Ok, whatever. If that is what you want to believe, than fine, its totally cool. You hate America, I understand now.
I wonder why flinging out an aggressive, fact-free personal accusation about an imagined emotional state would be more attractive than producing a historically-based counter argument.
Who cares if it affected the "Strategic blah blah bullcrap". How long would an ICBM take to travel 90 miles?? How about the other 60 miles to the mainland US?? Oh, about 2 minutes you say? By that time, South Florida is gone. You love to talk all smart, but, really, have the time, its just a wrong statement to begin with.
A lot of people care about "Strategic blah blah bullcrap" a great deal, especially when they are assessing a threat realistically rather than fantastically.
http://video.google.co.uk/videosear...ck financial fraud&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#
The FBI warned of a dangerouse “epidemic” of mortgage fraud in 2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/17/mortgage.fraud/
Smart business planning, increased sales in Europe, Canada, and the US. THat is another topic though.
Increased sales of what?
Ok, than help me understand that overly worded post. KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid
Sorry, I can't be bothered to find it but I'll try and help you if you can.
Really?? And how bad was it?? Did 9/11 make the problem MUCH worse??
It's impossible to know.
Paranoia?? There very well might have, you don't have the first clue. Maybe they left back for their home countries before the authorities could come up with them.
Interesting speculation, presumably without any factual foundation whatsoever.
You know, after 9/11, alot of Americans were suspicious of anybody from the Middle East, and that was understandable.
I was thinking of the country's leaders (who one could expect to behave rationally), talking about supposed "intelligence" findings based in reality, not the general population's paranoia and racist suspicions.
Are we just going over there and killing random people for no apparent reason??
There are reasons but they are not good ones. They are generally not apparent and not the ones advertized.
Are we going over there and blowing up parts of their most important cities??
Yes, big time! Whole countries are being trashed.
No. Stop being stupid and put the strawman away.
It was you raised the "strawman" subject of innocent civilian deaths.
I think you do not understand the meaning of that word.
What do you think it means?
Really?? Proof?? Links?? Evidence?? Argument from personal beliefs noted.
It was your claim that they were enemy combatants and scumbags. Have you got any proof? Links?? Evidence?? Argument from personal beliefs noted.
How many Gitmo prisoners have been charged or convicted of terrorist crimes? They've been there a long time. What's the delay?
Are we purposly targeting innocent civilians?? No?? Say it ain't so.
My original statement stands. Try putting the strawman away, and stop being obtuse.
When people get killed when other people lob explosives out of airplanes it's hardly accidental.
Proof?? Or was it incompitence?? My guess is the latter. Nobody was checking on the big boys. Nobody.
You appear to rely on guesswork quite a lot!
The big boys were the ones committing the worst fraud.
The FBI warned of a dangerouse “epidemic” of mortgage fraud in 2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/17/mortgage.fraud/
"The close relation between war and natural resources is of long standing. What else was colonial conquest about?"
"At the start of the twentieth century war casualties were 90 percent soldiers. Such 'traditional' wars are rare today. Resource wars with their devastating impacts on civilians have become the norm."
'
Resource Wars'
by William K. Tabb
http://monthlyreview.org/0107tabb.htm
"...the free flow of cheap oil allows America to remain the dominant military power and the largest, most powerful economy."
'
Global Resource Wars: The Rossetta Stone.'
http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2005/03/global-resource-wars-rosetta-stone.html
"The conflict in Afghanistan derives from American efforts to dominate the resources of the Persian Gulf."
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Is the conflict in Afghanistan a resource war?'
- an interview with Michael Klare
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Oil_watch/Resource_War.html
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Cause it was the same thing. My neighbors are dead due to someones agenda. You seem slightly disconnected from the reality of 911.
What has that got to do with assessing the real terrorist threat level?
What do you call it when you have a whole bunch military actions on terrorists at the same time? think about it...
You think attacking Iraq was an attack on terrorists, do you? Dreamer!
It's more effective than trying to read them their Miranda rights. The long arm of the law doesn't extend into lawless lands.
How is bombing Pakistan effective? What does it achieve?
You are able to read fear through the ether?
Welcome to the funk de fino psychics’ club!
Most of the civilian deaths come from suicide and car bombings in these latest conflicts. Jihad killed most of those people, not US bombs.
Debatable and depends what you mean by "most" and "Jihad" but what is your point?
