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2003-02-15 Britain

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Posted by Steve White 2003-02-15 10:32 am|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think Ari and the unnamed British spokesperson have been trading notes.

Posted by Ptah 2003-02-15 05:38:19|| 2003-02-15 05:38:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't forget the tree huggers. Some of the more loony elements think that Israel will extend the settlements to cover Iraq with American and Russian jews.

Posted by gonzo 2003-02-15 09:06:58|| 2003-02-15 09:06:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Jesse's over there? Good. Now the Brits get to see how totally full of shit he is. He should've tried France. He'd have them eating out of his hand.

Posted by tu3031 2003-02-15 09:27:00|| 2003-02-15 09:27:00|| Front Page Top

#4 But Jesse, that's what we and the Brits are planning to do: Go to Iraq and meet Saddam face to face. Make up your mind.

Posted by Denny 2003-02-15 11:07:55|| [www.grouchyoldcripple.com] 2003-02-15 11:07:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Only 10 million people? Does this mean 5,990,000,000 are for it?

Geez, I haven't used numbers that long in so long, did I get that right? Oh, gotta get my lotto ticket, it's about $300mil. Now there's zeros I can get used to.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-15 12:08:57|| 2003-02-15 12:08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 [Sarcasm on]
Wow! You mean these demonstrations are even bigger than those HUGE ones Europe had when the Serbs were slaughtering everyone else in the former Yugoslavia?
[Sarcasm off]

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-02-15 12:33:03|| 2003-02-15 12:33:03|| Front Page Top

#7 I support the war, but I would have preferred that it be launched from occupied territories of a defunct Saudi entity. Why the protesters? Rule #1 in war: NEVER deliver a salient to the enemy. That is exactly what President Bush did when he spewed his infamous Islamic Center speech (Sept. 17, 2001) while surrounded by international frontmen for the final-jihad.

An IDIOTARIAN is anyone who can't comprehend the stupidity-subtext in Bush's comments on the 911 genocide: "...Muslims in (other) nations were just appalled and could not believe what we saw on our TV screens." "These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith. And it's important for my fellow Americans to understand that." "The English translation is not as eloquent as the original Arabic, but let me quote from the Koran itself: 'In the long run, evil in the extreme will be the end of those who do evil. For that they rejected the signs of Allah and held them up to ridicule.'" "The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. ISLAM IS PEACE..." "...it is my honor to be meeting with leaders who feel just the same way I do. They're outraged, they're sad. They love America just as much as I do."

Americans have taken a trillion dollar economic hit because of that accession to jihad, and will bear further unneccessary costs for that appeasement. Shelve the smart-bombs, and annihilate every jihadi on the face of the earth.

Posted by Anon 2003-02-15 14:14:41|| 2003-02-15 14:14:41|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't think you're appreciating the constraints Bush has to work with. His remarks on Islam were tactical and not something that came from the heart. The Soddies realize this, and they're been working hard to counteract the effects. Bush has to push this as a war against Islamism, not as a war against 1.5 billion Muslims. We don't care about Sufis and Ismailis, only about the turban and automatic weapons set, by they Hanafi or Shi'ite or Deobandi.

His biggest problem is that the Soddies are the Guardians of the Holy Mosquesâ¢ and that there is a chance of the rest of the Muslim world rushing blindly to their defense. It's a fight we would win, but the slaughter involved would be bad for us as a culture. The Soddies remain the ultimate target; if they're not, we're going to lose the war. But they're not a target that can be attacked head-on.

Bush's ideal solution, I think, is to lop off the Soddy tentacles one by one, to beat them in the war while at the same time remaining polite and even affable on the surface. If he does it right, they'll eventually be maneuvered into a position where even they see they can't win, and they'll have to make enough concessions in the process of being affable back to us to start democratization in their country, even though they'll try and block the attendant civil liberties that would actually make democracy work.

Once they've been checkmated and pushed into the position where they're forced to drain their own venom, he's won. The only way they'll be able to avoid an open confrontation with the U.S., which they'd lose, will be dismantle the terror machine and politely pretend it all never happened - just a few rogue princes and they're all dead now, y'know.

Posted by Fred 2003-02-15 14:44:17|| 2003-02-15 14:44:17|| Front Page Top

#9 With a little help Heart problems can kill someone.

dorf

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-15 18:57:56|| 2003-02-15 18:57:56|| Front Page Top

#10 [Plans within Plans]Interesting premis,and well within the realm of the possable.As long as nobody breaks the rules.

Posted by raptor 2003-02-16 06:51:53|| 2003-02-16 06:51:53|| Front Page Top

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