An emotional Obama: 'They had their entire lives ahead of them'

[paulbot24]

"They had their entire lives ahead of them." - Obama

Yes Obama, just as we do stuck with your Executive Orders. That thought can actually make one cry REAL tears.

 

[Carson]

Libertygirl posted this in another thread but it belongs here.

I saw this in another thread and figured it should be also.

Do you think this could be real?


The day 69 children died

LONDON: It is one of the worst incidents of the entire drones campaign, yet one of the least reported. A CIA strike on a madrassa or religious school in 2006 killed up to 69 children, among 80 civilians.

The attack was on a religious seminary in Chenegai, in Bajaur Agency.

CIA drones attacked on October 30, flattening much of the school. Their target was reportedly the headmaster, a known militant. According to some reports, there was also a token late contribution to the assault by Pakistani military helicopters. But dozens of children were also killed, the youngest aged seven.

Veteran journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai, speaking to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism from Peshawar, recalls visiting the village just after the strike: “People were devastated. I met with a father who had lost two children. He was very patient, talking of how God must have willed this, but he was clearly traumatised.”

Initially the Pakistan Army claimed that it had carried out the bombardment, even as shops and offices closed across the region and protests spread. But as the scale of the attack unfolded, the story changed. The Sunday Times carried a report from a key aide to then-President Pervez Musharraf stating: ‘We thought it would be less damaging if we said we did it rather than the US. But there was a lot of collateral damage and we’ve requested the Americans not to do it again.’

A week after the attack, a local English newspaper published the names and home villages of 80 victims. Sixty-nine were reported as children aged 17 or under. According to the paper’s sources,


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The rest is here;

http://tribune.com.pk/story/229844/the-day-69-children-died/

 

[Anti Federalist]

Shit, that deserves it's own thread.

I saw this in another thread and figured it should be also.


The day 69 children died

LONDON: It is one of the worst incidents of the entire drones campaign, yet one of the least reported. A CIA strike on a madrassa or religious school in 2006 killed up to 69 children, among 80 civilians.

The attack was on a religious seminary in Chenegai, in Bajaur Agency.

CIA drones attacked on October 30, flattening much of the school. Their target was reportedly the headmaster, a known militant. According to some reports, there was also a token late contribution to the assault by Pakistani military helicopters. But dozens of children were also killed, the youngest aged seven.

Veteran journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai, speaking to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism from Peshawar, recalls visiting the village just after the strike: “People were devastated. I met with a father who had lost two children. He was very patient, talking of how God must have willed this, but he was clearly traumatised.”

Initially the Pakistan Army claimed that it had carried out the bombardment, even as shops and offices closed across the region and protests spread. But as the scale of the attack unfolded, the story changed. The Sunday Times carried a report from a key aide to then-President Pervez Musharraf stating: ‘We thought it would be less damaging if we said we did it rather than the US. But there was a lot of collateral damage and we’ve requested the Americans not to do it again.’

A week after the attack, a local English newspaper published the names and home villages of 80 victims. Sixty-nine were reported as children aged 17 or under. According to the paper’s sources,


Snip...


The rest is here;

http://tribune.com.pk/story/229844/the-day-69-children-died/

 

[Carson]

Shit, that deserves it's own thread.

It says this happened in 2006. It all seems to be going right over our heads.

 

[Giuliani was there on 911]

You guys seriously can't believe that this saddened him? That he doesn't have a shred of humanity in him?

he's a murderous psychopath. I doubt it saddened him. It was just another political opportunity for him.

 

[KingNothing]

AF, you cited examples of actual heroes. They really do exist. I'm not denying that. I'm just saying that you in particular are a blowhard and that you in particular would not act heroically. That's all.

 

[acptulsa]

AF, you cited examples of actual heroes. They really do exist. I'm not denying that. I'm just saying that you in particular are a blowhard and that you in particular would not act heroically. That's all.

You can tell all of that from some blog posts, can you?

Let's set aside the question of whether or not the man is a blowhard for the moment. Some of the most heroic people you'll ever meet are blowhards. A lack of an internal censor is no handicap when the shit hits the fan.

So my advice is lay off the insults; it doesn't pay when you wind up insulting only your own intelligence.

"They had their entire lives ahead of them." - Obama

Yes Obama, just as we do stuck with your Executive Orders. That thought can actually make one cry REAL tears.

