I disagree. Part of the problem is like Iraq it is probably a mistake to view this as a single "war". The first war was vs the Taliban rulers and it was won when the Taliban were removed from power. The second phase began when they tried to make a come back. This also was pretty much defeated until they started allying with the drug lords. The latter are now the real problem. The Taliban are hardly considered hero's anywhere. It may well be that when we are done the Afhan goverment is corrupt (although I've read that the army isn't very corrupt, the national police force are a bit more, and the locals incredibly corrupt). That would be unfortunate and a problem but more a local one. The drug lords represent a problem to many governments to the extent that there is even some cooperation between NATO and Iran in operations against them. Since the drug lords and to an increasingly greater extent the Taliban are in it for the money the thought that higher they get the more likely they are to inherit a Hellfire is having an effect. Likewise in the rank and file the allure of the cash has to be balanced with the chance of survival.RF wrote:Initially I would agree, but the Afghan government and army is corrupt and the Taliban can make themselves the hereos to the local population. As in Vietnam the US is left providing military support for weak and increasingly discredited regimes, so we now have an almost unwinnable war in Afghanistan - after initially being in a winning position.lwd wrote: There are areas where that should be persued (Afganistan for instance)
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I disagree. Integrating them into the society in a meaningful way is a much better approach. When they and their families have a vested interest in the survival of our society the chance of them going radical is much less and the odds of them helping in case of someone else going radical is greater.RF wrote:What you are left with is a halfway house position - the only answer to radical Islam in the West seemingly being the pursuit of the policies of the British National Party and expelling the non-Caucasian populations, reversing decades of immigration. This is in itself the recipe for such conflict that civil war would result.lwd wrote:The problem is your approach won't work.Karl Heidenreich wrote: ... It's not "just a group". It's a culture and they are using our western laws to attack us. If, by any act of God, the Us get's Bin Laden nothing is goimng to change, violence will not stop. I foresee we will come to Hamburg, Tokio and Hiroshima again. You don't... not a problem, wait and see.
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I think it is an Arab/Palestinian problem in that while these Arab states recognise the need for these Palestinian people to live a decent life somewhere, they view it as living only on the original Israeli territory of 1948 and not in their own conntries.
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This is a pretty interesting article, that do not deal with anything islamic (nor the mosque) but has to do everything with Obama and his failures. Of course, the webpage, as part of the media that has supported Obama all the way, tries hard to balance the criticism but, still, cannot hide what's evident:
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/In ... ?GT1=33002
It shares a lot of light in this issue that socialism, US liveral style, resembles a lot to Adolf Hitler's nazis
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/In ... ?GT1=33002
It shares a lot of light in this issue that socialism, US liveral style, resembles a lot to Adolf Hitler's nazis
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Shades of Carterisation I see, arising from this article, rather here it is big business that is suffering rather than just foreign policy. The bullying of Tony Hayward of BP was no doubt part of this process.
I am bemused by the comparisons with Hitler. Does Obama secretly desire the extermination of the Jews and the conquest of the world? Strange way to go about it.....
I am bemused by the comparisons with Hitler. Does Obama secretly desire the extermination of the Jews and the conquest of the world? Strange way to go about it.....
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And we have that Osama (excuse me, Obama), as an islamic supporter and mosque builder, probably do not like jewish people and the State of Israel neither.
Well, liberals want to their political correct gospel enforced in the whole world, which in that case they resembled Hitler's ambitions. However the comparison goes or refers to their national economic policies, which we have been talking about for the last weeks: liberalism is a sort of fascism (maybe a facism without guts as socialism is comunism for sissies) after all.I am bemused by the comparisons with Hitler. Does Obama secretly desire the extermination of the Jews and the conquest of the world? Strange way to go about it.....
And we have that Osama (excuse me, Obama), as an islamic supporter and mosque builder, probably do not like jewish people and the State of Israel neither.
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Maybe. But political correctness comes from cultural marxism and thought control, whereas the fascist concept of controlling thought is to physically smash anything that doesn't agree with them.Karl Heidenreich wrote:
Well, liberals want to their political correct gospel enforced in the whole world, which in that case they resembled Hitler's ambitions. However the comparison goes or refers to their national economic policies, which we have been talking about for the last weeks: liberalism is a sort of fascism
At least with the modern concept of ''liberalism'' there is still some degree of independent thought allowed, so alternatives can be expressed, unlike under a totalitarian government.
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Well, the US continues to subsidise and arm the Israeli state. I Obama wants re-election he can't afford to upset the Jewish lobby in the US.Karl Heidenreich wrote: And we have that Osama (excuse me, Obama), as an islamic supporter and mosque builder, probably do not like jewish people and the State of Israel neither.
