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Offline Shuckins

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« on: September 26, 2005, 08:13:58 PM »
Perhaps I'm being too cynical.  Yet it appears to me that the terrorist strategy is beginning to bear fruit.  

They know their enemy well.  It isn't important or necessary for them to defeat our military, even if that were possible.  

All they have to do is defeat our mothers.

What are your thoughts on the matter?
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Offline Gunslinger

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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2005, 08:26:11 PM »
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Perhaps I'm being too cynical.  Yet it appears to me that the terrorist strategy is beginning to bear fruit.  

They know their enemy well.  It isn't important or necessary for them to defeat our military, even if that were possible.  

All they have to do is defeat our mothers.

What are your thoughts on the matter?


Yup one of the joys of free speech.  Your enemy can come on your soil, go to a college campus, have a ralley, and defeat you from within.  Wouldnt have it any other way though.


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Oops don't forget about our darling media.  Every peice of sensationalized doom and gloom helps as well.
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2005, 08:29:26 PM »
They're using the tools we've made available to them to good effect.
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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2005, 08:29:30 PM »
Of course, the media wouldn't have had such an easy time of it if Hussein was half the threat he was portrayed to be.
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2005, 08:32:01 PM »
Sooo...is it ok for Saddam to massacre hundreds of thousands of his own people as long as he leaves us alone?
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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2005, 08:37:25 PM »
It is... unless you've got $200 Billion burning a hole in your pocket. ;)
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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2005, 09:51:32 PM »
Keep in mind - Stalin killed millions of his own people, as did Pol Pot. Key is - THEIR own people. Somehow we're ok with that.

Hitler - well...he killed everyone not just his own. Stupid man I guess...

Its odd - I remember a thing by Eddie Izzard saying something to the effect "we don't really know how to cope with those #'s. Some guy kills 5 people, you give him 5 life sentences. Another kills 15, you stick him in a room under observation." Once you reach the 100,000 level you almost cheering "good job ol boy, hellova accomplishment. You must get up really early in the morning. Lets see...today...death, death, death, death, lunch, death, death, death." So the dude lives under house arrest for the rest of his life. Just don't go inside of that ****ing house."

Same will come of saddam in some seaside resort. Just hope he gets the anal train with a sign on his door saying "please disturb".

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« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2005, 11:04:13 PM »
Im not deterred.  I do worry about all the weak sisters though, but I think we can skull bash them into coming along this next bit.
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« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2005, 11:43:02 PM »
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They're using the tools we've made available to them to good effect.


Well, we don't want to take away their freedom of choice now do we?
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« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2005, 12:02:33 AM »
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Well, we don't want to take away their freedom of choice now do we?


nor do we want to take away ours

Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.

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Offline Toad

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« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2005, 12:05:32 AM »
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt.

Ben Franklin.

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.


There's a few versions around but all of them are attributed to Franklin afaik.

Just sayin'.
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« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2005, 12:13:03 AM »
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« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2005, 12:52:15 AM »
"oops"

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« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2005, 01:04:49 AM »
w00t! a 3 for 1
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« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2005, 01:35:50 AM »
This was already predictable way before the Iraq war, because it didn't have a solid support even with the lies which led to the invasion.
Worse yet, there was no solid plans after the war, or at least rather naive, which didn't take into count certain obvious things.
So is it supposed to be a surprise if people wants to pull back from Iraq?

I objected to invading Iraq with the reasons that Bush gave for the war, but now that Bush has got it done his way, the american troops also better stay there until Iraqis have a solid government, which can't be overthrown in a week by warlords and fundamentalists.
Otherwise it'll become an Afganistan II.
There was hardly any terrorists in pre-war Iraq, but if the Iraqi government falls, it'll be full of Al Qaedas and what not - all thanks to Bush.
Now if ever is the time to protect the world peace by succesfully cleaning up the mess that Bush has left behind.
Otherwise the world will loose even the small bit of confidence left on the USA.
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