So is the war(s) over? That would be something to be happy about.
We harrassed Al Qaeda so energetically that they finally moved their headquarters into
Pakistan. A country that doesn't like us very much, whose government does not have control over large swaths of its own territory, and which has
nuclear weapons! So no, there's no way this war is over.
In Obama's address he said that bin Laden was killed "after a fire fight". I hope he meant "during a fire fight".
It's the same way we say, "Mr. Smith died
after a long illness." As I have opined many times, the English language is strangled by its pitifully small vocabulary of prepositions, most of which were developed during the Stone Age. They make it difficult to speak precisely.
Please list some of Bush's war crimes.
Overthrowing two sovereign governments? Neither Iraq nor Afghanistan attacked us. Bush lied about Saddam having WMDs in order to direct our attention away from his daddy's petroleum industry buddies in Saudi Arabia. Saudi money finances about 90% of anti-Western terrorism, Saudi resources planned 9/11, the majority of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi, and Osama was a member by marriage of the House of Saud. If there was any Middle Eastern capital that deserved to be obliterated in retaliation for 9/11, it was Riyadh--whose citizens routinely march in the streets carrying signs saying "Death to America" and whose government is one of the most repressive theocracies in the region.
Leaving that aside, though, I think you'd have a hard time bringing any kind of indictment against GW Bush for war crimes or torture. What do you suggest? The International Criminal Court (not that the US is a signatory to that)? What charges do you recommend?
The Belgians, bless their hearts, actually did issue a warrant for his arrest and promised that if he ever set foot on Belgian soil he would be prosecuted. Unfortunately Belgium is a tiny country and our government bullied them into backing down. Probably threatened to boycott their chocolate.
And the flags? Where the hell did they get all those flags? I mean why do they have flags on hand for an impromptu celebration? Is there a flag seller who rushed to the scene along with the merry makers?:shrug:
You don't think a major government building where international ceremonies are routinely held would not have an entire warehouse full of flags in the basement?
The Canadians really played up how badly we took it on the chin in 2001, and how important it was to morale to have actually accomplished this goal.
Bless those Canucks. They seem to feel the same way about us that we feel about the Brits. "You drive us crazy sometimes, but we'll always stand by you."
And a secondary question is if this stops being a war of vengeance, the one we wanted the blood of being dead, and starts to be a calculated matter of pest control.
It's about the petroleum. The Bush family's business and the most important commodity in America. That's why King George the First went after Saddam the first time. We were suppose to end up in control of Iraq's oil fields so gasoline would now be about a dollar a gallon. That sure went well.
is that how you spell capiche?
No. It's Italian, not French:
capisce.
Where is the closer for the families of the thousands killed in the US's rush for vengeance? Oh right, they don't matter because they are just "towel heads"
At this point more people have been killed in the War on Islam than were killed on 9/11. More Americans, and more Muslims. Some "revenge." BTW, turbans are not made out of towels. They're made out of little sheets. So we're not supposed to call them "towel heads."
I hate to say it, but I will not vote Obama. I'm happy he ordered this and succeeded. But, I actually want real change - I'll vote Ron Paul whether he's on the GOP ticket or not :shrug:
As a card-carrying Libertarian for more than 25 years, I don't see Ron Paul as anything but an opportunist. He's been a Republican for so long, in order to hang onto his seat in Congress, that he's starting to think like one.
Police ARE held to account if they recklessly discharge there weapons leading to deaths of civilians. They are also held to account if they murder a suspect, deadly force is a last resort only
Maybe in your country. Over here it takes a couple of years of intense effort and public sentiment to crack the Blue Line.
The Prince George's County (Maryland) police bungled a SWAT raid, broke into the home of the mayor of one of the towns by mistake, and killed his dogs--shot them in the back while they were running away and let them bleed to death while he was watching, handcuffed flat on the floor with his wife and mother. It took two years of the Washington Post running that as a headline story once every three months before the County finally gave him a monetary settlement for the loss of his dogs. The incompetent, unaccountable swaggering thugs who broke down the wrong door have still not been disciplined.
Easily. Bin Laden was trained by the CIA, he knows evasion tactics.
The CIA created the Taliban, as a force to hold back the Russian-created Northern Alliance. We have Jimmy may-he-rot-in-hell Carter to thank for that, and his incompetent advisor Zbieniew Brzezinski. Everyone forgets that the entire Middle East used to be a chessboard on which we and Russians played our little game of Cold War, and the hapless people who lived there were the pawns.
It could be a simple deception about the reason. Why such sudden concern for Muslim sensibilities?
Perhaps our government has finally pulled its head out of its ass and realized that the New Crusades have pissed off
the world's entire Muslim population--about one-fifth of humanity. People in "moderate" Muslim countries like Indonesia are sending money to Islamic charities that funnel it to the terrorist madrassas.
I'm trying to think of a figure in the West whose assassination today could cause such a shock. The British Queen possibly.
Or, so soon after the wedding, the Prince. How about Obama himself?
Because the Night Wouldn't Be Complete Without It
When he first became a presidential contender, people were saying, "How could this guy be elected? His first name rhymes with 'Osama,' his last name rhymes with 'Iraq,' and his middle name rhymes with... no wait a minute, his middle name
actually is 'Hussein'!"