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Aounds like the book reviewed here might be worth while reading for those discussing the war against terrorism.
http://www.strategypage.com/on_point/20 ... 31732.aspx
http://www.strategypage.com/on_point/20 ... 31732.aspx
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And the strategy proposed is the marginalisation of the extreme elements from within the context of the Muslim faith. This is nothing new, it is a rehash of the Tony Blair approach, adopted by Gordon Brown and then David Cameron in Britain, and by Obama in the US. Incidently I wouldn't pick on Obama especially, McCain would have followed the same policy as well, along with Palin.
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Some days ago I recalled that during Obama's campaign in Texas, his headquaters displayed a poster of the Che Guevara, the latin super terrorist that has become a media star (as Obama himself). And then, when discussing this with a friend he sent me this text and link.
For those Obama fans and Democrat Party followers that still has some reverence for the Che, I post this:
For those Obama fans and Democrat Party followers that still has some reverence for the Che, I post this:
“We’re going to do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the revolution. By which I mean: nothing.” -Che Guevera
“The Negro is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent.”- Che Guevara
“Mexicans are a band of illiterate Indians.” – Che Guevara
“The negro has maintained his racial purity by his well known habit of avoiding baths”
“My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered enemy that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!”
“Hatred as the central element of our struggle… Hatred that is intransigent… Hatred so violent that it propels a human being beyond his natural limitations, making him violent and cold- blooded killing machine… We reject any peaceful approach. Violence is inevitable. To establish Socialism rivers of blood must flow. The victory of Socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims!”
“The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind! Against those hyenas there is no option but extermination! If the nuclear missiles had remained (in Cuba) we would have fired them against the heart of the U.S. including New York City!”
Guevara considered anyone who listened to rock and roll music, who wore his hair long, or who spoke up against him a delinquent. His very goal was to, “make individualism disappear from the nation!” He considered it, “criminal to think of individuals!”
He was a gem, let’s put him on a t-shirt!
Stupids and famous people want to be like him?.., people like: JayZ wants to “be like Che”. He would have to quit singing and hate himself. Tyson has a tat of this guy,Teens like this guy, Carlos Santana, Thalia, Juanes and his wife, Madonna, Top Models, etc........................, what an idiots.
The real Ché:
http://www.therealcuba.com/MurderedbyChe.htm
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For those that support Obama's islamization program this news may help for think it twice:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39481411
What's next? Islamic Law Tribunals in Toronto, Otawa, Quebec, Battery Park, New York, Bgile's back lawn?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39481411
What's next? Islamic Law Tribunals in Toronto, Otawa, Quebec, Battery Park, New York, Bgile's back lawn?
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Maybe the next news are just wrong: the muslins addressed here maybe are just training to ride on the subway and play on Saturday afternoons...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39488268/ns ... ntral_asia
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39488268/ns ... ntral_asia
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Perhaps dear old Che could have done with a swastika........pure Mein Kampf, revised for the 1950's....Karl Heidenreich wrote:Some days ago I recalled that during Obama's campaign in Texas, his headquaters displayed a poster of the Che Guevara, the latin super terrorist that has become a media star (as Obama himself). And then, when discussing this with a friend he sent me this text and link.
For those Obama fans and Democrat Party followers that still has some reverence for the Che, I post this:
“We’re going to do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the revolution. By which I mean: nothing.” -Che Guevera
“The Negro is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent.”- Che Guevara
“Mexicans are a band of illiterate Indians.” – Che Guevara
“The negro has maintained his racial purity by his well known habit of avoiding baths”
“My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered enemy that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!”
“Hatred as the central element of our struggle… Hatred that is intransigent… Hatred so violent that it propels a human being beyond his natural limitations, making him violent and cold- blooded killing machine… We reject any peaceful approach. Violence is inevitable. To establish Socialism rivers of blood must flow. The victory of Socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims!”
“The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind! Against those hyenas there is no option but extermination! If the nuclear missiles had remained (in Cuba) we would have fired them against the heart of the U.S. including New York City!”
Guevara considered anyone who listened to rock and roll music, who wore his hair long, or who spoke up against him a delinquent. His very goal was to, “make individualism disappear from the nation!” He considered it, “criminal to think of individuals!”
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Exactly! I have found that socialism, even the "democratic one", resembles so much facism. And if so, then Obama must be Hitler's heir...Perhaps dear old Che could have done with a swastika........pure Mein Kampf, revised for the 1950's....
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