Colin Powell is an idiot!

[Wayne Grabert]

Colin Powell and the bozoes in the Bush administration continue to play into al Qaida's hands.

Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) told a Senate panel Tuesday that what appears to be a new statement from Osama bin Laden shows why the world needs to be concerned about Iraqi ties to terrorism.

Powell said he read a transcript of "what bin Laden — or who we believe to be bin Laden" will be saying on the Al-Jazeera Arab satellite station later Tuesday, "where once again he speaks to the people of Iraq and talks about their struggle and how he is in partnership with Iraq."

"This nexus between terrorists and states that are developing weapons of mass destruction can no longer be looked away from and ignored," Powell told the Senate Budget Committee.

But Al-Jazeera chief editor Ibrahim Hilal told The Associated Press his station has no such tape.

Al Qaida is massing along the Iran-Iraqi border, according to what I heard on a radio report of what CIA director George Tenet has just told Congress. To me, this is evidence of what I have been warning about for months: that al Qaida will mount a guerilla war against the US in Iraq--and it will be very well funded by donations from Muslims around the world.

Concerned about the "stage orange" terror alert? I predict that al Qaida will not launch a major attack (or attacks) until the US invades Iraq. That will be their time of opportunity. That is what the terrorists are preparing for.

Al Qaida is responding US policy toward Iraq by making PR overtures to the Iraqi people (and NOT the Iraqi government). Colin Gump is exploiting that to make the false argument that it is all the more reason why we need to invade Iraq--that there is a tie between the Iraqi regime and al Qaida. That, like nearly everything else that comes out of the incompetent Bush adminstration, is a lie.

For al Qaida it will soon be the 1980's all over again, but with the USSR replaced by the US and Afghanistan replaced by Iraq. They'll win this one too. The US will eventually leave Iraq in chaos. Taliban-like governments will have control of Afghanistan and most of Iraq. Resources that could have been devoted to stabilize Afghanistan and build it a national army and infrastructure will instead be sucked away by the misguided Iraq effort.

That's what happens when you allow a chimp to be president.

 

[Kodiak]

Colin Powell and the bozoes in the Bush administration continue to play into al Qaida's hands. Al Qaida is massing along the Iran-Iraqi border, according to what I heard on a radio report of what CIA director George Tenet has just told Congress. To me, this is evidence of what I have been warning about for months: that al Qaida will mount a guerilla war against the US in Iraq--and it will be very well funded by donations from Muslims around the world.

Concerned about the "stage orange" terror alert? I predict that al Qaida will not launch a major attack (or attacks) until the US invades Iraq. That will be their time of opportunity. That is what the terrorists are preparing for.

Al Qaida is responding US policy toward Iraq by making PR overtures to the Iraqi people (and NOT the Iraqi government). Colin Gump is exploiting that to make the false argument that it is all the more reason why we need to invade Iraq--that there is a tie between the Iraqi regime and al Qaida. That, like nearly everything else that comes out of the incompetent Bush adminstration, is a lie.

For al Qaida it will soon be the 1980's all over again, but with the USSR replaced by the US and Afghanistan replaced by Iraq. They'll win this one too. The US will eventually leave Iraq in chaos. Taliban-like governments will have control of Afghanistan and most of Iraq. Resources that could have been devoted to stabilize Afghanistan and build it a national army and infrastructure will instead be sucked away by the misguided Iraq effort.

That's what happens when you allow a chimp to be president.

A lot of "doom and gloom" predictions there...

Or is it maybe wishful thinking? Hmmm...

Instead of simply expressing your obvious bias, could you please explain how Powell's statements about a future Al Queda communique are either "idiotic" or "playing to Al Queda's hands"??

I for one would prefer it if Al Queda launched its attacks conventionally against military targets, as opposed to terrorist attacks against civilians...

 

[circuitslave]

"Colin Powell is an idiot!"


"...the incompetent Bush adminstration"


"That's what happens when you allow a chimp to be president."



The irony lies in the fact that the U.S. government is fighting for your right to make these statements.

 

[subgenius]

The irony lies in the fact that the U.S. government is fighting for your right to make these statements.

The irony is that you believe that they're not fighting for the big money interests, and that they're taking away many of your rights as we speak.

 

[Wayne Grabert]

The irony lies in the fact that the U.S. government is fighting for your right to make these statements.

BULLS**T!

Expansion of "Patriot" (sic) Act.

Yet I suppose I should be so grateful for the "fight for my rights" that I should not use them and should obediently fall in line?

 

[Richard G]

To me, this is evidence of what I have been warning about for months: that al Qaida will mount a guerilla war against the US in Iraq--and it will be very well funded by donations from Muslims around the world.

This will be most welcome. Draw them out of hiding so we may more efficiently and expeditiously kill them.

