Originally posted by PVS
yeah, but all they want to do is offer tax cuts to the rich, reject the separation of church and state, and enslave the human race from their flying saucers. plus im not in agreement with their foreign policy.
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i remember seeing a documentary series about them...it was called V
they ate birds and stuff...and freddie kruger was one of them
Originally posted by PVS
not that it has anything to do with the topic, but yes i will be voting.
i dunno why, but i felt anger when i read that idiotic sentence. i feel like crying. what do you think will happen when a new president will come in? seriously. will he or she end earths woes? good luck anyway. i hope the new president acts a bit better then bush. coughtheagendawillbethesamecough
bin laden took credit for the wtc attacks. so im inclined to believe it. stupid me.
cia bin laden took credit yeh. so it must be true then. stupid stupid me.
Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
The fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks gives us enough time between when the event occured, and the present day to form an opinion on how the world has changed since then.Obviously, 9/11 changed the United States, but what has really changed the world has been the erroneous US response to September 11, especially the war in Iraq.
From the 'easily won' war - that still rages - in Afghanistan to the pre-emptive strike against Iraq, the world is now a less safe place than it was 5 years ago.
The Bali bombs, the train attack in Madrid, and the London Underground attacks are the most well documented terrorist acts, but there have been numerous others. These have resulted in the deaths of hundreds - perhaps even thousands - of people.
Then, there's the current loss of life total for 'The War on Terror': the deaths number in the tens of thousands...
Of course, I am fully aware that 'The War on Terror' is the response to 9/11, but my argument is that it is the wrong one. It is also grossly disproportionate. A comparison of the number of civilian deaths shows this to be true.
Then, there is the culture of fear that the US and British governments seek to invoke in subtly(?) convenient moments. Machiavellian? Without a doubt. Add to this the gradual - but continual - erosion of personal freedoms, and the defecit of 'The War on Terror' begins to mirror that of the US' budget!
Another fallacy of the US response is that it somehow believes (publicly, at least) that by bombing all the reproachable countries it will somehow decrease the breeding of terrorists! Hahaha...explain that one to me again! It is precisely this sort of behavior by the US that has been a factor in the creation of the problem in the first place!
Five years ago yesterday was a black day for humanity, yet the US response has made the world even darker today.
Anyway, thoughts?
Oooo, what's this? Oh, it's the topic. Nice.
Originally posted by jaden101
why does everyone act as if 9/11 was the beginning of something?...it wasn't
That's the truth, ey. The US government should have taken the embassy bombings in Africa and the USS Cole attack as act of war instead of just "some random towel-head being crazy". They waited until it happened in our own backyard.
And I recently saw a special on The History Channel. In which they said one of the main reasons that Clinton didn't go after Al-Qaeda was because people (namely the Republican party) would've accused him of diverting attention from the Lewinsky scandal. Which was the "real" issue in America at the time.
Originally posted by PVS
omfg how is it that recent history is erased in such a manner?
clinton orders air strikes on taliban
republicans and democrats cry "wag the dog"
now....it never happened.i knew that monica sucked clinton's balls dry, but never thought she could manage to suck everyone's memory dry
he also ordered airstrikes on Iraq but that doesn't equate to "doing something" about Saddam Hussein
Here's an excellent article, even if its link to this thread is slightly tenuous:
the funny thing about it is they call people who dont believe the official version conspiracy theorists,the funny thing is unlike the kennedy assassination where it was all blamed on ONE person,their version is that 19 arab terrorists were behind it all.you only need more than one person to be involved in a plot for it to be a conspiracy,so since thats THEIR explanation that it was 19 arabs,people like Bush,cheney,rumsfield,rice and others,they are conspiracy theorists as well. 😄 Because its THEIR theory that that was who was behind it all. 😆