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Iraq War hurting global war on terror, intelligence agency says
What has come over me? Another war-related post:
. According to the National Intelligence Council, the U.S.-led war in Iraq is inspiring new converts to terrorist forms of Islam faster than our armed forces can root them out. . A Washington Post story begins here: . http://www.washingtonpost.c... "The war in Iraq has become a primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new generation of potential terrorists around the world whose numbers may be increasing faster than the United States and its allies can reduce the threat, U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded. "A 30-page National Intelligence Estimate completed in April cites the "centrality" of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the insurgency that has followed, as the leading inspiration for new Islamic extremist networks and cells that are united by little more than an anti-Western agenda. It concludes that, rather than contributing to eventual victory in the global counterterrorism struggle, the situation in Iraq has worsened the U.S. position, according to officials familiar with the classified document." 99 comments from 11 users
posted by
anonymous
on Sep 24, 2006 at 10:34 AM
There is no global war on terror, it is the threat of terror sold to us by the Bush administration that is the danger. In other previous war against ideologies we have engaged in all have resulted in nothing gained and this one will end the same as well, if indeed it ever existed.
If it is a war, have congress declare war and start the draft and get everyone involved, that will never happen because than the political value will be lost. You can keep America safe by just being strong and having good intelligence and using that intelligence as needed for protection, not politics. That , however, is too much to expect we have a professional military that has become an autonomous entity and as there are no conscripts questions from the civilian peanut gallery are ignored except at budget time when the propaganda machine goes into full force. No, there is no war on terror, there is ,however, a war to create terror and terrorists as has hppened in the last five years. But it is good politics as the ruling party is again set to win another election on the basis of fear, and they will take that one to the bank! posted by
anonymous
on Sep 24, 2006 at 12:01 PM
Go back under ther bed where Bush likes to keep you mucus and read your latest editions of the Washington Times and the Weekly standard. Ever,time I hear a conservative or Bush or any of his Bushniks say that THEY are terrorist and the want to kill us, it is just too funny, because in the next breadth they say, they are terrorist and WE want to kill them.
It is diffcult to for the average person to realize that Bushniks are speaking of a war against Muslims and not decribing gang activity between the bloods and the crips. No, mucus there is a third alternative the republikan conservative theory, we will ffight this phantom war until there are enough dead on both sides than we will declare victory and leave and let them fall apart, the Viet Nam theory. But just as in Viet nam they will not fall apart and we will be trading with them within a decade leaving millon dead behind us for what? As long as you keep bringing up the 280 marines, how about bringing up the war of 1812, San Juan Hill and the Alamo to fire up the conservative base. posted by
anglo1
on Sep 24, 2006 at 12:09 PM
I believe the biggest failure in Iraq was the lack of the visionaries to see that by taking out a Muslim in that area of the world it would provide more propaganda[than they could ever generate on their own] for the anti west Mullahs and tribal leaders to whip their nearly retarded followers into a frenzy. posted by
TomW
on Sep 24, 2006 at 12:35 PM
Anglo, here's the difference between the fear that Bush sells and the fears of the left: Bush offers solutions that make the problems worse. I'm not selling fear, I'm saying these are the problems, let's find solutions. It's empowerment. You're a bright person, but you're arguing against the CIA on terrorism, 99% of climate scientists on global warming, constitutional scholars and your own eyes on civil rights, Diebold employees on Diebold. I believe the experts. By the way, we took out a secular government in Iraq. They may have been Muslims, but they weren't Wahabbist. Saddam is a bad guy, no doubt. There are a lot of bad guys in the world that are a real threat to us though. People seem to forget that the last time we attacked Iraq, when they had a real military, the Iraqis were surrendering to camera crews. That's not a real threat. Bin Laden, who we only chase during election seasons, is a real bad guy, and Bush blew it. posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Sep 24, 2006 at 01:10 PM