They'll win this one too.

I think you, and everyone else in the world understimates our resolve. We are going to kill terrorists, and those that aid and abeit them. No nation or agenda is going to derail us from that. [Translation: Don't get between a dog and its meat]

 

[Jedi Knight]

BULLS**T!

Expansion of "Patriot" (sic) Act.

Yet I suppose I should be so grateful for the "fight for my rights" that I should not use them and should obediently fall in line?

Gosh Wayne, I can't recall a time when you were so upset lol.

I do not think we will wind up defeated like the Russians were in Afghanistan. The weapons we are using now will not leave any of the Al Qaidi alive to continue attacking us in that region.

Also, if Iraq becomes chaotic, that is better than having an intact Iraqi state using its resources to attack us.

JK

 

[Wayne Grabert]

I think you, and everyone else in the world understimates our resolve.

Vietnam.

 

[circuitslave]

"The irony is that you believe that they're not fighting for the big money interests"


If it wasn't for September 11th. I could see your point. But this isn't about oil. It's about those same people who bitched about 911 and the government knowing and warnings and did nothing about it or try to prevent it, aren't going to get the opportunity again.

It's a risk the U.S. isn't going to take.


And Wayne, if you don't agree with their policy I understand that, but name calling and attacking personally, you come off as a biased liberal.

I'm not saying that you are, but stick to the facts to prove your point.

 

[aerocontrols]

Idiots abound, apparently

For al Qaida it will soon be the 1980's all over again, but with the USSR replaced by the US and Afghanistan replaced by Iraq. They'll win this one too.

Care to explain why it wasn't the 1980s all over again last year, with the USSR replaced by US and Afghanistan playing the same role?

MattJ

 

[Richard G]

[Vietnam] Different administration with no intestinal fortitude, and bungling with the top Generals plans and recomendations. That hard lesson will not be repeated with this administration.

 

[SFB]

Vietnam.

The first Gulf War, Afghanistan.

 

[RandFan]

Al Qaida is massing along the Iran-Iraqi border, according to what I heard on a radio report of what CIA director George Tenet has just told Congress. To me, this is evidence of what I have been warning about for months: that al Qaida will mount a guerilla war against the US in Iraq--and it will be very well funded by donations from Muslims around the world.

God I hope this is true! This truly made my day. Sadly it is probably BS and it won't happen. Oh but if it was true. A true wet dream. Oh god, yes I am damn serious. Please, please, please let this be true.

Before the Gulf war there was lots of doom and gloom. 50,000 body bags, etc. However one retired General said, we will clean there clocks. We no longer fight the way we did in Vietnam. We will use sufficient forces and sufficent stratagey and technology to from the start to defeat them in a short period of time.

Anything is possible of course but if this is true the odds are highly in our favor.

Thanks Wayne, this really made my day....of course....

If it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Let's keep our fingers crossed and pray to god it is true.

 

[Wayne Grabert]

Re: Idiots abound, apparently

Care to explain why it wasn't the 1980s all over again last year, with the USSR replaced by US and Afghanistan playing the same role?

MattJ

Again? I suppose you missed the other threads when I made the point that our small military presence in Afghanistan in no way compares to the USSR's military occupation, how we relied on local militias to do most of the fighting and how these same points were made repeatedly by talking heads in the Fall of 2001 to explain why our campaign WOULD NOT be like that of the Soviet Union.

On the other hand, our occupation of Iraq WOULD resemble the USSR's occupation of Afghanistan.

 

[Jedi Knight]

Vietnam.

Wayne, there will be no more Vietnams. Trust me. When I was in the military all the training that we did was for swift, violent attacks specifically designed to prevent Vietnam-esque situations from arising. The government knows that a Vietnam-type war is political poison.

Why do you think that leftist CNN announced yesterday that the US government is developing a new 15,000 pound bomb that dwarfs the Daisy-Cutter?

There will be no more Vietnams lol.

JK

 

[Kodiak]

I must be on Wayne's ignore list...

It can be the only reason why he wouldn't respond to my post, the second one in the thread...

 

[Wayne Grabert]

The first Gulf War, Afghanistan.

Apples and oranges. See my reply to aerocontrols above.

 

[Wayne Grabert]

I must be on Wayne's ignore list...

It can be the only reason why he wouldn't respond to my post, the second one in the thread...

Your post wasn't worth a reply because I provided the answer to it in my original post.

Edited to add: Hint: al Qaida WANTS us to invade Iraq.

P.S. I have business to attend to and I will be away for the next several hours.

 

[rikzilla]

Simmer down there Wayne.....you've angered the Bidlackian god!

 

[circuitslave]

"al Qaida WANTS us to invade Iraq"


Actually, from their previous statements, al Qaida WANTS us all dead.