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  • #241
    Originally posted by DanS


    For someone whose stock-in-trade is this sort of stuff, you've been quite wide of the mark in the past. See Afghanistan, f.e. I could scarcely be blamed for doubting your analysis without a clear explanation of why it is so.

    Afghanistan has nothing to do with Iraq.
    We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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    • #242
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      Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012

      When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

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      • #243
        As far as I know, he has much more experience with Afghanistan. Apparently, that didn't help him any.
        Last edited by DanS; January 14, 2005, 01:57.
        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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        • #244
          Doesn't matter.

          He is making the right call here.
          We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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          • #245
            Alexander's Horse now has a yes man.
            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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            • #246
              DanS has no clothes.


              We have a crtical situation going on and you're worried about buying a private jet.

              So, laugh it up while you can.

              I wish I had listened when people were saying there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
              We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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              • #247
                Oh and our slag matches on Apolyton are helping solve this "critical situation."
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #248
                  Getting informed about the situation, yes.
                  We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                  • #249
                    Originally posted by Ted Striker


                    You would have no reason to be.
                    Let us know when you do, OK?
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                    (")_(") This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your signature to help him gain world domination.

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                    • #250
                      There have been no informative posts in this thread. You must have been thinking of another thread.

                      This thread started out with an article based upon several layers of supposition. We have no idea about what is actually being discussed on the whole at the Pentagon, and even if we did catch a sliver of the deliberations, it's just a sliver of information from a particular point of view.

                      In Washington, the side that is losing an argument goes and blabs to the press to change the dynamics of the internal discussion. In the absence of better information, I'm forced to dismiss this article as entirely self-serving, even if some of the details are correct. For instance, we know that inclusioon of "sympathizers" in the target list changes the tenor of the public case entirely. Maybe this was contemplated and dismissed, but a special forces training package is being prepared that some of the Army administrators don't like. They throw "sympathizers" into the public discussion and voila.
                      Last edited by DanS; January 14, 2005, 02:30.
                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #251
                        Originally posted by DanS


                        For someone whose stock-in-trade is this sort of stuff, you've been quite wide of the mark in the past. See Afghanistan, f.e. I could scarcely be blamed for doubting your analysis without a clear explanation of why it is so.
                        Ah yes Afghanistan - the sleeper. Had a look recently at who is controlling the Eastern provinces these days Dan?
                        Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                        Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                        • #252
                          Afghanistan, the sleeper? I'm curious about how you are going to spin this into a quagmire for the US.
                          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                          • #253
                            Originally posted by notyoueither


                            Let us know when you do, OK?
                            I thought you said in the other thread that you found me physically attractive.


                            We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                            • #254
                              Dan makes a good point. We really don't know what the Pentagon is considering so the author is writing an article either upon his own guess or upon other peoles' guesses. This seems to be a storm which has outpassed reality.
                              Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                              • #255
                                Originally posted by DanS
                                There have been no informative posts in this thread. You must have been thinking of another thread.

                                This thread started out with an article based upon several layers of supposition. We have no idea about what is actually being discussed on the whole at the Pentagon, and even if we did catch a sliver of the deliberations, it's just a sliver of information from a particular point of view.

                                In Washington, the side that is losing an argument goes and blabs to the press to change the dynamics of the internal discussion. In the absence of better information, I'm forced to dismiss this article as entirely self-serving, even if some of the details are correct. For instance, we know that inclusioon of "sympathizers" in the target list changes the tenor of the public case entirely. Maybe this was contemplated and dismissed, but a special forces training package is being prepared that some of the Army administrators don't like. They throw "sympathizers" into the public discussion and voila.
                                You are missing the point entirely.

                                We have ALREADY seen a precedent with what happens when you aren't very strict about the rules on the ground. The rules are going to be stretched on the ground so if you give leeway for bending them, they are just going to be pushed that much further.

                                The Geneva Conventions where thrown out, and that directly resulted in a situation that happened at Abu Gharib.

                                Let's not let the same thing happen again.
                                We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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