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Neither does the government, these days.

'To avoid counting civilian deaths, Obama re-defined "militant" to mean "all military-age males in a strike zone"'

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/29/militants_media_propaganda/




This thread reminded me of one of my favourite skits from Mitchell & Webb, Needlessly Ambiguous Terms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cake3bwnY


Wow, I didn't know about that. That's ridiculous. I remember watching this comedy bit from Chris Rock about the end of the 'innocent bystander', and I never thought it would actually happen one day.


No female militants?


Of course there is, why else.Obama would explode the 67 year old grandma with a direct hit while she was at.home with her grandchildren while enjoying her flower garden? ( and yes, this actually happened )





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