In a hideous symbol of the bipartisan continuity of U.S. barbarism, Nasser al-Awlaki just lost another one of his young grandchildren to U.S. violence. On Sunday, the Navy’s SEAL Team 6, using armed Reaper drones for cover, carried out a commando raid on what it said was a compound harboring officials of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. A statement issued by President Trump lamented the death of an American service member and several others who were wounded, but made no mention of any civilian deaths. U.S. military officials initially denied any civilian deaths, and (therefore) the CNN report on the raid said nothing about any civilians being killed.
But reports from Yemen quickly surfaced that 30 people were killed, including 10 women and children. Among the dead: the 8-year-old granddaughter of Nasser al-Awlaki, Nawar, who was also the daughter of Anwar Awlaki. (...)
and there you have it
the unvarnished truth
the difference between the political leaders
brass tacks = even if you're peaceful and innocent, politicians, regardless of partisan hallucination, have a higher claim on your life, your liberty and your justly acquired property than you do
btw, your life is your property and taking that life is the worst possible human rights violation possible
how can we initiate violence/aggression today for the betterment of society?
is there such a thing as the initiation of virtuous violence? or moral murder?
In a hideous symbol of the bipartisan continuity of U.S. barbarism, Nasser al-Awlaki just lost another one of his young grandchildren to U.S. violence. On Sunday, the Navy’s SEAL Team 6, using armed Reaper drones for cover, carried out a commando raid on what it said was a compound harboring officials of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. A statement issued by President Trump lamented the death of an American service member and several others who were wounded, but made no mention of any civilian deaths. U.S. military officials initially denied any civilian deaths, and (therefore) the CNN report on the raid said nothing about any civilians being killed.
But reports from Yemen quickly surfaced that 30 people were killed, including 10 women and children. Among the dead: the 8-year-old granddaughter of Nasser al-Awlaki, Nawar, who was also the daughter of Anwar Awlaki. (...)
I couldn't possibly care about you and your opinion much, much less......you're an amusement. BTW, is it possible for you to take yourself any more seriously without swallowing your own dick??
Yup, you are correct. They especially don't get sarcasm...poor things - and they're also missing out on so much of the rest of life as well....you know, like showering, moving out of Mom's basement, having a job....stuff most of us not glued to the innertubes playing political know-it-all are able to enjoy. Oh well, the good Lord makes all kinds....
No, I honestly can't say I know about any of that, but I'll just have to trust your expert opinion on such matters. Try harder...
I have always said 2 of the most powerful terrorist organizations on the planet are the CIA and the FBI.
I think there are a lot of contradictions in the person. I think also that everyone wants to get something out of it. Donald Trump and Chris Christie want to go bomb someone, anyone, they don’t care where. Hillary Clinton and President Obama want to cancel the Second Amendment. Everyone wants to get something out of it. The media just wants a lot of people to watch the media. So, unfortunately these kinds of events are politicized. We won’t know the truth except we should probably understand that this was a deeply disturbed person and unfortunately we don’t live in a perfect society.
(...) Both candidates neglected to consider that no operational links between ISIS and the alleged Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, have been discovered. While Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS shortly before the attacks, he had reportedly previously claimed connections to two groups that oppose ISIS: the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah and al Qaeda.
And neither explained how escalating bombardments in Iraq and Syria would do anything to stop self-radicalized and/or unhinged attackers in the United States.
If ISIS is not doing anything to help coordinate or assist these sorts of mass killings, then destroying it — even if that were possible — wouldn’t make any difference.
And even if you blame ISIS for “inspiring” such attacks, the fact remains that there are any number of extremist ideologies that a deranged would-be killer could derive inspiration from — and you cannot bomb them all.
Clinton’s and Trump’s gusto about doubling down on what the United States is already doing — the U.S.-led coalition has conducted over 12,000 airstrikes against ISIS and other militant groups in Iraq and Syria — was echoed by sitting lawmakers. (...)
But the record shows that, if anything, U.S. military engagements in the Middle East drive recruits to extremist organizations, rather than away. Even Donald Rumsfeld’s Pentagon worried about that.
I completely concur and the Libertarian and Green parties are our only alternatives to this way of thinking. Hopefully the American people will wake up in time to vote for leaders who will lead us in a different direction, but I doubt it.
(...) Both candidates neglected to consider that no operational links between ISIS and the alleged Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, have been discovered. While Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS shortly before the attacks, he had reportedly previously claimed connections to two groups that oppose ISIS: the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah and al Qaeda.
And neither explained how escalating bombardments in Iraq and Syria would do anything to stop self-radicalized and/or unhinged attackers in the United States.
If ISIS is not doing anything to help coordinate or assist these sorts of mass killings, then destroying it — even if that were possible — wouldn’t make any difference.
And even if you blame ISIS for “inspiring” such attacks, the fact remains that there are any number of extremist ideologies that a deranged would-be killer could derive inspiration from — and you cannot bomb them all.
Clinton’s and Trump’s gusto about doubling down on what the United States is already doing — the U.S.-led coalition has conducted over 12,000 airstrikes against ISIS and other militant groups in Iraq and Syria — was echoed by sitting lawmakers. (...)
But the record shows that, if anything, U.S. military engagements in the Middle East drive recruits to extremist organizations, rather than away. Even Donald Rumsfeld’s Pentagon worried about that.
damn R_P you trying to get us crying? it just never ends 
