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dogbert



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Americans are dying because there are too many idiots in Washington who have bought the "Joo" line.

It's a lie...if we want to go after Al Qaeda, we need to invade Pakistan, which we won't.

If we are concerned about Muslims with nuclear weapons, again we need to take out Pakistan and Iran, which we won't.

Instead, we picked on Iraq and as yet, have nothing to show for it except body bags.

There is no valid comparison to World War II here.
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



Joined: 25 May 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It's a lie...if we want to go after Al Qaeda, we need to invade Pakistan, which we won't.


Al Qaeda is not only in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Where in Pakistan would you look? Pakistan has a pro US leader who is no friend of Al Qaida - they even tried to kill him.



But the US will in fact be going into Wazerastan soon anyway.

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If we are concerned about Muslims with nuclear weapons, again we need to take out Pakistan and Iran, which we won't.



The best way to get Al Qaida is to get mideast governments to do it themselves. Mid east regimes control what happens in their nations they pay the clerics and run the media- If they are threatened then they will. If they change their behavior then the terror will stop.

Just like Syria expelled PKK when Turkey threatened them.

Iraq borders Syria Iran and Saudi Arabia and so bases there the US to project power through the mideast. Taking down Saddam also means the US doesn't have to contain him.


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Instead, we picked on Iraq and as yet, have nothing to show for it except body bags.


Al Qaida is all though the mideast the best way to fight them is to force mid east regimes to take out themselves. They can do it a lot better than the US can.
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dogbert



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote:
Al Qaida is all though the mideast the best way to fight them is to force mid east regimes to take out themselves.


I would not advise holding one's breath while waiting for this to happen.

Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote:
They can do it a lot better than the US can.


Then why are young Americans still dying by the planeload?
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



Joined: 25 May 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppin124254947may12,0,4123195,print.column?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines

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So if the U.S. is not interested in "regime change" in Moscow, why is Uncle Sam so interested in positioning military assets across Eurasia? For the answer, one need only look at a map. From "New Europe" to Central Asia to Pakistan, the U.S. is building an arc of power above the Middle East, with the goal of completely surrounding the area. That's the real focus of American foreign policy in the 21st century, the transformation, by one tool or another, of the Arab countries, as well as Iran, into Iraq- and Afghanistan-like dependencies. For reasons of anti-terrorism, for reasons of oil, for reasons of neoconservative ideology, the U.S. wants to be ready to intervene anywhere in the region with overwhelming force.
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Given stats like this, it really doesn't matter what supporters say:




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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



Joined: 25 May 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The president should do what he thinks is best for the country not what is popular.

Besides there is one more stat that should have been there. Bush 51% Kerry 49%

Korean war wasn't popular.

It is never worth it.

Besides most Americans oppose higher gas taxes - which is the only other effective weapon the US has.
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The Bobster



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote:
Besides there is one more stat that should have been there. Bush 51% Kerry 49%

It's a statistic I like to quote when people try to say that the American people overwhelmingly support this war - probably the lowest margin of victory by a sitting president during wartime, with one of the highest percent of eliogible voters turnign out.

And you have STILL not brought yourself to reflect or commenton the OP - 3 pages later, Joo.

And it's partly me, I encouraged you instead of ignoring you ... but I was curious how many ludicrous things you would say while deflecting the topic from its actual subject. And you did not disappoint. You seldom do in that regard.


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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote:
Besides there is one more stat that should have been there. Bush 51% Kerry 49%


In yesterday's Washington Post?

June 8, 2005 - Bush gains 51% of popular vote to Kerry's 49% in vote six months ago
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The Great Wall of Whiner



Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Middle Land

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The guy is a hippocrite for supporting the war and then changing his mind when it affects him.

He sounds selfish to me, not thinking of others. It's like the man who watches the big blazing fire and simply walks right past, ignoring the calls from help from suffering kids and elderly until he sees that someone he knows is in danger. Only then does he start to help fight the fire.

I have little sympathy for his opinion about the war. Selfish-based opinions and politics never appealed to me. He was all gung-ho about the war originally, then changed his mind.
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