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« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2003, 01:21:12 PM »
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the US military is not evil at all, they're just incompetent.
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What a idiot.
Ahhh the plot thickens... so while  Saurdaukar reckons the civilian deaths were due to incompetence, you reckon they were killed on purpose? What dark and eldritch conspiracy theory do you adhere to?
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« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2003, 01:24:47 PM »
Did it occur to you that it is possible to unintentionally kill civilians without being incompetent?

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« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2003, 01:28:07 PM »
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Did it occur to you that it is possible to unintentionally kill civilians without being incompetent?
Shhh funked, you're frightening the fish. ;)
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« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2003, 01:33:11 PM »
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Did it occur to you that it is possible to unintentionally kill civilians without being incompetent?


Of course it is, if yer self serving CIC sticks you out there where you don't belong.

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« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2003, 01:58:34 PM »
Jesus Christ... I go to lunch and come back to a pond filled with bobbers.

Regardless of the numbers, its the method that counts here.  If you take a swipe at the guy screwing your wife and accidentally hit your grandmother because the chap grabbed her and used her as a shield, its kind of stupid to demonize the fist thrower.

But if you are screwing some guys wife and clock his kid in the teeth, youre directly targeting people that have nothing to do with the situation.

1.  Civilian casualties that occur as a result of misfortune.
2.  Civilian casualties that occur as a result of direct targeting.

What angers me is that #1 always seems to come to light when the US is involved - and we are then spit on, but #2 never seems to materialize, and on the rare occasion that it does, its still the US's fault in some fashion... sanctions, oil, women, money, arms sales, other assorted garbage.

UserName:  Are you stating that the Unites States is responsible for the worlds problems?

Yeager:  Who are you responding to?

-dead-:  Thats almost insulting - Youre going to have to do much better.  ;)