Posted on 10/08/2002 4:31:22 PM PDT by RCW2001
Which would vanish in a flash once they see the tides of victory.
And Americans should give a sh/t what this red diaper baby thinks because.......?
You know, I look at what happened in NJ last week and I'm asking the same question.
True words, and well expressed.
Sadly, "we" have cared since the demise of the Ottoman Empire after WWI, and look at where it's gotten us.
The European nations come closer to you're "don't care" attitude of late. But then perhaps they have more to lose.
Pollster on a mission.
I don't follow what you mean? What question did I ask? I posted a picture and made a statement. Please explain.
The only thing that would probably please bin Laden more would be an invasion by American ground forces. Afghanistan is famous for its unconquerability. The British Empire and the Soviet Union failed in their efforts to dominate the country, and they at least knew the rocky terrain and had people who spoke the languages. American troops in Afghanistan would be even more baffled and beset than they were one-third of a century ago in Vietnam. There is, in addition, the land mine problem. According to Robert Fisk, the Middle Eastern correspondent of the Independent (London), Afghanistan contains one-tenth -- more than 10 million -- of the world's unexploded land mines, laid by the Red Army in 27 of the 29 provinces. Two dozen Afghans are blown up every day. Moreover, by November freezing weather will arrive, and the Pentagon has no hope of dispatching troops and winning the war in the six weeks remaining before winter comes to Afghanistan. Nor could an invading American army count on serious assistance from the internal anti-Taliban resistance, their most effective leader, Ahmed Shah Masood, having been assassinated shortly before the assault on America. Bin Laden, if he is the man, has set a trap for the United States. Indications are that, despite the cries for vengeance, we will not walk into it. It is hard to think of a drastic action taken at once that would not rebound against us. The quest for a knockout blow is an illusion. We still do not even know that bin Laden is the man. The publicly available evidence is persuasive. But it is thus far circumstantial, hardly solid enough to stand up in a court of law. |
Diogenes, do you have these (and more) on a website somewhere? That last set (ugh) would be perfect for signs/posters for freeps... Americans have largely forgotten the atrocities (those that are old enough to remember them), and some in-your-face reminders like these would be worth publicizing. For a certainty the *press* isn't going to do it!
Enough with is Arab street crap.
Where is this street?
Is this the same street where goat carcasses hang upside down...?
Where women in Colman tents haggle over the price of rotton fruit...?
Is this the street where stinking,lazy men with bad facial hair, take puffs off a bong that looks like an octopus?
Or perhaps this is the street where half-naked, half starved children run around fighting the stray dogs for scraps of food.
Is it the street where Mothers let their children throw rocks at tanks and let them strap C-4 to their bellies?
Maybe its the street where they burn American flags while wearing nike and Levis...?
The Street where they kill their daughters if they hold a boys hand in public?
The street where fathers kidnap their American children and make them live in chains?
THE SOONER THIS STREET IS CLEANSED OF ITS FILTH THE BETTER OF THE WORLD WILL BE!
Rant off.
Sounds good!
And do it before those cows they call women start that ululating shit they do when they're hot to trot.
For the last 80 years or so Arab independence from Turkish domination and tyranny has been guaranteed by the West.
Responsible Arabs know what awaits them should they ever succeed in chasing the West away!
It won't be pretty.
Democratization of Iraq just MIGHT bring the CITIZENS of Iran and Saudi Arabia into the streets demanding that level of liberty in THEIR nations.
And THAT has the Saudi royal family scared s**tless!
Which is PROBABLY why we didn't go all the way in Desert Storm. The Saudis called us off. And Bush One let them.
Islam is not a ridiculous psychotic death cult, but a peaceful religion.
The guttural primitive language spoken by the Arabs, the wholesale despotism, and lack of any major contribution to mankind for the last 500 years must be overlooked because they have used their recently aquired oil wealth in such a humanitarian fashion.
Yes, the Arabs are shining examples of how great wealth can be spread among the many to the benefit of all, and we wouldn't want to anger such a fantastic people by attcking the benevolent humanitarian Saddam Hussein.
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