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  • #736
    Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

    Originally posted by geezer View Post
    A fascinating story about the state of the union.
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    • #737
      Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

      Originally posted by joecct View Post
      That would be 1964.
      The Congress turned its back on South Vietnam in 1964? I guess what happened for the next 10 years was just a mirage.

      I assumed you were talking about the Paris Peace Talks (where Nixon found his "peace with honor" in 1973) and the Congress turned its back on South Vietnam, leading to the collapse of the country in 1975...

      In any event, Obama would be branded a traitor and be facing Articles of Impeachment from the GOP House for even suggesting that we could make a deal with the Taliban.

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      • #738
        Originally posted by Priceless View Post
        The Congress turned its back on South Vietnam in 1964? I guess what happened for the next 10 years was just a mirage.

        I assumed you were talking about the Paris Peace Talks (where Nixon found his "peace with honor" in 1973) and the Congress turnedh its back on South Vietnam, leading to the collapse of the country in 1975...

        In any event, Obama would be branded a traitor and be facing Articles of Impeachment from the GOP House for even suggesting that we could make a deal with the Taliban.
        I was talking about over the top ads now vs. the 1964 election.
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        • #739
          Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

          An extraordinary moment in the history of the battle of civilization against terrorism, a day many thought could never ever possibly come:

          http://www.nypost.com/p/news/interna...XJ6WFp0rjQPwiP


          Queen Elizabeth even wore green for the occasion!




          nearly 11 years after 9/11, the war against so-called islamist terror is still being thickly contested, with the outcome very much in doubt. Yet in that same period of time, perhaps revolted by what they saw that day, who knows?? the IRA has totally and completely renounced terrorism. Who ever would have expected an IRA leader in Northern Ireland to acknowledge Elizabeth as his sovereign???


          this is historic. sometimes symbolism really does matter a very great deal.
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          • #740
            Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

            A little progress every day.
            Go Gophers!

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            • #741
              Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

              Lost in the news is Egypt wanting us to release the Blind Sheik who was convicted in the WTC car bomb attack.
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              • #742
                Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                Originally posted by joecct View Post
                Lost in the news is Egypt wanting us to release the Blind Sheik who was convicted in the WTC car bomb attack.
                It's nice to want.

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                • #743
                  Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                  We have some Air Force folks here, right?

                  What do you say to this? Per WaPo, drone pilots to receive achievements combat medals?
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                  • #744
                    Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                    They do what they do. If they do a good job they should be duly recognized and, technically, it is combat. I have no problem with it. If the whole idea of drone strikes is icky, that's on the policymakers, not some dude playing a video game in Provo. Let him have his medal.

                    Meanwhile, in Derp News...
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                    • #745
                      Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                      Originally posted by amherstblackbear View Post
                      We have some Air Force folks here, right?

                      What do you say to this? Per WaPo, drone pilots to receive achievements combat medals?
                      Meh. The guys in sitting in trailers in Nevada are only marginally safer than the ones sitting in F-16 cockpits lobbing standoff missiles beyond visual range. If one is combat, so is the other.
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                      • #746
                        Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                        The DC Metro computers went on the fritz twice yesterday. The central office could not locate any trains on their boards and told all the subway cars to wait in the stations until the problem was fixed. Once I can put down to a glitch. Twice within 12 hours or so???? I wonder if some enterprising country decided to show us that our computer systems are not immune either as a retaliation for Stuxnet.
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                        • #747
                          Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                          I could buy into that except for the last five words. Iranian cyber intelligence is nowhere near sophisticated enough. If you had said China or Russia I might have bought it.
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                          • #748
                            Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                            Originally posted by joecct View Post
                            The DC Metro computers went on the fritz twice yesterday. The central office could not locate any trains on their boards and told all the subway cars to wait in the stations until the problem was fixed. Once I can put down to a glitch. Twice within 12 hours or so???? I wonder if some enterprising country decided to show us that our computer systems are not immune either as a retaliation for Stuxnet.
                            It was Milton. The guy in charge of the Metro took his stapler.

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                            • #749
                              Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                              Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                              I could buy into that except for the last five words. Iranian cyber intelligence is nowhere near sophisticated enough. If you had said China or Russia I might have bought it.
                              The Russians govt doesn't know what it's doing, either. The smart Russian coders are all indy.

                              As far as government-directed cyber sabotage is concerned, there are only three countries I would worry about: the US, China, and Israel.
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                              • #750
                                Re: Global War on Terror III: Dick Cheney's Hague ICC Vacation

                                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                                The Russians govt doesn't know what it's doing, either. The smart Russian coders are all indy.

                                As far as government-directed cyber sabotage is concerned, there are only three countries I would worry about: the US, China, and Israel.
                                And even then, any Chinese effort would require a considerable effort with decent luck. For both China and Israel, to say there's no motive to mess with DCs metro computers would be an understatement.
                                Go Gophers!

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