Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A Donald wrote... And the problem with a civil war in Iraq is? Tyler Durden And the answer is: 9/11 sucked. Oh wait, I guess I have to explain that. After the Soviets were pushed out of Afghanistan the place became a veritable breeding ground for all sorts of virulent

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread John Young
Associated Press has pre-issued a Thanksgiving Day photo of a former US soldier who lost a leg, participating in a photo op at a military base. Secdef and CJCS issued pre-holiday thanks yesterday to the families of the military dead and to the wounded and maimed in hospitals and on photo op tours.

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald And the problem with a civil war in Iraq is? John Kelsey At least three: a. The pottery barn theory of foreign affairs--we'd be blamed for making things worse. And if we do nothing, we are also blamed for making things worse: Observe, for example 1. the French

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A Donald wrote... What made [Afghanistan] a breeding ground for terrorism was not civil war, but diminuition of civil war. The problem was that the Taliban was damn near victorious. If the US government had maintained the relationship with our former anti communist allies,

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Steve Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [25/11/04 10:17]: : You're dreaming. People simply do not learn from history. People /do/ learn from history. But most people never bother learning history, period, and many of those that do believe that their situation is different. And... :

Patriot Insurance

2004-11-25 Thread Will Morton
US Patriot Financial (USPF) exists to help Americans, who risk their lives making this world a better place, obtain life insurance. This includes resident aliens. Whether you are a soldier deploying overseas, a DOD contractor helping to rebuild war torn countries, a missionary

Re: Latest Tasteful Video Game: Chappaquiduck

2004-11-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:34 PM 11/21/04 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: Slsahdot reports that MSNBC reports http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6549265/ that there's a new video game JFK Reloaded http://www.jfkreloaded.com/start/ I'm waiting for Grand Theft Auto IV, Drunk Over the Bridge With the Secretary variant. Wonder what

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread Steve Thompson
--- James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- James A. Donald: And the problem with a civil war in Iraq is? On 24 Nov 2004 at 2:42, Bill Stewart wrote: Well, once you get past the invalid and dishonest parts of Bush's 57 reasons We Need to Invade Iraq Right Now (WMDs,

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: And the problem with a civil war in Iraq is? On 24 Nov 2004 at 2:42, Bill Stewart wrote: Well, once you get past the invalid and dishonest parts of Bush's 57 reasons We Need to Invade Iraq Right Now (WMDs, Al-Qaeda, Tried to kill Bush's Daddy, etc.) you're pretty

Re: Oswald

2004-11-25 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 8:39 PM -0500 11/24/04, Steve Furlong wrote: A piece-of-shit boltie. That and a corset... Cheers, RAH --- http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-reston22nov22,0,7466969,print.story The Los Angeles Times COMMENTARY That 'Damned Girdle': the Hidden Factor That Might Have

Re: Patriot Insurance

2004-11-25 Thread Steve Furlong
On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 08:38, Will Morton wrote: How long have soldiers deployed in war-zones been able to get life insurance? Would love to see their actuarial process... It's been a while since I was in the US Army, but I'm sure that the life insurance we had didn't cover

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread Tyler Durden
James A Donald wrote... What made it a breeding ground for terrorism was not civil war, but diminuition of civil war. The problem was that the Taliban was damn near victorious. If the US government had maintained the relationship with our former anti communist allies, and kept on sending them

Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report

2004-11-25 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Seems to me that permanent civil war in Iraq provides Americans with the same benefits as democracy in Iraq, though considerably more reliably. Steve Thompson You might be more accurate to say that a permanent [civil] war in Iraq benefits miltiary leaders and

Oswald

2004-11-25 Thread Steve Furlong
On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 20:31, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 11:34 PM 11/21/04 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: Slsahdot reports that MSNBC reports http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6549265/ that there's a new video game JFK Reloaded http://www.jfkreloaded.com/start/ I'm waiting for Grand Theft Auto IV,