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2009-11-26 Arabia

Houthis Accuse Yemeni, Saudi Troops Of Using Excessive Force

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Excessive force? In a war?

I am not sure that isnt a non sequitur.

All war IS excessive force. Violence is the name of the game, Deception and murder are the definition of war. The object is to win, there is no other option at ALL. You squash people and shoot the dog on the way out. You sucker the other guy whenever you can, and you dont care how bad it hurts. You dont know morality from a flamethrower. Jesus who?

You gang up on cripples and shoot them in the back. You prefer to get them while they are asleep.

If there was any "other" way to do the thing you wouldnt be at war. You poison the wells and leave them to starve. Then you lie about it and blame them for everything. Later on you write the history book and tell everybody who will listen, that it was forced on you and the carpet bombing was "necessary". No one complains...they are all dead.

We all have it coming, dont kid yourself. You absolutely dont want what's "fair". Trust me.

Carry a wirecutter and and a screw driver in your back pocket for their gold teeth and rings.

Posted by Angleton9 2009-11-26 03:12|| 2009-11-26 03:12|| Front Page Top

#2 And a shooter of Thorazine.

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-26 07:23|| 2009-11-26 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 I find it hilarious to see these folks trying the same "guilt trip our opponents" strategy on each other, thinking it will work like it does with the softies in the west.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2009-11-26 08:43|| 2009-11-26 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, Goldstone can't come investigate---cause Jews are not allowed into Arabia.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-26 08:59|| 2009-11-26 08:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Excessive force? Anyone knows that there is no such thing as long as it doesn't involve Jooooos losing patience after 8000 (eight thousands) missiles fired upon their civilians.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-11-26 10:20|| 2009-11-26 10:20|| Front Page Top

#6 A Saudi military source said from the battleground that "offensives launched by Houthis are direct suicide operations, which makes it impossible to achieve a military victory.

The source added that Houthis attempt to cause human losses among the Saudi troops.

The irony is very, very rich... Reminds me of that saudi prince who gloated that the US army was a paper tiger way back in the beginning of the US occupation of iraq, claiming that th eUSA should be "worried about getting ran over by mexico"... and, here, we have... the Mighty Saudi Army in action... methinks they're less impressive than the "Lions" they fancy themselves to be...

Oh, well, they will resort to blind application of firepower and wipe them out through vastly superior tech (and probably, numbers).

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-11-26 14:26|| 2009-11-26 14:26|| Front Page Top

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