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What Drives History (Bin Laden shy and misunderstood)
New York Slimes ^
| 5/2/2011
| David "Pant Crease" Brooks
Posted on 05/03/2011 10:44:14 AM PDT by mojito
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To: GOPJ
I think it's important to understand the enemy as much as possible. It seems that Osama was like some of the top Nazis, who did not personally like to commit mass murder but motivated others to do so. Under him were people who apparently were happy to perpetrate gruesome violence, like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Ideas have consequences. People with bad ideas are dangerous.
The key thing about Osama, according to the article, is that he was devout. For a Muslim, being devout means following the precepts of a so-called "religion" which was never more than a cover for violence and conquest.
To: Vigilanteman
If I could invent a time machine, I'd go back to Vienna circa 1920 and buy art from a poor misunderstood young man who grew up to be Adolph Hitler.
OTOH, it just might be less risky to shoot the s.o.b.
Bad things would
still happen.
Now that I have demonstrated just how geeky I am, I'm going to crawl back under my rock.
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posted on
05/03/2011 12:33:17 PM PDT
by
Jagermonster
(Everyday this idiot pretends he was elected just yesterday.)
To: mojito
“Bin Laden lost his father when he was about 9.”
Oh, my, my...I just can’t stop sobbing.
Somebody should put game kiosks on ever corner in the country where you put in a quarter, grab the M-4, and fire a full clip into bin Laden.
If you had the capital, you could make a lot of money.
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posted on
05/03/2011 12:53:40 PM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: mojito; mhking
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posted on
05/03/2011 12:54:41 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: dsc
They should have had him stuffed and put on permanent display at the Smithsonian.
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posted on
05/03/2011 12:58:14 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: mojito
Doesn't LOOK all that shy (2nd from right, in the electric-blue velvet pants...1971):
To: mojito
And Hitler wanted to be a painter artist. Boo frickin’ hoo.
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posted on
05/03/2011 1:22:18 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
To: BenLurkin; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
They should have had him stuffed and put on permanent display at the Smithsonian. Naw, encase him in lucite at the bottom of a pi$$ trough at Yankee Stadium.
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posted on
05/03/2011 1:24:37 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
To: mojito
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posted on
05/03/2011 1:24:47 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
To: AnalogReigns
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posted on
05/03/2011 1:26:41 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: hellbender
Wonder if David Brooks will be so kind as to write an obituary for Charles Manson, who also did not personally do the killings.
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posted on
05/03/2011 1:29:50 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
To: TheOldLady
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posted on
05/03/2011 1:49:29 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(We learned to be cool from you, JP2.)
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
05/03/2011 2:01:26 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Almost as evil as the Freeper Criminal Mastermind)
To: Lazlo in PA
Brooks is one of the neoconservative opportunists who began to claim to be ‘conservative’ after the Reagan era meant that conservatism might equal influence.
Arianna Huffington and David Brock were two more who masqueraded as “conservatives” when it was convenient for them, and I’d add Frum to the list as well.
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posted on
05/03/2011 2:13:39 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Islam, mortal enemy of the free world)
To: BenLurkin
“They should have had him stuffed and put on permanent display at the Smithsonian.”
+1
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posted on
05/03/2011 2:24:17 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Islam, mortal enemy of the free world)
To: mojito
His father was killed by an American pilot? Deliberate or accidental? Never heard that before.
To: BenLurkin
A Pink Cadillac? In Sweden, no less.
The real irony is that as the photo shows, his family was/is quite westernized, and at least a few of his (many, wealthy) brothers and sisters now live in the West and are very moderate Muslims.
The very reason we had his DNA is through the cooperation of his siblings.
To: Vigilanteman
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posted on
05/03/2011 3:26:27 PM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Democratic Underground: The Hogwarts of stupid.)
To: mojito
[. . .Bin Laden’s mother was about 15 at the time of his birth. Nicknamed “The Slave” inside the family, she was soon discarded and sent off. . .]
One theory for the cause of psychopathy is the permanent separation of an infant from his caregiver. Bin Laden could certainly pass for a psychopath.
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posted on
05/03/2011 3:48:58 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: All
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posted on
05/03/2011 3:50:47 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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