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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I might have already mentioned this.
edited 21st Oct '12 10:49:33 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Though I might not have voted for him back in 1972, it's still a loss of a person and a politician.
Unrelated but there was a side link about Obama giving Jay-Z parenting advice for his and Beyonce's child
.
"These drone strikes make us the villain of the world as opposed to the beacon on the hill as opposed to the country that's always stood up against the bully. We've become the bully, and I think these drone strikes symbolize that." -Gary Johnson in the debate between him and Jill Stein posted earlier in this thread which I'll repost here
That's why people oppose drone strikes. That's why people make a big deal of them.
edited 21st Oct '12 11:19:19 PM by deathpigeon
Re: Drone Strikes:
Why do people keep mentioning that they've been used to kill U.S. citizens? I mean, I understand if you say the government doesn't have the right to assassinate people, especially when it's based on mere suspicion. But what does someone's citizenship status have to do with that?
In the United States, everyone is protected by the same rules of due process, whether they're a citizen or not. Some people argue that those rules only apply inside the U.S., while others say the government has to follow those rules even while operating abroad. Whichever position you take, I don't see where citizenship comes into play.
I think that people mention US citizens being killed by them because it perfectly represents the problems with the drone strikes and gives an example of innocent deaths that strike close to home. It shows that no one is safe from the drone strikes, not even our own people. However, the drone strikes aren't wrong because they kill US citizens, they're wrong because they kill innocents and they are used to kill without all the information. They kill people in countries that we aren't even at war with where we have no business murdering people because we suspect terrorist ties.
Here Wikipedia explains it:
The accuracy of the "A few militants are killed, but the majority of victims are innocent citizens" remark is also questionable.
edited 21st Oct '12 11:41:21 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016![]()
Not really. The countries we do the drone strikes don't have anywhere near as advanced a military as us. Even if they did have the capabilities, with the sheer number of drone strikes we do, some would still get through. In addition, I highly doubt we tell them when we are going to do them in advanced, so, unless they stay on alert 24/7. we'd be able to get drone strikes through.
Hmm...
Both liberals
and conservatives
support Jeff Landry over Charles Boustany for completely different reasons.
Well... the down with tyranny blog has De Mint saying the same thing as progressives: Landry serves the people and not special interests.
BTW, this is a run-off race in Louisiana between 2 incumbent Republicans as opposed to Dem vs. Rep.
edited 21st Oct '12 11:46:57 PM by Skatepunk
And the ISI defines Right Hand Versus Left Hand. Might as well be several different organizations.
@Raven: I don't know about Deviant's source on that, but the source I found
not only did not have Pakistan on there (in fact, in the #7 spot where he said that Pakistan's Air Force was at India's Air Force was sitting in), but the US Air Force was #1. Even if the Pakistani Air Force were at the #7 spot, they would still not be able to match the US Air Force.
Your list was the 10 strongest airforces, not the 10 largest airforces.
@Skatepunk,
Well there is a Democrat named Ron Richard
running, but as the Down With Tyranny blog notes he is basically a non-factor.
edited 22nd Oct '12 12:10:06 AM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Well, the strength of the Air Force is honestly probably much more important than the size of the Air Force, and I'm willing to bet that the US Air Force still topped that list.
Plus, the Pakistani military, as mentioned, is notoriously corrupt, and I assume that the Air Force is included. So all we'd have to do is bribe a couple of officials, and we'd probably be able to have unrestricted access to their airspace.
edited 22nd Oct '12 12:08:55 AM by deathpigeon
Well, some good news from NE-2 - the Omaha World-Herald (generally a right-leaning paper) has endorsed John Ewing (Democratic challenger) over Lee Terry (Republican incumbent and dickhead). Their main complaint is a failure on Terry's part to show leadership in legislating (basically, neither authoring nor sponsoring many bills) and that it's time to give someone else a shot.
Look the Pakistani Government is in a hard place between the American Government, Taliban & Al-Qaeda, and its own angry population. Added to the fact that most of its government is corrupt and working for the US or The Taliban (or both), or desperately trying to avoid an assassination attempt and we have the Pakistani Government becoming a Conundrum of Contradictory Clusterfucks
To put it simply the Pakistani government can't afford for us to stay and they can't afford for us to leave.
edited 22nd Oct '12 12:24:47 AM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016

US Representative Steve King: Comparing Immigrants To Dogs Was 'A Compliment'
This man is so lucky that he is not a Senator, because if he was someone might actually pay attention to him.
edited 21st Oct '12 10:47:17 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016