. If you are suggesting that we keep doing what we're doing, please tell me why you feel it will work. posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Sep 24, 2006 at 01:15 PM
. I can repost my proof if you'd like. . I'm just having a hard time understanding why you'd get angry at people who point this fact out -- unless you also want to take away our civil rights. . I know you better than that, Anglo. I don't think you want to take our civil rights away. . So why, then, bash the people who point this fact out? I just don't understand it. posted by
tonyh
on Sep 24, 2006 at 02:55 PM
We screwed up 5 years ago. That's why we're still over there fighting. posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Sep 24, 2006 at 04:19 PM
For better or worse, I think the eventual use of nukes is inevitable. Sooner or later, someone will decide that nukes are the only way to get the upper hand on the hive of killer bees that we're stirring up. . I really hate to say this, but nuking Afghanistan would probably have worked. It would have put terrorists on notice that if you try something, this is what will happen to Allah's promised land. posted by
tonyh
on Sep 24, 2006 at 05:10 PM
I firmly believe that we screwed up by NOT nuking them off of the map, right after 911. If we'd done it, this whole thing would be over and we could now be working on solving our domestic issues (Healthcare, Illegal Immigration, Petroleum Dependancy, etc.). posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 24, 2006 at 06:13 PM
posted by
anglo1
on Sep 24, 2006 at 07:36 PM
posted by
tonyh
on Sep 24, 2006 at 07:49 PM
posted by
TomW
on Sep 24, 2006 at 08:18 PM
posted by
TomW
on Sep 24, 2006 at 08:20 PM
posted by
anonymous
on Sep 25, 2006 at 08:14 AM
I agree with tonyh and her Bro mucus, we should use the big one on all who disagree with us , but we should also build Cheney type bunkers for the return mail that is sure to follow.
Only by Nuclear war can we sort out the good guys and the good guy will those left standing, Islam-fascists ot Christiano-fascists no matter, it will be the golden rule " Do unto others with prejudice as you hope they will not do unto you with your planes". "it should have been Afghanistan, N. Korea, Iraq, then either Syria or France.", nah, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Monaco, Andorra, and maybe Liechenstein....now that would make us look good...and maybe we can do Granada twice to prove our manhood. posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Sep 25, 2006 at 09:16 AM
posted by
anonymous
on Sep 25, 2006 at 09:21 AM
Hey be careful, in some neighborhoods, Burritos are lethal weapons, hot enough to set off a nuke.
posted by
tonyh
on Sep 25, 2006 at 09:36 AM
posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 09:42 AM
posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 09:45 AM
posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Sep 25, 2006 at 10:20 AM
posted by
dgrealish
on Sep 25, 2006 at 10:26 AM
posted by
mattloch
on Sep 25, 2006 at 10:34 AM
. Has anyone else read Greg Palast's newest book? Lays out our errors in Iraq very nicely, and details the "how" and "why" with more than enough evidence for a conviction in the Hague... posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 10:45 AM
. Um, it would have hurt anyone downwind, Mattloch? And there's still a chance (I haff a PLAN!) to get out of Iraq with a shred of decency left, but a nuke would've destroyed that. . Not that I base foreign policy on Tom Clancy novels (although it would be better than what we've got now) do you recall the ending of "The Sum of All Fears," book version? It has the US President considering a retaliatory nuclear strike against an Arab country for a terrorist nuke in Denver. He's stopped, which turns out to be a Good Thing. posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Sep 25, 2006 at 11:02 AM
That's right about the wind RF. Using a nuke on a country that didn't attack us is like using an uzi on your neighbor because you've never liked him. Just a little overkill I think. You think the world is mad at us now, just think if we had nuked Iraq who didn't posess weapons of mass distruction or have anything to do with 9-11. posted by
tonyh
on Sep 25, 2006 at 11:16 AM
I said that we should have nuked Afghanastan. If we had, Iraq wouldn't even be a topic for discussion right now.Sadam would have sit down and shut up (right after he changed his underwear). posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 11:22 AM
But that wasn't what this was all about, Tonyh. Iraq was the target all along. Nobody in the Bush administration gave a damn about Afghanistan. They *WANTED* this lost-cause war with Iraq, and they lied to get it, and it's made things worse by any measurable standard. . Saddam was already down. posted by
anonymous
on Sep 25, 2006 at 11:34 AM
Be serious tonyh, we would still be trying to justify collateral damage and nothing would be changed with the exception that even those who are friends now would hate us even more, but than we are the greatest and who cares, right?
