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Seen the light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:23 PM
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What would Americans do if another country fired a missile into a suburb..
Edited on Sat Jan-14-06 02:27 PM by Seen the light
of the United States and killed 17 innocent people, including women and children? What do you think would be the reaction of people like O'Reilly and Limbaugh?
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:25 PM
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1. If it was to come from Saudi Arabia,
we'd attack France.
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:25 PM
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2. They'd figure out a way to immediately blame it ...
... on Clinton and his Magic Penis.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:26 PM
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3. we'd do whatever the corporations told the media to tell us to do
and exactly that
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:27 PM
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4. Do you really think only 17 would be killed if they COULD reach us?
America as defined by the BFEE sets no value on human life, especially on the lives of non-Christian non-whites. And any attack in the future will give them reason to try and destroy all of those who do not fall into the Christian/white category.
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Seen the light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:28 PM
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6. Well, I ask this question because I'm shocked at the lack of outrage over
the incident in Pakistan where we didn't get Zawahiri. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:49 PM
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15. Why are you shocked?
Edited on Sat Jan-14-06 02:50 PM by malaise
This has been going on for years. Where is the outrage re the slaughter of Iraqi citizens. Where was the outrage in Chile, Argentina, Nicaragua, El Salvador, etc. etc. Look at the mess in Haiti? Who do you think is behind it and why?
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 04:40 PM
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20. But but but..... the Pentagon says it wasn't us.
:eyes:
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:27 PM
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5. We'd cringe in terror and demand Bush revoke the Constitution and
impose martial law so we'd be safe from the bad people.
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:28 PM
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7. Attack a country that had nothing to do with the missile strike
Just a guess, but take it to the bank.
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buckeyebabe Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 03:22 PM
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16. Attack another country
I agree, if the missle came from Saudi Arabia, we would attack Northern Ireland, or perhaps Quebec
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:29 PM
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8. They'd get real mad.... perhaps dig up an old
cheerleader megaphone... make a "we're gonna get the people who flew the planes speech" (They are dead) invade a country that wouldn't allow a gas pipeline to be put through it.... bomb the crap out of another country that never lifted a finger against us.... and call it a war on terror. Your mileage may vary, offer not valid in all 50 states, some restrictions may apply.... such as INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE GENEVA CONVENTION.

www.BrusselsTribunal.org
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:29 PM
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9. Probably what we did on 9-11 when thousands of innocents died
try to retaliate and get defensive.
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Opusnone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:32 PM
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10. Blame libs, lower taxes,
arrest members of peace gourps, build walls, and watch TV.
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buckeyebabe Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 03:27 PM
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17. Blame libs
Thats it!!! They would find some way to make it Clintons fault. Or those"partisan democrats"[like the repubs arent as partisan as anyone can get} . Or say that the peace activists caused it by giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:32 PM
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11. They'd scream about war crimes and demand punishment.
Americans, of course, don't commit war crimes, or torture, or anything else that is naughty.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:34 PM
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12. Why does this kind of logic go unnoticed by the MSM?
Are we the only ones who see this realistically?
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Gemini Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:37 PM
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13. Blame Clinton first
Then blame all Democrats, Gays, women, the Constitution, France, abortion doctors, various animal rights groups, and anyone else they can think up.
They certainly wouldn't blame the chimp-o-maniac and his failings as a 'leader'.
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TallahasseeGrannie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 02:44 PM
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14. Pretty much the same thing
as if someone loaded three planes and crashed them at various spots, taking out 3K people...go apeshit.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 03:30 PM
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18. Well, they would say that its the other country's right, because they
felt that the US was a threat and that they have a right to defend themselves however they see fit.


Or, wait, no... they wouldn't say that.

Probably because they are hypocrites.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 04:38 PM
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19. I'd forgive them if they were aiming for Pat Robertson. Just saying.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 04:40 PM
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21. Well, they'd say we have to invade a country a thousand miles
away from the guilty country to get even.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 05:42 PM
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23. Providing said innocent country was along a proposed pipeline route
;) seems to be how they pick targets.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 05:23 PM
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22. Bush would strut out and say we were attacked ....
and in so many words say I told you we are in a war on terror. Next move would be send out all of his minions to every part of the media and , tell us this is the reason why he needed to spy on us( which would make no sense,because we were attacked) then he would set up a scenerio on how they attacked this country. Next scare the other countries to get behind him this time and then start a draft and bomb different areas of the world and say he is protecting us and our freedoms.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 05:45 PM
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24. Pat Robertson would come up with some sin this suburb
was guilty of thus deverving gods wrath.
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