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2007-12-22 Terror Networks

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-12-22 02:59|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 I'm not sure the resurrection phase is working out according to plan. The nutbars like to follow the strong horse and right now that doesn't appear to be Al Queda. I suspect/hope a tipping point is reached and they are branded as troublemakers who brought hell to the Islamic world with their hubris.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-12-22 09:42|| 2007-12-22 09:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe this is true, maybe not. It could be a deception. Did they get this from a "reliable source" or means that would indicate its credibility, like pickpocketing it from UBL?

Why would maintaining the fight until 2006 assure them "victory" regardless of the outcome? What would this "victory" be?

This whole thing seems like way too short a time table for the way these folks usually think it seems to me.

Clever boys. Who needs the capability to project force when you can bait the bad guys into engaging you on your own home turf? W was right, the attack on the WTC was a declaration of war - of sorts.

It looks like AQ is planning on taking over entire countries and using those national-scale resources to continue their war. Resources like South Africa's weapons-grade uranium, etc.

They are talking about "Western grip", which suggest to me that they are assuming Europe will fold and the US will be too far away and politically unmotivated. Perhaps by a defeat in Iraq. Making W's approach right again. And something that his successor will have to follow. If his successor doesn't follow, they will have a difficult time arguing their case in front of the American people.

Posted by gorb 2007-12-22 16:55|| 2007-12-22 16:55|| Front Page Top

#3 2016 will witness the onset of an all-out war between the forces of good and evil with, of course, final victory for the Islamic state.

Meaning that the forces of evil will win?

We'll see about that.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-12-22 18:34|| 2007-12-22 18:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Al-Qaeda ut Jihad was NEVER anything but a polarization movement, aimed at gaining converts for confrontation and war against both Western and Eastern Civilizations.

Are Islamofascists stronger now than on September 10, 2001? Even with al Qaeda setbacks in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, polarization has never been sharper; secularization is dead in the entire Muslim world. In the eighties, wives of Egyptian Cabinet Ministers wouldn't be caught dead in Islamic garb; now they are never seen without covering.

Elector democracy in islamania is only a smokescreen for Islamofascism. Our leaders are going to have to stop applying the "freedom" concept to every country whose leaders are elected. We didn't respect freedom of conscience for Nazis. It is infantile to respect same for people of color, whose leaders have conned western academics into believing that we worship the same god.

Al Qaeda is winning; the discerned plan is being fulfilled.

Posted by McZoid 2007-12-22 19:35|| 2007-12-22 19:35|| Front Page Top

#5 I think I first read this 3 or 4 years ago. Why is this "news"?

Posted by crosspatch 2007-12-22 21:08|| 2007-12-22 21:08|| Front Page Top

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