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Rrhain Member Posts: 6351 From: San Diego, CA, USA Joined: |
Jazzns writes:
quote: Ahem. The first World Trade Center bombing was in 1993. It's why the Clinton Administration was so focused on Al Qaeda: They had attacked us once before. Rrhain Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
... and promised to try again, which makes Bush (admin) ignoring of AQ before 9/11 and his use of the attack afterward as a political fear totem that much more heinous.
But aren't US embassies considered "US soil" as well? In any event, this is about shoes (and the Iraq invasion as cause) Enjoy. by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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Jazzns Member (Idle past 3912 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: |
Actually some of us military members... Yea of course. When you join the military the president becomes your boss. That obviously produces a different dynamic. If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. --Thomas Jefferson
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Jazzns Member (Idle past 3912 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: |
Your right. I had forgotten about that.
All the more reason we should have been paying attention then. If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. --Thomas Jefferson
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onifre Member (Idle past 2951 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Hi RAZD,
... and promised to try again, which makes Bush (admin) ignoring of AQ before 9/11 and his use of the attack afterward as a political fear totem that much more heinous. I think you may have some facts confused, RAZD. Both the Clinton admin and the Bush admin, by default, are responsible for the delays and lack of info. TIME MAG CHARGES: BUSH ADMIN 'DELAYED' CLINTON PLAN TO ATTACK AL QAEDA From Time Mag:
quote: Also:
quote: Now, given that the thread is about shoes, I feel Clinton deserves a size 12 right across the grill too. "All great truths begin as blasphemies" "I smoke pot. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your mouth."--Bill Hicks "I never knew there was another option other than to question everything"--Noam Chomsky
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Jazzns Member (Idle past 3912 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: |
I am anything but a Clinton supporter. In fact it can be argued that the current financial mess we are in has roots back to his presidency and his support for the drumbeat of deregulation that has been going on since Regan.
But it is all to convienent, and common among conservatives, to use Clinton as a punching bag for anything negative that happened during the Bush years. Presidential terms are not protected from the actions of their predecessors but the responsibility ultimatly falls upon them for their failures where there is evidence that they could have taken action despite the failings of past presidents. We now know that W's administration knew about the threat from AQ, knew that they may use planes as bombs, and knew that the WTC and Pentagon were potential targets. Should Clinton have done more while he was prez? Sure. But that does not change the fact that Bush, with the knowledge readily at hand, failed to protect America from attack. If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. --Thomas Jefferson
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Thanks onifire
quote: Curiously, the Bush administration took the attack as coming from Iraq, and refused to consider that AQ was behind it. They were either woefully confused about who was behind it or deliberately misportrayed it.
quote: And everyone was talking about "Wag the Dog" at that time, and anything he did would be viewed in that light. That was the reaction to the use of a predator drone to attack OBL by Clinton iirc, but I agree that he should have proceeded anyway - that is what leadership is about.
Now, given that the thread is about shoes, I feel Clinton deserves a size 12 right across the grill too. And a pair of bedroom slippers for good measure. Enjoy. by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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Rrhain Member Posts: 6351 From: San Diego, CA, USA Joined: |
onifre writes:
quote: Ahem. Freepers? You're using freepers as a source? You can reject everything they say out of hand:
quote: This is simply a lie. The Clinton administration did not deny operations on bin Laden. Not once. What was denied were actions on old intelligence that couldn't be trusted. Isn't that what we've been arguing for? Not going to war over sexed-up intelligence? Need I remind you of the December 1999 Memorandum of Notification authorizing the CIA to use lethal force to capture bin Laden? And notice the contradiction: The same people complaining about Clinton supposedly not trying to get bin Laden are the same people who claim that the air strike against bin Laden in August of 1998 (that only missed because bin Laden changed his plans at the last minute, leaving the target area literally just a couple hours before the strike) was nothing but a "wag the dog" action because of Lewinsky. You can't have it both ways. This is why freepers are rejected out of hand. And note the conflation of time regarding the USS Cole: It happened a month before the election. We didn't know who did it. We still don't because Yemen has stonewalled the investigation. Those complaining about it would seem to be upset that we were not psychic. Haven't we been complaining about a war that was started on no evidence? And now we're complaining that Clinton didn't start a war because we didn't have any evidence? You don't get to have it both ways. Rrhain Thank you for your submission to Science. Your paper was reviewed by a jury of seventh graders so that they could look for balance and to allow them to make up their own minds. We are sorry to say that they found your paper "bogus," specifically describing the section on the laboratory work "boring." We regret that we will be unable to publish your work at this time.
