jgg, SO? I'll ask you again, what is the point you are trying to make?
On May 22, 10:15 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > You forget Pakistani ISI... > > On May 21, 5:41 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > jgg, > > > So? The Russians invaded Afghanistan at one point, we did at another > > point and AQ did at yet another. What's your point here? And yes, all > > parties had their own resons for doing so. > > > On May 21, 11:55 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Techinically, AQ invaded Iraq and Afghanistan... Unless you buy into > > > the notion that their universial world governemnt self proclaimed by > > > definition makes that impossible... > > > > On May 21, 11:35 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > jgg, > > > > > Uh yeah, they changed from killing Russians invading their land to > > > > killing Americans & Brits invading their land. Thought I had explained > > > > that. > > > > > On May 21, 9:54 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Or maybe it depends on the circumstance... Like how OBL and AQ > > > > > changed over the years... Another example is supporting Stalin in > > > > > 1942-45 and fighting him from 1948-1953... Why the change??? Simple > > > > > Stalin's actions post WWII... > > > > > > On May 21, 10:26 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > > WHAT arguement of "because we helped S.H. we are responsible for the > > > > > > end result?" Look at my posts, what I ACTUALLY said. Where did I say > > > > > > any such thing? > > > > > > OF course our political policy is based on what is convient for us > > > > > > at > > > > > > the moment. One decade Osama Bin Laden is a "deeply religious > > > > > > freedom > > > > > > fighter" another decade the same man is a "murdering Muslim > > > > > > terrorist". All depends on wheter he's killing Russians or Brits and > > > > > > Americans. Duuuuuuh. > > > > > > > On May 20, 10:31 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Another of your straw-men Hollywood... Especially as I never have > > > > > > > been of the attitude ""your either for us or against us"... > > > > > > > Neither > > > > > > > was Bush for that matter... Now the LW anti-war fringe WAS and > > > > > > > IS... > > > > > > > Hence Pelosi's new dance step... > > > > > > > > Now my point with Russia IS and was, geopolitical alliance > > > > > > > normally > > > > > > > are temporary based on convenience... As was our help to > > > > > > > Saddam, > > > > > > > our interest was not to let either Iraq nor Iran win... And that > > > > > > > policy drove our actions... Second, the arms we supplied helped > > > > > > > us > > > > > > > and the Russians defeat Hitler --- the question here is the > > > > > > > refusal > > > > > > > of Russia to WITHDRAWAL to its pre war borders WAS a consequence > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > that win... This included incorporating the Baltic and much of > > > > > > > Poland > > > > > > > into USSR... > > > > > > > > ANd the argument used with with Saddam is BECAUSE we helped him, > > > > > > > WE > > > > > > > are responsible for the end result... Applying that logic to > > > > > > > WWII, > > > > > > > we were responsible for 40 years of repression in Eastern > > > > > > > Europe... > > > > > > > Now I reject that line of reasoning in the cases of Russia during > > > > > > > WWI > > > > > > > and Saddam post 1987... The issue here do you also reject the > > > > > > > reasoning??? If so the issue of our limited help to Saddam in the > > > > > > > 80's is a none issue... If you accept that logic, then you > > > > > > > logically > > > > > > > must hold we are guilty of repressing Eastern Europe for 40 > > > > > > > years... > > > > > > > > On May 20, 10:16 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > > > > NOW you want to resign the black/white world of "your either > > > > > > > > for us or > > > > > > > > against us" George Bush? > > > > > > > > OH, we didn't want Russia it win against Germany, we only > > > > > > > > wanted to > > > > > > > > help them avoid defeat? When Russian tanks were rumbling thru > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > street of Berlin, hundreds of miles west of their borders, we > > > > > > > > were > > > > > > > > merely helping them avoid defeat and destruction? Read a > > > > > > > > history book, > > > > > > > > Russia help US to avoid defeat in Europe. > > > > > > > > > On May 20, 8:55 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Yes Hollywood, in the grown-up game of geopolitics that is a > > > > > > > > > significant difference... In your Ivory Tower of perfection, > > > > > > > > > Ideology must remain pure by using only "moral" methods... > > > > > > > > > In WWII, > > > > > > > > > we allied with a Totalitarian tyrant not quite as dangerous > > > > > > > > > as Hitler, > > > > > > > > > Stalin, to beat Hitler... We supplied him arms so he would > > > > > > > > > not be > > > > > > > > > defeated... > > > > > > > > > > And Stalin used them to take over Eastern Europe after the > > > > > > > > > war... By > > > > > > > > > your standards, we are responsible for Stalin post war, even > > > > > > > > > though he > > > > > > > > > stopped being an ally in 1945... Problem is, that is not > > > > > > > > > how the > > > > > > > > > world works... > > > > > > > > > > On May 19, 7:31 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > > > > > > Ohhh, we were not helping him to WIN, we were merely > > > > > > > > > > helping him to > > > > > > > > > > avoid DEFEAT. > > > > > > > > > > Well, that makes all the difference in the world. > > > > > > > > > > > On May 19, 3:33 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Our support to SH in the 80's was limited to proventing > > > > > > > > > > > his defeat by > > > > > > > > > > > Iran. 95%+ of SH weapons came from the USSR or its > > > > > > > > > > > satellites... A > > > > > > > > > > > majority of the rest came from France and Germany... > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 19, 3:35 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a way, it was, for our support of SH during the > > > > > > > > > > > > Iraq-Iran war. We > > > > > > > > > > > > tend to eliminate those who illustrate our political > > > > > > > > > > > > conscience. > > > > > > > > > > > > Panama. Cuba. El Salvador. USSR. etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 19, 1:35 pm, Hollywood > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, S.H's Iraq was NOT an immediate and dangerous > > > > > > > > > > > > > threat that needed > > > > > > > > > > > > > to be removed? