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> WTC doesn't make sense as a target
Everybody I knew was _much_ more upset about the WTC than the Pentagon.
As one friend put it "I don't care about the Pentagon."
Now, partly that's because of the shock of the buildings collapsing,
which seemed much more dramatic than the Pentagon
At 08:44 PM 7/6/04 +, Justin wrote:
It may be that the only way out is through,
>and that the only way to be free from Western Imperialism is to cause
it
>to strangle itself.
You don't get it. The way to be free from Colonialists is to remind
the folks *behind the Colonialism* that they are n
"Tyler Durden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>If they took out a few key COs downtown one morning the effect on the economy
>would be significant.
It depends on what your goal is. As someone else on this list pointed out,
terrorism is just another form of PR. If OBL took out (say) that huge AT&T
At 09:32 PM 7/5/04 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
>Major Variola (ret) writes:
>>
>> The yanks did not wear regular uniforms and did not march in
>> rows in open fields like Gentlemen. Asymmetric warfare means not
>> playing by
>> *their* rules.
>
>But asymm warfare has to accomplish its goal. It's not
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Subject: Re: UBL is George Washington
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:59:22 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Justin wrote:
> On 2004-07-06T11:28:41-0700, Eric Cordian wrote:
> > Sunder wrote:
> > > Right, WTC as a target doesn't make any strat
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Justin wrote:
> On 2004-07-06T11:28:41-0700, Eric Cordian wrote:
> > Sunder wrote:
> > > Right, WTC as a target doesn't make any strategic sense.
>
> > Doesn't hitting a world financial center impede the funding of imperialism?
>
> Empirically, I don't think so. Since Septemb
On 2004-07-06T11:28:41-0700, Eric Cordian wrote:
> Sunder wrote:
> > Right, WTC as a target doesn't make any strategic sense.
> Doesn't hitting a world financial center impede the funding of imperialism?
Empirically, I don't think so. Since September 11th, funding to the
military and security in
ld no longer remain ignorant of US force
activities. Or at least not without significant reprecussions. It's
debateable wether they acheived this, however. The Spanish got the message,
however.
-TD
From: Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UBL is George Wash
Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>But asymm warfare has to accomplish its goal. It's not being very
>successful.
It's been extraordinarily successful. The US is driving itself (and a lot of
the rest of the world) nuts with terrorists-under-the-beds paranoia. I
recently saw a replay of som
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:32:16PM +0200, Anonymous wrote:
>
> Major Variola (ret) writes:
> >
> > The yanks did not wear regular uniforms and did not march in
> > rows in open fields like Gentlemen. Asymmetric warfare means not
> > playing by
> > *their* rules.
>
> But asymm warfare has to acc
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:32:16PM +0200, Anonymous wrote:
> But asymm warfare has to accomplish its goal. It's not being very
> successful. The only people who are siding with al-qaeda are those whose
Au contraire. People in the US (stupid gits) are genuinely afraid. They're voting
law and or
Major Variola (ret) writes:
>
> The yanks did not wear regular uniforms and did not march in
> rows in open fields like Gentlemen. Asymmetric warfare means not
> playing by
> *their* rules.
But asymm warfare has to accomplish its goal. It's not being very
successful. The only people who are si
At 12:00 AM 7/4/04 -0400, Howie Goodell wrote:
>
>For starters, I think the use of terrorism is a moral a distinction
>worth making. Murdering thousands of civilians is not the same thing
>as attacking enemy troops. (To be consistent, the plane that hit the
>Pentagon was not terrorism, but a mili
OK -- some comments.
First, IMHO one confusing and perhaps confused post; I'm not sure I
get the point.
Second, to be specific, bin Laden isn't George Washington, but in at
least one respect he is LIKE others who struggled to keep their
countries from being dominated by foreigners. George Washing
At 09:58 PM 7/1/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote:
>Submitted for comment :-)
> "...justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you
do
> not. And people's rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks
out
> about them."
>
> Osama Bin Laden
UBL's morals, which he unfortunatel
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