Oh Gregory, stop. I'm on your side, dawg. I'm glad he's dead. I'm glad it was done within the confines of the law. I just didn't like how the country reacted afterword. Agree to disagree, man.
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Oh Gregory, stop. I'm on your side, dawg. I'm glad he's dead. I'm glad it was done within the confines of the law. I just didn't like how the country reacted afterword. Agree to disagree, man.
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This.
Same people that were somewhat suprised anyone would think it was a good thing to summarily execute people after they had surrendered, perhaps. I never expected that to turn into an argument.
Please link me to where I said it was ok to kill a detained prisoner.
Also, nice job completely ignoring the fact that you were arguing a baseless scenario.
If you didn't think that, then you would not have objected to the position I (and others) took that we needed to make sure that didn't happen.
The only information we has at the time is that he was unarmed. The notions that he was resisting and he was not resisting were equally baseless. In democracies, we raise these questions because we hold our to a high standard.
Wow... so by taking the position that it was a good thing that OBL was killed in the raid, you automatically assume that I am OK with a detained prisoner being executed in front of his family? Really?
I don't mind questioning what happened. But there's a difference between waiting for a debrief of the situation and making **** up to argue about.
I don't mind questioning what happened. But there's a difference between waiting for a debrief of the situation and making **** up to argue about.
Presume much?
Not at all. It was by your taking the position that I was wrong for saying we needed to make sure Osama was not executed after surrendering, that I assumed you were OK with a detained prisoner being executed in front of his family. Otherwise, why would think I was wrong for taking that positon?
Although, considering how badly you misread the previous post, I have no problem at all believing you misread the vast majority of the other posts in this thread.
As I said, I never expected it to be an argument.
Please elucidate any unfounded presumption you think that sentence rested upon.
So far, you haven't given me a reason to think otherwise. In fact, you just agreed with the point that a few of us were trying to make, after arguing with us. Misreading posts happens frequently enough.
Okay...
TheDude said:
One Brow said:
So your "if-then" was not based upon a presumption of what TheDude thought? Interesting.