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    Monitoring them? Don't you know he's coordinating them?! Come on, get those righty talking points lined up.
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    Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

    People use the term "asymmetrical warfare" from time to time....in this case we have several different factors of which each one is asymmetrical:
    > these fanatical terrorists are at war with us, whether we want to be warring with them or not. Our "desires" don't matter to them in the slightest: we can be friendly or gruff, aggressive or pacifist, it won't matter: they want to weaken us to the point where we retreat behind our borders and have nothing to do with the rest of the world (or at least they force us to retreat from the Middle East entirely and leave them completely alone there)
    > they are not a country or a government; yet are granted safe havens in some countries with the tacit approval of some parts of those countries' governments
    > a few relatively low-tech weapons can be used with great ingenuity to cause great damage and to disrupt any potential high-tech advantages we may have

    While a healthy debate over what to do might be constructive, to cast it in terms of domestic partisan politics, as both parties and too many posters have done, seems irresponsible at best. this should not be a Republican - Democrat issue nor a conservative - progressive issue (except to the extent that some people might say that "it's not worth it to police the world; it's okay to retreat from it; we can't afford to maintain armies abroad, so okay, let them "win" we'll keep our borders secure).

    I actually wouldn't mind if some people said, "fine, let's surrender." That's an honest point of view honestly expressed (I'd disagree, but it would be a respectful conversation; there are plenty of merits in that argument that I would grant; I'd merely emphasize other items more highly than those advocating surrender would). However, some seem by behavior to indicate "surrender" while giving lip service to the opposite, which makes conversation really head-scratching: which am I supposed to believe, what you say or what you do?

    My father and I had very different views; most of our conversations would be
    Him: "I think A, B, and C are of primary importance; although I grant you that D, E, and F are important too, just not as important."
    Me: "I think D, E, and F are of primary importance; although I grant you that A, B, and C are important too, just not as important."

    It seems like reasoned dialog has become a lost skill; giving way name-calling and slander and pseudo-cleverness. What a shame.
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      Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

      Originally posted by FreshFish View Post
      It seems like reasoned dialog has become a lost skill; giving way name-calling and slander and pseudo-cleverness.
      Reasoned dialog is not a lost skill -- it happens all the time in pairs and even small groups. It's just rarely if ever found in an open forum.

      The internet is a mob yowling. That has never been a good place to debate. The loudest, the dumbest, and the most violent will always overwhelm it.

      I'm sure any pair of people, even the ones who come across as completely insane, could conduct a superior intellectual exchange in person over a beer than any other pair of people, even the ones who are honest and open minded, could conduct in any open internet forum.
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        Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

        I've been too busy to even get the latest on what's happening in Mid East - and this is where I really miss Priceless and his summaries and links, where are you buddy? - but I heard an interesting story on NPR this morning about how it's going to take a lot of investigating (we're sending an FBI team over to Libya, with others) just to figure out what physically happened. There was a lot of talk about a "systematic, sustained mortar attack" and so on that led some people to believe that the Libya attack was a long time in the planning and may be a sign of something more serious afoot. Does anyone have info.?
        Beyond this cryptically humorous tweet, which brought this subject back to my mind just now.
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          No intended political spin here... I swear. This isn't about left or right, it's just about lunatics being hilarious:

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            Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            Reasoned dialog is not a lost skill -- it happens all the time in pairs and even small groups. It's just rarely if ever found in an open forum.

            The internet is a mob yowling. That has never been a good place to debate. The loudest, the dumbest, and the most violent will always overwhelm it.

            I'm sure any pair of people, even the ones who come across as completely insane, could conduct a superior intellectual exchange in person over a beer than any other pair of people, even the ones who are honest and open minded, could conduct in any open internet forum.
            You do your fair share of yowling, bub. Or did you modestly exclude yourself?
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              Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
              The internet is a mob yowling. That has never been a good place to debate. The loudest, the dumbest, and the most violent will always overwhelm it.
              As an ivy leaguer, you should have experience with that already.