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Jazzns Member (Idle past 3912 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: |
OMG, I didn't even notice the reference. I didn't click on it mostly because I don't care and am tired of Clinton being an excuse for everything.
But yea, basically it just makes that whole post nothing more than a regurgitation of Clinton bashing to recuse Bush from responsibility. Same old; wash, rinse, repeat.
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined: |
Onifre writes:
Now, given that the thread is about shoes, I feel Clinton deserves a size 12 right across the grill too. Absolutely correct Onifre, but I think Clinton should get a Bruno Magli in the nose more for this reason: After 9/11, the profoundly misinformed and apathetic American public meekly asked "why did the terrorists do such an act". The Bush II administration replied vapidly "because the terrorists hate our freedoms". 90% of Americans believed this childish explanation from the immoral simpleton in office. However, Bin Laden himself said the three ACTUAL reasons for 9/11 was: 1. US military bases in Saudi Arabia that despoiled the holy land.2. US support of Israel human rights violations against Palestinians that cause repression, torture and death. 3. The US supported sanctions against Iraq that murdered hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children in the 1990s. Number 1 is a debatable grievance from Bin Laden. But, number 2 and 3 are legitimate grievances. Clinton enthusiastically supported these horrible crimes. And when America causes horror in the world, sometimes there is blowback. Forget about PREVENTING 9/11, I assert Clinton indirectly CAUSED 9/11. Save some shoes for Reagan and Bush I for supporting the extreme Mujahideen that spawned Bin Laden to begin with. And don't forget Bush II actions. His and probably Obama's administration's (recycled Clintonians) continued war crimes will hopefully not revisit another blowback tragedy onto American soil someday. regards
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onifre Member (Idle past 2951 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
90% of Americans believed this childish explanation from the immoral simpleton in office. Well thats because they got cool flags to put on their cars(pick up trucks) and bumper stickers with "If you don't like it you can leave it" catch phrases that made them feel warm inside. Plus, Toby "douche-bag" Keith got a number 1 song (on the country charts) from it.
Number 1 is a debatable grievance from Bin Laden. Debatable only by those unwilling to accept the fact that we have no interest in Saudi Arabia other than greed. Note to all "gun-happy patriots": I'm not making a case for the support of the attacks, only for Bin Ladens' reason.
Forget about PREVENTING 9/11, I assert Clinton indirectly CAUSED 9/11. That is considered blasphemy by most of the liberal left, but preach on. Just be cautious, Rrhain lurks about.
Save some shoes for Reagan and Bush I for supporting the extreme Mujahideen that spawned Bin Laden to begin with. For them I reserve steel toed boots.
His and probably Obama's administration's (recycled Clintonians) continued war crimes will hopefully not revisit another blowback tragedy onto American soil someday. No! Not the messiah!? You mean to tell me that Obama is just going to continue to support a war crime such as the invasion of Iraq? But...we were told...this can't be... "All great truths begin as blasphemies" "I smoke pot. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your mouth."--Bill Hicks "I never knew there was another option other than to question everything"--Noam Chomsky
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined: |
Iraqi shoe thrower released
http://news.yahoo.com/...ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_shoe_thrower I would like to take a collection up for this brave man. When the entire American corporate-media acted as stenographer/filthy-whore for the white house, he alone stood up and showed the emperor was naked. Alas, he is a hero not only in the Arab and Muslim worlds.
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2578 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.8 |
Debatable only by those unwilling to accept the fact that we have no interest in Saudi Arabia other than greed. Well i must mention that when i was working in Kendall Square, Cambridge, the People's Republic of Massachusetts, i had occasion to encounter a Prince of Saudi Arabia, at the famous F&T bar during one of my 9 beer lunches. he was very funny & told me some jokes i still tell back to others, to inflict them as well!, ...well maybe i remember only one of them now. - xongsmith
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