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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:26 AM
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freepers reaction to US attack of Somalia
Death from above. Cool. Hope they got a lot of the bastards.
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Excellent news. Another great victory against the terrorists
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"and sources say a lot of bodies were seen on the ground after the strike" Oo-rah, get some, get her done!
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I just love good news!
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Bush Promised we would hunt them down. Good deal.
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Puff the Magic Dragon...
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Puff was the old DC-3 from Vietnam days. I think these gunships are a little bit more sophisticated! ;^)
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GO BUSH GO!
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Somalia moo-slimes needed some payback. Karma is a #@$%^&!
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Like McDonalds says...I'm Lovin it!

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freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764455/posts
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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:31 AM
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1. Dam these people are nut cases
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:32 AM
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2. Without even knowing who, what, or WHY? Sick. nt
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:43 AM
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36. Do it matter? They blowed up real good!
Yeehah!
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illinoisprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:32 AM
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3. Armchair generals living vicariously.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:56 AM
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28. Ah, yes, Chairborne Rangers, indeed!!! Hooo RAH!!!!!! NT
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:33 AM
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4. Their definition of terrorist is another who doesn't post at FR and worship GWB.
A sad little group of people who really have socialization issues.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:33 AM
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5. Yeah, what's up with Somalia?
That's the 3rd time I've heard about Somalia today. And the first two were RWnuts on the radio.

Seems to me they're trying to tell us that "Somalia" is some kind of warning of what happens when you quit.

All I remember is that people stopped dying when the US military pulled out.
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:38 AM
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8. Islamic Court took control of Somalia and gave it peace and
security of sorts.

John Bolton's parting gift was the re-arming of the warlords. Death and destruction ensued. Can't have Muslims in control.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:40 AM
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10. gave it peace?
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 12:40 AM by pitohui
i guess that explains why the new gov't was attacked by ethiopia from the north and kenya from the south, eh?

sorry your definition of peace don't match with mine

i am going to reserve judgment on the usa bombing because i don't know enough but if you think they were at peace you ain't payin attention to the events of the past few weeks
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:47 AM
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20. I said peace of sorts. Here is a link to a longer explanation
This is a war founded on a misconception and driven by paranoid fantasies.

The misconception was the US Government’s belief that the Islamic Courts, local religious authorities backed by merchants in Mogadishu who wanted someone to curb the warlords, punish thieves, and enforce contracts, were just a cover for al-Qaida.

So the US instead backed the warlords who were making Somalis’ lives a misery.

American support is the kiss of death in Somalia, so the warlords were finally dislodged in Mogadishu last June by an uprising led by the UIC and supported by most of the population.

The warlords fled to an American ship offshore, their clansmen went to ground, and the UIC rapidly took control of most of southern Somalia, bringing order for the first time since 1991.

But the US immediately started plotting its overthrow.

Washington’s principal instrument in this enterprise was Ethiopia, Somalia’s giant neighbour to the west.

more
http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/bm/columns/595599.html
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:52 AM
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25. ok i'll accept that answer
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 12:53 AM by pitohui
i'm not used to thinking of ethiopia as a giant but okay ignoring some of the hyperbole in the story i'm sorry to say it doesn't surprise me a bit that the usa would try to do everything to de-stabilize
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scrinmaster Donating Member (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:48 AM
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22. Peace and security?
Right.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1814932006
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:05 AM
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29. Thanks.
I never heard the latest news.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:46 AM
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17. U.S. strikes at "Qaeda" positions (cities) in Somalia
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/08/somalia.strike/index.html
Bush: "Women and kids: soft targets don't shoot back, hehhehhehhehheh."
Zenawi's previous accomplishments include a brutal war against Eritirea (which in turn hasn't had a vote since 1995), and mowing down hundreds of student protesters.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:56 AM
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27. Oh!
Thanks for that, I've been out of the loop today, clearly.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:35 AM
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6. GET ER DONE??
Kill, bomb, destroy, get er done.

Gawd how these people disgust me.
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BlueStorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:39 AM
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9. Can I tell you how much I hate that catchphrase?
There's a gas station around here that sells lighters that have that catchphrase recorded into it.

Freaky Pubic sure as hell has some violence, bomb, war-happy people. Sick and twisted these people are.

Blue
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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:43 AM
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12. Git 'er dun. It's the epitome of ignorance manifested in a catch phrase.
Humanity certainly has a wide spectrum of idiots, doesn't it?
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BlueStorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:49 AM
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24. What the hell does it mean? "Git 'er done?"
It's a senseless phrase. God.

Blue
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 04:35 AM
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40. You don't know? Come now. You're a smart person.
"Git R Done" means "finish it."

No shit. That's all it means.

