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Offline Raider179

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« on: April 28, 2005, 03:20:46 PM »
And the preliminary NCTC report said there were 651 terrorist attacks in 2004 classified as "significant," with 1,907 people killed.

Data released last year by the State Department for 2003 said 208 attacks killed 625 people worldwide. Of those attacks, 175 were deemed "significant," which at the time marked a 21-year high.

So terrorism is on the rise world wide... I am saying its too close to call right now.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/terror.report/index.html

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« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2005, 03:25:20 PM »
What is the threshold of "significant"?
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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2005, 03:27:56 PM »
I am still more scared of cancer, so i guess winning

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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2005, 03:29:55 PM »
Obviously we're winning, there hasn't been an orange alert in forever!
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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2005, 03:35:39 PM »
You can't win the war against terror. It will be an ongoing fight until man excists no more. You may be able to limit it or at best track down a few of them but thats it.

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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2005, 03:40:05 PM »
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You can't win the war against terror. It will be an ongoing fight until man excists no more. You may be able to limit it or at best track down a few of them but thats it.


No but you can be winning it or losing it. So which do you think it is? are we winning or losing? Not will we ever win.

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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2005, 03:42:12 PM »
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No but you can be winning it or losing it. So which do you think it is? are we winning or losing? Not will we ever win.


Then I would say that we are losing it.

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« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2005, 03:45:18 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2005, 03:46:13 PM »
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You can't say that says raider.. its either win or lose.

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« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2005, 03:48:50 PM »
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And the preliminary NCTC report said there were 651 terrorist attacks in 2004 classified as "significant," with 1,907 people killed.

Data released last year by the State Department for 2003 said 208 attacks killed 625 people worldwide. Of those attacks, 175 were deemed "significant," which at the time marked a 21-year high.

So terrorism is on the rise world wide... I am saying its too close to call right now.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/terror.report/index.html


The very idea of a "War on Terrorism" is silly and an absurd impossibility.  I think i'll go start a the "War on Anger" but that will have to come after my smaller yet more pressing "War on Personal Hunger" as I am off to go make a sandwich.

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« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2005, 03:54:56 PM »
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You can't say that says raider.. its either win or lose.


lol

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« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2005, 05:57:58 PM »
come on raider , say what you want to say....bush evil , USA evil, war on terror evil,we can't win, run away..run away...

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« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2005, 06:07:40 PM »
Well we are doing infinately better with the war on terror then we are on the war on drugs.
So I'd say were winning
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« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2005, 06:10:31 PM »
Its a problem for the USA to win this so called war against terrorism, when it also supports terrorists and their terroristic actions.

Just one example:

The MEK is listed as a terrorist organisation - not only by the Islamic Republic of Iran but also by the USA.

They are iranians who fought from iraqi bases during the Iran-Iraq-War on the side of the arabs against the iranians.
They are considered as traitors by most of the iranians.

During the reign of the Shah the MEK-terrorist also killed US soldiers and civilians, who were working in Iran.

Saddam gave them military bases and military equipment, not only amall guns but also tanks, APCs, artillery and so on.
The MEK was also used by Saddam in fighting the iraqi kurds during Iran-Iraq-War.

When the US-forces captured Iraq these bases were not closed - no, the MEK-terrorists were allowed to stay there and to march around with their small guns. Only their heavy weapons were taken away.

And still today the MEK, operating from Iraq, are performing terroristic attacks against iranian targets.

So again: How do you expect to win a war against terrorism, if terrorists are allowed to act from US-controlled area ?

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« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2005, 06:10:50 PM »
Lets see...

I'm not dead.
USA is still here.
I can vote.
I can be whatever religion I want.
I have a job, my family, a girlfriend.
My friends are here.
Aside from acts of nature, I have no threats.


Yeah we're winning.

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