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Robert Fisk: The gloves are off in terror war, and everyone is at risk
The (UK) Star ^
| 3.23.04
| Robert Fisk
Posted on 03/23/2004 12:16:35 PM PST by mhking
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To: Wolfhound777
Or to park a truck bomb in the garage of one WTC tower in the hope of toppling it into another.
That was in 1993 for crying out loud. This guy is a nut!
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:33:02 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is slavery.)
To: mhking
So the "head of the snake" was let loose by Israel itself, courtesy of the then Israeli prime minister - a chapter in the narrative of history which was conveniently forgotten yesterday. Which is all very odd.
I dont find it odd. The Isralies are tired of being "fair", of "giving peace a chance". The TERRORISTS blew it.
In the words of Bill Cosby: "I brought you into this world..I can take you out!
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:36:05 PM PST
by
Iron Matron
(Civil Disobedience? It's not just for liberals anymore!)
To: Constitution Day
Poor guy...suffers from permanent brain damage.
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:36:36 PM PST
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: mylife
My bad! I was so pissed i didnt read this tripe! I was refering to the 1985 release of Yassin from ireali jail and was unaware of the 1997 deal. My bad! but Fisk still sucks!!
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:38:09 PM PST
by
mylife
To: mhking
"For years, there has been an unwritten rule in the cruel war of government-versus-guerrilla. You can kill the men on the street, the bomb-makers and gunmen, but the leadership was allowed to survive." That is heads of state, not the brains of terror organizations that targets civilians, women, and children. Fisk justified the Afghani's who beat him. I'm sure he would feel it completely justified if someone took him out with a car bomb too. He woulkn't be the only one.
miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure war criminal
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:38:57 PM PST
by
Fun Bob
To: redwolf00
Pardon my ignorance, but who kicked it, when and why? [Looked like a good start!]Fiskie was beaten by an Afghan mob in December 2001.
Assaulted by the very downtrodden masses he claims to defend!
O the irony!
To: mhking
The top guys are now in the firing line. Let us not say we didn't know. Now the top guys are vulnerable what where the plots to kill George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II, practical jokes?
And what about the little incident of the plane hitting the Pentagon.
Fisk should be drug out into the street and shot. No jury, outside of Ithaca, would convict.
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:41:29 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Hey John F'in. Kerry, why the long face?)
To: BenLurkin
He is a liberal , they are all nuts.
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:42:01 PM PST
by
sgtbono2002
(I aint wrong, I aint sorry , and I am probably going to do it again.)
To: prion
So who can be surprised if the rules are broken by the other side?The other side recognizes rules? What would those be, exactly?
Whatever they were, Sirhan Sirhan seemed to have forgotten them in 1968.
To: rightwingcrazy
Whatever they were, Sirhan Sirhan seemed to have forgotten them in 1968. Oh, you think they're saying that the other side has so far graciously refrained from assassinations, but no longer? Yeah, trying to off Bush I puts a lie to that, too. Who on earth could believe they wouldn't assassinate the hell out of our side if they had the means?
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:45:12 PM PST
by
prion
To: mhking
Kisk writes, "It doesn't take a lot of courage to murder a man in a wheelchair." I reply that it doesn't take a lot of integrity to write a Fisk column. Interestingly, Yassin the late head of Hammas, was such an obviously and evil person that even Fisk, of all people, cannot conclude that he deserved any other fate than death.
But then, Fisk wanders off into a tangent of Israel letting this monster get out of an Israeli jail in a critical prisoner swap. And? So? Your point is? Germany let Lenin out of jail and secretly transported him to Russia, thinking (wrongly) that Lenin would screw up Russia so it would no longer be a military concern to Germany.
But since Fisk as zero perspective on current events, it is not surprising that he has no perspective on relevant events in history. Fisk ends with a semi-screed on the possible assassination of national leaders, as if this is new. I suppose he hasn't read about any of the various assassination efforts during WW II -- only one was successful, the shooting down of Admiral Yamamoto's plane.
In every war, each side would willingly assassinate the leaders of the other side, if they could. Ah, but Fisk's level of awareness has not yet reached the point of understanding that we are at war, now, and have been since 9/11. There is nothing new about this. But it comes as a revelation to Fisk, because of his towering ignorance of history.
Did I miss anything?
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:49:55 PM PST
by
Congressman Billybob
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To: mhking
I thought Fisk was still on the Iraqi's impregnable defensive line ready for the battle of Baghdadgrad.
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:50:12 PM PST
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: mhking
If the elderly cleric really was worthy of state murder, why did Netanyahu let him go in the first place? Simple. The Isrealis always do anything possible to protect and repatriate captured agents and soldiers, even to the exent of releasing hundreds of terrorists. It is a mistake IMNHO, but it no doubt makes it easier to recurit Mossad agents.
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posted on
03/23/2004 12:50:39 PM PST
by
Hugin
To: mhking
"For years, there has been an unwritten rule in the cruel war of government-versus-guerrilla. You can kill the men on the street, the bomb-makers and gunmen, but the leadership was allowed to survive."
I would love to see even a shred of evidence that such an "unwritten rule" ever existed anywhere other than Fisk's imagination.
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posted on
03/23/2004 1:10:47 PM PST
by
joebuck
To: mhking
Fisk is such a pathetic wanker.
So much so that his name deserves euphemism status like "Clymer".
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posted on
03/23/2004 1:16:28 PM PST
by
GETMAIN
To: mhking
Does he know the White House was a target on 9/11?
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posted on
03/23/2004 1:18:59 PM PST
by
Spok
To: prion
Who on earth could believe they wouldn't assassinate the hell out of our side if they had the means? Apparent Mr. Fisk claims to believe that.
To: prion
Who on earth could believe they wouldn't assassinate the hell out of our side if they had the means? Apparently Mr. Fisk claims to believe that.
To: mhking
So who can be surprised if the rules are broken by the other side? The top guys are now in the firing line. Let us not say we didn't know. Either this guy is incredibly naive or he is an idiot. The 'other side' threw away the rules long ago. The only reason they still exist to create mayhem is because we so stupidly played by rules. Fire in the hole...kill them all. That is the only rule we should abide by.
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posted on
03/23/2004 1:26:04 PM PST
by
paul51
To: mhking
Yes, he enthusiastically endorsed suicide bombings - including the murder of Israeli children.
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