RE: Osama's makeover

2004-10-31 Thread Tyler Durden
Yeah...wasn't there an X-Files that was similar? I remember someone picking up a photo of Sadam Hussein and the TLA-dude saying, Him? He was a truck driver in Detroit we found. Perhaps the reason Bush hasn't 'caught' bin Laden yet is because he thinks he (ie, Bush) will win the election. He

Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-31 Thread James A. Donald
-- At 05:09 PM 10/30/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: The terrorists cannot win either a conventional or an asymmetrical war against the United States, should it bring its full array of assets to the struggle. Major Variola The large pit of smoldering radioactive glass is probably not

Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-31 Thread John Young
To state the obvious to Major Variola, CDC will have first indication of a devastating US attack, reported fragmentarily under its links to hospitals, clinics and physicians, against which the might military and law enforcement have no defenses. By time the attack is understood it will be too

Re: Osama's makeover

2004-10-31 Thread Bill Stewart
At 08:23 PM 10/30/2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: And did you see the wire up his back and the earpiece? Or maybe its hard to get good tailors in Pakistan. Nah - he's allowed to use a Teleprompter, unlike Bush and Kerry at the debate-o-mercials. And unlike Bush, he can actually read. Bill

Re: Osama's makeover

2004-10-31 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 1:18 PM -0800 10/31/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote: And unlike Bush, he can actually read. C'mon Bill, that's not fair. You keep thinking that, Mr. Pox. That's just the way he likes it... Cheers, RAH ---

Re: Osama's makeover

2004-10-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:03 PM 10/31/04 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: At 08:23 PM 10/30/2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: And did you see the wire up his back and the earpiece? Or maybe its hard to get good tailors in Pakistan. Nah - he's allowed to use a Teleprompter, unlike Bush and Kerry at the debate-o-mercials.

Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
12:22 AM 10/31/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: Major Variola The large pit of smoldering radioactive glass is probably not an option.. Why not? They're called downwinders. Which way do the winds blow in the middle east? You keep assuming that Muslims unite, escalate, etc, but if they do, US

Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-31 Thread John Young
There is a decreasing chance the US can apply its military might to defeat an unconventional enemy. That kind of enemy is not what long-standing military strategy and most tactics are aimed at. Rumsfeld was hoping to revise that when yet one more mighty military war appeared to head off changing

Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-31 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 1:12 PM -0800 10/31/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Which way do the winds blow in the middle east? East of Jerusalem. :-). Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston,