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By Sylph.Kimble 2012-03-14 22:41:12
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Lakshmi.Rearden said: »
I don't have to be proud of what wars I served in to be proud of my service or my accomplishments.

Could give no *** what someone else thinks about it.

Good for you. Many people that served in Vietnam can't say the same, esp since they were forced against their will.
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By Bahamut.Jetackuu 2012-03-14 22:50:23
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Caitsith.Mahayaya said: »
Anger begets anger.

Though(in my opinion) not presented well, I tend to lean toward Kluaf's stance. People unite when faced with an external threat. America united when the towers fell, Afghanistan will unite as these civilians are buried, Iran is uniting as we enforce strict sanctions.

People are silly and will usually default to an "us vs. them" mentality without education and empathy.

Republican? Stupid Democrats.
Theists? Stupid Atheists.

Though we've got such technological advances, we still have a tribal mind. Maybe if we thought about these things in 1953 - Iran, or in 1969 - Saddam, or in 1979 - Bin Laden... Actions have consequences and though we shouldn't be blamed for the faults of our fathers, we will be.

ftfy as to what would actually be a proper analogy in the way you used it.
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By Caitsith.Mahayaya 2012-03-14 22:58:26
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Proof of concept :)
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2012-03-14 23:03:00
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Curious as to what us armchair leaders would have done post 9/11 as Afghanistan was solely just a money grubbing operation.

Poof Israel out of existence?
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By Bahamut.Jetackuu 2012-03-14 23:44:32
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Caitsith.Mahayaya said: »
not really
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By Bahamut.Jetackuu 2012-03-14 23:46:29
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Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »
Curious as to what us armchair leaders would have done post 9/11 as Afghanistan was solely just a money grubbing operation.

Poof Israel out of existence?

wouldn't have fabricated false evidence of wmd's to invade two sovereign nations.

Then again I wouldn't have ignored the warning that 9/11 was going to happen, or allow airports to allow blades (which were against policy anyway) on an airplane.

that's just me.
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By Phoenix.Kluaf 2012-03-15 05:10:02
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History shows that there are no invincible armies.
Joseph Stalin


I too can quote infamous leaders of the mid 20th century.

How about getting around to a point? You disagree with my claim so elaborate beyond throwing a tired quote at me.[/quote]

Not sure your quote had anything to do with anything I said besides it was a quote...

Your in the group that agrees with the whole ill take our leaders at face value aka the kool-aid drinkers... Theres a ton of evidence from quotes to live news reports to footage that 911 was an absolute joke!! Do 2 or 3 hours of research youll find evidence that supports both sides of the 911 discussion. Either you believe the "official line" thats changed multiple times once common sense dismissed it. Some people are going to just going to dismiss whatever they see or hear. Those people im sure still believe "Their President isnt a crook" LOL Theres no point in getting into a pissing contest over the ***. Either you take your blinders off and use your common sense and not what Bill fukin Oreily says or believe the *** thats been laid out for you.

Iraq had WMD that was the reason we attacked them. But in reality they didnt and the people that was sent to find it never did and we still went ahead and attacked a sovereign nation thats only crime against us was a threat to only except euros for oil instead of dollars.

Its been called a war on terrorism. Terrorism has been going on for many centuries over there and we did nothing.

We attacked Afghanistan becuz they "harboured the terrorist that attacked us" ok if you really believe that those 19 people did the ***ok. Yet most of the "terrorist" have been found in Pakistan. LOL

Why not instead of having a caveman mentality to the 911 situation and bombing the innocent bring the guilty to trial and be civilized about and take the higher road? Why not do the right thing? Well theres no money in it ... The head of Pakistanis intelligence gave the head Hijacker Mohammed Ahta 200k like 2 weeks b4 911 .... We didnt bomb Pakistan ... Oh thats right "Theyre with Us"
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By Siren.Miyokonami 2012-03-15 06:13:23
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I dont think it matters where the trial is held.
Hes going to die either way.

The only bearing on location is how fast.

US death penalty=16 more years in prison.
Afghanistan - Same or next day.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2012-03-15 09:36:52
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Phoenix.Kluaf said: »

Not sure your quote had anything to do with anything I said besides it was a quote...

Your in the group that agrees with the whole ill take our leaders at face value aka the kool-aid drinkers... Theres a ton of evidence from quotes to live news reports to footage that 911 was an absolute joke!! Do 2 or 3 hours of research youll find evidence that supports both sides of the 911 discussion. Either you believe the "official line" thats changed multiple times once common sense dismissed it. Some people are going to just going to dismiss whatever they see or hear. Those people im sure still believe "Their President isnt a crook" LOL Theres no point in getting into a pissing contest over the ***. Either you take your blinders off and use your common sense and not what Bill fukin Oreily says or believe the *** thats been laid out for you.

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Iraq had WMD that was the reason we attacked them. But in reality they didnt and the people that was sent to find it never did and we still went ahead and attacked a sovereign nation thats only crime against us was a threat to only except euros for oil instead of dollars.

