SkyDekker 1,465 #26 January 10, 2006 QuoteWell, for your info, "gullible" is NOT in the dictionary Guess you are one of them http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gullible Edited to add: and I am sure you are right the war won't cost around $2 trillion either.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #27 January 10, 2006 BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! heh. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #28 January 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteAre they the ones you mean? The ones who think "gullible" is not in the dictionary. Well, for your info, "gullible" is NOT in the dictionary. only if you bought your dictionary from Bush supporters... they removed all the words they disagreed with....____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #29 January 11, 2006 Quote Well, for your info, "gullible" is NOT in the dictionary. It's in my dictionary. I doubt that seriously, unless you have some sort of off-brand dictionary. Did you look it up? . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #30 January 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteWell, for your info, "gullible" is NOT in the dictionary Guess you are one of them http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gullible Gee, THANKS for pointing that out to me -- and for defining the word at the same time. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #31 January 11, 2006 QuoteQuote Well, for your info, "gullible" is NOT in the dictionary. It's in my dictionary. I doubt that seriously, unless you have some sort of off-brand dictionary. Did you look it up? "Gullible" is in my dictionary. My dictionary is called Cassell's. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #32 January 11, 2006 Quote["Gullible" is in my dictionary. My dictionary is called Cassell's. Geez. PT Barnum was a very smart man. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,175 #33 January 11, 2006 QuoteQuote["Gullible" is in my dictionary. My dictionary is called Cassell's. Geez. PT Barnum was a very smart man. ... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CornishChris 5 #34 January 11, 2006 Quote7k on my part is worth it to me to prevent another 9/11......... Is it not mildly ironic that the coalition casualties in Iraq will soon overtake the casualties from 9/11, to say nothing of the tens of thousands of civilians we have 'freed' to death. CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crozby 0 #35 January 11, 2006 It's amazing that even though it'll end up costing 7k per Americans and that it has cost thousands of American lives and that it has cost hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives and that there weren't any WMD and that there was no link between SH and AQ and that SH wasn't a threat even to his immediate neigbours and that the world is a more dangerous place now than it was then and that the USA has lost credibility and respect in the eyes of the world Bush and his buddies and supporters still claim that it was a good idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuteless 1 #36 January 11, 2006 2209 young Americans dead....10s of thousands of innocent people dead....I would say the cost is very high. Especially when Bush had no reason to go there in the first place. HOWEVER, this war is prophesied in the Bible, so I guess it was inevitable. It has fed the insurgency with enough "drive" to make the Americans sorry they ever got involved. It has encouraged Al Qaeda to keep plugging away at America It has fed the Arab world with more hate ( as if they needed it) for Israel It is the catalyst that will cause the total demise of America as a nation. Bill Cole Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColdDuck 0 #37 January 12, 2006 Quote>Because all the nasty, bad mujahaddin . . . Wrong war. The Mujahideen were our ALLIES; we gave them weapons and money (billions, if I recall correctly) to kill Russians. What is your point? "Insurance should called In case shit happens, if shit don't happen shouldn't I get my money back?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #38 January 12, 2006 >What is your point? That we're not fighting the Mujahideen, but rather Iraqi insurgents. The "soldiers as bullet sponges" theory doesn't hold any water. Terrorist attacks are UP, not down, since the Iraq war started. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColdDuck 0 #39 January 12, 2006 Quote>What is your point? That we're not fighting the Mujahideen, but rather Iraqi insurgents. The "soldiers as bullet sponges" theory doesn't hold any water. Terrorist attacks are UP, not down, since the Iraq war started. I dont see the difference between the two myself. Obviously terror attacks are up if you consider the attacks inside Iraq, that goes without saying. But, as for terror attacks outside of Iraq, how do you know that they have increased because of the war? "Insurance should called In case shit happens, if shit don't happen shouldn't I get my money back?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewcline 0 #40 January 12, 2006 Bill, Isn't Mujahideen just "crusader" or "religous warior"? But your right the poster did get his reference a bit "mis-combobulated".An Instructors first concern is student safety. So, start being safe, first!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #41 January 12, 2006 >I dont see the difference between the two myself. Iraqi insurgents live in Iraq and fight to get the US out of Iraq. The Mujahideen fought Russians in Afghanistan. Today, Al Qaeda operates throughout the world. Despite the oft-heard propaganda about how most people pulling off attacks in Iraq are foreign fighters, they are primarily Iraqis. >But, as for terror attacks outside of Iraq, how do you know that they > have increased because of the war? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/26/AR2005042601623.html Note - about a year back the US released a report showing terror attacks had _decreased_; this is often quoted. It took several months for them to admit they made a mistake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikkey 0 #42 January 12, 2006 There is also some interesting commentary from a senior British officer of the way the US forces conducted themselves thus contributing to the problems. QuoteBrigadier Nigel Aylwin-Foster said US tactics early in the occupation had alienated Iraqis and exacerbated problems for the coalition. ..... Brig Aylwin-Foster says American officers displayed such cultural insensitivities that it "arguably amounted to institutional racism" and may have helped spur the insurgency. While the army is "indisputably the master of conventional war fighting, it is notably less proficient in... what the US defence community often calls Operations Other Than War," the officer wrote. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4603136.stm--------------------------------------------------------- When people look like ants - pull. When ants look like people - pray. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #43 January 13, 2006 Quote...blahblahblah...HOWEVER, this war is prophesied in the Bible, so I guess it was inevitable. It has fed the insurgency with enough "drive" to make the Americans sorry they ever got involved... ...It is the catalyst that will cause the total demise of America as a nation. Chapter, verse, and your interpretation thereof? Or are you just in your usual Chicken Little TEOTWAWKI song-and-dance? I'll be reading from my NIV Bible, so spare me your unsupported dogma on that topic.Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #44 January 13, 2006 QuoteQuote...blahblahblah...HOWEVER, this war is prophesied in the Bible, so I guess it was inevitable. It has fed the insurgency with enough "drive" to make the Americans sorry they ever got involved... ...It is the catalyst that will cause the total demise of America as a nation. Chapter, verse, and your interpretation thereof? Or are you just in your usual Chicken Little TEOTWAWKI song-and-dance? I'll be reading from my NIV Bible, so spare me your unsupported dogma on that topic. dont expect a response.. he has been called on several times to offer his "evidence" for critical review by the SC.. and all we hear is crickets...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #45 January 13, 2006 QuoteChapter, verse, and your interpretation thereof? You forgot what setting to put the decoder ring on...Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trae 1 #46 January 14, 2006 in reply to "This is $2 Trillion. Or $7,000 for every man, woman and child in the USA. " .................... When you say it's cost this much ....who's been paid? Whose pocket did all this money go into ? My guess is dumbied downs paid for it and smarty pants pocketed it. Can money just disappear or does it evaporate and precipitate later??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,175 #47 January 14, 2006 Quotein reply to "This is $2 Trillion. Or $7,000 for every man, woman and child in the USA. " .................... When you say it's cost this much ....who's been paid? Whose pocket did all this money go into ? My guess is dumbied downs paid for it and smarty pants pocketed it. Can money just disappear or does it evaporate and precipitate later??? War is very effective at destroying wealth. It doesn't have to GO anywhere. There's no doubt, though, that some cronies are doing very well out of it.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
