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Originally posted by Echo3Foxtrot
Awesome. Another thread taken over by fanatics. Wait, no, it was started by fanaticism.
Obama can be at blame, sure. But you can only blame the man for so much. Do you believe that one man approves EVERY SINGLE ACTION the US armed forces makes? Do you believe that no one man with any authority in the military would ever dare to make a move without presidential approval? Just an asinine assumption. Obama can barely keep up with everything that's going on in his own country.
Now that that's been said, here is one question that I still have yet to have answered: how does it happen time and time again that America becomes the bad guy and "the worst country in the world"? It's like people will put on the blinders to things that are happening elsewhere to happily jump on the "let's bash America" bandwagon.
Originally posted by sublimy99
reply to post by Vitchilo
I hate labels in the first place. I voted for Obama and I am sorry. It was before I knew that Dems and Repubs are all the same. They all belong to CFR, Trilateral, you know the groups. So, I'm done with all of them, honestly.
Originally posted by TommyG
Sometimes the truth hurts huh? Most other countries have foreign policies to deal with trade and relationships, not occupation... any other questions?
Originally posted by kerazeesicko
So Obama is the first President to have ever had civilian casualties in a war?
Well damn that is news to me...it happens, it's war....name one President without civilian casualties and I will give you 100 thousand dollars of my own money.
How the hell is Obama personally responsible for this....should it not be the operators...I doubt Obama specifically said...shoot the kid...NOW. Mistakes happen....so stop spreading your right wing BS trying to make it sound like he is personally responsible for this or that he is the only President to have had this happen under him.
Oh my god...if we go by your logic...Bush Jr. is personally responsible for Pat Tilllman's death...an American.edit on 8-2-2012 by kerazeesicko because: CUZ I CAN
Originally posted by ClydeFrog42
Obama might be the commander in chief, but he is certainly not personally responsible for all of these civilian deaths, and is even more certainly not a "psychopath".
Its not Obama's job to make military decisions beyond declaring war. A lot of the time, when missles are flying and commanders are directing from above, things go awry. Not that this justifies killing civilians, but Its simply a fact of warfare.
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by zzombie
This thread should be moved to the political propaganda section.
There's NEVER been a MILITARY operation, ever, that didn't have a chance of ACCIDENTALLY killing the wrong person.
Places like Pakistan create/fund paramilitary groups that TARGET civilians.
It's nice to try and score POLITICAL points by PRETENDING that Obama is responsible for this tragedy. He is not. Pakistan, a place which for decades has funded and run crazy religious schools which turn out militants by the hundreds, and who has all but refused to capture and try murders within it's borders, is primarily responsible for people killed by US drone strikes.
I don't like the military per se, but have little patience for political propaganda. This thread is political propaganda.
Originally posted by Echo3Foxtrot
Get off your high horse, bro. I'll admit that America ain't no happy land of sunshine and farts who cares about their fellow man 24/7, but we are by far not the worst country in the world.
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by bigwig22
Ugh what awful nonsene.
The US didn't declare war on Pakistan because:
It has nukes
It's dangerously close to a full collapse and all we'd do is push it over the edge then have to occupy it ... Forever
Real politik dictated that they were a better awful ally than awful enemy
Pretending it's about oil or banks is wildly delusional.
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by bigwig22
Ugh what awful nonsene.
The US didn't declare war on Pakistan because:
It has nukes
It's dangerously close to a full collapse and all we'd do is push it over the edge then have to occupy it ... Forever
Real politik dictated that they were a better awful ally than awful enemy
Pretending it's about oil or banks is wildly delusional.