Sept. 11 and the War on Terror: Bullshit or Patriotism?

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What do you think of the War on Terror?

The War on Terror is excellent and we should continue.
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The War on Terror is bullshit and we should stop it.
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I couldn't care less.
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now, some of you think france is very anti semetic... its true, but only because it has a big muslim population, plus they're not realy "pro israel" so it adds up...


rambo: where do you live in israel?
true
but england is anti semetic too

iam from HOLON city (near tel-aviv so they will know)
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@Walks with the Snails - You sound like a very educated person, keep up the good work.
I for one am not as afraid of the government knowing what firearms you know as I am afraid of the government being able to accuse you of "crimes against the state" or some such bullshit. Keeping track of weapons which are designed to kill is one thing. Keeping track of thoughts and beliefs is another.
Don't you think the Government would find it fitting to keep an eye on somebody they knew owned various Military firearms? Or how much ammo they buy a year? That is also infringing on the first amendment.
saying china is evil was stupid, true, and i dont like patriotism either, but its an opinion, still, the whole china thing is stupid
Maybe you have a problem reading, maybe you choose not to read what I posted - what I said was in a joking thread, and I clarified it was joking in the same post, however, Kashluck was so desperate to find something to hold against me he chose something as foolish as that.
Well, isn't this thread exactly about that. War on Terrorism is bull. People have begun blaiming nations and people leaning to WoT, US has been harrasing arabs leaning to WoT, US decided to revive DDR from the grave leaning to WoT....
The thread's title was stupid to begin with, going to war is not a matter of patriotism but rather defense, should have been "The War on terror, Justified reaction to attacks or unjustified war?"
Myself, I'd rather cut this off before we're royally fucked. Prevent the government from ever being able to keep track of your travel, your purchases, your communications with friends....
According to you, the Government keeping track of civilians purchasing firearms was not a big concern, I suppose you changed your mind?
It appears, however, that Arabs are now the official scapegoat of the US. They're the ones stopped more often at airports, they're immediately blamed for any major catastrophe (or maybe you don't remember how we blamed them immediately after Oklahoma City) and there've been numerous cases of firebombings and anonymous threats and on Arab-owned stores.
Who flew the 2 planes in to the WTC? Me thinks they were Arabs. Would you not agree that it makes more sense to check over an Arab man in an airport rather than checking an old lady?
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rambo wrote:
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but england is anti semetic too

iam from HOLON city (near tel-aviv so they will know)
ahi, coolam antishemim, ze rak mida shel kama

ramat sharonic btw, surisingly not rich though


hammer: ah, but you forget, i was away for a while, and the topic went on for 4 more pages... i did make a mistake, true, did not know you were joking
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Some of you:

Know who an Arab is, and which counties he would originate from.

Pakistan, like most other countries in the world, is full of decent peace loving people. And, like everywhere else, the idiots are the first people you see. This is, why for example, some people have a bad view of the USA: they just see the Kluckers and Militia members and G's and etc.


DO:
By now, there's nothing that could be done. Even after September 11, there was nothing we could have done. Right now we have what's essentially a puppet government set up in Afghanistan (and if you think we'll be allowing democratic elections, you're just naive)
Well however you put it its better than under the Taliban, right? So why take this line of argument?

I for one am not as afraid of the government knowing what firearms you know as I am afraid of the government being able to accuse you of "crimes against the state" or some such bullshit. Keeping track of weapons which are designed to kill is one thing. Keeping track of thoughts and beliefs is another.
Nicely stated!


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And correct me if I'm mistaken, but doesn't Pakistan sponsor it's fair share of terrorism against India?

OK then. Your wrong. Absolutely in fact.
Get real, they just call it that because War on Terrorists isn't as catchy. If it was really just a war on terror, we'd be researching drugs to deaden the terror emotion in people or something like that. This isn't a war on emotion, it's a war against people who use an emotion to further their ends.
Interesting. And well analysed.


MF:

Your response to CBR:
Do you really believe that bullshit propaganda you're spewing?
I think that he may well believe what he's saying. God help us all...


