outofit 0 #76 December 22, 2002 complacency leads to boredom which has what has occurred in afganistan. i guess washington has decided to focus their efforts elsewhere such as beefdbing up our national security as opposed to dropping daisy cutters into foxholes with little or no results at capturing the big fish. also, we should not forget that the bush administration obviously perceives iraq to be a more formidable opponent given the fact that bush senior couldn't get the job done in the gulf war. if the united states government thinks it is going to thwart out al quaeda and it's terror network in such a short time frame then they might as well pack up and go home. the problem with dealing with terrorists of this nature is that they will lay in wait for as long as it takes for them to accomplish their objective and this is a difficult task to defend against. It is better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #77 December 23, 2002 Quote>Journalists talk about buying goods on the streets of Baghdad, >and those merchants love our American dollars. What does that mean? ...Does that mean all that is OK? What I mean is that while our respective governments (not just US and Iraq) turn out their versions of the truth, our respective peoples (whether be US, UK, Iraq, France, China, Australia, ad infinitum) do not have a fundamental hatred for each other overall (I'm painting with a broad stroke). QuoteWe like to think that American deaths are much more significant than deaths anywhere else. They're not. Any violent death is sad, and mass deaths are all too common throughout the world. 9/11 was a great tragedy for the US, but it was not unique and did not unite the world. (Although it certainly did scare the western world.) Seeing as how citizens from over 50 coutries were killed in the attack, I am still in awe as to how these "enlightened" countires lose the feeling of that "scare". It is, in my view, unfortunate. The images of the reaction of the world indicates to me that there was far more "unity" than you may not be giving credit for (this is perception too). Quote...UN reports indicate Al Quaeds camps are starting up again... Not sure what that has to do with Iraq though. I can't find an archived report, but it was communicated fairly consistently during the earlier stages of our campaign in Afghanistan that the camps are mobile and that things would be difficult. I've read of the same "issues" in the news, and I've not read that we are scaling back our presence in the area.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #78 December 23, 2002 Surely you don't still belive the bunkum about WMD's? What have they got? OIL. Simple as that. The US has about 15 years oil reserves left, the UK about 6 years, Iraq 100 years (and that's just known oil fields). I wish the governments would just be straight about this. US and UK troops are to die and to kill for the oil, lets get real. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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