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NYT Reporter: Defense Department ‘Quite Tragically' Good at Killing People

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-07 02:33|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
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#1 DoD kills, NYT lies. It's what each does best, darling.

Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Guelph1287 2020-01-07 02:41|| 2020-01-07 02:41|| Front Page Top

#2
I don't think the US taxpayer would like it to be 'splendidly sloppy' at anything.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-01-07 03:02|| 2020-01-07 03:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Living in your heads, rent-free. LOL.

Herb Derangement Syndrome. I never thought I'd see the day... :D

Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-01-07 05:22|| 2020-01-07 05:22|| Front Page Top

#4 A hip propagandist of Ripon
So polished his pyramid (a pippin!),
It shone cherry red;
As he peeled it, he said,
"Yup, I promise to just put the tip in!"

Posted by Harry Lover of the Gepids1344 2020-01-07 06:18|| 2020-01-07 06:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Wiki: Helene Cooper currently aged 53 was born on 22nd April 1966 in Monrovia, Liberia. Her parents had to face several crimes and injuries to get the family to security. They entered the United States on a tourist[visa] before getting a green card [during] Ronald Reagan's Amnesty.

Posted by b 2020-01-07 07:02|| 2020-01-07 07:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Better style of muzz outreach than NASA...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-07 07:08|| 2020-01-07 07:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Ummmm yes....

And don't you forget it.

Posted by Ptah 2020-01-07 12:42|| 2020-01-07 12:42|| Front Page Top

#8 "This is something that the American Defense Department, quite tragically almost, is very good at doing. We know how to kill people," she said...
It was called the War Department for most of its institutional existence, Oh Ignorant One!, and it's their job!!

Posted by magpie 2020-01-07 13:05|| 2020-01-07 13:05|| Front Page Top

#9 I would suggest the NYT "Journolist" was just amazed that somebody else was effective and did their job

Posted by Frank G 2020-01-07 14:12|| 2020-01-07 14:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Well yes.. Stars and Bars Aviation: Bombs on target; anything less just make them another unscheduled airline.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2020-01-07 15:03|| 2020-01-07 15:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Warheads on foreheads...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-07 15:34|| 2020-01-07 15:34|| Front Page Top

#12 I for one, am glad the DOD is good at what they do.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-01-07 17:05|| 2020-01-07 17:05|| Front Page Top

#13 "Those who ‘abjure’ violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf." - George Orwell; 'Notes on Nationalism'

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-01-07 17:18|| 2020-01-07 17:18|| Front Page Top

#14 "The purpose of a military force is to kill people and break things."
I first heard this from Rush Limbaugh many years ago. His point was that the military is not supposed to be a social experiment, or welfare agency.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-01-07 18:56|| 2020-01-07 18:56|| Front Page Top

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