Re: Yet Another Roswell Thread

Einar <einarbb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> Einar <einarbb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:> :Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> :> Einar <einarbb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:> :> :Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> :> :> Ian Parker <ianparker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:> :> :> :If you look at the numbers of people actually killed as a result of
:> :> :> :terrorism it is in fact quite a small number. Actuarially it has been
:> :> :> :compared to lightning.
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:> :> :> It can only be compared to lightning if you assume people are walking
:> :> :> around in storms with lightning rods sticking up hundreds of feet up
:> :> :> in the air.
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:> :> :> Ask yourself how many people are killed in Iraq by lightning strikes.
:> :> :> Then look at the numbers for terrorism.
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:> :> :> Any comparison to lightning strikes is merely silly.
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:> :> :That would be an unfair comparison. The current civil war in Iraq is
:> :> :not generally tied to the international terrorism problem. Al-Qaeda,
:> :> :while it does operate in Iraq. Most acts of terror are now practiced
:> :> :by local sunni and *** groups, as a part of the current communal
:> :> :civil war between those two groups.
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:> :> :Around the world, few people have been killed in acts of terror. Far
:> :> :smaller number than say are killed each year car accidents in
:> :> :California alone. The number for USA since 9/11 is '0'.
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:> :> :So, I say that it´s a misnomer to talk about a 'war on terror,' absurd
:> :> :really.
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:> :> So calling WWII a 'war' is absurd, really, since nobody in the United
:> :> States was killed because of it?
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:> :> Preposterous position!
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:> :> :USA can do litle constructive without allies. That´s what´s been
:> :> :demonstrated by the war in Iraq. Without them though USA is capable of
:> :> :creating a real royal mess.
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:> :> Silly statements. You have to be quite careful with your definition
:> :> of 'constructive' to arrive at such conclusions.
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:> :> Now tell me what our 'allies' have done without us...
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:> :I only said that USA apparently needs its allies, and that alone it can
:> :´t do much.
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:> But there's not much evidence for that contention.
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:Well, what happened in Iraq when USA tried to do the thing without the
:support of most of its traditional allies?
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Saddam and his sons and most of his leadership are dead, as is
Baathism in Iraq.

What help do you think France and Germany would have been?


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