Have you seen the video of our downed Spy Drone?

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lowtech1

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Originally posted by: Thraxen
And, I don' t believe what you say about Vietnam for one moment, because I was living there though it.

Actually, children were used as suicide bombers in Vietnam, so what he says may indeed be true.
What you said is true, but I haven't ever heard of an incident that a GI were shot at by the same person that he gave a candy to.

Maybe that all us beloved patriot looks the same to GIs therefore they can?t tell the different between a boy that they gave a candy to & the one that is shooting a them.

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Marshallj

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Originally posted by: lowtech
Originally posted by: Thraxen
And, I don' t believe what you say about Vietnam for one moment, because I was living there though it.

Actually, children were used as suicide bombers in Vietnam, so what he says may indeed be true.
What you said is true, but I haven't ever heard of an incident that a GI were shot at by the same person that he gave a candy to.

Maybe that all us beloved patriot looks the same to GIs therefore they can?t tell the different between a boy that they gave a candy to & the one that is shooting a them.

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Oh ok, you never heard about it so therefore it didn't happen. Great logic.

So you lived in Vietnam, therefore you knew about EVERYTHING that was going on in the country, right? You seem to think that someone's FIRST HAND experience is incorrect, just because you lived there you somehow "know better".

Yeah, you're a moron.

 

Marshallj

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Originally posted by: lowtech
Originally posted by: Marshallj
Originally posted by: lowtech


You have BS writen all over your face!

You are a complete moron. And it's "written", not "writen".

Llearn ttoo sspel, jakass.
I'm glad that you are not in a position of command over others. If you have your way non English speakers are deemed to be moron, and are unfit to have intelligent reasoning.

Now I understand why many foreigner complains about the American arrogant due to some narrow minded mono tongue hillbilly, but luckily most educated US citizen is much more tolerant to other cultures.

No, I'm just not afraid to call an idiot an idiot.

I find it funny that other cultures always put down Americans and call them rednecks and hillbillies all the time, but look at the amount of technology developed here in the USA... we're not all a bunch of hicks.

And I would not call you a "beloved patriot". I may judge people on their attitude or intelligence or other things, but their race isn't one of them. There are way too many jerks in this world... once I meet somebody who is nice I honestly don't care what race they are.

Besides, when I criticized your grammar how was I supposed to know that english wasn't your first language? I can't see what you look like, all I see is a little Christmas tree.


 

eliteramen

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Having a spy drone explode, regardless of whether or not there are civilians around (of whom some may be combatants, wtf does it matter?), is frickin wrong. And being curious about the downed equipment of an invading army does not an enemy combatant make.

I would, however, also like to address whoever said that a camera drone is not a big loss ... the aircraft was a UAV (Unmanned Aerial (?) Vehicle) ... pretty high-tech. And US military obviously does not want to let that kind of tech get into enemy hands.

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WinkOsmosis

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Who cares if the women and children are combatants? You would kill innocent people along with possible combatants because they are climbing on your equipment?? For Christ's sake, what the hell is wrong with you people?? This really makes me sick.
 

Marshallj

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Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Who cares if the women and children are combatants? You would kill innocent people along with possible combatants because they are climbing on your equipment?? For Christ's sake, what the hell is wrong with you people?? This really makes me sick.

I wouldn't kill innocent people. If you read my post, I said that just because they are women and children does not make them innocent. Lots of them are even shooting at us.
 

Marshallj

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Originally posted by: eliteramen
Having a spy drone explode, regardless of whether or not there are civilians around (of whom some may be combatants, wtf does it matter?), is frickin wrong. [eR]


Why is it wrong to have a spy drone that explodes? Would it be wrong if the spy drone fired missiles, too?

Is a cruise missile that explodes any better? If you shoot a cruise missile down it explodes, why should a spy drone be any different?

That Apache was brought down, and they bombed that without caring if there were people around. If the US government is afraid that our technology will fall into enemy hands, they will destroy the equipment as soon as they can. If there are people around at the time it's unfortunate but doesn't change the fact that it's going to get bombed.
 

fluxquantum

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Originally posted by: Marshallj
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Who cares if the women and children are combatants? You would kill innocent people along with possible combatants because they are climbing on your equipment?? For Christ's sake, what the hell is wrong with you people?? This really makes me sick.

I wouldn't kill innocent people. If you read my post, I said that just because they are women and children does not make them innocent. Lots of them are even shooting at us.

you mentioned "lots of them are even shooting at us". where is the evidence to back your claim?
 

Marshallj

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Originally posted by: fluxquantum

you mentioned "lots of them are even shooting at us". where is the evidence to back your claim?

I will allow you to do your own damn homework. I'm sick of people demanding that I dig through the websites and publish my research and post it in convenient links so their lazy asses can click on them. Do a search and you'll find it.
 

JellyBaby

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Why is it wrong to have a spy drone that explodes? Would it be wrong if the spy drone fired missiles, too?
Because you don't always know who will be targetted when the booby trap explodes. Please reread the thread; it's obvious you're not getting it.

An armed spy drone attacks designated targets and that's a world of difference.
 

Marshallj

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Originally posted by: JellyBaby
Because you don't always know who will be targetted when the booby trap explodes. Please reread the thread; it's obvious you're not getting it.

An armed spy drone attacks designated targets and that's a world of difference.

It seems that you are the one not getting it.

Like I asked, how is that different than having a spy drone crash, and then having to bomb the wreckage to prevent the enemy from stealing the technology?

It's just like the Apache... it doesn't matter whether there is a bomb in the aircraft itself or not. Either way the wreckage is going to get blasted soon after it goes down regardless if there are people standing around it or not. There were people standing all over that Apache. Do you think we cared if there were people standing near the aircraft when we blew it up?
 

heedory

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Originally posted by: Marshallj
Originally posted by: heedory
some american are going crazy..

"Some american are going crazy"?

Your grammar skills are almost as poor as lowtech's.

Don't give me excuses, give me correct grammar. Once you master that you can work on your reasoning skills.

You are against what I say due to your lack of knowledge, and you cannot expect me to treat a dunce as my equal.

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."

Your president's grammar skills are as poor as mine..

I'm not ashamed of my skills

first, teach your president..