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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:20 PM Original message |
Defense Secretary: Killed Somali Pirates Were "Untrained" Teenagers |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well thank god they're dead. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
63. And thank god the captain is alive |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Aw, now you've gone and peed on the party people were having. |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Anti-Privacy efforts in Somalia? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Heaven forbid that they would be blessed with a moral upbrining like us Americans. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. I joined the Army when I was 17 |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I agree. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Most 17 year-olds I know don't always make the best decisions. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. In Somalia I bet 17 is middle age for males. nt |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I did too.And they have 5 days to surrender. They new the Navy was around them |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. My grandfather lied about his age and fought in WWI when he was 16. |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. I joined the Marines at 18 |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Did you run the operation when you were 17... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. As did the pirates |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I made an adult decision that could have cost me my life n/t |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Would one really be comforted by being kidnapped by a bunch of heavily armed teenagers? |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Easier, probably. Teenagers think they're immortal. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Irrelevent |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thank you. nt |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well, there's a lot you can do before the critical moment |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Exactly. |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. And they shot at our guys |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yea well I think those would be the most dangerous kind if you are a hostage. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. Young, male, heavily armed, and clueless. Probably the most dangerous possible combination. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The Navy can deal with nukes but not teenagers? We're screwn! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. They dealt with them quite impressively. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
70. Wrong |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. I think they did an excellent job of dealing with them |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
64. teenagers are much more dangerous |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Don't forget hungry and hopeless |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. And they were stealing relief supplies going to poor people |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. The underlying causes (I assume you mean cause, and not symptom) are |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Young, dumb and full of (another word for sperm) |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Apparently the risks are no longer "relatively small" nt. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. "He also noted that there is no purely military solution to piracy in the region." |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wow. He's acknowledging poverty as a factor. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. and how many DUers were insulted for such statements over the past couple days? nt |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. A 13, 16, 17, 25, 35, 45, 65, Phill Spector, Columbine, Paduca |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
67. That makes a lot of sense |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Of course they were. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. They're pirates |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Not up on my pirating history I see. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. People whose families are starving will do pretty much whatever they think will help |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yep... and now they are messages to the rest of the Somali pirates...and I'm ok with that |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. Shooting kids. But Yay Navy Seals! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You do realize that teenage boys can be very vicious right? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. That' no rationalization for summarily executing them |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. And if you were that hostage, I suspect you might have been |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. There was no execution- they had a machine gun to a man's head. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #48 |
69. They recaptured the captain after he attempted to escape, beat him |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
71. Child soldier willing to fire on navy dudes and with a gun to the captain = bullet |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Those so called fucking "kids" had AK-47s and RPGs. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I don't care if them kids were 12...it don't matter...they were warned...give it up |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. I'm just SICK of the bloodlust |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. My grandfather went to war in WWI at 16 years old. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Gates gets it |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. But until then |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Are you done playing internet tough guy? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. True, but it comes with a portend, "no way in my view to control it unless you get something... |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. No, you DO NOT! |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Lighten up. Elwood |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
72. Nonsense. It's just a phase. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. yep. nt |
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Mark Twain Girl (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Strong critic of Gates here but he's right: "no purely military solution to piracy in the region" |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
73. Yeah. Gates may be right, but |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
56. So were the Columbine shooters - you'll get no sympathy from me |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #56 |
74. Faulty comparison |
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JustinL (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
57. you mean our defense secretary is a naive, elitist, pirate apologist? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
59. A bullet to the head from a 17 yr old makes you as dead as one from a 40 yr old |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Hell here in US we had an 8 year old accused of killing his |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Right, find me a 17 yr old who is not mentally handicapped, that doesn't know NOT to kill people |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Bingo. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
61. So were Klebold and Harris. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
68. So the Def Sec is a pirate apologist, eh? |
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