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2003-09-07 Terror Networks

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Posted by Dan Darling 2003-09-07 1:32:27 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Every story about post-Taliban Al Qaeda and about Iranian actions digs a deeper hole for the Black Hats. Their assumptions:

1) That the Arab states will tolerate their duplicity and lame "detention" and house arrest" BS is a failure. Morocco and the Saudi Royals recognize that they are the targets of these terrorsts, and Iran is now, by action, their sanctuary and their sponsor.

2) That "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" will guarantee that the Arabs states do not cooperate with the West, particularly the US, is a failure. When their targets were all in the West, it was probably true, but now? Nope. It appears that it is increasing rather dramatically.

3) That the US would "trade" the anti-Iranian militants, Iranians willing to fight the Black Hats from Iraq - something we have to respect, even if grudgingly, for the AQ terrorists demonstrates that they don't "get" us at all: the US, knowing full well what would happen to these people, would never hand them over in such a manner - even for the AQ shits being harbored in Iran. France's crackdown on these people probably confirmed for us that they couldn't be all bad.

4) That the US will sit idly by while Iran procures nukes after the outright declarations that they would immediately use them against Israel - no matter WHAT or WHO they might have in hand that we want (i.e. as a bargaining chip) - demonstrates an utter lack of understanding of relative value, of what the US foreign policy has been for the last 30+ years, and of what we can possibly tolerate from such incredibly backward blind barbaric religious fanatics.

The imagined Arab support, even by inaction if not under the table, has evaporated, assuming it was ever substantial. Even Jordan, no one's actual friend, is furious.

No doubt, these AQ terrorists are now quite a liability to Iran and Iranian complicity with AQ is very sensitive information. If the Black Hats had even a modicum of sense or understanding, they would kill these guys and bury them in the desert. Hell, maybe they have, by now, but the damage has been done - it's too late, fools. Iran is completely isolated and only those it owns by reason of being their paymaster will listen or sympathize with them.

I am, again, very very happy that they are so very very stupid. The political coverage for pre-emptive strikes against their nuke facilities already exists - the Arabs realize that these are not their allies - they are enemies. There will certainly be few to mourn their passing in the ME should they be toppled by force - whether with boots or decapitation by TLAM and overrun by their own population. Their prospective funeral procession gets smaller with every day. Cool.

Posted by .com 2003-9-7 2:54:16 PM|| 2003-9-7 2:54:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Iranians have assured the United States and numerous other countries that Adel and other al Qaeda operatives are now under house arrest and unable to communicate with others in the network, according to an official at the State Department. But the Iranians have refused to relinquish custody of the operatives.

Replace all references to Iranians in the above passage with Taliban, and things start to get really interesting. Tehran in 2004/2005?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-9-7 5:47:21 PM|| 2003-9-7 5:47:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Good. Kill the fuckers over there instead of here.
Even better, go kill them in Iran.

Posted by tu3031 2003-9-7 9:36:51 PM|| 2003-9-7 9:36:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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