. |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Even RawStory.com falls for the deception |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Arggg!!! |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. So did I... |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Enemy combatants, perhaps? eom |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. What contempt they have for us. |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. The AP now has stories with wording "Captured" |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Good. Thanks for the link! :) |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I just clicked on the link and it says "kidnapped" did they change |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Larissa, Look in your web file cache to see if they changed the |
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Karmakaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. I havent seen much on this story... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The three of them were stationed at a checkpoint in sunniland |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. There are no enemy soldiers, no rebellion, only "terrorists" apparently. |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. The treasonous, rat bastard keeps touting the "War President" BS... |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The neocon assholes can't have it both ways. |
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grateful581 (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Randi is right |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Even Olbermann said they were kidnapped! n/t |
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grateful581 (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I know |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Best I recall bush said he was invading Iraq to remove Saddam |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Even were they still alive, |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Kick, this is important! |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. Randi is right on with this....More propaganda from the pretend |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. And the one each, horse's patootie, Tony Snow says, don't focus |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. BBC News gets it right of course! |
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grateful581 (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. Do Solders that get "kidnapped" get POW benefits? |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Very good question! |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. We know TWO of our troops who were "kidnapped" did... |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Are they kidnapped and HURT or captured and WOUNDED? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Good point, but now we know they were... |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. On LKL, they have a show about the soldiers... |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. POW is a political-oriented status |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Depends on who actually took them... |
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Check12 (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Then they must be unlawful combatants. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. Some blogger was calling them "detained" |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. How well are these detainees going to be treated |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. we are not at war |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
44. yes they are POWs if 911 was an act of war and not a crime |
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LeftListener (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 02:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Nope, no "war" here |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. actually that was a declaration of war |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. No connection between 911 and Iraq. |
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ECH1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. The events of 911 are irrelevant. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 07:27 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. 'al qaeda in iraq' most likely not the same group. |
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bluedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
56. where were the IRAQI TROOPS?? |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. They have become DIA now... |
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