Way off topic, but it has do to with the French

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

Did we get all of them? No. But we did pretty well. And last time I
checked there hasn't been a terrorist attack on US soil since.


One thing I've always found interesting when someone puts out the "we
haven't been attacked since" card is that no one in the national media
to my knowledge anyway, has even come close to suggesting something so
basic to common sense that it defies explanation.

Anyone with half a strategic brain has to at least consider the fact
that the reason could very well be that they don't WANT to attack us
again...at least not yet.

Attacking us again would be counter productive to the gains they have to
be seeing happening as we speak through the splitting up of the country
into war and anti-war factions with politicians from both sides fighting
with each other for "control" of the government.

Even the common man in the street can see if they just open their brains
up and THINK, that attacking us again while all this is going on would
serve to UNITE the country rather than divide it!

I could be wrong, but this seems plausible to me. Why do something that
nails a few thousand people and really ****es off the rest of the people
, when you can sit back and let the idiot politicians divide and destroy
the country for you?

--
Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

Did we get all of them? No. But we did pretty well. And last time I
checked there hasn't been a terrorist attack on US soil since.


One thing I've always found interesting when someone puts out the "we
haven't been attacked since" card is that no one in the national media
to my knowledge anyway, has even come close to suggesting something so
basic to common sense that it defies explanation.

Anyone with half a strategic brain has to at least consider the fact
that the reason could very well be that they don't WANT to attack us
again...at least not yet.

Attacking us again would be counter productive to the gains they have to
be seeing happening as we speak through the splitting up of the country
into war and anti-war factions with politicians from both sides fighting
with each other for "control" of the government.

Even the common man in the street can see if they just open their brains
up and THINK, that attacking us again while all this is going on would
serve to UNITE the country rather than divide it!

I could be wrong, but this seems plausible to me. Why do something that
nails a few thousand people and really ****es off the rest of the people
, when you can sit back and let the idiot politicians divide and destroy
the country for you?



If you believe AQ their goal with the 9/11 attack, the attack on the USS
Cole and their other actions was to get us and other western nations out
of the Mid-East. They failed, in fact the outcome was exactly the
opposite. And I can understand why they thought the way they did. During
the Clinton administration they attacked the WTC, the Cole and other
targets and the only response from the US was to launch a few cruise
missiles. They had no reason to think that 9/11 would have been any
different. Let's face it, there is no way in hell they thought those
towers would have fallen the way they did.

Please keep in mind that my post was about Afghanistan not Iraq. 20/20
hindsight is great and using it, attacking Iraq was probably a mistake.
The bigger mistake though was not putting enough boots on the ground to
keep AQ and other non-Iraqis out of Iraq once we did go in.

Gig 601XL Builder wrote in
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Dudley Henriques wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

Did we get all of them? No. But we did pretty well. And last time I
checked there hasn't been a terrorist attack on US soil since.


One thing I've always found interesting when someone puts out the "we
haven't been attacked since" card is that no one in the national
media to my knowledge anyway, has even come close to suggesting
something so basic to common sense that it defies explanation.

Anyone with half a strategic brain has to at least consider the fact
that the reason could very well be that they don't WANT to attack us
again...at least not yet.

Attacking us again would be counter productive to the gains they have
to be seeing happening as we speak through the splitting up of the
country into war and anti-war factions with politicians from both
sides fighting with each other for "control" of the government.

Even the common man in the street can see if they just open their
brains up and THINK, that attacking us again while all this is going
on would serve to UNITE the country rather than divide it!

I could be wrong, but this seems plausible to me. Why do something
that nails a few thousand people and really ****es off the rest of
the people , when you can sit back and let the idiot politicians
divide and destroy the country for you?



If you believe AQ their goal with the 9/11 attack, the attack on the
USS Cole and their other actions was to get us and other western
nations out of the Mid-East. They failed, in fact the outcome was
exactly the opposite.


THe game isn't over yet, and that's only what they told you.

Their actual goal was to get you all running around like tortured
mice...


Bertie

I could be wrong, but this seems plausible to me. Why do something that
nails a few thousand people and really ****es off the rest of the people ,
when you can sit back and let the idiot politicians divide and destroy the
country for you?

It's a plausible explanation, except for one thing: We're dealing with
people who strap explosives to mentally handicapped people and blow up
school buses. These aren't the sharpest sticks in the bunch, and I think
you're giving them more credit for strategic thinking than they deserve.

On the other hand, I think even the dumbest among them now realize that they
only have to wait for President Barrack Hussein Obama to win next November
and they win. Why rock the boat now?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:ltCxj.53957$yE1.49034@attbi_s21:

I could be wrong, but this seems plausible to me. Why do something
that nails a few thousand people and really ****es off the rest of
the people , when you can sit back and let the idiot politicians
divide and destroy the country for you?

It's a plausible explanation, except for one thing: We're dealing
with people who strap explosives to mentally handicapped people and
blow up school buses. These aren't the sharpest sticks in the bunch,
and I think you're giving them more credit for strategic thinking than
they deserve.

On the other hand, I think even the dumbest among them now realize
that they only have to wait for President Barrack Hussein Obama to win
next November and they win. Why rock the boat now?

You are a moron, Jay.

A complete moron.


Bertie

On Feb 29, 6:48*am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
*We're dealing with
people who strap explosives to mentally handicapped people

Jay, your thinking illustrates why such problems exist. You need to
try to understand that these are passionate believers in their cause.
No more or less. The suicide bombers are not mentally handicapped and
their goal is to enact retribution against their enemy. Wouldn't the
US call them freedom fighters if they were were working for your
interests? Did you know that your #1 enemy was a US sponsored "freedom
fighter" before he was cut off and left out to dry? That might have
made him realize something don't you think?

Cheers

Jay, your thinking illustrates why such problems exist. You need to
try to understand that these are passionate believers in their cause.
No more or less. The suicide bombers are not mentally handicapped and
their goal is to enact retribution against their enemy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6889106/

If strapping explosives to kids with Down's Syndrome isn't sick, I don't
know what is.

Wing, you really need to keep up here. Your defense of the insurgency is
way out of step with the current reality on the ground in Iraq. Two years
ago, you may have been correct. Now, however, more and more the people of
Iraq have turned against the operatives that have so desecrated and
decimated their country -- and Al Qaeda has responded with increasingly
desperate (and immoral) behavior.

Which has only helped our cause. When the insurgency started violating
Islamic law, they lost.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 28 Feb, 21:08, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Jay, your thinking illustrates why such problems exist. You need to
try to understand that these are passionate believers in their cause.
No more or less. The suicide bombers are not mentally handicapped and
their goal is to enact retribution against their enemy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6889106/

If strapping explosives to kids with Down's Syndrome isn't sick, I don't
know what is.

Taking the left half of the bell curve and strapping them to Abrahms
tanks?


Bertie

On Feb 29, 10:08*am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Jay, your thinking illustrates why such problems exist. You need to
try to understand that these are passionate believers in their cause.
No more or less. The suicide bombers are not mentally handicapped and
their goal is to enact retribution against their enemy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6889106/

If strapping explosives to kids with Down's Syndrome isn't sick, I don't
know what is.


What is sad that you so readily believe such a (unsubstantiated)
story.

Cheers

WingFlaps wrote:
Did you know that your #1 enemy was a US sponsored "freedom
fighter" before he was cut off and left out to dry? That might have
made him realize something don't you think?

Cheers

Cut off? Really? We helped OBL when his war against the USSR. Had we
jumped in right after they left and tried to make Afghanistan into a US
client state, which no Afghan wanted us to do in the first place, the
USSR would have had to react.