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A little bird was flying south for the winter. It got so cold it froze up and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As it lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out. He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the little bird singing, and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile and promptly dug him out-and then ate him. The moral of the story is: 1. Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy. 2. Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend. 3. When you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut.

42 sport jumps. Sport jumping since June 2001. Military Static line since 1992. 0 cutaways (knockin hard) 20 minutes of freefall.

Great man, great quote. Led his country through something similar, although larger scale in some ways, to what the US is going through now. Former Mayor Giuliani said he used Churchhill as a rolemodel during the weeks after 9/11.

That's hilarious. I'm still trying to figure out why I jump out of planes. When I do, I'll let you know.

What do I need to do to be able to 'expect this'?

You ain't kidding. I bought my truck used 8 years ago for $2,000. My rig cost twice that! My wife is always harrassing me with that little factoid.

I really don't get your point here. Are you trying to say that because we had 40k murders in the US last year we shouldn't do anything about a group of terrorists flying planes into three buildings and killing 3k people? Should we outlaw all guns because of these murders? Should we outlaw all planes because of the terrorist attacks? I don't get the connection. It looks like to me some on this thread are advocating that the US should take complete responsibility for a group of terrorists killing 3,000 innocent US civilians. Maybe we should tell Al Quaeda and the countries that support them "Ahhh, don't worry about it. We've done some things that made you mad in the past so it's alright". Then we should restructure our foreign policy so as not to piss anybody off ever again. Am I getting close? Using this logic, let's go a little further. Since most of the hard drugs used in the US are from foreign countries and most of the murders in the US are drug related, you still with me?, isn't it actually the foreign countries fault that we had 40k murders last year. Shouldn't this allow us to form up some terrorist groups and kill at least a couple thousand innocent civilians in retaliation? I'm hearing alot of people criticizing the way the US is conducting this war but I'm not hearing many alternative courses of action. I'm all ears. Let's hear them.

An hour and 45 minutes to the nearest DZ and 30 minutes to the nearest beer store. I've got to get out of this place!

Uhhh.....where's your hand dude. Between these two pillows. THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Yeah, I've heard of it. Smack dab in the middle of Cajun country isn't it?

Hey, I grew up in Jena, Louisiana just north of Alexandria. Where are you from in Louisiana?

April 16th? That is my birthday!

The statement does leave out the fact that there was another large country (USSR) involved in Afghanistan that didn't do anything either. If you go back a few years before that you can even throw some blame on another large country (UK). We shouldn't have to apologize for looking after our interests. That is what countries do, every country, not just the US. There is no 'excuse' for terrorism. The 'blame America first' crowd is getting old. It is time for people to start taking responsibility for their own actions. It is actually kind of egotistical to think that the US is responsible for all of the problems in the Middle East. We're good but not that good.

Man, that kind of got me excited!

Man, I'll be a glorified limo driver for Ashley Judd any day.

Well, not to get clinical or anything but the Taliban are POWs. The members of al Quaeda are 'detainees'. There are alot of differences between this war and the Persian Gulf but how we treat POWs or detainees is not one of them. The only reason al Quaeda members are not considered POWs is because they are not members of the armed forces of a state which is a requirement, under the Geneva Convention, to be statused a POW. We know whether or not they belong to the Taliban. Some lawyers will cry foul, as always, but the military knows. I would like nothing more than to 'kill them all' but in the long run this will cause us more trouble and sacrifice more American lives than that little bit of revenge is worth. The solution to this problem has many components: military, diplomatic, and economic and I'm not even going to pretend to know the answer, but it is more complex than 'kill them all'.

Plus, it makes war so much nicer when they all surrender instead of fighting (like most of the Iraqui Army). The US likes to encourage enemies to surrender by treating our POWs humanely. Once the word gets out that we treat them better than their own country they start questioning their loyalty. [Tanks blowing up without them ever seeing the enemy doesn't hurt either.]

Exactly the point we were trying to make at the beginning of this post. Now, tell a few of them thank you and you're done.

Hmmmm...........Is that a comment on your prowess in bed?

So if you do it twice is that a 1!?

Woo! You alright man? Maybe you ought to go lay down for a while.

Gotta ask. 0.5?

Let's start with pigeons. I hate pigeons. They crap all over everything.

No fair. No fence straddlin'. Pick a side!

Did she kick his Butt!!