Check out Harry Turtledove's alternative history books where at the height of WWII, aliens invade Earth and we then have a common foe to fight against...interesting series.
Eric On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:27 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The cynic in me says that even in that situation, we would fight amongst > ourselves and kill those who disagree with us about how best to fight our > common enemy..... > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 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:318448 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