If you bothered to read this thread you'd see that I've been critical of the government action in Iraq and have drawn my own conclusions regarding the validity of the war in Afghanistan versus the quagmire that was Iraq.

To summarize: Iraq was a bad idea perpetuated by war hawks who wanted to kick *** in a country that wasn't linked to terrorism. Saddam Hussain was a brutal dictator but he had nothing to do with 9/11 and as a country we got duped by shooped PowerPoint slides and the impending doom mentality.

The key point here is Iraq and Afghanistan aren't the same place. One had no clear reason to be invaded and the other had some valid reasons. Keyword "had" as the mission is complete as far as I'm concerned and this nation building adventure is an exercise in futility.

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Its been called a war on terrorism. Terrorism has been going on for many centuries over there and we did nothing.


What part of "we were attacked on our home soil" isn't connecting? Are you forgetting about the 9/11 attacks or was that done by the Bush administration? Al Qaeda is a threat to the US, Bin Laden was suspected of being in the Afghan/Pakistan region along with other senior leaders and regardless of what happened in the past you can't simply shrug your shoulders and claim "well, we deserved it" because with that logic we deserved the Pearl Harbor attacks.

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We attacked Afghanistan becuz they "harboured the terrorist that attacked us" ok if you really believe that those 19 people did the ***ok. Yet most of the "terrorist" have been found in Pakistan. LOL

Are you a 9/11 truther?

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Why not instead of having a caveman mentality to the 911 situation and bombing the innocent bring the guilty to trial and be civilized about and take the higher road? Why not do the right thing? Well theres no money in it ... The head of Pakistanis intelligence gave the head Hijacker Mohammed Ahta 200k like 2 weeks b4 911 .... We didnt bomb Pakistan ... Oh thats right "Theyre with Us"

How exactly do you propose bringing the guilty to trial without... going after them? Do you think the guilty are so stupid to not hide among the innocent? How do you distinguish a terrorist from an innocent civilian? Can we just ask the terrorists to stand up and put shackles on 'em?

Pakistan has jihadist sympathizers? Who knew.

This ***isn't easy. There are no distinct borders. I could criticize the government all day but the idea that America is the cause of all wrong in the ME is completely wrong in addition to the idea floated that we're the ones creating all the terrorists. With or without US hands in the region or even our intimate relationship with Israel we'd always be the target of terrorists bred in that region.
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By Phoenix.Kluaf 2012-03-15 18:54:22
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Well no i didnt read the whole thread. But so in your opinion your saying ok i do believe our government lied to us about why we attacked Iraq but not Afghanistan? So in your owns words your admitting that they only tell the truth 50% of the time? If you can fathom that because you used common sense is that maybe not any left that the whole gd thing was a lie? Or yea thats right they do tell the truth half the time...

Japan attacked us because we cut off their oil with embargo's and sanctions, because they well *** "You're either with us or against us" LOL And they wasnt on our team was they??? LOL

But wait that seems kinda familiar... WE cut off oil for Japan they attack us. We attack them. They bad guy.
Middle East Countries threaten to cut off our oil. We attack them. We good guy.

We should take down the statue of liberty and replace her with a statue of Captain Caveman and a Club. and have his book say. "We All Good Doers They All Evil Doers".

And al-qaeda is a bad bunch ... THAT WE FUNDED AND TRAINED so they could fight the russians in the 80s. Well after we paid for their pizza party I guess they forgot to give us the change and party favors back ... Or did they???
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By Quetzalcoatl.Pyroelf 2012-03-26 03:35:03
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Phoenix.Kluaf said: »
Well no i didnt read the whole thread. But so in your opinion your saying ok i do believe our government lied to us about why we attacked Iraq but not Afghanistan? So in your owns words your admitting that they only tell the truth 50% of the time? If you can fathom that because you used common sense is that maybe not any left that the whole gd thing was a lie? Or yea thats right they do tell the truth half the time...

Japan attacked us because we cut off their oil with embargo's and sanctions, because they well *** "You're either with us or against us" LOL And they wasnt on our team was they??? LOL

But wait that seems kinda familiar... WE cut off oil for Japan they attack us. We attack them. They bad guy.
Middle East Countries threaten to cut off our oil. We attack them. We good guy.

We should take down the statue of liberty and replace her with a statue of Captain Caveman and a Club. and have his book say. "We All Good Doers They All Evil Doers".

And al-qaeda is a bad bunch ... THAT WE FUNDED AND TRAINED so they could fight the russians in the 80s. Well after we paid for their pizza party I guess they forgot to give us the change and party favors back ... Or did they???


If you truly are disgusted why stay? You have Canada to the north, or plenty of decent European nations across the sea. Or maybe you can even try to do something about it.

However, barking like a rabid tin foil hat wearer on a forum never got anything good accomplished for anyone.

I'm not saying all of what you say is crap, however, the way you bring it out is like any other crazy conspiracy theorists. Nobody ever takes crazy conspiracy theorists seriously no matter how true they might be.
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