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Politics : Fair and Balanced-'Duties Of a Democracy' -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LT who wrote (366)	9/3/2006 11:51:12 AM
From: ksuave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1262

I felt the point of the article wasn’t about the fallout from civilian casualties but rather about – and it’s something a lot of people have been saying all along – that the global war on terrorism (GWOT) cannot be approached primarily as a military conflict. The simplistic notion that we’re going to win the battle for hearts and minds – and that’s what this war is – by just going in and kicking Middle Eastern ass with our military has more than proven misguided, and not just because it’s been so ineptly mismanaged. If the invasion and occupation of Iraq is a part of the GWOT, then it’s a battle we chose and which we’re losing. There are many more terrorists with an avowed hatred of the US now in Iraq than there were three years ago, and they’re not Al Qaeda operatives from outside Iraq – they’re Iraqis. We’ve created terrorists, not dissuaded them. Yet the administration insists we must “stay the course.” The course of defeat. The Bush administration is comprised of Houston oilmen – the vaunted MBA administration. What do these guys know about military campaigns, and what do they know about hearts and minds? They’re bottom line CEO’s, but it’s not America’s bottom line they’re looking after, not the America everyone on this thread thinks of when they say America. They are only looking at the bottom line of America’s aristocratic corporate class. The house of Bush is married to the house of Saud. Our military, underwritten by our tax dollars, has been assigned the expensive and dangerous assignment of providing security for an industry that is currently gouging the American public. With this post, I hereby unbookmark this thread. Arguing politcs on bulletin boards is a waste of time in general, and an even larger waste of time with people obsessed with Bill Clinton's penis. See you in the kitchen.

To: LT who wrote (366)	9/3/2006 12:11:00 PM
From: atm_prophet	Respond to of 1262

Exactly LT, The media is so wrong in it's portrayal and blast Israel for civilian casualties, even though Israel is not targeting civilians as a strategy. The terrorist get a free pass by calling their struggle some sort of insurgency or freedom fighters. It was Arafat who walked away from a peace proposal that could have truly changed the conflict on a fundamental level. The world needs to wake up to the fact that the PLO, HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH and similar organizations don't want peace with Israel, they want it's destruction. They refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist and continue to thwart any real peace initiative. Clinton had them right up to the brink with Israel and Arafat signed a death sentence on the Palestinians with his refusal to make peace. People need to ask who and why people like Sadat of Egypt were assassinated when they tried to make a lasting peace with Israel. And assassinated by Muslim Radicals like the Egyptian Brotherhood under Aymin Al Zawahiri. When we or Israel finally hit them with our full capability it will be game, set, match. Hopefully, we don't have to go there, because War is a horrible thing. But with the terrorist acts becoming more deadly and more sinister, it may be the only option in time as more Nations began to integrate the Fundamentalist views in their political posturing and culture. IF people want a good idea what is happening with this Jihad movementand it's history, they should check out www.tellthechildrenthetruth.com :)