It does seem like an opportune time to remind him that the survivors damned well deserve their God-given and Constitutionally-guaranteed liberties, doesn't it? It would be a crying shame to have the survivors grow up to decide that their 'less lucky' classmates were the lucky ones after all.

 

[Anti Federalist]

AF, you cited examples of actual heroes. They really do exist. I'm not denying that. I'm just saying that you in particular are a blowhard and that you in particular would not act heroically. That's all.

Well, there you are wrong.

I have the citations to prove it.

Not that you'd really care or believe me or that I feel a particular need to defend myself against some internet poster.

I'm just curious why you are so filled with self loathing and fear to be blinded to the fact that normal everyday people can and do act heroically and selflessly every single day, and not sit back, detached, lacking any empathy and giggling?

 

[paulbot24]

AF, you cited examples of actual heroes. They really do exist. I'm not denying that. I'm just saying that you in particular are a blowhard and that you in particular would not act heroically. That's all.

I'm sure AF is in tears over your character assassination and he can't respond right now so I'll do it for him. Here you go tough guy:

 

[Republicanguy]

George W Bush shed a tear in 2007 during the Surge.

You must not forget their is some humanity in everyone including those in office, if you dwell on any bad incident reality will become much more difficult to live.

Btw, in 2007 Alex Jone's Infowars.com had a flash ad banner claiming if 9/11 was a fraud then so was the Apollo Moon missions. He cannot be trusted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpm7aEPwwUM

That's just great, I know their can't be a god when looking at that.

 

[KingNothing]

Well, there you are wrong.

I have the citations to prove it.

Not that you'd really care or believe me or that I feel a particular need to defend myself against some internet poster.

I'm just curious why you are so filled with self loathing and fear to be blinded to the fact that normal everyday people can and do act heroically and selflessly every single day, and not sit back, detached, lacking any empathy and giggling?

I don't think you understand. You are the only thing I am criticizing. I've seen heroic people take action. I've seen people act selflessly to do the right thing. You are a 300+ pound blowhard. Even if you would act heroically, I question if you would have the intellectual or physical dexterity to actually do anything effective. To me you seem like nothing more than a bullshitter. A talker who does not act. I may be wrong, but let's be honest - I'm not.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I don't think you understand. You are the only thing I am criticizing. I've seen heroic people take action. I've seen people act selflessly to do the right thing. You are a 300+ pound blowhard. Even if you would act heroically, I question if you would have the intellectual or physical dexterity to actually do anything effective. To me you seem like nothing more than a bullshitter. A talker who does not act. I may be wrong, but let's be honest - I'm not.

Oh, ok, so you've taken it upon yourself to make it your personal vendetta to "expose" someone you know nothing about, whom you've never met, and have no idea whether they are telling the truth or not.

Be my guest.

I know what's true.

Carry on now.

 

[Anti Federalist]

A talker who does not act. I may be wrong, but let's be honest - I'm not.

Oh wait, to this, in the realm of the fight for freedom we find ourselves in, yes, I plead guilty as charged.

I have not done one tenth of the work that some have done, or sacrificed one tenth the sacrifices, that were made by many of the men that have gone before me.

Just right here, people like Gunny, and llepard and Deborah K and Semetary, names that come to mind right off the top of my head, have far surpassed anything that I have done.

Historically, the sacrifices of those that have gone before are many times greater than that.

One of the reasons we're in the mess we are right now.

I doubt very much you are in any position to pass judgment on that, but, whatever, I have no idea who you are.

 

[NoOneButPaul]

Here this ass hole comes again interrupting my football game...

 

[AuH20]

I don't want the government looking after any children. Sorry bub.

 

[AuH20]

The lives of our children exceed our right to freedom. ROFL Get this scumbag off the TV.

 

[Anti Federalist]

The lives of our children exceed our right to freedom. ROFL Get this scumbag off the TV.

He actually said this?

We've already given up our freedom.

We're spied on and under 24/7 surveillance. Your agents grope and harass us at airports and now, surely, schools.

You have multi billion dollar facilities watching and recording every thing we do.

Your police kill us and our pets with impunity, in the name of their safety.

You said give up freedom, and we did.

You said it would make us secure.

You lied.

 

[AuH20]

He actually said this?

To paraphrase. Yes.

 

[FreeHampshire]

Why doesn't Obama cry for the hundreds of kids he killed with his drones

 

[Odin]

I'm surprised he's using this occasion as a way to promote gun control though he didn't say it outright. I thought he might at least try to appear less political than that.