From: Keith on
In article <91gid25upsoq7uvato0h0g9egur7rh5svs(a)4ax.com>,
phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org says...
> On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:37:13 +0100, Eeyore
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us:
>
> >
> >
> >John Woodgate wrote:
> >
> >> In message <4jqtm0F9b7r6U1(a)individual.net>, dated Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Dirk
> >> Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes
> >> >Why not take Bin Laden at his word, and read *why* he attacked the US?
> >> Citation?
> >
> >"We decided to destroy towers in America," because "we want to regain the
> >freedom of our nation," Bin Ladin said.
> >
>
> What "nation" does Bin Laden call "his"?
>
Islam.

--
Keith
From: Jim Yanik on
John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in
news:8e5id216ookd9v1j8k7hpoet1du097hv02(a)4ax.com:

> On 8 Aug 2006 21:18:15 GMT, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote:
>
>>John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in
>
>>> ---
>>> The problem in the middle east is a "Hatfields and McCoys" mentality
>>
>>Not really.Israel would just as soon leave the Lebanses alone.
>
> ---
> Right, thanks.
>
>

Interestingly,it's IRAN and SYRIA that are simply using Lebanon as their
*battlefield* against Israel,and the Lebanese are just dupes.they get their
country demolished,their peoples killed or maimed,and Iran and Syria get
the benefits,and none of the negatives.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
From: Jim Yanik on
John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:00XLxlD+aX2EFwv6(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk:

> In message <1155077708.010870.213940(a)75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, dated
> Tue, 8 Aug 2006, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org writes
>
>>The odds are very good that your strategic arsenal will be made totally
>>obsolete before it is ever used.
>
> I expect most Americans, even the most barking that post here, hope that
> is true. They have much more to lose than Third World people, a small
> percentage of which are probably the only ones likely to survive a
> nuclear war.

Look at today's Japan;they survived two nuclear detonations,and today are a
prosperous,free nation.
The US helped the after the war ended,and no we are allies and friend.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
From: John Larkin on
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:46:38 +0100, John Woodgate
<jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In message <1155077708.010870.213940(a)75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, dated
>Tue, 8 Aug 2006, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org writes
>
>>The odds are very good that your strategic arsenal will be made totally
>>obsolete before it is ever used.
>
>I expect most Americans, even the most barking that post here, hope that
>is true. They have much more to lose than Third World people, a small
>percentage of which are probably the only ones likely to survive a
>nuclear war.

Yeah, we're hoping that lunatic third-world nuclear powers (like the
UK and France) don't go crazy and start Armageddon.

John


From: Richard The Dreaded Libertarian on
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:30:38 +0000, Ken Smith wrote:
> Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> wrote:
> [... OBL ...]
>> We are trying to find and kill him every day. We want to stop him
>>spreading too.
>
> A reference:
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/05/terror/main1776250.shtml
>
> As spoken by teh President:
> [Bush]: "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't
> care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
>
> The guy is a foot taller than everyone else in the room and somehow they
> can't find him.
>
> There are good reasons why the admin may not want to find him. For one
> thing his family may be upset by what happens after he is found.


If they found him and dispatched him (or captured/kidnapped him,
whatever), then Dubya would lose his best boogeyman.

Cheers!
Rich