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Ex-defense chief Robert Gates: GOP candidates 'simplistic' about Islamic State - GMDino - 01-20-2016 I know, I know...we are all stunned. I mean if it was as simple as just bombing the shit out them even Obama could have figured it out. Right? http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/01/19/Ex-defense-chief-Robert-Gates-GOP-candidates-simplistic-about-Islamic-State/6471453232720/?src=FB Quote:WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said GOP presidential candidates "don't know what they're talking about" when it comes to dealing with the Islamic State. RE: Ex-defense chief Robert Gates: GOP candidates 'simplistic' about Islamic State - BmorePat87 - 01-20-2016 He's smart enough to know they're just feeding into the rhetoric of the dumb American. None of them are going to carpet bomb a region. They'll just do what Obama does and drone some civilians and call them enemy combatants if they're men that are teens or older. RE: Ex-defense chief Robert Gates: GOP candidates 'simplistic' about Islamic State - oncemoreuntothejimbreech - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 12:34 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: call them enemy combatants Nah. "Unlawful" combatants. Enemy combatants are entitled to protections under the conventions of warfare, such as due process. An unlawful combatant can be held without charges indefinitely (depending upon how you interpret the law.) RE: Ex-defense chief Robert Gates: GOP candidates 'simplistic' about Islamic State - fredtoast - 01-21-2016 (01-20-2016, 12:34 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: He's smart enough to know they're just feeding into the rhetoric of the dumb American. None of them are going to carpet bomb a region. They'll just do what Obama does and drone some civilians and call them enemy combatants if they're men that are teens or older. Oh the irony of Bmore talking abou the "rhetoric of the dumb American" and then claiming that Obama just uses drones on random civilians. We know from the response of our enemies that these drone strikes have been very effective at killing our eneimies. But just because there have been some collateral kills some "dumb Americans" have fallen for the claim that this is all that is happening. The drone strikes are not perfect, but they are not just random strikes against civilians. |