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no_to_war_economy (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:22 PM Original message |
If Bush is a War Criminal, Then What About the Troops |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Being a Veteran,I would say yes |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. This should be interesting... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Thank you for launching "Operation Yellow Popcorn" |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Sorry I wasn't able to contribute sooner... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. We seem to be in the same boat on this. And "Operation Yellow Popcorn" was.... |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. No problem... |
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Big Pappa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. And |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. The troops are legally required to follow the orders of their commanders, |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Why take an oath to the COTUS then? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Seems to me that troops are held up to two different standards |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm reluctant to extend blame too far down the chain of command. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Accountable? NO......Complicit? Absolutely........ |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Courts will not allow LT Watada to argue the war is illegal so troops must be innocent. n/t |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. We The People are far more complicit than the troops. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Nuremburg trials would be what we could look to |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. The war may be illegal by UN standards, but soldiers are judged by Geneva accord, not the UN charter |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Agreed. It IS possible to serve a dishonorable nation honorably. |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Troops Voted Overwhelmingly For Bush/Cheney in 2004 |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. do you have polling data to back that up? |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I've never seen the stats you're citing |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. God, I hate those Counterpunch fuckers |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Victims of Bushler? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Both. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Ordinary Men" by Christopher R. Browning explains it. |
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OregonBi (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Research Nuremberg |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Just following orders |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. I give the troops a pass in most circumstances |
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Big Pappa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 05:13 AM Original message |
Have you served? |
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Big Pappa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 05:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Have you served? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. There is no draft and we do have an all volunteer army now. I |
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Big Pappa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 06:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Bingo. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yes |
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outofbounds (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
32. When you enlist |
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