At Least Some of the Protests in Afghanistan Were Over 8 Women Killed in a NATO Airstrike
The United States continues to insist that worldwide anti-American protests by Muslims are solely attributable to a trailer for an anti-Islamic film, Innocence of Muslims, even as the actual occurrence of a demonstration prior to the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi is questioned by the Libyan government itself.
Meanwhile, anti-American protests erupted again over the weekend in Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan, where the United States has waged a war for the last eleven years. As usual, the protests there have been attributed to resentment against the film. Over the weekend, a NATO airstrike reportedly hit a group of village women collecting firewood. Villagers brought the bodies to the local government office while chanting “Death to America,” according to local authorities. Notably, too, the first Islamist protests on 9/11, in Jakarta, were not hooked to a film at all.
Forty Afghan police officers were injured at violent demonstrations in Kabul earlier today, a change of pace from a weekend that saw a renewed surge of green-on-blue incidents, when uniformed Afghan security forces attack Western troops in the country, a phenomenon certainly preceding Innocence of Muslims.
The wisdom of a continued U.S. presence in Afghanistan is left unquestioned in a government-driven narrative where the often violent outburst of Anti-American sentiment is attributable solely to a movie trailer that’s apparently been on YouTube for months.
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So the offending filmmakers called in an airstrike? Am I understanding this correctly?
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Those fucking bastards!
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Can you believe the perfidy?
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Did they kill Kenny? I thought it was just some wimmins, so no harm no foul. #MuslimRage
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Is there anything CGI can't do?
Imagine: Michael Bay with the power to call in airstrikes. Real ones. I think the whole earth would be destroyed.
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For a scene that doesn't advance the story and, in fact, gets edited out.
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CGI can't make Real Lorraine Bracco as hot as she was in "Goodfellas". Those days are gone forever. #MuslimRage
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Why, oh why, did I read the comments at the CBS News link?
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by formerlyluvnut September 16, 2012 4:59 PM EDT
There is NO such thing as "innocent" ANYBODY in the entire Middle East fool; if you think there is then you are a moron.The entire Middle East.
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#MuslimRage
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It is almost like there is some kind of conflict going on here or something.
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Where does liberty stand if the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan?
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Same place it's always stood, I'd wager.
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Yeah I honestly can't figure out what this guy's saying. Liberty will be wiped out if we withdraw from Afghanistan?
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The Taliban are friends of liberty?
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The Afghani government are friends of liberty?
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In the U.S.?
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At Least Some of the Protests in Afghanistan Were Over 8 Women Killed in a NATO Airstrike
Blasphemer!
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I visited a college campus this morning. Some 100 turned out to hear Gary Johnson rail against overseas military adventurism. Where were the other 10,000? (Yeah, in class, ha ha.) I thought,
"Bring back the draft and there would be 5,000 here this morning."
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The draft would be a disaster. Think about what you are saying "Have the government enslave these kids so they will agree with me!!"
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That's "Alfred E. Neuman", Reason.
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I would love to see the actual data of how many times the damn video has actually been accessed. By date and location.
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I've watched it 3 times. Which is the least anyone can do for one of the most important documentaries of our times...
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alfred e newman
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So they're still doing bombing runs while simultaneously trying to mollify massive popular protests in a country we're barely in control of?
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They hate us for our Strategy!
