RedRalph
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NATO kill 13 Afghan civilians
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So.... what?
Are we gonna start a thread each time something like that happens? I mean, how many civilians did Taleban kill last week? It's a war out there, you know.
Are we gonna start a thread each time something like that happens? I mean, how many civilians did Taleban kill last week? It's a war out there, you know.
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sorry, I didnt realise your uncaring attitude towards Pakistanis also extended to Afghans
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My uncaring attitude extends towards everything what is ordinary.
Seriously, every day, there is some massacre in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East in general, in Africa or in Asia.
We usually start a thread about them only if they're somehow special. What makes this case special, according to you?
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I can start a thread if I feel like starting it, I dont have to pass your criteria. If you dont want to read the story, dont read it
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I don't say you have to, I am just interested.
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But it shouldn't, how can we improve it so that it does not happen?
I suppose if you ask real nice, the enemy might be willing to move to a wide open expanse away from all civilians and radio their position in to NATO. Maybe even get them to pop off a smoke grenade when they hear the aircraft coming in for the air strike.
It's going to happen from time to time if the enemy moves among the civilian population. However, note it isn't even confirmed that it really happened this time...
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Because what we end up with is a defeated military but no war weariness in the populous.
Also, our inability to be brutal emboldens certain forms of tactics by enemies that are detrimental to civilians. If hiding behind civilians didn't work, people wouldn't do it. It does, so they do.
I don't normally quote from this source, but he did get a lot of things right, substitute proper nouns where appropriate:
"Cesare Borgia was reputed cruel, yet his cruelty restored Romagna, united it, and brought it to order and obedience; so that if we look at things in their true light, it will be seen that he was in reality far more merciful than the people of Florence, who, to avoid the imputation of cruelty, suffered Pistoja to be torn to pieces by factions."
Also, our inability to be brutal emboldens certain forms of tactics by enemies that are detrimental to civilians. If hiding behind civilians didn't work, people wouldn't do it. It does, so they do.
I don't normally quote from this source, but he did get a lot of things right, substitute proper nouns where appropriate:
"Cesare Borgia was reputed cruel, yet his cruelty restored Romagna, united it, and brought it to order and obedience; so that if we look at things in their true light, it will be seen that he was in reality far more merciful than the people of Florence, who, to avoid the imputation of cruelty, suffered Pistoja to be torn to pieces by factions."
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If the enemy is hiding among civilians and effectively using the latter as shields, then the enemy killed the civilians, not NATO. Reasonable people should get this into their heads, especially when talking about the Middle East.
The only possible mistake is when there is actually no credible threat in that location.
The only possible mistake is when there is actually no credible threat in that location.
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seriously redralph, do you need a discussion everytime someone gets killed in afghanistan? seems kinda futile...
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and despite this, plenty of people still post on the topic. go figure
