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You better watch and read up on collateral murder again, because it sure as shit wasn’t an example of America having no qualms about killing journalists.

boomboomsubban 6y ago
Two journalists were killed for being with people committing no hostile actions, the soldiers involved in the actions laughed and taunted those they slaughtered, the government then lied about what had happened for years, and the only people to face punishment are Manning and Assange. And no, carrying weapons in a war zone does not make this acceptable. When exactly does the US give a shit about killing journalists?
- lawnchair_larry 6y ago
  No, that isn’t what happened. Why are you pretending that they knew they were journalists instead of acknowledging that this incident was a tragic mistake?
  - boomboomsubban 6y ago
    Nothing in my post pretends that, and "how should we know the media card carrying unarmed civilians we shot were journalists" doesn't help their case as much as you think.
    - lawnchair_larry 6y ago
      It helps it exactly as much as I think. Obviously the only one who said anything like that is you though. And now you’re falsely claiming that they intentionally targeted unarmed civilians.
      - boomboomsubban 6y ago
        I might be able to agree with your extremely forgiving view of the military's actions if they didn't cover the incident up for years. Instead, they intentionally shot unarmed civilians who had done nothing wrong merely for being close to people carrying weapons and reported killing insurgents.
        lawnchair_larry 6y ago
        I’m not “forgiving” anything, just accurately recalling the events. You seem to be intent on lying about what happened, even though it’s all in video.
        boomboomsubban 6y ago
        You keep accusing me of lying without even attempting to explain how I'm wrong. The original group containing two journalists was fired on with the US fully aware only a few weapons were present, and with no hostile actions happening. Explain how shooting those people isn't intentionally targeting unarmed civilians.

boomboomsubban 6y ago

Two journalists were killed for being with people committing no hostile actions, the soldiers involved in the actions laughed and taunted those they slaughtered, the government then lied about what had happened for years, and the only people to face punishment are Manning and Assange. And no, carrying weapons in a war zone does not make this acceptable. When exactly does the US give a shit about killing journalists?

lawnchair_larry 6y ago
No, that isn’t what happened. Why are you pretending that they knew they were journalists instead of acknowledging that this incident was a tragic mistake?
- boomboomsubban 6y ago
  Nothing in my post pretends that, and "how should we know the media card carrying unarmed civilians we shot were journalists" doesn't help their case as much as you think.
  - lawnchair_larry 6y ago
    It helps it exactly as much as I think. Obviously the only one who said anything like that is you though. And now you’re falsely claiming that they intentionally targeted unarmed civilians.
    - boomboomsubban 6y ago
      I might be able to agree with your extremely forgiving view of the military's actions if they didn't cover the incident up for years. Instead, they intentionally shot unarmed civilians who had done nothing wrong merely for being close to people carrying weapons and reported killing insurgents.
      - lawnchair_larry 6y ago
        I’m not “forgiving” anything, just accurately recalling the events. You seem to be intent on lying about what happened, even though it’s all in video.
        boomboomsubban 6y ago
        You keep accusing me of lying without even attempting to explain how I'm wrong. The original group containing two journalists was fired on with the US fully aware only a few weapons were present, and with no hostile actions happening. Explain how shooting those people isn't intentionally targeting unarmed civilians.