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Message from a Time Traveler
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| April 1, 2006
| Dan Simmons
Posted on 04/06/2006 4:33:24 AM PDT by Mr170IQ
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To: archy
>>>>>"Nuke Iran First"<<<<<
We have a Winner!
If we have to nuke them second, we show the weakness that they exploit.
Just a thought
TT
To: Mr170IQ
562
posted on
04/07/2006 1:47:50 PM PDT
by
joebuck
To: TexasTransplant; archy
>>>>>"Nuke Iran First"<<<<< This presupposes that the writer has some ability to do this - else why give the message? Nope, this story itself, the then-future writing that got the writer's grandchildren put on a Moslem death list, that's what the Time Traveler talked about with those 3 words.
To: Mr170IQ
We don't have to look into the future. Just check the past in Lebanon to see the model.
http://www.americancongressfortruth.com/index.html
This organization was founded by a woman who lived in a bomb shelter from age 10 to 17 while the muslims destroyed her country. She is now an American citizen and spreads the word about the threat of radical islam through lectures.
564
posted on
04/07/2006 1:56:32 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: dfwgator
Air Supply Reunion.LOL!!!! I've got to quit Freeping at work!
565
posted on
04/07/2006 1:58:46 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Closing in on 3000 posts, of which maybe 50 were worthwhile!)
To: null and void
Sometimes bad things are meant to happen in order to make room for the better things to happen.
Just call me philosophical today. Maybe it's this thread.
566
posted on
04/07/2006 2:13:42 PM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Ancesthntr; Mr170IQ; Clique; RedRightReturn; NewJerseyJoe; hosepipe; Publius6961; BenLurkin; ...
567
posted on
04/07/2006 2:14:50 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Ancesthntr
This presupposes that the writer has some ability to do this... Or, that in the future, will be in that position and must do so unhesitatingly.
568
posted on
04/07/2006 2:37:53 PM PDT
by
archy
(I am General Tso. This is my Chief of Staff, Colonel Sanders....)
To: BenLurkin
[ "Only ... which three books would YOU take?" ]
Good question...
1) Bible(old and new testaments)
2) A good Algebra text book..
3) A good World History Text Book..
569
posted on
04/07/2006 2:41:45 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
To: archy
Or, that in the future, will be in that position and must do so unhesitatingly. There's no hint of that in the story, except that the writer will sometime soon write something that will get his grandkids on a death list. This doesn't put one in the position to nuke Iran, no matter how well one can argue the position for doing so. I'll state again that I think the message has to do with the story we all read - that's why the Time Traveler came back.
To: Ancesthntr
I am not convinced that America is completely destroyed, else who would have the resources to send the grandson to the future? However it could be like the Byzantine Empire, which was destroyed piecemeal. It took them over 800 years to die. Nibble a piece here, a piece there and soon only the original 13 colonies are left.
571
posted on
04/07/2006 3:02:23 PM PDT
by
NathanR
(Après moi, le deluge.)
To: Mr170IQ
This little essay is scarer than King or Koontz could ever be. Why?..based on truth.
To: NathanR
573
posted on
04/07/2006 3:12:55 PM PDT
by
schu
To: Clique
To: RedRightReturn
I'm guessing....'Peace' means submission.
To: Mr170IQ
576
posted on
04/07/2006 3:17:03 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: schu
Not necessarily. However the outcome is still in doubt, 60 years in our future in 2068 (or so).
577
posted on
04/07/2006 3:23:23 PM PDT
by
NathanR
(Après moi, le deluge.)
To: NathanR
Just making some guesses. ;-)
After rereading the article a few times, the sense I get from the traveler is one of discouragement, fatalism and loss. Not that he has given up, never, but that the war is virtually unwinable. So he makes this disparate attempt to change the past and make the pain less and the chance of winning greater.
FWIIW, schu
578
posted on
04/07/2006 3:28:12 PM PDT
by
schu
To: null and void
Something that makes Beslan look like a Sunday Picnic My personal fear is a college sporting event. Like what almost happened in Oklahoma University last year. Tens of thousands of young people all crowded together
579
posted on
04/07/2006 3:35:35 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
To: RedRightReturn
The 3 words are RIGHT IN THE STORY!!!!!Actually, that's 4 words.
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