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 19, 12:56 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Again, the Iraqi War was NOT principally about WMD > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (using your non > > > > > > > > > > > > > > UNSC definition)... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 18, 5:52 am, VT VirtualTruth > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You really don;t read or pay attention to the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > news do you? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You fools said the same things about WMD's > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that mistake only cost 4000 US lives and maimed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > only 30,000. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When Republicans make mistakes Americans die. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good track record you got going there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 17, 10:17 am, Keith In Tampa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sean, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, this is really what it boils down to, as I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > suspicioned. What you are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > really saying is, "I Hate Bush, But I Don't > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Know Why". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What transpired at Abu Gharib is not at all > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > what transpired with enhanced > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interrogation techniques by the CIA. The Army > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > has no mechanism other than > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Army Field Manual to interrogate prisoners. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Those individuals were > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prosecuted because they were outside of Army > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > regulations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:26 AM, VT VirtualTruth > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If we tried the little guys for what happened > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > at Abu Gharib > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > then the precedent has already been set for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the ENTIRE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bush Administration. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe Nixon was also Impeached for his > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crimes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > during the Vietnam war. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nixon resigned rather than face impeachment > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for his crimes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > while in office, and Republicans pushed all > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > out to impeach > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Clinton while in office about a lie over a BJ. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So both your reasons for calling me a traitor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have both been > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > proven false based on previous precedent. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You have nothing left to say, because you > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have run > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > out of realistic arguments. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 16, 4:47 pm, Keith In Tampa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Sean!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, I thought my post was rather > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > witty!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In all honesty, you seem like a bright, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > intelligent, (I am assuming > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > younger > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > than me) man. It is one thing to question > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > our governments' policies, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > quite another to jump on a traitorous > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bandwagon, accusing our President, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (any President!) during a time of war, of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > war crimes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have nothing else to say on the subject. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Based on all of the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that has been released to date, I don't > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > believe that we ever "tortured" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > anyone. That this is just a hyped up term > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > used by far left extremists > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > who > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are either uninformed, and/or have an > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anti-American agenda. One or the > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
