Israel Blockades Lebanon

You statement had nothing to do with proving bias. Your statement was a sentence fragment that made little sense.

Of course I have bias just like everyone else. I think I made that point about 10 pages before your comment. Yet you tried to post about a show and pretend that it was truthful.
 
He didn't make it up. It is a rather common phrase in the US.




Hey, I am interested in hearing it.

So far, I think we have heard DCombatives solution, my thoughts on a solution, and none from anyone on the other side. (Ok, we did Apotheosis's but I think it is so unreasonable, that I am ignoring it. Sorry guy.) I would love to hear a reasonable solution that doesn't eradicate any countries or people groups.
 
I am not sure what you are saying is made up there? Homicide bombers instead of the commonly used suicide bombers? Aren't homicide bombers terrorists that use explosives to kill their victims while suicide bombers a sub group that blows themselves up in order to make it easier to reach others with the explosives in order to kill them?
 
Not at all. What I'm implying is that national armies have the right to use force by sanction of their gov't, as opposed to whenever they feel like it as Hezbollah. In theory, the gov't also keeps the military or police force on the right length of leash as well as oversees their compliance with the Laws of War or acceptable Use of Force laws. There is no such oversight for a non-state actor. Mass genocide isn't ok no matter who does it. But there is a greater likelihood of that genocide being prevented by the natural check an oversight like a national gov't places on a military force. Obviously, there are exceptions, but look at it this way: Right now everyone is screaming that Israel is violating Geneva Conventions etc and with the same breath making excuses for Hezbollah since they aren't party to the conventions. What if there was no agreed upon rules for war because none of the parties were state actors? What would war be like if no one involved felt the slightest obligation to comply with the treaties? There has to be some sort of authority that governs the conduct of hostilities. The alternative is unthinkable.
 
dc is using it to describe the latter.. not the first one.

on edit..

actually what dc is saying is that there is no differnce between the two. they are both homicide bombers. the problem with his thought process is, if you follow his logic anyone who goes out and kills someone with a bomb is a homicide bomber, be they soldier terrorist etc. his terminology is far to vague to make any sense.
 
Don't feel all special; we killed more of our own troops than the Iraqis did too. However, I picked up a little saying about this topic: "Friendly Fire...isn't." That leads me to my basic rule of thumb: "Incoming Fire has the Right of Way." Both were taken from Murhpy's laws of Combat and I have to say, Murphy was quite a military mind.
 
Hezbollah is very well organized, so they have "oversight" just as the U.S Army has oversight.

As to international agreements on the rules of war, we all know they are only followed when they are convenient.

Who governs the U.S militaries actions, the President.

Just as Hezbollah is governed...

Only real difference is that we have different objectives and we have much more power. But when it comes down to it, we are willing to kill to get what we want just as Hezbollah is.
 
Following the argument that you have presented, wouldn't the phrase suicide bomber reflect that the most important person that died was the bomber? That the suicide is what is important not the killing of others?
 
go back and read my post that covers why suicide is used... did you read the last 4-5 posts i did that covered my arguements?
 
I guess it is wrong to equate muslim with terrorist (which it is!) but ok to equate Israeli with war criminal and terrorist and American with illiterate and the KKK.
 
As you both say, he doesn't look tied. He doesn't look like a human shield at all. It may very well be a pretty much made up story.

By the way, when I tried to go to the website to see the details, I got a security warning.
 
The President has ultimate responsibility; oversight occurs all the way down to the lowest level within the chain of coofftopicnd. Additionally, Congress, the Press, and the American people perform oversight on the conduct of their military. However, the President does not 'govern' the actions of the military. Those are governed by Geneva Conventions, The Uniform Code of Military Justice, United States Code, and the Rules for Courts Martial. Your assertion that the rules of war are followed 'only when convienient' is false and incorrect. Right now there are several high profile cases awaiting trial in which servicemen have been accused of violations and are being prosecuted as a result of investigations initiated, and conducted by the military itself. Today I saw that the Marines involved in the Haditha incident will most likely be indicted and if they are indeed guilty I will be the first person to say I hope they are punished to the fullest extent of the law.

The assertion that Hezbollah is governed just as the military or America itself is not only false, it's offensive. Go live under Hezbollah's rules for a little while and if you come back, let's see if you'll say it's the same. Your attempt to draw a moral equivalency between Hezbollah and the US disgusts me.
 
Here, I'll stick up for Gajah and say that just like Sankaku's post, there's no reason to assume it's false. If you're going to say it's a fake, prove it's a fake.
 
It's supposed to differentiate between a guy who plants a bomb to kill people and a guy who kills himself while murdering people. And truthfully, homicide bomber is indeed redundant. But I'd rather be redundant than imply some sort of importance to a dirt bag that straps a bomb to himself. Truth is, I'm glad the jerk off is dead; it just pisses me off somebody didn't stop him from hurting other people before he went boom. If they want to die so bad to get their virgins, line 'em up: I'll send them to allah in a heartbeat.
 
I think it's funny that the "illiterarte, redneck KKK member" that I'm supposed to be is the guy at MAP in the inter-racial marriage who beats the drum the loudest for Americans to become more multi-cultural aware through travel, education, and language.
 
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