Officials confirm dropping firebombs on Iraqi troops

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Dry

Resistance is futile. I know, I've heard that before

MtG, you do not justify their death by being on the wrong side, defending a wrong cause, you justify their death by being weaker. Not even by beeing part of the risk they accepted to take by resisting. No, for you: they resisted, they deserve to die.

May I remind you the definition of fascism?
Fascism is the rule of power.
'Because I am the strongest' is enough to justify all fascists actions.

I haven't seen much other justifications in your posts.

You assume I'm even interested in "justification."

I'm simply describing to you reality on the ground. "Justification" is an issue for pseudomoral mental masturbation on the part of those who have the luxuries of time, safety, and distance. When you're in the field with a job to do, you do your job with the best tools available, then you move on.

You see, the soldier's view is much more intimate and pragmatic. It doesn't matter if their death is "justified," "unjustified" or any other term you want to use. What matters is they're where you want to be, or they're where you don't want them to be, and your job is to correct that situation. Now if they have the good sense to leave in time, better for them, and generally less hassle for you. If they don't have the good sense to leave, then you remove them.

[oedo]

Knock on wood, we havn't had a major terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11.

you also had none before 9/11.

[Defiant]

Pearl Habor was bombed once, never before and never again, so far, your point?

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by oedo
if this thread has one point, then it is that the USA needs to reinvent conscription again. this so what, it´s war-chickenhawk attitude is hardly bearable.

as opposed to the whiny chickenchoker attitude from the handwringing Euro-lefty crowd?

as for "chickenhawks" you can kiss my size 11-EEE jump boots.

Hoo-ah!

[Dis]

Oklahoma city, WTC in '93. We've had plenty

[oedo]

Originally posted by Dissident
Oklahoma city, WTC in '93. We've had plenty

oh, you´re right. thanks for the reminder.
Oklahoma is a very good example, as think. nearly as good as Littleton.

[Spiffor]

I have a question for the "so what, it's war" people. If Saddam did use his impressive chemcial arsenal on your troops, would you have had the same reaction ?

[Dis]

terrorism is terrorism. doesn't matter if it is domestic or foreign. the end result is the same.

[Japher]

However, we are less likely to see domestic terrorism coming, IMO. It also hurts more as one finds themselves wondering why would one of MY brethren do this to their own ppl, instead of dismissing it as some stupid, jealous, religious zealot.

[Dis]

actually I should note that after 9/11, I think the threat of domestic terrorism has gone down. That's just a hunch. But I think 9/11 even affected the most rabid anti-goverment whacko.

edit: I forgot about the Anthrax attacks. That was most certainly domestic terrorism.

I have a hunch the guy did it to prove a point. And scare the goverment into taking steps to inprove security against bio attacks.

[Spiffor]

Slowwhand, MtG or The Diplomat must have missed that post, so I'll quote it again:

Originally posted by Spiffor
I have a question for the "so what, it's war" people. If Saddam did use his impressive chemcial arsenal on your troops, would you have had the same reaction ?

Thanks.

[Defiant]

Oklahoma city was a terrorist attack, but by a home grown d!ckhead not a foreign d!ckhead, a little difference, but I'm sure not a difference to the families who had casualties.

[Panag]

Originally posted by gopher



The Euros got rid of theirs a while back, when the WHO got involved. As for the rest, they got it from Russia, who secretly split their WHO alloted smallpox sample in half, and began to breed smallpox, starting in 75 with the creation of Biopreparat. Russia has admitted giving samples to India and China, and recent NYT reports have indicated that Iraq recieved some from the USSR and the USA (the USA during the Iran-Iraq war). The WHO still maintains that the rest of these samples are virtually all weapons-grade, and thus not self-perpetuating.

hi ,

negative , the french have told in 2001 that they had a small stock to make vaccins , the belgians have a stock in what is supposed to be one of the worlds leading labs on tropical stuff , and the uk did not deny in a courtcase earlier this year with a human test subject , ...

the dutch have vaccins for each and everyone of the people who live there together with luxembourg , ..... these two made it in secret from the cow variant , .....

the italians are working on a vaccin also , rumour has it so are the spanish , .....

have a nice day

[gopher]

All right! A (somewhat) branching thread! Kick ass!

As for you, panag, where did you hear this?

Virtually all sources say that besides the two official sources, only NK and Iraq.

Read it here , its the washington post.

[gopher]

Oh great Ming, why did you delete the other thread? 80% of it was devoted to biological warfare talk.