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8 Civilians killed in Syria airstrikes. (Original Post) ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2014 OP
When US bombs fly, there's no such thing as a civilian leftstreet Sep 2014 #1
True. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2014 #2
The approved message these days is Maedhros Sep 2014 #6
Unfortunately.... CherokeeDem Sep 2014 #3
Isis murders people bad, US murders people "unfortunate". nt msongs Sep 2014 #4
Bush wages war, bad. Obama wages war, necessary. [n/t] Maedhros Sep 2014 #7
Rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air ... GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #5
Dead by our war of choice. Disgusting. morningfog Sep 2014 #8
Does that mean we're up 6? morningfog Sep 2014 #9
It's OK though. obxhead Sep 2014 #10
"Are we supposed to just sit around and let ISIS kill innocent people?" whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #11
Fighting terrorism... LittleBlue Sep 2014 #12

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,868 posts)
2. True.
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 03:30 PM
Sep 2014

And I'm sure the murder apologists will be here any minute to tell us how killing more people will make us safer. It's what they call the "reality" based approach.

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
3. Unfortunately....
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 03:32 PM
Sep 2014

this is truer than we would like it to be.

We can only hope if there is loss of non-combatants, it will be very minimal... it's too late to hope for none.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
8. Dead by our war of choice. Disgusting.
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 05:31 PM
Sep 2014

Sadly, this number will keep going up. They started this war on the 3 year plan! With renewal options!

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
9. Does that mean we're up 6?
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 05:55 PM
Sep 2014

IS killed to American civilians, we've killed 8 Syrian civilians. Can we stop now?

 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
12. Fighting terrorism...
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 08:24 PM
Sep 2014

or creating it?

How much longer can we shrug off manslaughter by bomb as something unintentional?

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