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eggplant

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47. It's like hot dogs and hot dog buns.

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #17)

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 02:00 PM

Feb 2014

They never run out at the same time. You've always got some left of one of them, and then you have to get more, ...

Where does it end?

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6 Unanswered Questions About Obama's Drone War [View all] G_j Feb 2014 OP

Recommend. morningfog Feb 2014 #1

Drones + secret extrajudicial kill lists MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #2

Nothing. Nothing at all. nt Demo_Chris Feb 2014 #13

Answer 5. If a drone kills them, then they are "combatants". GoneFishin Feb 2014 #3

First month without a US drone strike in Pakistan for over two years ProSense Feb 2014 #4

Maybe they just stopped reporting them whatchamacallit Feb 2014 #5

"First month without a US drone strike in Pakistan for over two years" cali Feb 2014 #6

Actually, ProSense Feb 2014 #8

The Drone Unknowns G_j Feb 2014 #11

The BIJ reports aren't from the government. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #12

"The BIJ reports aren't from the government" cali Feb 2014 #14

WTF? ProSense Feb 2014 #15

Yes bobduca Feb 2014 #21

Sorry, I don't click on your links. ProSense Feb 2014 #22

but its a link to your work bobduca Feb 2014 #35

Sorry, no sale. ProSense Feb 2014 #39

You see, the joke is, EVERY link to DU is work-safe for you! n/t bobduca Feb 2014 #40

Clapper and Alexander don't lie, either! Titonwan Feb 2014 #42

So? blackspade Feb 2014 #18

Well, ProSense Feb 2014 #19

I think you have me confused with another poster.... blackspade Feb 2014 #34

Sorry, fixed. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #38

No problem! blackspade Feb 2014 #41

it's point bobduca Feb 2014 #23

Oh, so Titonwan Feb 2014 #30

Well, ProSense Feb 2014 #31

that's great, however G_j Feb 2014 #7

Legitimate questions. Still, the report is a good sign. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #9

Maybe we ran out? eggplant Feb 2014 #10

Ran out of what? Drones or terrorists? No can't be terrorists, they will never run out, A Simple Game Feb 2014 #17

It's like hot dogs and hot dog buns. eggplant Feb 2014 #47

It ends if "We the People" ever take back control of our Country. n/t A Simple Game Feb 2014 #48

Of money. n/t ReRe Feb 2014 #20

Bwahahahaha! There's an endless supply of that. Just cut social services and voila! valerief Feb 2014 #32

Snort! Titonwan Feb 2014 #43

This is terrible policy. blackspade Feb 2014 #16

I thought that was the idea - To create enemies to fight for fun and profit. RC Feb 2014 #24

^^^^this^^^^ L0oniX Feb 2014 #26

x-actly! blackspade Feb 2014 #33

"War is a Racket" Titonwan Feb 2014 #44

Don't forget about JSOC which is under direct control of the POTUS and his mini me. L0oniX Feb 2014 #25

Fomenting more terrorism which we can spend more tax dollars on! bobduca Feb 2014 #27

"How does the administration justify the targeting of American citizens?" Titonwan Feb 2014 #28

Won't somebody please think of the jobs! SHRED Feb 2014 #29

Drones nil desperandum Feb 2014 #36

The drone conceit would seem exactly the "permanent war footing" DirkGently Feb 2014 #37

Well Said. bvar22 Feb 2014 #46

especially when others follow in our steps G_j Feb 2014 #49

Question 7: How many new Al Qaeda recruits are raised after a drone strike? Octafish Feb 2014 #45