CBR:
Okay, the whole UNITED FASCIST EUROPE was a little overstated
Yes, happy you think so. You shouldn't read so much into alarmist news articles. Remember, when they show some group of fruit bars from some far-away country that, just like in your homeland, they are a minority.

though you must remember that by the 1960's russia had napalm which could pretty much burn down all possible defenses, and ski-troops would not be as effective against T-72's.
Please, don't be stupid. You're thinking in terms of weapons, and not people and politics. The Fins have already shown themselves not to be a walkover where Russian/Soviet invasion is concerned. If your arguments her worked then the US would have succeeded in Vietnam in one or two years.

The U.S does not feel comfortable with arab NATIONS, NOT THE RACE because of the aweful human rights and the fact that common knoladge in most of the middle east (save maybe Turkey) is that the Jews hijacked planes on 9/11, not Arabs because arabs dont do that! Also, as everyone knows, 10,000 Jews moved out of the WTC area on 9/10!
See above and, the view regarding 9/11 is only shared among extremists. Most people in the middle east were horrified by the attacks.

How dare anyone defend the arab nations!
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Kashluk:
I can only agree with the underlined one... At that time, US claimed that it didn't care a shit about Europe's situation

Many did care, but until Pearl their hands were mostly tied by the isolationists.

Or the ambulance thingy... You can kill as much people as you want, but if the guy doesn't die and gets in the ambulance he's not allowed to be shot at Does that make any sense to you guys?

Yes. Don't be a tit, you would want this kind of thing on your side if you ever had to go to war. Someone who is wounded, and therefore unable to fight, is not a threat to their opposition. This is quite different to other "controversial" scenarios like retreating forces (read Basra) becoming targets.

(Helsinki, Moscow and London - the only european capitals that weren't invaded in WW2)
I guess that my version of history is flawed then, and Lisbon, Stockholm, Reykjavik, Dublin, Geneva and Madrid were invaded during the war.

You know, CCCP and USA were allies in WW2, you guys were actually "partners in crime", when Soviets tried to make Finland an Eastern Block- country! If you're confused: I mean the time when the allied supervisory committee was controlling Finland.
Yes, lots of nasty agreements were made after WW2. The one that sticks most in my mind is the handing back of the Soviets who were serving with the Germans to the USSR. A shabby way for us to treat people.


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you've never seen any of this shit w/your own eyes, either. Back in '91 I saw little Iraqi kids lying on the side of the road where shrapnel from American bombs had killed them. Were they enemies of the state, or just "collateral damage"?


And all those people just going to a normal day at work during peace-time deserved to die? Why yes, in your opinion I'm sure they did.
Don't be a fuckwit, OTB is talking about unconnected things. Shit, he’s not even necessarily saying that gulf war 2 was wrong overall.


rambo:
true
but england is anti semetic too
You will find anti-Semitism in nearly every country. So what? You'll also find all manner of other bigoted attitudes. From my experience of actually living in the UK, only a few people are anti-Semitic, and no-one listens to them because they are morons.


TG:
now, some of you think france is very anti semetic... its true, but only because it has a big muslim population, plus they're not realy "pro israel" so it adds up...
I think that I'm getting a bit confused here, too many posts, but IMO non pro-Israel doesn't necessarily equal anti-Semitic. Please clarify this for me :-)
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i did think that might be a bit blurry james

if the country doesnt support us, our actions and such(if the goverment "hate" us), then that might effects its citizens into a general belief that we're bad, or evil, or some nagative thought of that sense... and since jews are assosiated with israel(which is just ofcourse, the majority are jews), it usualy wakes up antisementic believes and thoughts...

did i make myself clear? i think that was a better way of putting it
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A) We lost in Vietnam because we set totally arbitrary "no fly zones" and conscrpts only lasted 1 year. Russia does not make the same mistake. Afghanistan had American wepons to repel the invasion, too.
B) Egypt is considerd a "non fundementalist" and common belief is that Jews did it to get us angry at the arabs. I saved Turkey from these groups because Turkey is very, very diffirent, and is more West than East in many ways, suprisingly.
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you dont acully believe in that "common belief", right constipated?
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Constipated BladeRunner wrote: Also, Hagia Sophia is the most beautiful place on earth
Okay, I've been watching the thread from afar (not posting, just reading). Now, taking the ENTIRE thread with Hammer and his military history that seeps into almost all his posts, Kashluk and the burning flag controversy, CBR and his bullshit propoganda and unthinking devotion to the US (hey, I live there too)...