I love it when the neocons take nuclear devices lightly as if they can really be controlled, if you believe that that hese "bad "guys are trying to get their hands on nukes now, their efforts to get one would be heightened. They could easily put it into a container and have it go through any port in America without detection, than you would have to change your underware, if you actually wear any. You cannot scare these people into submission, this is religious war, they will not go away, they will not be blown away, time is on their side. You make it sound as if war and conflicts are something unique for this area today, not true they have been fighting for centuries and will continue to fight for many more. This mentality that we can force anything on them is what got this administrations in this quagmire, but what the hell we always believe that we can cure everything by the bomb, that is why everyone wants a bomb, so that THEY can cure our ills as they see them. We started this nuclear business and someday someone will use it against it and with our arrogant view of the world it may be sooner rather than later. posted by
tonyh
on Sep 25, 2006 at 11:55 AM
...............................now that I'm old, I don't wear underware, ....................I don't go to Church and I don't cut my hair,............................but I can go to movies and see it all there,.........................just the way that it used to be................................That's why I wish I had a pencil thin mustach,.............the Boston Blackie kind,................tow-tone Rickey Recardo jacket and an autographed picture of Andy Devine.....................;-) posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 12:00 PM
. Bush isn't playing chess. He's playing solitaire. And losing, badly. . You want "everything to be different"? Step 1. Retaliate for 9/11 by going after the people who did it and Afghanistan's Taliban for supporting it. Step 2. Stay in Afghanistan until it is what we claim we're trying to make in Iraq. Step 3. Stay out of Iraq and let the WMD inspectors do their jobs. You're a chess player? The Bush Administration fell for "fool's mate" and lost the game in two moves. posted by
anonymous
on Sep 25, 2006 at 12:02 PM
Yeah it would be different, those at the bottom of the food chain would be at your door for a hand out, and to kick your ass , their life is not as important to them as yours is to you so they have less to lose, much less.
ah life as it should be, wake up to the realities, we do not rule the world that is just in our minds. posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 12:11 PM
posted by
tonyh
on Sep 25, 2006 at 12:13 PM
Think about it. If there's a dog living in your yard, and you feed it, it must be your dog. That's how the neighbors will see it anyway. If it craps in the yard across the street, who'll catch heat for it? You will, of course. posted by
petenews
on Sep 25, 2006 at 12:43 PM
Yeah destroy and leave? that is not the American way and everyone knows it. After WWII the Western Euopeans gave up their coolonial governments in Palistine and created the State of Israel not because the were nice but because they wanted us out of their hair so that they could rebuild while we they tied us up with defending Israel for 100 years, and it worked. Now if we want an depandable product we buy Mercedes, BMW, Bosch. If we want to impress our friends we serve French wine, if we want spiffy duds we go to London they only thing we have more of than Europe today is sick and homeless people.
You are whistling Dixie of you really believe that this countries can really be intimidated they have been completely destrcucted and rebuilt over the centuries and johnny come latelys like us are not going to change that, as for their neighbors like India and Pakistan who both have nukes, they would more likely be trying harder to get a delivery system than hiding, why wait and be next? These old Europe guys knew have arrogant and naive we are, just today the generals are asking for another 140 billion of your tax dollars to do you dirtry deeds in Iraq, imagine if we had devastated Afghanistan'. Since you like dog analogies, if your dog snap! in some elese yard, would you have any responsibility to clean it up...or is that just for the "bottom feeders"? If we don't harbor terrorist we may yet wind up being vaporized, remember Oklahoma City? If you want safety go live in the Australian outback....and still there is no guarantee. posted by
anglo1
on Sep 25, 2006 at 12:45 PM
posted by
anonymous
on Sep 25, 2006 at 12:57 PM
" A successful Democracy in Iraq" is a dream turned into a nightmare, Ilover it now you are even giving Osama credit of our invading Iraq, what else Zarqawi seconded the motion?
