Bomb-Sniffing Dog Suffers PTSD

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This makes me sad for some reason...

[Wavelength]

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It is pretty sad.

But I'd be a lot sadder to hear about dozens of civilians or soldiers dying because, in the interest of protecting animals from human-instigated trauma, they decided not to employ a bomb-sniffing dog that could have detected a bomb.

[Red Dragon]

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To tell the truth, I'd rather not have to send either into war.

[Wavelength]

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To tell the truth, I'd rather not have to send either into war.

Gonna do my best not to derail the topic with a long-winded argument, but as horrible as war is, would you rather see innocent people be repressed or killed by greedy, ruthless dictators and warlords?

[Ωbright]

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Gonna do my best not to derail the topic with a long-winded argument, but as horrible as war is, would you rather see innocent people be repressed or killed by greedy, ruthless dictators and warlords?

I don't want to derail the topic either, but what you just listed are excuses for war, not reasons for it. If Pol Pot had had oil, we would have gone after him, but we didn't... and he killed millions.

Sorry Cambodia, try having something we need next time!

[Wavelength]

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I don't want to derail the topic either, but what you just listed are excuses for war, not reasons for it. If Pol Pot had had oil, we would have gone after him, but we didn't... and he killed millions.

Sorry Cambodia, try having something we need next time!

Totally agree that they should be the reasons, not excuses. We should have threatened the life and power of Pol Pot and his "revolutionaries" the moment they got into power. It would be nice if we did the same against the psychopaths in Pyongyang.

Maybe the Resource Curse is even more true than we think?

[Sampson]

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Here's my anti-war argument:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlfQQ...layer_embedded

[Cutter De Blanc]

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Gonna do my best not to derail the topic with a long-winded argument, but as horrible as war is, would you rather see innocent people be repressed or killed by greedy, ruthless dictators and warlords?

As long as it's not me~

[orius]

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Totally agree that they should be the reasons, not excuses. We should have threatened the life and power of Pol Pot and his "revolutionaries" the moment they got into power. It would be nice if we did the same against the psychopaths in Pyongyang.

Maybe the Resource Curse is even more true than we think?

Eh, I don't think it's simply a matter of oil. The Khmer Rouge came to power right around the time America was getting sick of Vietnam, and Cambodia's right next door. So there likely there was scant domestic interest in getting involved there as well, beyond the military actions that Nixon was already taking/had already took there. Possibly whatever long-term strategy he had might have worked if he didn't make the mistake of Watergate, but then again it might not.

[Red Dragon]

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Gonna do my best not to derail the topic with a long-winded argument, but as horrible as war is, would you rather see innocent people be repressed or killed by greedy, ruthless dictators and warlords?

I'd rather those dictators and warlords not exist!

[Sampson]

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I like the fact that you never hear about how Obama lied and broke his pledge to have the troops out of Iraq in 16 months.

Are people waking up yet?

[The Toecutter]

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Almost any animal can suffer from PTSD, including iguanas and snakes.

If bombs are such a problem, then perhaps it would be wise to remove people from situations where they pose threats?

Regardless, the advances made in robotics over the last few years will make bomb-sniffing dogs obsolete before long.

I like the fact that you never hear about how Obama lied and broke his pledge to have the troops out of Iraq in 16 months.

Are people waking up yet?

His new pledge is to have them out by August 31, 2010, but even that plan will still leave at least 50,000 behind in Iraq AND the role of the soldiers leaving will be replaced by private contractors(more accurately referred to as mercenaries).

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Do you all wanna know what the sad thing is? I didn't foresee this as becoming some war argument. (I should've, though...)

Mostly, I posted this for the sake of the dog.

[Wavelength]

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Do you all wanna know what the sad thing is? I didn't foresee this as becoming some war argument. (I should've, though...)

Mostly, I posted this for the sake of the dog.

Well, I guess it's like this: if war-related PTSD can do this much damage to a dog, imagine the horrors it can inflict on a person who completely understands what's going on and has to carry its weight for their whole lives.

I do feel really sorry for Gina, obviously she didn't deserve it... it's just that I don't really know what else to say about it. What exactly did you want to discuss about the dog?

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Actually, you kinda hit the nail right there. Mostly, I was surprised that a dog got it....