"REMINDER - the war on terror is not over"

[smithtg]

Heard this word for word on MSM radio this morning.

This Osama thing is all propaganda and the sheeple are eating it up. The neocons and the big spenders in DC love this. It will not take them long to elevate some other dumbass "terrorist" and make the sheeple believe we have to "go after him" like we "did to Osama" to justify more wars and more defense spending.

Both parties love war and the MSM loves it too. The Sheeple are told to love it, so they do.

[tangent4ronpaul]

Disgusting!

[smithtg]

what was funny about the whole phrase was that it was at the end of some story/piece; big pause before and big pause after before starting the next story - so effing deliberate

[Teaser Rate]

It's not a conspiracy, the fact is that there are groups of religious fanatics who are looking to kill American civilians to achieve political goals, and we need to remain vigilant and not get complacent because their leader is dead.

[smithtg]

teaser after reviewing your post history it does not surprise me you would say that. Welcome to RPF anyways - keep the conversation interesting

[JohnGalt1225]

It's not a conspiracy, the fact is that there are groups of religious fanatics who are looking to kill American civilians to achieve political goals, and we need to remain vigilant and not get complacent because their leader is dead.
Do you understand why "religious fanatics" want to kill Americans? You're aware what "blowback" is correct?

[Teaser Rate]

Do you understand why "religious fanatics" want to kill Americans? You're aware what "blowback" is correct?

Could it have something to do with the fact that they are religious fanatics who believe that flying planes into buildings will get them into heaven sooner?

I’m not denying that our foreign policy likely has an effect on their motivations, however, I’m very skeptical of the claim that they would all leave us alone if we just gave in to all of their demands.

[Brett85]

Could it have something to do with the fact that they are religious fanatics who believe that flying planes into buildings will get them into heaven sooner?

I’m not denying that our foreign policy likely has an effect on their motivations, however, I’m very skeptical of the claim that they would all leave us alone if we just gave in to all of their demands.

I think it's a combination of religious extremism and some of the foreign policy choices we've made over the years. However, I agree with you that they wouldn't leave us alone if we simply left them alone. The damage has already been done. But rather than occupying foreign countries with 100,000 troops and nation building, we should do what we did in this situation and go after terrorists on an individual basis. We don't need to build roads and bridges in Afghanistan in order to kill terrorists.

[cswake]

Clinton: Bin Laden's death doesn't end war on terror

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-05-03-bin-Laden-Clinton-war-terror_n.htm


She said the operation to find and kill bin Laden nearly a decade after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks showed the U.S. would never abandon its pursuit of justice.

[Acala]

Could it have something to do with the fact that they are religious fanatics who believe that flying planes into buildings will get them into heaven sooner?

I’m not denying that our foreign policy likely has an effect on their motivations, however, I’m very skeptical of the claim that they would all leave us alone if we just gave in to all of their demands.

Only one way to find out - mind our own business and our own borders and see what happens. Clearly what we are doing isn't working and is unsustainable.

And, by the way, please note that those countries that have been minding their own business - like the Swiss - have not been attacked even though they are much closer and much less well-defended.

And further note that the purported leader of the 9/11 attackers SAID that the reason for the attacks was our meddling in Middle Eastern affairs.

Of course by characterizing your enemy as irrational and absolutely implacable, it makes endless war unavoidable. Guess who benefits from that?

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

nt

[smithtg]

here is foxnews headline image to damn funny


http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/050211_REVENGE_20110502_114136.jpg

[Aratus]

the excitement on boston common last nite is tacitly like as if V*E + V*J days in '45 got ALL rolled into one!!!
our departure in the korean war did not generate this excitement in '53 nor did we have such an energy in '75
as we pulled out of auld saigon on heels of the advance of the V.C & the north vietnamese. lets assume the
intel is correct in that a major al-qaeda internet node some few blocks away from a local military academy
was took down abruptly. we may have everything with a different feel now if al-qaeda is not decentralized.

[Matt Collins]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhXt4BjLL0g

[tangent4ronpaul]

Heard this word for word on MSM radio this morning.

This Osama thing is all propaganda and the sheeple are eating it up. The neocons and the big spenders in DC love this. It will not take them long to elevate some other dumbass "terrorist" and make the sheeple believe we have to "go after him" like we "did to Osama" to justify more wars and more defense spending.

Both parties love war and the MSM loves it too. The Sheeple are told to love it, so they do.

+rep

[Dr.3D]

The so called "war on terror" is much like fighting an infestation of cockroaches. You can keep killing them one by one, but you will never be able to get them all. This stupidity will go on forever.

[ExPatPaki]

Could it have something to do with the fact that they are religious fanatics who believe that flying planes into buildings will get them into heaven sooner?


Religious fanatics who sleep with prostitutes, do cocaine and go to strip clubs?

[Acala]

Religious fanatics who sleep with prostitutes, do cocaine and go to strip clubs?

He didn't say which religion.