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Offline Thrawn

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« Reply #30 on: September 22, 2002, 12:29:58 AM »
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What the hell is that supposed to mean?
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« Reply #31 on: September 22, 2002, 12:42:57 AM »
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BTW - the perps of the '93 WTC bombing were caught and are in the slammer. where's osama? :confused:  


Guess they didn't catch them all, eh? Where IS Osama? Thought he'd be in jail with the rest of the '93 bombers from your info. :confused:

Who is Osama Bin Laden?
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« Reply #32 on: September 22, 2002, 01:14:21 AM »
Hmmm.

"As a military commander, Bin Laden was respected for his organisational skills, his bravery and, above all, for his ability to survive. "
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« Reply #33 on: September 22, 2002, 01:21:50 AM »
Obviously he's a survivor, although he may not have dodged the bullet this time. Only time will tell I guess.

But what I was really referring to, after KG45's post was this:


From the BBC article:

Attacks linked to Bin Laden  

1993 World Trade Center bomb

1996 Killing of 19 US soldiers in Saudi

1998 Nairobi and Dar es Salaam bombs

2000 Attack on USS Cole in Yemen

2001 attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon  


So not catching Osama is Bush's failure?

It's never as simple as folks try to make it, I think.
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« Reply #34 on: September 22, 2002, 08:01:21 AM »
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Meant no offense Gofaster and Monk.  

The point I was trying to make is, the military is only interested in college graduates nowadays


For officers only.  The VAST majority of enlistees (which make up the vast majority of the DOD) are not college graduates.
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« Reply #35 on: September 22, 2002, 08:11:32 AM »
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draft dodger and proud of it, eh?.
kinda like uber-hawk dick cheney - 5 draft deferments, had 'other priorties than military service' (his words). never shouldered a rifle.


There's a difference between bieng deferred and quitting.

after the '93 bombing of the WTC, WJC tripled the FBI's anti-terrorism funding. unfortunatetly the FBI spent most of the '90  crotch sniffing.

And spent the remainder of his term crippling the Intelligence community.

and last time I checked, GWB was in charge on 9/11/01. or hasn't his presidency started yet?

It's also your own fault you were born... nobody else had anything to do with it right?

BTW - the perps of the '93 WTC bombing were caught and are in the slammer. where's osama? :confused:  

Because they were here in country, sloppy and something other than well trained and experienced in terrorist operations.  If you have any bright ideas about finding Osama, I'm all ears.. I'm sure there are many others willing to listen too.
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« Reply #36 on: September 22, 2002, 09:37:57 AM »
>There's a difference between bieng deferred and quitting<

i'm curious - what did clinton quit?

clinton = college deferments = draft dodger
cheney = college deferments = draft dodger

whats the difference?

BTW = i'm no clinton fan, he gave the repubs everything they wanted during his 8 years. still can't figure out why the RW hates him. maybe they got something against peace and prosperity? :cool:
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« Reply #37 on: September 22, 2002, 10:01:39 AM »
When you say "mandatory", are you picturing what would have been good for you? or what you would like to see others benefit from.

Because generally when you are thinking of something that is 'mandatory' that would benefit everyone, you are thinking of handing over more freedom for a quick all encompassing answer that will never solve the problem you had in mind in the first place.

Giving decisions to one (entity), instead of spreading the load out among many, ruins our nation imo. What one entity has the time to consider everyone fairly and kindly? besides God.

 Instead of handing the decision up the chain, I think people should take more responsibility for their own lives.
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« Reply #38 on: September 22, 2002, 02:14:28 PM »
that sounds like an incredibly stupid idea. where is all this money supposed to come from? why not just build more cruise missiles and forget about this whole mandantory bullcrap?
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« Reply #39 on: September 22, 2002, 03:56:48 PM »
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If he had taken care of business in his 8 years of paid vacation


anybody care to compare gw's vacation days to clinton.  seems like bush has been on vacation more atleast 25% of the time.
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« Reply #40 on: September 22, 2002, 03:59:45 PM »
But I'm not even a US citizen.  :(
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« Reply #41 on: September 23, 2002, 06:31:35 PM »
WJC, not counting his intern activities, did nothing his entire 8 years except put this country at risk.

Thus I credit him with 8 years of paid vacation.
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« Reply #42 on: September 23, 2002, 07:21:57 PM »
Please do not send me anymore dud broke-dick worthless soldiers. The ones we have are tough enough to get rid of.
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