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Narrock wrote:The U.S. just said that if N. Korea attempts to launch that missile, we will take it out just prior to launch with a precision guided missile.
DangerPaul wrote:Narrock wrote:The U.S. just said that if N. Korea attempts to launch that missile, we will take it out just prior to launch with a precision guided missile.
Cheering about going into another war?
Zanchief wrote:Mindia wrote:If George Bush thinks he can thumb his nose at the rest of the world and just fire off missiles whenever he wants to, he has another thing comin.
Lyion wrote:Unfortunately, Arabs are notorious cowards and these are people who are easily knuckled under.
DangerPaul wrote:Why is it ok for the US to have all the power in the world, but they pick a fight anytime anyone remotely comes close to developing a similar power? This is why this country is in the current war it is in, because they cannot stay the fuck out of other country's business. The US needs to look at the US and to take care of our people and our land before worrying about policing the world. We shoot their missle down, I guaranfuckingtee you we will be in another shit storm of new terrorists and more bullshit than them fucking around with a missle that might be able to hit the US.
DangerPaul wrote:Narrock wrote::rolleyes:
nice rebuttal, were you a debate major at your internet college?
DangerPaul wrote:Why is it ok for the US to have all the power in the world, but they pick a fight anytime anyone remotely comes close to developing a similar power? This is why this country is in the current war it is in, because they cannot stay the fuck out of other country's business. The US needs to look at the US and to take care of our people and our land before worrying about policing the world. We shoot their missle down, I guaranfuckingtee you we will be in another shit storm of new terrorists and more bullshit than them fucking around with a missle that might be able to hit the US.
Agrajag wrote:DangerPaul wrote:Why is it ok for the US to have all the power in the world, but they pick a fight anytime anyone remotely comes close to developing a similar power? This is why this country is in the current war it is in, because they cannot stay the fuck out of other country's business. The US needs to look at the US and to take care of our people and our land before worrying about policing the world. We shoot their missle down, I guaranfuckingtee you we will be in another shit storm of new terrorists and more bullshit than them fucking around with a missle that might be able to hit the US.
Do you even know what the current war is about? By your mindless ranting I would gather you don't. I would like to hear what you think this war is about before I correct you.
Do you even know what the current war is about? By your mindless ranting I would gather you don't. I would like to hear what you think this war is about before I correct you.
arlos wrote:(2) It secures a source of oil for the big oil companies that have historically been joined at the hip with Bush. It's no accident that their profits have skyrocketed since the Iraq war began.
arlos wrote:Do you even know what the current war is about? By your mindless ranting I would gather you don't. I would like to hear what you think this war is about before I correct you.
The war actually has a few real reasons for why it started.
1) Cheney, Wolfowitz, et al, from PNAC have been itching to go to war with Iraq for years, read some of the PNAC documentation. 9/11 gave them an excuse to semi-legitimize doing so.
2) It secures a source of oil for the big oil companies that have historically been joined at the hip with Bush. It's no accident that their profits have skyrocketed since the Iraq war began.
3) Bush tends to see things in black and white, and may actually believe some of his "They tried to kill my pappy!" rhetoric, and wanted to get Saddam as revenge.
4) It's an old-style colonialist war, take over a country, install a government friendly to us, to use to leverage other countries in the region, and assure ourselves priority (and often discounted) access to an important natural resource.
WMDs were the smokescreen by which they attempted to legitimize the war. The whole "Providing a Foothold for Democracy" was the spin and substitute reason when the WMD excuse blew up in their faces when we didn't find anything whatsoever. Remember when Ashcroft sat in the news conference and said "We know exactly where the WMDs are"? That's almost as rofl-inducing in a sick/sad way as Wolfowitz going before Congress and telling them that the war in Iraq wouldn't cost the US taxpayers a dime.
You can see what the high-level priorities were by the actions of US troops in the immediate aftermath of conquering Bagdhad. They immediately moved to protect oil-related infrastructure, and ONLY oil-related infrastructure. Stuff like museums, power systems, water systems, etc. were all ignored, while most troops sat idle and watched it happen.
The war in Iraq is a distraction from the real fight against terrorism, and provides a HUGE recruitment boost for the terrorist organizations, who can point to the war an doccupation as proof of their assertions that the West is interested in a New Crusade to conquer the middle east and stamp out Islam. It also provides a training ground for that new generation of terrorists, etc. The actual "conquer the country" part, the actual military war part was handled OK, everything since then has been incredibly bungled. They had NO plans for the peace, and honestly believed that we'd be greeted with flowers as liberators, and never thought there'd be an insurrection.
-Arlos
Narrock wrote:I hate to break it to you but WMD's were found... mustard gas and sarin nerve agents were found. Now we just need to find the cache.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200499,00.html
Agrajag wrote:Narrock wrote:I hate to break it to you but WMD's were found... mustard gas and sarin nerve agents were found. Now we just need to find the cache.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200499,00.html
That won't make any of them change their minds. Besides, someone will say it is a government fabrication to justify the war. But, WMDs were not the real reason the war was started either. That was just a side task.
Lyion wrote:Unfortunately, Arabs are notorious cowards and these are people who are easily knuckled under.
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