By: scalefree
You don't think Iran will get video of the aftermath put on al Jazeera the very same day, complete with denunciations of how we violated their sovereignty? We don't own all the world's media you know,...
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"I predict a Desert One-style disaster." Which we'll probably never hear about, because it's covert ops. Some wives and mothers of Ranger/Special Forces/SEAL troops will get The Letters, and that will...
View ArticleBy: scalefree
I thought I originally read this in the Hirsch piece but I can't find it there now, but apparently one plan of attack for Iran is to do commando raids on suspected black nuclear sites in order to...
View ArticleBy: ericb
In related news -- House Report Criticizes US Intelligence on Threats"U.S. intelligence has a poor understanding of threats against the United States, nearly five years after the September 11 attacks...
View ArticleBy: scalefree
Anyone who doubts that we were lied & deceived into the Iraq war should read Truth from These Podia, Summary of a Study of Strategic Influence, Perception Management, Strategic Information Warfare...
View ArticleBy: rough ashlar
I do not believe that there were ulterior motives involved in invading Iraq. posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:13 PM PST Then please state, for the record, what the motives were?
View ArticleBy: mk1gti
You know, I think what Steven was trying to say could best be paraphrased below: D. The large solution is to reform the Republican/Neocon world. This is the path we have chosen. 1. The true root cause...
View ArticleBy: saulgoodman
Pastabagel wrote: "That's not a quagmire, that's an abyss." You said it, Pastabagel. n some cases belial seems to mean "destruction", "ruin"; thus in Ps. xii, 9 (Heb.), the word is parallel to the...
View ArticleBy: LordSludge
Everyone please look at Steven's USS Clueless comments leading up to the war. Then see his comments above and you have a living working model of cognitive dissonance, the likes of which are at the root...
View ArticleBy: solipse
Steven's writing is just gold. Here's the gist of it: D. The large solution is to reform the Arab/Muslim world. This is the path we have chosen. 1. The true root cause of the war is their failure and...
View ArticleBy: mk1gti
nofundy, you forgot to include 'murican society as well. I would like to think that americans will eventually figure this all out and do something about it, but then again I'm sure there were those in...
View ArticleBy: nofundy
Thanks for posting Steven Den Beste. Everyone please look at Steven's USS Clueless comments leading up to the war. Then see his comments above and you have a living working model of cognitive...
View ArticleBy: Pastabagel
Oil is $75 a barrel, right now. Is that still cheap oil? The oil industry itself knows that oil isn't going to be cheap for much longer. See "Twilight in the Desert" written by a guy who couldn't be...
View ArticleBy: rzklkng
Pastabagel, I agree and I disagree. I know that some of the neocons view China's agreements with Nigeria and Iran as affronts to US supremacy, and should be taken as seriously as military posturing. In...
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Is it possible for someone to remove these tags from the linked date my comment? div align="right" /div
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I don't know why the text is so small. I didn't use any small tags & it didn't look like that in the 'Live Preview.' That never happened to me before.
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October 16, 2003 TO: Gen. Dick Myers Paul Wolfowitz Gen. Pete Pace Doug Feith FROM: Donald Rumsfeld SUBJECT: Global War on Terrorism The questions I posed to combatant commanders...
View ArticleBy: Pastabagel
No, TD Strange, it's about locking up oil before the Chinese do. rzklkng - I disagree with this part. I agree that this is probably part of a longer term resource war trend, but there is no locking up...
View ArticleBy: longbaugh
After speaking to a Muslim taxi driver* last night about the situation I can't see that we can definitively reconcile the cultures of Islam and the (allegedly) secular West. It's a depressing situation...
View ArticleBy: Pastabagel
we are very close to major war ... not only did bush's actions help bring the world to this point, but his current inaction, his failure to realize that the terms of the middle east conflict have just...
View ArticleBy: Iridic
Here's my post from three years ago explaining why lies and deceptions and secrets are necessary. And here's your post from four years ago laying out the need for the martial pacification of the Middle...
View ArticleBy: cell divide
So we can add one more "country" to the list of 2 which currently don't support a ceasefire.
View ArticleBy: rzklkng
No, TD Strange, it's about locking up oil before the Chinese do. SCDB - there are two possibilities here - overwhelming evidence has shown that the Administration has been wrong ON EVERYTHING. Only...
