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Offline trapeze

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Oh Cool, Secret War In Yemen
« on: June 08, 2011, 10:12:28 PM »
Big headline at Drudge...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has intensified the American covert war in Yemen, exploiting a growing power vacuum in the country to strike at militant suspects with armed drones and fighter jets, according to American officials.

The acceleration of the American campaign in recent weeks comes amid a violent conflict in Yemen that has left the government in Sana, a United States ally, struggling to cling to power. Yemeni troops that had been battling militants linked to Al Qaeda in the south have been pulled back to the capital, and American officials see the strikes as one of the few options to keep the militants from consolidating power.

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This has really got to be hitting all of the buttons with the extreme left base. Secret war. Covert ops. Death squads. They must be so proud of their president 'cause like Bush was evil and this is hope and change and stuff.
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Re: Oh Cool, Secret War In Yemen
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2011, 10:16:16 PM »
This has really got to be hitting all of the buttons with the extreme left base. Secret war. Covert ops. Death squads. They must be so proud of their president 'cause like Bush was evil and this is hope and change and stuff.

Sure it does.  That's why we see massive antiwar demonstrations by International Answer and Code Pink on a daily basis.

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Re: Oh Cool, Secret War In Yemen
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2011, 10:52:14 PM »

Bringing light to the world he is.


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Re: Oh Cool, Secret War In Yemen
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2011, 06:48:49 AM »
ObaMao's worse than Bush*tler!

That's what they should be saying...if they were consistent and not hypocritical...

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ETA - Menawhile, just another little undeclared war the clock doesn't matter about, since the War Powers Act has been stripped bare...


We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.


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Re: Oh Cool, Secret War In Yemen
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2011, 06:38:56 AM »
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.