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bl00kbl00k wrote:I didn't say there were no terrorists in Iraq, i'm sure there are. Depending on your definition of terrorist, they are pretty much in every country. They are right here in the Netherlands, does that mean the US has to invade us? There are many more terrorists in the other countries of the Middle East, so the US should invade every country and go door to door killing everyone who is a terrorist? Who is a terrorist anyway? Can you tell them apart from 'normal' people by something? No you can't, they look exactly the same as everyone else, most of the time these so called terrorists live a normal life by day, and another by night, so to speak.jfko6 wrote:Stef/bl00k:
When the US invaded IRAQ the first thing the Marines encountered upon resistance were terrorist training camps. Saddam supported those camps. They were filled with mercenaries from all over the region. Its actually amazing to me; Everyone knows that terrorism exists in the middle east all the way down to Afghanistan and beyond those borders. But terrorism exists everywhere but Iraq. Yeah Right.
9/11 was committed by a bunch of arabs. They're all dead. They apparently came from a group called Al Qaeda, 'the base'. This group apparently had found home in Afghanistan under taliban rule. I can see why America would try and invade Afghanistan. You can't completely justify it with reason, the hijackers of 9/11 were all dead, after all. If you're holding Bin Laden responsible for the deaths of 9/11, you can also hold Bush responsible for American soldiers who died in the Middle East. But anyway, invading Afghanistan is 'alright'. Invading Iraq, however, didnt have anything to do with so called 'terrorism', which by the way is the most overstated threat in the history of the world. How much people died through terrorism in the Western world? It's about the lowest possible threat to the random person. I've never had ANY fear for terrorism, it's irrational. And to think you can actually solve this "terrorism" by invading countries is even less rational. You create more terrorists this way. America must know by now that you can't win a guerilla war by conventional means. You'd have to kill each and every person in the enitre middle east to be sure. And even then you won't be sure cause there's bound to rise some other guy up somewhere in the world who says "fuck america", and he'd have a valid reason, too.
This 'war on terrorism' can't be won through force. It's Bush's way of instilling fear in the American people to make them do what he wants. Terrorists are the boogeymen, America is under attack, America is in danger, and Bush needs more and more power to fix it. It's all based on irrational fear. Fear of terrorists, fear of Islam, fear of Iran, fear of the men with big black beards. America will stay in Iraq till someone in the US decides to get them back. Nothing will be won. Thousands of Americans will be dead, tens of thousands of Iraqis will be dead. Billions will have been spent. And the world will NOT be a safer place unless each and everyone in the middle east is dead.
To me, it's obvious why Bush and his buddies decided to invade Iraq and Afghanistan. It's partly about oil, partly about the dollar as the world currency, partly about money and partly about saying 'fuck you' to Russia and China. All in all, it's about maintaning America's superpower status. Those are more valid reasons for invading iraq than to fight terrorism.
I'm not saying anything bad about the soldiers. All my criticism goes to the Bush administration/government. The soldiers do their job, make huge sacrifices. For their country, sure. But not for Iraqi freedom. All praise must go to soldiers who try to win without fighting. All blame has to go to anyone who voted for Bush's proposals.
I hope this shit turns out for the better. America needs God's blessing now more than ever.
I'm not exactly suggesting to do nothing. There's a whole lot between doing nothing and invading a random Middle Eastern country which happens to be in poor shape and easily invadable (Iraq). Ofcourse the people who want to do us harm must be stopped. But the question is how and when. Do we want to stop them *before* they've done anything? Do we stop criminals at home before they act like criminals? No. You first have to commit a crime and THEN you'll be caught (hopefully) and prosecuted. Also, the criminal doesn't have to prove his innocence, but the prosecuter has to prove his guilt.jfko6 wrote: bl00k
In the course of this struggle we're talking about Islamic extremists who kill in the name of Allah. So there's your definition. And these terrorist go by names and factions and many times carry flags in battle so yes they can be distinguished like the Mehdi Army. There are other methods for sniffing out Islamic radicals who try to murder the innocent. Many are in prison in our country just for that. They got caught. Osama Bin Laden declared war on the United States. So there's your "reason" defined.
You argue from a "do nothing" point of view and hope things turn out for the better. You can't reason with a terrorist. The only thing they know is the butt end of a rifle.
I have no doubt members of Al Qaeda are crazy in that they try to kill innocent people who they've never met and never will meet. But invading two countries to stop these radicals is like trying to kill an insect with a machine gun. Things like this lead me to think Bush and his friends don't give a crap about the freedom of the Afghani and Iraqi people, and don't give a crap about the American people, for that matter.I know what you mean when you talk about the likely hood of an act of terror in ones neighborhood is rare and many times these fears are played up by the media. But at the same time if Al Qaeda's numbers only amount to 5000 radicals worldwide it only took nineteen to kill nearly three thousand men, women and unborn children (numbers uncounted) on nine-eleven. As far as these terrorist scum ability to kill the unborn I was a witness to that.
