To: ellery
raid, according to merriam-webster (http://www.m-w.com)--
1 a : a hostile or predatory incursion b : a surprise attack by a small force
Sounds right to me.
2 posted on
10/30/2004 12:00:11 PM PDT by
AM2000
To: AM2000
Voting for Kerry because of his vocabulary?
16 posted on
10/30/2004 12:17:49 PM PDT by
Glenn
(The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
To: AM2000
Stupid word games(POLITICS). De valuating Sept.11 to a police action on a bordello is dishonest, disgraceful, and dishonorable, and should be met with righteous indignation and condemnation. To do less is to condone and encourage more selfserving verbal raids.
28 posted on
10/30/2004 12:30:03 PM PDT by
crazyhorse691
(I volunteer to instruct JFK on the meaning of a purple heart!!)
To: AM2000
Any way you slice it, it was an act of war.
36 posted on
10/30/2004 12:38:13 PM PDT by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: AM2000
1 a : a hostile or predatory incursion b : a surprise attack by a small force Where's the mass murder in this description?
To: AM2000
Technically speaking, Kerry is not correct. According to FM 7-8, the Light Infantry Platoon and Squad, "a raid is a combat operation to attack a position or installation followed by a planned withdrawal." The 9-11 attackers didn't have a withdrawal plan.
< /nitpick> :)
55 posted on
10/30/2004 1:01:22 PM PDT by
Terabitten
(Kapu'a'a or Kapu'a'a'a?)
To: AM2000
Disagree, for two reasons. First, "raid" commonly connotes something other than a catastrophic mass murder (e.g., gambling den raid).
Second, and more important, his use of the term illustrates his law-enforcement focus -- i.e., according to Kerry, we're not in an ongoing WAR for our survival...we're just looking to punish the people behind a single "raid."
62 posted on
10/30/2004 1:07:58 PM PDT by
ellery
(Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. - Ronald Reagan)
To: AM2000
Raid by definition is also something that causes only a small damage. This is implied in the defition.
Apparently Kerry thinks that the mass murder of 3000 Americans is just a small, insignificant event.
93 posted on
10/30/2004 2:39:33 PM PDT by
FairOpinion
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