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Only if we had played this whole war on terrorist different maybe the world would be safer today instead we have hundreds of thousands of terrorist running around the world while the US is focused on Iraq.
What a major screw up on our part, maybe the next leadership will actually have a clue on fighting a world wide organization.
Oh, you mean like the drunk in the bar bragging that he can whip every body there and their daddy's along with them, never having bothered to notice it is a hangout for the local prize fighters?
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during these riots? we've photographed every single outraged Muslim worldwide.....
people kept saying to me: "at least we are fighting them over there".....
i kept saying yeah, more and more of them...
there is no doubt in my mind that they knew the Iraq war would cause this...
what's the plan? there can only be one... the irony here is that Bush got the backing of "Good Christian" folks to do this....(LOL like Pat Robertson?)
the sand is running out
i've always said i'm not anti-war, just anti-stupidity... the stupidity is just getting started IMO...
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I wasn't the only person that said way before the invasion of Iraq that it would lead to exactly this and, in the long run, utter defeat and humiliation for the U.S., followed by generaations of hatred and terrorism all over the world, aimed mainly at the U.S. We will not for decades, at least, be able to have any feeling of security anywhere or anytime, whatever we may be doing, however we may try to twart it..
There were no WMDs and there had been sufficient inspections to "know" that conclusively before the talk of them began and talk to the effect that everyone believed there were is about equivalent to the claim that, until Columbus landed in the Islands, everyone believed the earth was flat. That's simple hogwash and ignorance.
Sailing less than halfway around the world does not and did not demonstrate that the Earth is round, however, the ancient Babylonian scholars and successavely the scholars of every reasonably enlighten and educated society thereafter proved conclusively that the earth is round and revolves about the sun, no matter what your ill-educated preacher (or our pitifully uninformed lawmakers ) tells you.
The children of our grandchildren's grandchildren's grandchildren will still be the target of Moslem and Arab terrorists over dubya's invasion of an innocent sovereign nation (we didn't invade Iraq because Saddam is a sleaze ball and was a dictator, so get off that damned lie!).
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This whole ordeal is like the backwoods sheriff (US military) who waits outside of a local bar full of drunks (Terrorists) until it closes at 2:00am to arrest someone 'cause he's got nothing better to do.
At 2:00am the first guy out stumbles about 5 steps and passes out in the parking lot. Over the next 15-20 minutes everyone else makes it to their car and leaves.
The passed out guy eventually staggers to his car, drops his keys a few times and gets in. 10 minutes later he starts the car and pulls onto the road only to be immediately pulled over by the sheriff.
After an exhaustive sobriety test the man passes with flying colors- not a drop of alcohol in his system. Sheriff says" How the hell is that possible?"
Man replies, "I was the designated decoy."
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its called satire..i.e. travesty,mockery,sarcasm, lampooning...i'm sure intelligent people advocate things you dont agree with all the time. BUT>> Newman is not advocating the bomb for chrissake!!
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bdgee, Randy Newman is not advocating the bomb any more than Country Joe McDonald was advocating the Vietnam war when he sang "be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box," in his 'I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag.'
Both are simply examples of topical satire.
Here are the complete lyrics (for context) to Randy Newman's song, 'Political Science.'
No one likes us-I don't know why We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try But all around, even our old friends put us down Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful? No, they're spiteful and they're hateful They don't respect us-so let's surprise them We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old Africa is far too hot And Canada's too cold And South America stole our name Let's drop the big one There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo We'll build an All American amusement park there They got surfin', too
Boom goes London and boom Paris More room for you and more room for me And every city the whole world round Will just be another American town Oh, how peaceful it will be We'll set everybody free You'll wear a Japanese kimono And there'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow So let's drop the big one now Let's drop the big one now
-------------------- "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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