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                Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

                Originally posted by geezer View Post
                I've been too busy to even get the latest on what's happening in Mid East - and this is where I really miss Priceless and his summaries and links, where are you buddy? - but I heard an interesting story on NPR this morning about how it's going to take a lot of investigating (we're sending an FBI team over to Libya, with others) just to figure out what physically happened. There was a lot of talk about a "systematic, sustained mortar attack" and so on that led some people to believe that the Libya attack was a long time in the planning and may be a sign of something more serious afoot. Does anyone have info.?
                Beyond this cryptically humorous tweet, which brought this subject back to my mind just now.
                There are many references that the group had rocket launchers and it was a pretty sophisticated assault. Lots if you google it. All signs of a local terrorist cell and therefore, not having to do with the public.
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                  Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

                  I'm of the opinion that if the Muslim Brotherhood doesn't take action in support of the US we cut military support and give it to Israel.

                  I'm of the opinion that if Israel doesn't take action by condemning the film (that appears to be of Jewish source), then rather then give them that support, we let them handle this on their own.

                  Countries either take steps themself to defuse escalated violence...or they face the consequences on their own.
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                    The video, whatever it is, is a complete cop out. Is it is piece of ****? Yes. Should it have been made? No, but not because it would incite murder, because it is simply the wrong thing to do. The fact that a video, no matter what it is, gives some human scum the impression that it is a free pass to murder is the biggest problem. (even though, they're just using this as any excuse to kill, not as the actual reason for murder) It is freedom of speech, just because we don't agree with something, doesn't mean that it can't be said, or made. I think people should be able to say whatever the **** they want to, whether I agree with it or not, and no matter what is said it should absolutely not result in murder. The problem here is the muslim scum of the earth, not a video, and I say this while completely disagreeing with what the video said.
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                        Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

                        Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
                        I'm of the opinion that if the Muslim Brotherhood doesn't take action in support of the US we cut military support and give it to Israel.

                        I'm of the opinion that if Israel doesn't take action by condemning the film (that appears to be of Jewish source), then rather then give them that support, we let them handle this on their own.

                        Countries either take steps themself to defuse escalated violence...or they face the consequences on their own.
                        Should the Vatican condemn Mel Gibson films?
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                          Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

                          Originally posted by bigblue_dl View Post
                          The video, whatever it is, is a complete cop out. Is it is piece of ****? Yes. Should it have been made? No, but not because it would incite murder, because it is simply the wrong thing to do. The fact that a video, no matter what it is, gives some human scum the impression that it is a free pass to murder is the biggest problem.
                          I think we're largely agreed here. Guys involved in the film were militant sobs. They do have fee speech.

                          Its a similar situation to if somehow the Westboro group's actions directly led to a death. Their actions are not technically murder but they do have some repsonsibility here.

                          Originally posted by joecct View Post
                          Should the Vatican condemn Mel Gibson films?
                          Not Beyond Thunderdome.

                          Have you seen Passion? Critics accurately call it a two hour snuff film that has the intended outcome of inciting rage to an effect that is diametrically opposed to what Jesus stood for. Any Christian organization with a conscience should condemn that film.
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                            Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

                            Originally posted by 5mn_Major View Post
                            Their actions are not technically murder but they do have some repsonsibility here.


                            .
                            So the idiots who made the film are responsible for the murder of the ambassador?
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                              Re: The 4th Global War on Terror - Deja vu all over again!

                              Originally posted by geezer View Post
                              I've been too busy to even get the latest on what's happening in Mid East - and this is where I really miss Priceless and his summaries and links, where are you buddy? - but I heard an interesting story on NPR this morning about how it's going to take a lot of investigating (we're sending an FBI team over to Libya, with others) just to figure out what physically happened. There was a lot of talk about a "systematic, sustained mortar attack" and so on that led some people to believe that the Libya attack was a long time in the planning and may be a sign of something more serious afoot. Does anyone have info.?.

                              Intelligence officials believe the attack was plotted by an al Qaeda affiliate in Libya. It was meant to both mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and retaliate for the recent killing of a top al Qaeda leader in a drone strike
                              Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/interna...#ixzz26RWlCFED
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