Now, what does the above statment have to do with ANYTHING? Hey, yeah, the US is good/evil, the US foreign affairs policy is bullshit/good...and this site is really pretty!

More so, if we go back a bit, he (CBR) says he excludes Turkey from the rest of the "evil Arab world" because they are more liberal...and the Hagia Sphia is pretty.

CBR, please, just stop. Normally, I read your posts for the sheer entertainment value, but...this one caught my eye and annoyed me more than normal.
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James wrote:Kashluk:
I can only agree with the underlined one... At that time, US claimed that it didn't care a shit about Europe's situation

Many did care, but until Pearl their hands were mostly tied by the isolationists.
Well it seems my-belly-button-syndrome to me :roll:
James wrote:
Or the ambulance thingy... You can kill as much people as you want, but if the guy doesn't die and gets in the ambulance he's not allowed to be shot at Does that make any sense to you guys?

Yes. Don't be a tit, you would want this kind of thing on your side if you ever had to go to war. Someone who is wounded, and therefore unable to fight, is not a threat to their opposition. This is quite different to other "controversial" scenarios like retreating forces (read Basra) becoming targets.
But it's like Hammer said : crap to bring politics into the battlefield. The same person you were trying to kill 5 seconds ago is now *wounded* and deserves to be *protected*? It is missing the logic somehow...

James wrote:
(Helsinki, Moscow and London - the only european capitals that weren't invaded in WW2)
I guess that my version of history is flawed then, and Lisbon, Stockholm, Reykjavik, Dublin, Geneva and Madrid were invaded during the war.
Oops, sorry, should've been - the only capitals of nations which took part in ww2 and were not invaded - :oops:

James wrote:
You know, CCCP and USA were allies in WW2, you guys were actually "partners in crime", when Soviets tried to make Finland an Eastern Block- country! If you're confused: I mean the time when the allied supervisory committee was controlling Finland.
Yes, lots of nasty agreements were made after WW2. The one that sticks most in my mind is the handing back of the Soviets who were serving with the Germans to the USSR. A shabby way for us to treat people.
Yup... Although the supervisory committee was 75% soviet union officials, it still was called the allied committee. That's why the harsh comment 'bout your proletarian acts. :D
the guardian wrote:if the country doesnt support us, our actions and such(if the goverment "hate" us), then that might effects its citizens into a general belief that we're bad, or evil, or some nagative thought of that sense... and since jews are assosiated with israel(which is just ofcourse, the majority are jews), it usualy wakes up antisementic believes and thoughts...
At least Finland judges your actions against the palestinians... but noone's (and I mean no one) shouting in the streets "Die Jews, Die!" :?