It only takes a few radicals to kill thousands or God forbid more. This is a new problem facing America. And every new President we elect must be on guard against it.
We new Bin Laden was responsible and therefore took the fight to the Taliban.
More Details can be found here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_ ... motivation
Okay, let me rephrase that. The terrorists which are right now being fought against in Iraq and Afghanistan didn't attack the WTC, or London or Madrid. Why? Because those terrorists (which flew planes in the WTC, blew up a trainstation in Madrid and buses in London) blew themselves up and are dead. These so called terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq didn't attack the US, maybe they were part of a group which those other guys belonged to. Fact remains is that they didn't attack the West (except for the ones who helped prepare the actual terrorists which came to NYC).jfko6 wrote:bl00k:
Quoting from your recent post:
How does this apply to Afghanistan & Iraq? Well first of all the terrorists which are being fought against haven't really attacked the western world.
The rest of your post follows with similar untruths. That was a real bogus post.
Okay so a group is being prosecuted, now what? Nothing has changed, everything is the same. Fighting terrorism this way is fighting symptoms of a problem, not fighting the problem.On the other hand maybe the jihadist propaganda machine has effectively convinced some other NATO countries that Al Qaeda and many factions have nothing to do with acts of terrorism on The United States. Many have been processed through our judicial system including the nine eleven hijacker who did not make it onto the plane. We're prosecuting a group as we speak for an attempted attack on a US Army base in New Jersey.
The President elect doesnt have to give a rats ass about terrorism. Real problems are energy or economy-related. The way Bush is fighting terrorism is nothing more than sacrificing young Americans to create more people who hate the US and will do everything to kill even more Americans, how is that making the world safer? it's not.The President we elect will have a huge mission to prevent future attacks on the United States. Since Beirut to present we lost many soldiers to terrorism. This evil must be stopped before they kill more innocent American people
Tomorrow the United States will elect a new President. Our current President Bush did not create jihadism. It existed before he became president. It existed before his father became President. The United States will not cease to fight Islamic radicalism. Liberating Nazism, Communism, Totalitarianism and now jihadism has seem to become a full time job for the United States. Because many countries can't seem to see the writing on the wall. And once the door has been opened for freedom democracy will flourish. It's either fight terrorism and pursue peace. Or, see a mushroom cloud rise over some city in the world. WAKE UP!!!bl00k wrote:Okay, let me rephrase that. The terrorists which are right now being fought against in Iraq and Afghanistan didn't attack the WTC, or London or Madrid. Why? Because those terrorists (which flew planes in the WTC, blew up a trainstation in Madrid and buses in London) blew themselves up and are dead. These so called terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq didn't attack the US, maybe they were part of a group which those other guys belonged to. Fact remains is that they didn't attack the West (except for the ones who helped prepare the actual terrorists which came to NYC).jfko6 wrote:bl00k:
Quoting from your recent post:
How does this apply to Afghanistan & Iraq? Well first of all the terrorists which are being fought against haven't really attacked the western world.
The rest of your post follows with similar untruths. That was a real bogus post.Okay so a group is being prosecuted, now what? Nothing has changed, everything is the same. Fighting terrorism this way is fighting symptoms of a problem, not fighting the problem.On the other hand maybe the jihadist propaganda machine has effectively convinced some other NATO countries that Al Qaeda and many factions have nothing to do with acts of terrorism on The United States. Many have been processed through our judicial system including the nine eleven hijacker who did not make it onto the plane. We're prosecuting a group as we speak for an attempted attack on a US Army base in New Jersey.The President elect doesnt have to give a rats ass about terrorism. Real problems are energy or economy-related. The way Bush is fighting terrorism is nothing more than sacrificing young Americans to create more people who hate the US and will do everything to kill even more Americans, how is that making the world safer? it's not.The President we elect will have a huge mission to prevent future attacks on the United States. Since Beirut to present we lost many soldiers to terrorism. This evil must be stopped before they kill more innocent American people
You wanna end terrorism? Give them no reason to fight America. If the US bombed the shit out of my country, killing my family i'll join whatever group wants to pay it back. What would you do? Sit back, relax and let some big country kill everything you hold dear? Get a grip man, try to see what THEY see. The terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan are pissed off, they weren't born this way, the US made them pissed off with it's foreign policy over the last few decades.
Luckily there are loads of Americans who don't feel the need to kill, kill, kill. Maybe the new President will find a way to attack the real problem and not create more problems. America needs to be educated about everyday things. Things like driving a car, eating a hamburger, drinking a beer or going shopping. America needs to be educated about the Middle East and about Islam. America needs to be educated about media, propaganda and about the new laws that have been passed the past 8 years. Only then will Americans know the real issues, and not just the minor issues they've been told.
And yes, the same can be said for pretty much all European countries.