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Subject: How much is an afghan life worth ? ..... 50K
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. paid $50,000 in compensation for each villager killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Sunday.

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=DCSAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-03-25-05-31-29

 

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Subject: How much is an afghan life worth ? ..... 50K
What else can America do when modern politics has dictated that apologizing is always wrong and unamerican?

Giving money is nice but the amount is obviously too low.

 

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What does that equate to in Afghan money? Whats the average household income out there?

 

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Depends if anyone's looking.

 

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I'd say the price of a bullet.

 

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Subject: How much is an afghan life worth ? ..... 50K
Good move. No amount of money will bring someone back... but this is more than most innocent people killed by the U.S. over there have got.

I am sure that it is a pretty big amount over there and hopefully it is at least symbolically showing that we are sorry.

 

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"The families were told that the money came from President Barack Obama."

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Ungabhunga posted:
"The families were told that the money came from President Barack Obama."

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Lol.

 

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Subject: How much is an afghan life worth ? ..... 50K
ikkoikki posted:
What else can America do when modern politics has dictated that apologizing is always wrong and unamerican?

Giving money is nice but the amount is obviously too low.


The US didn't even apologize? Your country is f$$$ing $$it if they cant do that.


Edited myself for profanity.

 

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They can buy a lot of IED's with that.

That said, an Afghan life aint worth jack isht and we over paid by $49,999.99 per "victim".


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-Mithan- posted:
ikkoikki posted:
What else can America do when modern politics has dictated that apologizing is always wrong and unamerican?

Giving money is nice but the amount is obviously too low.


The US didn't even apologize? Your country is f$$$ing $$it if they cant do that.


Republicans already always get on Obama's case for going around apologizing for America. So when America really messes up, such as in this case, Obama can't apologize or the right wingers will be like "HAH, see, we told you so. He's a traitor, he apologized for America."

Our politics is really retarded Mithan

 

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Loses its impact when the open would have complained about ANY amount, or no amount.

 

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overpaid by $80,000

 

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to me? nothing

 

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America doesn't need to apologize.

We need to try the soldier based on our laws. Period.

If Obama wants to throw cash at more brown people, he can use his own damn money.

 

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TheUnholyGhost posted:
America doesn't need to apologize.

We need to try the soldier based on our laws. Period.

If Obama wants to throw cash at more brown people, he can use his own damn money.


Wait, are you saying it's wrong for a foreign country to apply their laws to citizens not of their own country?

 

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Since when did Afghanistan have laws, didn't we pretty much do away with those when we invaded?

 

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$50k? Damn, I could get a nice BMW for that...

 

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the families should pay us for killing them

 

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Allmightybob_MLF posted:
TheUnholyGhost posted:
America doesn't need to apologize.

We need to try the soldier based on our laws. Period.

If Obama wants to throw cash at more brown people, he can use his own damn money.


Wait, are you saying it's wrong for a foreign country to apply their laws to citizens not of their own country?


Not at all.
He was taken into custody on what is essentially US Soil.
He's a murderer, throw him to the Afghani government for all I care.

But we shouldn't be paying a dime.

 

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actually a life of any American or Canadian is worth that much to victim services, whom pay out to victims or their families max 50k

 

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