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The next two paragraphs of the article you linked illistrate the point I'm trying to make. A regional conflict does nothing to contain a terrorist group. in fact it has the opposite effect. It allows the terrorist group to use the conflict as a recruiting and propaganda tool in it's asymetrical war.

Where did you get the idea that either conflict "drew Al Queida out?" Where did you get the idea that a terrorist organization fights gun battles in the street? We aren't fighting Al Queida direectly in either theatre. We're fighting the Taliban in Afganistan and tribal battles in Iraq. NOT AL QUEIDA!! Yes some Al Queida figures have been taken down over there, but those things are the result of intelligence work, targeted raids, and sometimes just dumb luck.

The increased security is one of the reasons but the war in Iraq had little to no effect on Al-Queida's ability to carry out attacks outside of the Middle East. Ask the Spanish or the English whether or not Al Queida could mount a terrorist operation after the Iraq War started. Trying to contain terrorists in a war zone is similar to trying to herd cats, it just ain't happening. OBTW Since you believe that Al Queida is organized along traditional military lines, do you happen to know where their battalions are stationed? How about their orgainzational chart? Do they have Second and Third Line options for information flow?

Okay, then discuss my reply to your question... Chef, it only took 19 men armed with box-cutters to pull off 9/11. Less than a platoon. There are a lot of reasons why there hasn't been a terrorist attack on US Soil since 9/11, but the war in Iraq isn't one of them.

No, and if you give the idea just a few minutes of open minded consideration you'll agree. Who are Al-Queida? Do they wear a uniform so you know who they are? Do they carry terrorist id cards? Are they all in Iraq or for that matter even all in the Middle East? Do they have a central command, or even a military command structure? Are they organized into squads, platoons, companies and battalions? Can you pin them down and keep them contained in a neighborhood, a city, or a country? If the answer to any of the above questions is a resounding no (in your mind) then the idiocy of the idea that we kept them too buzy over there, to attack us over here, should be clear. TMCM(SS/SW) USN Ret.

I agree, Excellent Post!

OK, If it's a fact, name those civilizations.

I got to the polls at 6:15 this morning thinking they opened at 6:30. Unfortunately it was 7:00 and I couldn't wait that long. So I came back at 1:00 expecting (and finding) lines a mile long but everything went smoothly and I breezed thru in under 20 min. I even voted for a few Local Republicans.

And I don't doubt that I should have read the entire thread before posting...

Hmmm... When did disabled folks lose the right to vote?

When you smil, does it look like this?

Nowhere near detailed enough to be anywhere near accurate, but interesting none the less... 1) Green Party 76% 2) Reform Party 65% 3) Democratic Party 59% 4) Natural Law Party 59% 5) Libertarian Party 41% 6) Republican Party 29% 7) Constitution Party 29%

So if that happens who gets to be our version of Woodrow Wilson Smith?

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That article has been taken down.

ROTFLMAO! Yes folks, the poster boy for the "I DON'T HAVE TO THINK, RUSH AND SEAN DO THAT FOR ME" crowd is berating someone for their lack of "Worldly Experience!" The comedy just never stops here on PPP! Try the Crow! And don't forget to tip your waitress!

Wacka, whenever I have anything to say to you or about you, I leave no doubt who I'm talking to or about. In this case I made a generic statement with no specific individual in mind. But if the shoe fits... And just for the record you have never "smacked" me. During the run-up to the Iraq War you were, just as you are now, one of the most virulent right wing propaganda spewing posters on these boards. I told you then, and I'll repeat it now, that if you truly felt the way your posts indicated you did, you should enlist and put your own life on the line. You responded with your sad tale of woe and I called you a "!@#$ING SPINELESS CHICKENHAWK." You then cried to a moderator that a "Big Mean Liberal Bully" was picking on poor little you and I was warned not to belittle you for being a spineless coward willing to spend other peoples lives - but not his own - in defense of the ideals spoon fed to you by Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. I realized then that the only appropriate reply to the vast majority of your posts was, is, and always will be, derisive laughter followed by sarcastic belittlement of both you and whatever talking point you just repeated. Now, if you'd like to take another try at "smacking" me, feel free, I'm in the mood for a good laugh at a brain-dead wingnut.

Sorry, I have a hard time keeping you wingnuts straight... But at least I know that you served, unlike many of the chickenhawks around here.

I only cleaned them for the first four years, after that I got to stand there with a cup of coffee and a clipboard telling some boot that they weren't clean enough... 'Course you artillery guys never had to clean toilets, you just went in the woods and hoped the leaves weren't poison ivy...

Semper Fi.

ROTFLMAO! Is that Erinthered, Da Big Man, LaBillz, or Boomer???

Don't need haiku Just say it loud and clear Dolphins SUCK!

So who was your "Battle Buddy;" Duke, Snake-Eyes, or Stalker?

Bail-Out Funnies... Enjoy...

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