Oops, turns out Arafat probably was murdered after all..

[molly bloom]

Anyone find the irony in folks that carp about "national sovereignty" doesn't mean anything are usually the ones who advocate for "states rights" in the US?

Seriously. Imagine if the British Secret Service had been sending hit squads to the U.S. on a regular basis and bumping off NORAID fund raisers or Republican sympathizers.

Or if Cuba had been liquidating regime opponents in the U.S., or the Sandinistas or the A.N.C. or....

[molly bloom]

Ever since dealing with the Barbary pirates, the US has dealt with non-state actors in military operations. Worldwide counter-terror efforts aren't any different.

Yes they are, because the Barbary pirates/corsairs (and the Sale Rovers) were agents of the state- shipping belonging to Christians or of Christian states was the target.

The captives were either ransomed or sold in North African slave markets.

[molly bloom]

Ahh, I love how Cockney's been outed as an antisemite. You won't be happy until Jerusalem gets nuked.

Hey, you just outed yourself (again) as an idiot.

Well done on that.

[regexcellent]

I don't give a **** about national sovereignty unless it's US national sovereignty, or some country I like. There are good guys and bad guys, and violating the national sovereignty of bad guys is A-OK.

[kentonio]

I don't give a **** about national sovereignty unless it's US national sovereignty, or some country I like. There are good guys and bad guys, and violating the national sovereignty of bad guys is A-OK.

This was a public service message brought to you by GI Joe and John Rambo.

[MikeH]

Didn't Team America World Police give people any self awareness?

[regexcellent]

Didn't Team America World Police give people any self awareness?

Yes, there are dicks, pussies, and *******s, and sometimes dicks **** pussies, but sometimes they **** *******s. The important thing is that dicks **** *******s.

[molly bloom]

I don't give a **** about national sovereignty unless it's US national sovereignty, or some country I like.

Brought to you by regina, aged 3.

[giblets]

Nope... it only convinced regexcellent that the bad guys are in fact cockroaches from outer space.

[molly bloom]

Nope... it only convinced regexcellent that the bad guys are in fact cockroaches from outer space.

So he's worried about developing another inferiority complex ? Understood.

[MikeH]

Nope... it only convinced regexcellent that the bad guys are in fact cockroaches from outer space.

Ah, Starship Troopers.

[Fake Boris]

Ah yeah. Fears of arab nations nuking them are totally unrealistic. The arab nations are absolutely rational players here. They totally haven't fought multiple self-destructive wars of aggression that they knew they couldn't win over and over again for decades. Mhm.

EDIT: they also CERTAINLY don't have any ties or associations to terrorist cells and other rogue groups, whose methods include suicide attacks and other violence of no strategic value. Or parts of their government that are essentially beholden to such groups. Nope. Not a one.

American can't be trusted to be rational with nuclear weapons, given the Civil War

lol

[Fake Boris]

Ah yeah. Fears of arab nations nuking them are totally unrealistic. The arab nations are absolutely rational players here. They totally haven't fought multiple self-destructive wars of aggression that they knew they couldn't win over and over again for decades. Mhm.

EDIT: they also CERTAINLY don't have any ties or associations to terrorist cells and other rogue groups, whose methods include suicide attacks and other violence of no strategic value. Or parts of their government that are essentially beholden to such groups. Nope. Not a one.

American can't be trusted to be rational with nuclear weapons, given the Civil War

lol

[Hauldren Collider]

Oh right, I forgot about all those times when we nuked the soviets.

[MikeH]

You only nuke people who can't nuke back, you big bullies.