Fuckin' guy has made at least five brazillion dollars off this stupid-sounding phrase that just means "finish it." The actor playing "Larry the Cable Guy" must have him a doctorate from some prestigious Eastern University to know that if you just get on stage and SOUND like a total dumbass, people will throw their wallets at you.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 04:58 AM
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43. Actually, it means...
Think-Of-Something-To-Do-And-See-That-Task-To-Completion!!!!!

http://www.bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artID=183
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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:44 AM
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13. Here yer sign
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:39 AM
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35. LOL!
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:38 AM
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7. Cool!!11! We just broadened our field of engagement!!111!
Pissing off more folks and spreading ourselves even more too thin.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:43 AM
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11. If you want to "fight terrorism" then Somalia's a better place for it than Iraq. nt
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:45 AM
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14. But will these pricks sign up to help out? Hell, no!
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:45 AM
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15. "Go Bush Go"????
Jeez...
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 04:54 AM
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42. Actually, I would like him to go. To Hell. Directly to Hell. Without passing
"GO" and certainly without collecting 200 dollars.
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Capn Amerika Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:45 AM
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16. Justice would freepers dying such a horrible death.
They are scum of the earth.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:46 AM
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18. republicans enjoy killing brown people? (yawn)
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:47 AM
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19. Bush had nothing to do with it.
As reported, this had to do with special ops and intelligence. Bush probably didn't even know it happened until it was reported.
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 04:43 AM
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41. You're right. *'s boss (vp) ordered it.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:48 AM
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21. These same people must masterbate to snuff films
I can understand someone supporting the fight against Al Qaeda, because they are bloody terrorists who kill civilians and are capable of almost any extremist act of violence. But reveling in the deaths of others, some of whom might not even be terrorists or Al Qaeda members is just plain sick. War and the killing it involves is a terrible and sad business and not something to be glorified or raved about, even though in some cases it is necessary.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:49 AM
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23. And, these morons accuse the Muslims of being uncivilized.
The irony.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:54 AM
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26. We've heard few if any details on the operation. We don't know if that 130
got those Embassy bombers or five camels and a tentload of spice salesmen. We know NOTHING at this point...yet they are chortling.

Well, whatever floats their boat.
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cui bono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:05 AM
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30. What a bunch of disgusting yahoos.
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Bigmack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:05 AM
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31. These stories have a predictable trajectory....
Same event.... with an unfolding outcome.

First day "40 terrorists killed by precision bomb"

Second day "20 terrorists killed by precision bombing"

Third day "4 probable terrorists and 18 civilians killed by bomb"
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:20 AM
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32. They're all jacking off to the death, like a bunch of caged monkeys. n/t
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rebel with a cause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:27 AM
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33. A bunch of ignoramuses, if you ask me.

I don't even want to know any of these people. In fact, I wish I didn't even have to know of their existence.

Like babs, I just don't want to bother my beautiful mind, you know? :evilgrin: / :evilfrown:
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 01:31 AM
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34. So how many of them are going down to the
recruiter to enlist?

I hear crickets on that front.

By the way freepers, Puff the Magic Dragon was NOT a DC 3, but I would not expect you to know that)
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mrcheerful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 02:26 AM
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37. Thats what John Wayne's pro movie the "Green Berets" used when the VC took over
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 02:28 AM by mrcheerful
the american fire base half way through the movie, The DC 3 had a Gatling gun firing down on the fire base and it killed all the evil VC in the fire base. Then John Wayne lead his forces back into the fire base, cutting down the North Viet flag. Very dramatic and a clear message, you mess with the USA you die.

Edited to add, when Wayne called in the air strike he used the code call " Puff the magic dragon".
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 02:44 AM
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39. I believe it was an attack version of the cargo carrying C-47 "gooneybird"
which was essentially the military version of the civilian DC-3 passenger plane. I flew in a DC-3 from Richmond, Virginia to Savannah, Georgia in the late 1960s when Delta Airlines was still using them in the South. It was really a weird trip and it seemed like the thing was just barely flying above the tree tops. My Dad who was career Air Force flew C-47s for quite a few years. They were beautiful-looking planes to me.



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mrcheerful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:50 AM
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45. Yep thats the bird. Problem is freepers are not very well versed in
military aircraft, if it looks like a duck it must be a duck so lets call it a duck type thinking. Btw, if memory serves me correctly, the C-47 used in the movie was silver and I don't remember any military markings on it, which struck me as odd when I saw the movie, dad is a John Wayne fan so all JW movies were seen when I lived at home.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 02:27 AM
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38. I'm going to pretend that Free Republic doesn't exist
and then maybe I can keep believing in people.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 06:33 AM
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44. I think all of us need to take your advice!
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 06:33 AM by B Calm
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:56 AM
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46. Does anyone really give a shit what freepers "think"?
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