US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January

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Oh I am sure other folks from other countries buy Chinese goods but not even close to the scale of what US Consumers buy.
Putting it on credit is not really buying, it probably also get you the cheapest and lest safe products they have (by your choice since the ones that pay their bills). All they would have to do is blockade themselves for 6 months and North America would be empty of people.
 

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It was a roadside bomb and the blast killed three children at a nearby school.
My point was why these idiots and assholes were anywhere near a school full of kids to begin with. Brain-dead assholes is what they are. Insurgents AND military. Both should leave their "collateral damages" somewhere else. I don't think insurgents would like it if people bombed near their families' schools because that's where the insurgents were when they were targeted. And I don't think the US soldiers would like people bombing near their kids' schools either. "Oh, well, lets go stand in front of some Pakistani school so when insurgents bomb us, they'll nail a few Pakistani kids, too." DUH!!
 

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Quoting MHz How about the children who die on days that isn't your birthday, do you feel the same about them??
Actually, she does. She fires off an awful lot of missives to people she thinks might listen about a lot of things concerning kids. And the ones that die because of adult stupidity get her most upset. Natural disasters are bad enough but they can't be prevented. I doubt there's anyone on the planet that loves kids more than Anna.
So, how about thinking before you say stupid things like that? You see, I think part of it's because kids have the job of learning, so there is no stupid question for them. A lot of adults, on the other hand, can ask really stupid questions, as you've just shown.
Yup.
 

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My point was why these idiots and assholes were anywhere near a school full of kids to begin with. Brain-dead assholes is what they are. Insurgents AND military. Both should leave their "collateral damages" somewhere else. I don't think insurgents would like it if people bombed near their families' schools because that's where the insurgents were when they were targeted. And I don't think the US soldiers would like people bombing near their kids' schools either. "Oh, well, lets go stand in front of some Pakistani school so when insurgents bomb us, they'll nail a few Pakistani kids, too." DUH!!

As more news came about it was a moving convoy that was rammed by a suicide bomber in a car. Unfortunately nobody can pick where they will be rammed or blown up by insurgents, but the insurgents can fix that problem.
 

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As more news came about it was a moving convoy that was rammed by a suicide bomber in a car. Unfortunately nobody can pick where they will be rammed or blown up by insurgents, but the insurgents can fix that problem.
People can pick what routes they use. It'd be a simple matter of avoiding school zones.
"We need to get from X Street to Y Avenue, so we'll take route A."
"Bad idea, Sir. Route A goes past a school."
"Oh, well, in that case, we'll have to use route B".
Yeah, it takes brain surgeons or rocket scientists to think like that. No wonder army people are called "grunts"; not much brighter than Neanderthals.
 

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People can pick what routes they use. It'd be a simple matter of avoiding school zones.
"We need to get from X Street to Y Avenue, so we'll take route A."
"Bad idea, Sir. Route A goes past a school."
"Oh, well, in that case, we'll have to use route B".
Yeah, it takes brain surgeons or rocket scientists to think like that. No wonder army people are called "grunts"; not much brighter than Neanderthals.

So I guess I'm not much brighter than a neanderthal.

For those in the know, the word Grunt is a term of endearment. Just like the movie...

"He can't make the decision...he's just a ... grunt... No offense"

"None taken"

So lets make a permanent route that the insurgents can sprinkle with IED's and wait for the daily convoys. That's real bright.
 

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So I guess I'm not much brighter than a neanderthal.
Your choice I guess.
For those in the know, the word Grunt is a term of endearment. Just like the movie...

"He can't make the decision...he's just a ... grunt... No offense"

"None taken"
Like I watch a lot of war movies. lol I was thinking "grunt" as in lingual ability and the indications of intellectual capabilities resulting from it.

So lets make a permanent route that the insurgents can sprinkle with IED's and wait for the daily convoys. That's real bright.
"So let's use route B today and on the way back we can use route H". Perhaps routes L and E next Tuesday."
"Ugh, we not do dat. We not brite enuff"
 

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Your choice I guess.

My choice? So all infantrymen are dumb as soon as they join the infantry. If they don't join they are smart but once they do join they are dumb.


Like I watch a lot of war movies. lol I was thinking "grunt" as in lingual ability and the indications of intellectual capabilities resulting from it.

Obviously

"So let's use route B today and on the way back we can use route H". Perhaps routes L and E next Tuesday."
"Ugh, we not do dat. We not brite enuff"

This is bright?
 

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So I guess I'm not much brighter than a neanderthal.

For those in the know, the word Grunt is a term of endearment. Just like the movie...

"He can't make the decision...he's just a ... grunt... No offense"

"None taken"

So lets make a permanent route that the insurgents can sprinkle with IED's and wait for the daily convoys. That's real bright.

I thought a 'grunt' was just a hard worker doing jobs others wouldn't do...
 

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My choice? So all infantrymen are dumb as soon as they join the infantry. If they don't join they are smart but once they do join they are dumb.
So who plans these routes? The cook in the local restaurant? The accountant in the office next door? Or does some Major Fred Bonehead plan the routes?



This is bright?
Planning alternate routes would be bright, yup. Apparently it didn't occur to the "geniuses" planning the route the convoy took.

Or how about;
"We need to get from point A to point B but there's a town between them. So instead of going around the town and preventing civilian deaths, we'll go right through the middle and that way we can see lots of "collateral damage".
 

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I thought a 'grunt' was just a hard worker doing jobs others wouldn't do...
lol I guess it's a matter of perspective. There are a lot of words with more than one definition.
In this case, I guess it is a job that no-one with any respect for life would do; IE putting kids in danger.
 
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So who plans these routes? The cook in the local restaurant? The accountant in the office next door? Or does some Major Fred Bonehead plan the routes?

Well they are in Pakistan so I am sure the local authorities have an input. However not being there I cannot say what happened.



Planning alternate routes would be bright, yup. Apparently it didn't occur to the "geniuses" planning the route the convoy took.

No responsibility goes to the guy who decided to ram the convoy near the school?

Or how about;
"We need to get from point A to point B but there's a town between them. So instead of going around the town and preventing civilian deaths, we'll go right through the middle and that way we can see lots of "collateral damage".

Is that what happened? They basically said...

"Lets drive through a town so we can get killed around people..hopefully children because that is what we want."

I doubt these grunts, as dumb as they are of course, did not want to get killed nor did they want children getting killed.
 

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Well they are in Pakistan so I am sure the local authorities have an input. However not being there I cannot say what happened.
Right, neither was I so we can only go on what we are told, right? It looks to me as if the people that planned the route were morons.





No responsibility goes to the guy who decided to ram the convoy near the school?
Reread my first post about the issue. It says, "I just heard it on the news that insurgents hit a Pakistani school and killed 3 kids and 3 US soldiers on a training mission.
What in the FµCK is the matter with those assholes doing a training mission at a school and WTF is the matter with those assholes that bombed the school!! If it were up to me, I'd drench each and every stupid SOB in napalm and light em up!
I think absolutely everyone involved with having soldiers near schools should be convicted of war crimes and spend the rest of their scummy lives in a Chinese jail."



Is that what happened? They basically said...

"Lets drive through a town so we can get killed around people..hopefully children because that is what we want."

I doubt these grunts, as dumb as they are of course, did not want to get killed nor did they want children getting killed.
If they didn't want kids getting killed because of their presence and they had any smarts they wouldn't have gone near where kids would be.