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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:18 AM Original message |
If hundreds of G.I. POW's were tortured to death, how would America react? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. How many hundreds did the US torture to death? |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes, America tortured hundreds of people to death & got away with it. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Absolutely. Post WW2 Europe, MK-Ultra, Russian defectors - |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. can you provide any evidence- and evidence does not mean |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Oh sure, we keep very accurate & public records about who we've tortured to death |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. So, you have an assumption. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Ahh. Denial, backed by willful ignorance laced with a healthy dose of ignore |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It beats sharp awareness any day. n/t |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Entire shipping containers full of Afghans were allowed to suffocate/roast to death |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Entire containers is not the same as entire trainloads. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. ContainerS.. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Do you think this is at the same scale as Dachau? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Where did Dachau come from? |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. That's what I'm trying to figure out. We were talking about torture and 100's of deaths |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Those 5'000 chaps in the containers sure support our side of the argument. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. why do people link to something that doesn't back up their claim? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. So we bear no responsibility for what happened? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I thought I made it clear that we do bear some responsibility in my |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. At least 27 were murdered in custody, over 100 died in custody. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Just think Fallujah |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Here's some. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Thank you so much. Smart move. Great post. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Sorry, but search for them yourself. I gave the key words. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. What about if it was people off the streets rather than GI's |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. They wouldn't think twice about torturing liberal Americans |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. In the real world we'd be outraged, in reality we wouldn't know about it. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
16. they'd run them as Presidential candidates ... unless they were registered as Dems ... |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. the rules are different for america - a phenomenon called 'exeptionalism'. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's because we are the only nation with intrinsic "goodness" ;-) |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. The Japanese War Criminals who water boarded our soldiers were hanged after WW II |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. Are there any "torture supporters" on DU? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. And that thread had some supporters. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. If "preaching to the choir" isn't allowed |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. that's different. we can do it to others, but they can't do it to us. got it!! |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
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