The so called "fear of jews taking over" seems to have been forgotten to the pages of history in Europe. Today the racist movement aims against black, asian and east european minority groups only.
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the guardian wrote:you dont acully believe in that "common belief", right constipated?
I went to a Jewish preschool.
My first girlfriend was jewish.
About 1/3 of my friends are jewish.
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Constipated BladeRunner wrote:During the Commie scare, many people where killied because of a dream.
We had slaves.
We are in some ways cultrally opressive- anyone who has ever been to lakeforst will know this :lol:
We are an inderct democracy, meaning that it is not a singel dictator, but a whole group of them!
Though, I think overall America is a step in the right direction- now you have 1 superpower that means very little chance of world wide nuclear war, not to mention the fact that we peacekeep the world most of the time- though I think we should do something about Africa and the middle east
Yeah, it is not so much a that I love America, it is just I think it is very good for the entire world to have 1 superpower, drasticlly reducing any chance of world wide nuclear war.
Also, I take offense when people say I love America so much. I was just trying to defend some of its actions- I think that what america did after Sept. 11 was most likely not a bad thing, and while we have done alot, o and I mean alot of stupid things- We hated Castro dispite the fact that he was leading Cuba through a golden time in it's history, we are seriously fuking up the carribean's economy by breaking our promise of not growing bananas, which overall is 80% of the area's economy, we have supported aweful regiems (Vietnam), and have not sent humainitarin aid to where it is need most (Africa) as much as we did to kosovo, we are still right wing in many sad ways, we still have idiotic universial taxes which are unfair to the under-classes and overly helpful to the burgeoise, we are ethnically not as mixed as most nations of the world, we opeanly love some Arab nations dispite their slavery of women and common belief that non arabs are devils.
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I find it ironic that you write about how my comment about Hagi Sophia has absolutley nothing to do wit the thread, yet I think that something pointing out that it had nothing to do with the thread has much, much less to do with the point in question :!:
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Le Pen made a comment wher he rhymed the name of a famous Jew to an oven.
The neo-fascist movement is just as much against Jews as it is blacks, arabs and Asians.
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At least Finland judges your actions against the palestinians... but noone's (and I mean no one) shouting in the streets "Die Jews, Die!" :?
give 'em time :P but seriously, thats right, no one does, they just hate us for being israelis now, not jews... progress in action!

btw, quoting constipated
it is just I think it is very good for the entire world to have 1 superpower, drasticlly reducing any chance of world wide nuclear war

nice, but no cigar: no one wants a tyrian over their heads telling them what to do. having america as a "superpower" directing other countries actions will only push them into doing that kinda stuff....

plus america isnt pure or anything, no one cant promise you'll behave... power corrups, is it?

also, the only reason why you "love" arab nations, is because you need their oil
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Why can't we all just get along? :cry:

Lighten up people!
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the guardian wrote:
At least Finland judges your actions against the palestinians... but noone's (and I mean no one) shouting in the streets "Die Jews, Die!" :?
give 'em time :P but seriously, thats right, no one does, they just hate us for being israelis now, not jews... progress in action!

btw, quoting constipated
it is just I think it is very good for the entire world to have 1 superpower, drasticlly reducing any chance of world wide nuclear war

nice, but no cigar: no one wants a tyrian over their heads telling them what to do. having america as a "superpower" directing other countries actions will only push them into doing that kinda stuff....

plus america isnt pure or anything, no one cant promise you'll behave... power corrups, is it?

also, the only reason why you "love" arab nations, is because you need their oil
Good piont, only history has proven that it is more likely to have 2 superpowers starting a war than 1 superpower against not as powerful countries- look at WW1.
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Cheers TG, that makes more sense to my sleep deprived brain now :-)
plus america isnt pure or anything, no one cant promise you'll behave... power corrups, is it?

also, the only reason why you "love" arab nations, is because you need their oil
This is also why the US won't go to war with China any time soon: where would they then get cheap manufactured goods? And the converse is true, China may sabre rattle about America all they like, but there not going to get those US dollars fro their exports from anywhere else.

Economics is far more powerful than ideology, people and politics I guess.

Kashluk
But it's like Hammer said : crap to bring politics into the battlefield. The same person you were trying to kill 5 seconds ago is now *wounded* and deserves to be *protected*? It is missing the logic somehow...
Not necessarily protected. Not shooting at an enemy casualty and protecting him are two different things.

Missing logic maybe, but there’s no reason not to avoid attacking casualties when it doesn’t hurt your people to do so. It's obviously not applicable to do in many situations however.

The so called "fear of jews taking over" seems to have been forgotten to the pages of history in Europe. Today the racist movement aims against black, asian and east european minority groups only.
I think they hate Jewish people too, they pretty much hate everyone.


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We lost in Vietnam because we set totally arbitrary "no fly zones" and conscrpts only lasted 1 year. Russia does not make the same mistake. Afghanistan had American wepons to repel the invasion, too.
Erm, no. The US/RVN lost in Vietnam because of many complex issues. But those aren’t them. And the USSR did make the same mistake in Afghanistan in the '80s.


