I suspect it will end when the human race has a common enemy. When there's giant lizard people trying to destroy humans that's when all of a sudden Peter and Moustaffa are going to be bosom buddies.
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:11 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Know what, I kinda agree. > > Until we are willing to deal head on with the sponsors (Saudi and Iran and > so on) this will never end. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 11:44 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: in the oh hell no category > > > The question wasn't "should we fight against Al Queda and terrorism", > the question was "can we actually declare War". There is a solid > argument that the US has steadily moved away from actually declaring > its wars, ever since Korea. Many people think this is a bad thing for > a variety of reasons. But in the currently conflict there is a > question of whether we could formally declare war even if we had the > political willpower to do so. > > There is also another, related, discussion to be had about how this > undeclared war against a tactic, terrorism, instead of an actual > identifiable foe, leads us to a perpetual state of war and what > effects that has on our country, our way of life and our freedom. > Terrorism cannot be defeated, especially through military action. It > can be lessened, it can be marginalized, we can put some of its > purveyors out of commission. The continuing belief that we are at war > with a concept fuels increased consolidation of executive power, the > decrease in individual rights, outrageous deficit spending to pad the > pockets of defense contractors and sets a national tone of constant > fear and paranoia. Which is just what the terrorists wanted. > > Judah > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:25 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Eric Roberts < > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> They are not a government...nor do they claim to be. They > >> didn't commit an act of war, they committed a criminal act or terrorism. > >> > > > > Go back and watch a tape of the twin towers burning...the bodies > > falling.....the buildings collapsing.....smoke covering the entire of > > downtown Manhattan. > > > > I can't believe that 10 years later we've already desensitized to the > point > > where we'd argue semantics about what happened that day. Al Qaeda should > be > > attacked and destroyed in every single capacity we have as a nation. And > > anyone who protects or harbors them, should be given warning, then > treated > > as enemies should they not acquiesce. > > > > Just my feelings about this "criminal act". > > > > -- > > The suburbs have no charms to soothe > > The restless dream of youth > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318434 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
