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To: JDN who wrote (203390)	4/19/2007 5:26:35 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793905

Things are different now. They changed the "obstacle course" to the "confidence course". And they serve skinless chicken breasts in the mess hall.

To: JDN who wrote (203390)	4/19/2007 6:57:08 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793905

Boy, would I like to get my hands on your DIs and teach them a think or two. Units, committees and groups don't think, individuals think. That's why Osama is winning 2:0 He's thinking. His diffuse swarm of Jihadists are thinking. Groupthink in HQ has led the Pentagon astray. Twin Towers gone, hole in Pentagon His orders to leave Saudi Arabia obeyed He's also winning in Iraq, but that's an own-goal, shoot-self-in-foot victory rather than his achievement. Still that does make it 3:0 And, the jury's still out on Afghanistan which was an early victory, but the local Taleban yokels actually live there and will stay there, while the COW is more interested in heading back to Blighty. It might yet be 4:0. There have been many battle victories for the COW and Groupthink, but while a Daisy Cutter or two got rid of a lot of people in Osama's gang and quite a lot of others have been caught or killed, it's fair to say that Islamic Jihad seems to be functioning just fine and, if Osama is to be believed, might be going to pull of a world-record USA-located attack, and I believe him more than I believe the official USA information from the disbanded Office of Disinformation. Maybe I should add casualty lists and call it 5:1. Meanwhile a LOT of people are standing in big airport queues and wasting a lot of time and money on searching each other for toothpicks and toothpaste. Note that Richard Reid was stopped by people who objected to dying, not by a government department and their authoritarian bullies who are LOVING the whole thing. It's much more fun to swagger around bossing people than to help little old ladies across the street. Hey, that's what Saddam was killed for - collective punishment. <if one of us screwed up THE ENTIRE PLATOON was punished.> He was obviously up with USA military thinking. Which isn't really surprising. Collective punishment, collective thinking and collectivism all around is an excellent idea. First, we'll need a 5 year plan ... and a politburo. In New Zealand, gang members often come from orphans - not necessarily with dead fathers and mothers, but who have been abandoned, unloved and physically abused. It's a shame you had to find affection in the military, but it's better than nothing and a LOT better than a gang. At least the military is usually answerable to an electorate rather than just a gang leader. Mqurice