View ArticleBy: taosbat
Al-Zawahri calls on Muslims to rise up in holy war against Israel, U.S. Updated 7/27/2006 9:24 AM ET CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a...
View ArticleBy: pyramid termite
Here my post from three years ago explaining why lies and deceptions and secrets are necessary. the greatest danger with lies, deceptions and secrets is that the originator can end up believing them...
View ArticleBy: Pastabagel
I know this is hopeless, but I'll give it a try anyway. Here my post from three years ago explaining why lies and deceptions and secrets are necessary. (Here are a whole lot of Santayana's "lessons...
View ArticleBy: longbaugh
JKevinKing - You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when...
View ArticleBy: JKevinKing
It seems incredible to me that anyone with an open, rational mind would not think we were decieved about Iraq, etc. It seems just like disagreeing that the sky, or Metafilter, is blue. People like that...
View ArticleBy: taosbat
I don't think we were deceived about the reason for this war... posted by Steven C. Den Beste You don't believe it; and, you don't know it.
View ArticleBy: JKevinKing
two things you never do ... never start a land war in Asia ... (I don't remember the exact quote from "The Princess Bride." Does someone have that quote?)
View ArticleBy: the_savage_mind
But I'll never convince you of any of those things. Ah yes. So you don't even try to have an argument. That's why you should never ever be taken seriously in anything you say on here. But in case that...
View ArticleBy: Fuzzy Monster
I don't think we were deceived about the reason for this war; I don't think the invasion of Iraq was pointless; I think all war is tragic but this one no more so than any other; I don't think this is a...
View ArticleBy: longbaugh
> And we all know how well those work out. Even better, this time the supply line is more than > 10,000 miles long! Worked just fine for Genghis Khan, dinnit? As long as you don't mind the US...
View ArticleBy: Unregistered User
The strategic situation in the Middle East is eerily similar to the events that led Europe into war in 1914. Everyone saw it coming; everyone knew better; no one could step back from the precipice. The...
View ArticleBy: Eirixon
SCDB: The sad thing thing is that we really are living on the same planet, some people (you) just doesn't seem to care...
View ArticleBy: Hat Maui
I don't think we were deceived about the reason for this war just so we're clear, which reason you talkin''bout?
View ArticleBy: blasdelf
You are so hopeless. It's actually pretty sad that you're not just a troll, you believe this shit.
View ArticleBy: Steven C. Den Beste
I know this is hopeless, but I'll give it a try anyway. Here my post from three years ago explaining why lies and deceptions and secrets are necessary. (Here are a whole lot of Santayana's "lessons...
View ArticleBy: Clay201
I don't believe that there have been an excessive and unacceptable amount of "lies, deceit, misinformation, and disinformation", because that kind of thing always happens in war, and it is necessary...
View ArticleBy: pyramid termite
one more thing ... if bush really was planning a war on iran ... it's too late now ... if there is a war, it's going to happen on someone else's plan, not his
View ArticleBy: pyramid termite
I don't believe that there have been an excessive and unacceptable amount of "lies, deceit, misinformation, and disinformation" there's been more than enough ... but the incompetence, lack of strategic...
View ArticleBy: soyjoy
I don't believe that there have been an excessive and unacceptable amount of "lies, deceit, misinformation, and disinformation", because that kind of thing always happens in war, and it is necessary...
View ArticleBy: Steven C. Den Beste
Let me ask you a question, SCDB: Why do you trust that this is simply another contingency plan? After all the lies, deceit, misinformation, and disinformation in the past several years, and especially...
View ArticleBy: pax digita
Considering the target demographic of Rolling Stone (what, 18-25 perhaps?)... Does anybody that age actually read non-music-related articles in RS? I know I rarely did at that age, and I was more...
View ArticleBy: Balisong
The War on the Amish. Then, The War on Hugs. posted by Brak The new war will be the War on Excitement. Everybody Just Needs To Calm Down! Do you have an issue that will make you deviate from your...
View ArticleBy: Clay201
Bush would be more than happy to invade Iran. Hell, Hillary Clinton, if she were elected in 08, might be pretty tempted as well. If there's not too much public resistance to the move. I just can't...
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