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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:11:42 +0100, ®i©ardo wrote
(in message ):

Please don't expect love and kisses when you degrade our service men
and women!! They are not and never have been assassins!!

Fidel Castro would take great comfort from your words. Luckily
incompetence won the day, on many days.

I didn't think the US military (as opposed to civilian arms of the
US government) were directly involved in any attempt to assassinate
Fidel Castro.

On the other hand, Saddam Hussein - were he alive today and
contributing to abpa - might want to mention 19 March and 7 April
2003 (al Dora and al Mansour respectively) as examples of
assassination attempts carried out by US forces.

Or does 'decapitation' not count as assassination?

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"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful
tone, 'It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor
less'.

'The question is,' said Alice, 'Whether you can make words mean so
many different things'.

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'Which is to be master -
that's all'. "

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Netko wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:11:42 +0100, ®i©ardo wrote
(in message ):

Please don't expect love and kisses when you degrade our service men
and women!! They are not and never have been assassins!!

Fidel Castro would take great comfort from your words. Luckily
incompetence won the day, on many days.

I didn't think the US military (as opposed to civilian arms of the
US government) were directly involved in any attempt to assassinate
Fidel Castro.

On the other hand, Saddam Hussein - were he alive today and
contributing to abpa - might want to mention 19 March and 7 April
2003 (al Dora and al Mansour respectively) as examples of
assassination attempts carried out by US forces.

Or does 'decapitation' not count as assassination?

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Is it worth losing your head over?

"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful
tone, 'It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor
less'.

'The question is,' said Alice, 'Whether you can make words mean so
many different things'.

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'Which is to be master -
that's all'. "



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Moving things in still pictures!

Netko wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:11:42 +0100, ®i©ardo wrote
(in message ):

Please don't expect love and kisses when you degrade our service men
and women!! They are not and never have been assassins!!

Fidel Castro would take great comfort from your words. Luckily
incompetence won the day, on many days.

I didn't think the US military (as opposed to civilian arms of the
US government) were directly involved in any attempt to assassinate
Fidel Castro.

On the other hand, Saddam Hussein - were he alive today and
contributing to abpa - might want to mention 19 March and 7 April
2003 (al Dora and al Mansour respectively) as examples of
assassination attempts carried out by US forces.

Or does 'decapitation' not count as assassination?

he was a legitimate military target, same as Yamato.

redc1c4,
(to all but the obtuse, anyway. %-)
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"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 8:09:34 +0100, redc1c4 wrote
(in message ):

On the other hand, Saddam Hussein - were he alive today and
contributing to abpa - might want to mention 19 March and 7 April
2003 (al Dora and al Mansour respectively) as examples of
assassination attempts carried out by US forces.

Or does 'decapitation' not count as assassination?

he was a legitimate military target, same as Yamato.

Then you and he could have discussed, compared and contrasted at
length (and probably ad nauseam). But, as I am not Saddam, I don't
feel any pressing need to get involved.

redc1c4,
(to all but the obtuse, anyway. %-)

That'll be a reference to me, doubtless.

Though I'd use a different description.

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