Regarding Vietnam, consider these :

The aim of the war was to win the hearts and minds of the people: this was in fact the only way to win. But this seemed to go out the window in favour of more conventional military thinking which, whilst suitable for WW2 or the war in Europe that we were all planning for at the time, wasn't very suitable for the situation in Vietnam.

The CIA were in a position where they could have influenced a coup and installed a decent (and puppet like too, this is how the US could have kept the new government from becoming corrupt) regime, instead of the series of corrupt and murderous leaders that the RVN suffered. A fair and decent government would have actually endeared the people of the south towards their leaders: instead they were turned towards the VC more and more.

Or the indiscriminate use of artillery and bombing by US and RVN forces, which served to provide recruits for the VC. This worked in WW2 but Vietnam was no place for this type of war fighting. Occasionally this type of firepower would be necessary, but mostly it served as another reason for the people in the villages to hate the RVN government and the US forces. What was needed, in effect, was less weapons and destruction.

What about the way that the lives of US soldiers were squandered to "capture" some meaningless hill, only to give it away almost immediately afterwards.

Egypt is considerd a "non fundementalist" and common belief is that Jews did it to get us angry at the arabs.
I doubt this is as widespread as you seem to think. Most people in the world have some use of their brains and can deduce that this is steaming bullshit. On that note, don't you think that it would be useful to recognise such bullshit when you hear it? You seem to take a lot of this type of stuff to heart.

it is just I think it is very good for the entire world to have 1 superpower, drasticlly reducing any chance of world wide nuclear war.
But I'm not sure if it does. We may have got lots of arms cuts and a drastic reduction in posture level, but this is at the expense of security, especially in the former USSR. There has been some rather dangerous talk from some in the US of actually using nuclear weapons now that the cold war is over.

Not to mention that some, dumbfucks IMO, great military minds over there are talking about fitting SLBM's with conventional warheads for rapid (maybe 2h downtime from a strike being called, although this remains to be seen, verses more time for a non overhead B52 or fighter asset) strikes against high priority targets. Just what do they think the Russians will make of things when their, already somewhat knee-jerk, early warning network detects a trident launch?

And the world has more than one superpower anyway, there just isn’t the balance between NATO/Warsaw pact nations anymore.
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James wrote:
But it's like Hammer said : crap to bring politics into the battlefield. The same person you were trying to kill 5 seconds ago is now *wounded* and deserves to be *protected*? It is missing the logic somehow...
Not necessarily protected. Not shooting at an enemy casualty and protecting him are two different things.

Missing logic maybe, but there’s no reason not to avoid attacking casualties when it doesn’t hurt your people to do so. It's obviously not applicable to do in many situations however.
Well, at least we both agree, that it's pretty silly to have such logics in the battlefield, where you've come to kill right? Alas, I'll never understand that. :?
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The so called "fear of jews taking over" seems to have been forgotten to the pages of history in Europe. Today the racist movement aims against black, asian and east european minority groups only.
I think they hate Jewish people too, they pretty much hate everyone.
:rofl: That's pretty fricking true :wink:
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We lost in Vietnam because we set totally arbitrary "no fly zones" and conscrpts only lasted 1 year. Russia does not make the same mistake. Afghanistan had American wepons to repel the invasion, too.
Erm, no. The US/RVN lost in Vietnam because of many complex issues. But those aren’t them. And the USSR did make the same mistake in Afghanistan in the '80s.
Generally, super powers against small nations fighting guerilla war usually ends up humiliating the super power. The third example besides Afganistan & Vietnam could be the Winter War.
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CBR..You really are a moron. Turks are not arabs. Many of them are muslims, yes, but they're not arabs.

First, most are palish white of skin instead of the usual arab brown. Second, their hair growth, profile and pretty much every other feature differs a lot from your typical arab.
Third, the term Arab comes from the Arabian language. That language was never spoken by the Turks. The Turks (Osmans, Ottomans) took over what is now Turkey when they left their homeland further East and their language was more simliar to Persian than to Arabic languages.
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true

personal experiance- been to turkey a couple of times, nice place, no hate directed for me for being a jew or from israel, so long as you're paying you're their best friend :P
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