rayven80 
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Sorry he's not from Wyoming, but the Wyoming county in Michigan.
Reply #1525. Feb 20 12, 1:09 PM
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daver852
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Well, I did't burn any flags, but I think the fuss over her death was all out proportion.
Reply #1526. Feb 20 12, 3:45 PM
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boxjaw
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At least 144 members of the military have lost their lives in Iraq and Afganhistan that hail from New Jersey. Was the flag flown at half staff for each of them? Houston didn't even live in New Jersey anymore, let alone Newark.
Reply #1527. Feb 21 12, 12:01 AM
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turbotude
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Boxjaw and Daver: We do indeed live in a world turned upside down. Should we stop expecting justice and common sense, or do we rail against the insanity?
Reply #1529. Feb 23 12, 3:33 PM
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| lesley153
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Outrage smothered by political correctness.
Reply #1530. Feb 24 12, 8:16 PM
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| houston1127
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Selective outrage is very annoying, Daver. Where's the outrage for the Western sanctions on Iran that, if they are anything like the sanctions on Iraq, will only harm the poorer classes and not the ruling class. Recall the Iraq sanctions resulted in the malnourishment and deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi kids. You vilify a single act of barbarism but fail to acknowledge mass villainy and murder.
This is the same Fox News that encourages a war on Iran that will kill far more Iranians than the Irani government ever has. The same Fox News that cheerlead the Iraq invasion. How much blood does Fox News and the US government have on its hands? Where's the outrage for that?
Reply #1531. Feb 24 12, 9:29 PM
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daver852
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I thin there's a big difference between things that happen as a result of war - tragic as they may be - and a government that is barbaric enough to execute a man for no other reason than his religion. I would be just as outraged if some country executed someone for converting from Christianity to Islam.
Reply #1532. Feb 26 12, 5:43 PM
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| honeybee4
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Where is the outrage that Iran has declared that they will nuke Israel when they get the bomb, pulling the world into WW3,killing how many millions including children and me and you.
Reply #1533. Feb 26 12, 8:55 PM
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| lesley153
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Same place, I think, where the outrage was when shells were coming over the border from Lebanon into Israel every day for eight years, hitting homes and schools - kept well under wraps till Israel decided to defend itself and then the outrage was uncontained. Why couldn't it have carried on putting up with the daily bombardment? Weren't they overreacting, retaliating after only eight years?
Reply #1534. Feb 26 12, 9:42 PM
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| houston1127
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Daver--Anything goes in war? You're not outraged by kids killed as a result of an American embargo. You side with Madelaine Albright when she said Iraqi civilian deaths were worth it? And when did the US go to war against Iran?
HB--That sounds rather dubious. Can you provide citation?
Lesley--Israel is its own country and can do what it wants. I would just like my country not to be dragged in with it. And I really can't stand blatant propoganda, lies, and distortions to get the ignorant American public in the mood for another war.
Reply #1535. Feb 26 12, 11:09 PM
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| C30
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"Outrage" is usually confined to whatever is "politically correct" at the time by the media. Some nations are deemed "politically correct" targets and showing "outrage" scores "brownie points" for that section of media.
Some nations are not seen thus, so irrespective of misfortune that may befall them, little "outrage" is forthcoming.
Israel, Lesley, comes under the latter!
Reply #1536. Feb 27 12, 1:34 AM
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| lesley153
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"Israel is its own country and can do what it wants." Well said. Without global condemnation?
"I would just like my country not to be dragged in with it." I understand completely! (from a country that seems to be getting dragged into quite a lot of things).
Ray, 'twas not always thus. In 1967, 'twas not thus at all.
Reply #1537. Feb 27 12, 6:42 AM
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| Greatguggly
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The ignorance lies in the notion that all will be well if America doesn't help defend our allies. Well, maybe in the eyes of some, Israel being wiped off the map (not hard to find the Ahmanutjob quotes) wouldn't be such a bad thing. Houston, again you seem to only be concerned with death caused by the U.S. Your outrage is very selective. If you feel the war we fought in Iraq was unjustifiable, I can at least understand the argument. Afghanistan is a different story. I don't see what happened 10 1/2 years ago as propaganda. You imply, by your omission and selectivity, that our enemies are just innocent lunkheads who want peace and can't understand what the fighting is all about. Iran, for instance, has sponsored the INTENTIONAL murder of innocents for decades and continues to do so. By your reasoning, there was no reason for us to enter WWII.
Reply #1538. Feb 27 12, 10:02 AM
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| Greatguggly
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Hasn't history proven that not standing up to maniacs like the leadership in Iran only causes more loss of innocent life and leads to longer, more drawn out wars?
Reply #1539. Feb 27 12, 10:04 AM
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| lesley153
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Hasn't history proven... only to people who are taking notice.
Reply #1540. Feb 27 12, 10:12 AM
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