Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-12 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Bhairitu, maybe pork from Iowa is tastier? Probably it's just cheaper... On Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:51 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Do Iowa pigs speak Mandarin? (Sounds sorta like a Philip K Dick title). On 09/11/2014

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-11 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
dear salyavin, now what heresy would that be?! When I said power, I meant a political power. I still believe that life itself is the power that gives rise to all events. And no need to worry. We witches learned a lot about staying safe during the last Inquisition (-: On Thursday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-11 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Bhairitu, what grabbed my attention was that bit about all the pigs in China. Strange because I hear that CAFOs are so big in Iowa because there is a DEMAND for Iowa pork in China! Go figger! On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:50 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-11 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Do Iowa pigs speak Mandarin? (Sounds sorta like a Philip K Dick title). On 09/11/2014 09:04 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Bhairitu, what grabbed my attention was that bit about all the pigs in China. Strange because I hear that CAFOs are so big in Iowa because

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-11 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : dear Salyavin, now what heresy would that be?! Just a little joke my dear, aimed mostly at Buck who gets upset about these things. The idea that someone in his midst who thinks it hubris that people can affect the world

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/9/2014 9:35 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: As mentioned by the US generals, the US cannot win the war against ISIS by air power alone. It still needs military boots on the ground to drive away the militants from Iraq. The military boots should not be coming from American

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/9/2014 10:02 PM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: That's why we needed a residual force in Iraq. They, the Iraqis, were developing the skills while we were there. We backed them up and gave them the confidence they needed to get it done. The average Iraqi soldier

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Leadership comes with a price. Do we lead the world in our values or take a back seat and let others do the leading? We see ISIS leading in the middle east and Putin leading in Eastern Europe now. Obviously we have a president that believes in leading from *behind* and we now see how well that

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
America does not need nor can afford empires. On 09/09/2014 08:02 PM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: That's why we needed a residual force in Iraq. They, the Iraqis, were developing the skills while we were there. We backed them up and gave them the confidence they

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Then prepare to be *empired* upon. On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:50 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: America does not need nor can afford empires. On 09/09/2014 08:02 PM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
By whom? Aliens from another planet? :-D On 09/10/2014 08:51 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Then prepare to be *empired* upon. On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:50 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Bhairitu, are you saying we no longer have to keep up with our Mandarin lessons?! On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:48 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: By whom? Aliens from another planet? :-D On 09/10/2014 08:51 AM, Mike

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/10/2014 11:48 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: By whom? Aliens from another planet? :-D Maybe you haven't been keeping up with the news - aliens from across the border. The southern border of the United States is less guarded than at anytime since 9/11. For

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Mike, most of what you say here makes sense. But the one idea I question is when you say whoever is pushing the hardest will have the most influence. I'd like to think that that way of operating is no longer most effective on the world stage. How about: whoever can benefit humanity the most

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
The war on terror is a scam. It is to have endless war like described in Orwell's 1984. It makes the evil old men you run the military industrial complex lick their chops. And we can see that even on FFL there are sheeple who buy the propaganda. On 09/10/2014 09:59 AM, Share Long

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 09/10/2014 09:59 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Bhairitu, are you saying we no longer have to keep up with our Mandarin lessons?! http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-rise-and-fall-of-modern-empires-2014-9

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Share, when I say push the hardest I'm meaning putting forth the most effort to control global events. Doesn't have to be militarily, can be economic or political. We don't need to be invaded, we can always be isolated and marginalized economically. As of right now, anyone that controls events

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ah, Mike the hubris of us humans. To think we can control global events. For proof to the contrary, I see the ebola tragedy. That is far from being over. The world now is too complex and too interconnected to think with any validity that a power can control the whole world by controlling one

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That way of thinking may be dead in your mind. Try convincing all the scoundrels in the world of that. They may never have absolute control over the world but they'll sure raise enough hell trying to. On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 6:03 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-10 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Ah, Mike the hubris of us humans. To think we can control global events. Shhh, don't tell Buck about your heresy! For proof to the contrary, I see the ebola tragedy. That is far from being over. The world now is too

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-09 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/8/2014 9:34 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It's the formation of a new government in Iraq, according to Kerry. IMO, this indeed is the most reasonable of all approaches, along with the necessary support from world governments to defeat ISIS. The way to defeat ISIS is

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-09 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
The US funded the Mujahideen to fight against the Russians in Afghanistan. Why? Because greedy US businessmen wanted their hands on the recently revealed to the public rich resources in the Afghanistan (which was why Russians were there in the first place). Then the Mujahideen because

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-09 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, why did we abandon the Mujaheddin the first time if we wanted all those minerals? Didn't we go into Iraq the second time for all that oil? No blood for oil.Why did we leave that? Did the US actually support ISIS? As I recall, there were several anti- Assad resistance groups, some *good*

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-09 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Heard yesterday from SF Bay Area comedian Will Durst: /Why's everyone blaming Obama? He hasn't done anything. /On 09/09/2014 11:10 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, why did we abandon the Mujaheddin the first time if we wanted all those minerals? Didn't we go

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-09 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/9/2014 11:11 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: The US funded the Mujahideen to fight against the Russians in Afghanistan. Why? Because greedy US businessmen wanted their hands on the recently revealed to the public rich resources in the Afghanistan (which was

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-09 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/9/2014 1:42 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Heard yesterday from SF Bay Area comedian Will Durst: /Why's everyone blaming Obama? He hasn't done anything. / / /The key words here are the [U.S. Congress] hasn't done anything. Just a few months ago Barack Obama

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-09 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Richard, As mentioned by the US generals, the US cannot win the war against ISIS by air power alone. It still needs military boots on the ground to drive away the militants from Iraq. The military boots should not be coming from American soldiers. The military boots should be from the

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Defeat ISIS

2014-09-09 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That's why we needed a residual force in Iraq. They, the Iraqis, were developing the skills while we were there. We backed them up and gave them the confidence they needed to get it done. The average Iraqi soldier doesn't trust or have faith in their own commanders unless there are American