Re: [OT] Obama said: "American people understand that not everybody's been following the rules"

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists () tx rr com> wrote:
> --On October 14, 2011 2:05:40 AM -0400 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:44:44 PDT, Mike Hale said:
> > > Seriously!  Think about the injustice of having American helicopters
> > > engage armed individuals shadowing American soldiers.
> >
> > Shooting at "armed individuals" is one thing.  If it's "civilians and
> > Reuters employees" who *aren't* obviously armed, it's something else.
>
> And if they hadn't actually been armed, with AK-47s and RPGs, you might
> have a point. But since they were, you don't.
Yea, the reporters armed with cameras, and the unarmed bystanders and
children, were a real threat.

Jeff

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