You two wallow in this phony war on terror and your idea that only nukes solve problems, thart sad thing is that others will pick this up and solve us as a problem. Hey Clinton did have sex with that woman...lucky him as for trying to kill Osam, ,any have tried but none has succeeeded something that escapes the Fox Neocon media. As for us being soft targets, that unfortunately is a byproduct of being a free country, and that is why it is not smart to stir the nuclear hornets nest...we are probaly one of the most vulnerable countires in the world and the most hated like it or not. If you want a safe tightly wound country we will have to be like Nazi Germany where everyone told on each other and the Gestapo knew all, but than some would not mind that, right Anglo? posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:08 PM
. Moke writes the most graphic, X-rated posts of anyone here -- and he is the one who behaves as a sex-terrified gymnophobe. . To sustain such cognitive dissonance over many years is hard on the sanity. (Oops, too late, it seems.) posted by
tonyh
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:10 PM
Wallace actually struck a nerve because Clinton went from zero to pissed-off in nothing flat. That really suprized me, because Clinton is a VERY polished interview. He's meen doing it for years, and has gotten quite good. I never expected that he'd lose his cool like that. posted by
anglo1
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:12 PM
posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:13 PM
. I think Clinton, after having been hated non-stop for eight years straight, finally felt free to pull the gloves off -- since he no longer had to maintain the dignity expected of a President. He gave Wallace and the rest of 'em what they deserved. . Bush gets almost as pissy, and he is still President. posted by
anonymous
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:13 PM
He would chase you Mucus if you wore thong underwear, but than you would not play hard to get, in fact you are likely very easy...oh and Bill would never waste joy juice on you....no never! Wear that blue dress, ok?
posted by
anglo1
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:14 PM
posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:15 PM
posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:18 PM
Mucus, did you see the interview? Read the transcipts? Oh, maybe you just heard Clinton was on. Your assesment of the interview was about as wrong as it gets. Of course, like Chris Wallace facts aren't your strong point.
Who was it that wanted to cut and run when we were in somalia? posted by
mattloch
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:24 PM
. Mocus, is that why the incoming Bush Administration said that Clinton was "obsessed" with al-Queda? It's a good thing they stopped any investigations into them and started planning their invasion of Iraq the day they took power. You keep listening to that lying Hannity, and ignoring the truth, and people will have no reason to start listening to you. Go ahead and blame Clinton for trying to revise history while watching that ABC mocudrama and living in your little bubble. I hope your prescription doesn't get cut from the Medicare list, because then you'll have to be moved into a State-run asylum (jail), and they don't allow prisoners to watch Faux News because it starts riots over who will get to rape various members of the Administration after indictments get handed out... posted by
anonymous
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:28 PM
"Who would have believed right after 9-11 that we would not have been hit again? "
You give us way too much credit, why would they risk a botched up second try, they are not a rich high tech outfit, this is guerilla war, war of opportunity and you have to wait your turn no matter how long it takes and they will. Nothing hurts or is so damaging to a guerilla war than impetuous, impattient action...time is there most valuable tool of war. The next one is coming...and it will be as much of a surprise as the last one no matter what party is in power for us at the time. posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:37 PM
. Tony, the current population of Afghanistan is approximately 30 million. You're willing to kill that many people as a demonstration? Sounds like you could give lessons to Osama bin Laden. . Maybe Clinton is tired of having being proved right and still having to face know-nothing interviewers like Chris Wallace. posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:39 PM
. Here's the Newsweek story, by the way: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/149... Now we've lost *TWO* wars under Shrub. So he wants to start a *THIRD.* posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 25, 2006 at 01:55 PM
posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Sep 25, 2006 at 02:03 PM
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