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Started by mongers, May 31, 2014, 06:15:35 PM

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Viking

#180
June 05, 2014, 12:39:59 AM
Quote from: mongers on June 04, 2014, 06:15:34 PM
"confidence building measure between US and taliban" ?

All diplomats need to get shot.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

CountDeMoney

#181
June 05, 2014, 06:52:24 AM
Quote from: PRC on June 05, 2014, 12:27:31 AM
If a soldier fled an area during a hot and apparently failing action only to be captured by the enemy despite the outcome of the action... would that soldier be worthy of a prisoner swap down the road?

Yeah.  How else are we going to get to prosecute him?

Razgovory

#182
June 05, 2014, 06:59:04 AM
What if the soldier was a foreign national with pedophilic tendencies and was suspected of selling secrets to a communist power?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Eddie Teach

#183
June 05, 2014, 08:30:38 AM
Sounds like the kind of guy who would never desert until every last Muslim was dead.
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Jacob

#184
June 05, 2014, 01:01:51 PM
Quote from: derspiess on June 04, 2014, 11:48:11 PM
What about the Democrats criticizing the Administration on this?  Are they crazy nutzo rightwingers, etc.?

Some of them possibly, some of them not. There are also, I expect, some legitimate criticism coming from Republican quarters but it kind of gets lost in the noise of the high-pitched outrage-machine.

Admiral Yi

#185
June 05, 2014, 01:18:53 PM
Quote from: Jacob on June 05, 2014, 01:01:51 PM
Some of them possibly, some of them not. There are also, I expect, some legitimate criticism coming from Republican quarters but it kind of gets lost in the noise of the high-pitched outrage-machine.

What media sources are you following?  As I mentioned earlier, I am unaware of any Republican talking points on this issue.

derspiess

#186
June 05, 2014, 02:25:21 PM
Quote from: Jacob on June 05, 2014, 01:01:51 PM
Quote from: derspiess on June 04, 2014, 11:48:11 PM
What about the Democrats criticizing the Administration on this?  Are they crazy nutzo rightwingers, etc.?

Some of them possibly, some of them not. There are also, I expect, some legitimate criticism coming from Republican quarters but it kind of gets lost in the noise of the high-pitched outrage-machine.

I can tell you that none of the Dems criticizing the president are crazy nutso rightwingers. 

Maybe it's being reported differently in Canada, but here the legit criticism (we gave up too much in the deal, Congress was not consulted in the legally mandated timeframe, etc.) does not seem to be drowned out by the the more extreme criticism (impeach, etc.).  Actually on the whole I think the news coverage here has been pretty solid.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#187
June 05, 2014, 02:32:49 PM
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

celedhring

#188
June 05, 2014, 03:26:11 PM
To be honest a lot of democrats see Obama as damaged goods by now and will actively seek to distance themselves from him.

derspiess

#189
June 05, 2014, 03:53:23 PM
Quote from: celedhring on June 05, 2014, 03:26:11 PM
To be honest a lot of democrats see Obama as damaged goods by now and will actively seek to distance themselves from him.

Especially in an election year ;)

Wonder if Seedy thinks they're racists.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Razgovory

#190
June 05, 2014, 06:18:29 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 05, 2014, 01:18:53 PM
Quote from: Jacob on June 05, 2014, 01:01:51 PM
Some of them possibly, some of them not. There are also, I expect, some legitimate criticism coming from Republican quarters but it kind of gets lost in the noise of the high-pitched outrage-machine.

What media sources are you following?  As I mentioned earlier, I am unaware of any Republican talking points on this issue.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/06/04/Stonewall-Jackson-on-deserters
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Admiral Yi

#191
June 05, 2014, 06:24:51 PM
How do you know what Jake follows Raz? :unsure:

Razgovory

#192
June 05, 2014, 06:35:44 PM
I was making you aware of Republican talking points.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

mongers

#193
June 05, 2014, 06:56:44 PM
Anyone else see the Taliban video of the POW handover ?

Kinda interesting to see video of something you only tend to see in films.
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Admiral Yi

#194
June 05, 2014, 06:58:52 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 05, 2014, 06:35:44 PM
I was making you aware of Republican talking points.

Fair enough.  What are the Democratic talking points?
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