no.... "associated" does not necessarily mean "working with" or "working for." Anyone can claim credit in the name of whatever. Doesn't necessarily make it so.
Dana On 7/7/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "associated with Al Qaeda" is all there is to being Al Qaeda. The > organization itself, is not even an organization. To use the tactics of, to > draw inspiration from, and carry out acts in the name of, Al Qaeda....is to > BE Al Qaeda. > > It's a name that has come to mean a common set of terrorist ideals. Whether > you are sporting an Al Qaeda badge, or whether you've endured some induction > ceremony, is not nearly as important as whether you share their ideals and > intentions. > > But you are exactly right in your last sentence. They are out to achieve > power, not demands. If we left Iraq, terrorists wouldn't disappear. If > Israel picked up and moved to Saturn, terrorists wouldn't disappear. If we > built each Palestinian a house made of solid gold, terrorists wouldn't > disappear....etc etc... > > > Again with the blaming Al Qaeda. The official findings are that the > > evidence points to a group "associated with Al Qaeda." I'm "associated > > with" all of you. "Associated with" means basically nothing. I'm not > > saying that Al Qaeda isn't bad; I'm just saying that you should be > > accurate when laying blame. > > > > One thing that people fail to take into account with terrorists is > > that their biggest demand, even if unstated, is "Pay attention to us." > > Whatever group did this has probably already achieved their goals > > without even listing any demands. They have our attention. They want > > us to say that we aren't going to give into their demands because not > > only are we paying attention, but we are actively refusing to fix > > something that might actually be a problem. They give us a reason to > > actively refuse to fix a possibly legitimate problem and our refusal > > to fix it gives them the ammunition to recruit more members. In some > > cases it encourages us to invade some foreign country killing innocent > > people, giving them more ammunition for recruiting members. > > > > This is about one group's attempt to get power, not about achieving > > their stated demands. > > > > On 7/7/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Al Qaeda bombed some trains in Spain, and the government promptly gave in > >> to > >> their demands and pulled out of Iraq. I said at the time, no matter what > >> you > >> felt about the war, this was a VERY dangerous precedent being set. Sadly, > >> it > >> was a matter of time before the same attack was employed somewhere else. > >> > >> You simply cannot give in to terrorrist's demands. > > -- > > "You can't destroy EVERYthing. Where would you sit?" The Tick > > > > Now for hire... > > http://www.blivit.org/mr_urc/index.cfm > > > > Now blogging.... > > http://www.blivit.org/blog/index.cfm > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163573 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
