tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post115524983782999384..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Unclear On The Terrorist ConceptAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155394572685438052006-08-12T10:56:00.000-04:002006-08-12T10:56:00.000-04:00jbussey is quite correct, of course. And as he no...jbussey is quite correct, of course. And as he notes, NK and other countries provide good examples.<BR/><BR/>It shoots up the whole "War for Oil" accusation, because that's true in only an indirect sense. We're concerned whenever some dangerous person has power, regardless of what the power is founded on.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155353275923457492006-08-11T23:27:00.000-04:002006-08-11T23:27:00.000-04:00There aren't a billion **Arabs** in the world, the...There aren't a billion **Arabs** in the world, there are a billion **Muslims**. BIG difference. And most of the billion Muslims don't live in oil-rich countries and aren't committing terrorist acts.<BR/><BR/>Your point still holds about nutcase dictatorial governments letting their people starve so they can buy weapons to threaten others and build palaces, but that isn't an exclusively Arab or Muslim behavior. (North Korea anyone?) Which, come to think of it, might support your argument better - even if we weren't dependant on oil and there were no rich Arabs or Persians funding it, there would still be Kim Jong Il and Robert Mugabe types causing trouble and killing people.<BR/><BR/>Sad, sad world.jlbusseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09393569258457198446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155292050654552492006-08-11T06:27:00.000-04:002006-08-11T06:27:00.000-04:00Alright, I expounded on my thoughts and posted the...Alright, I expounded on my thoughts and posted them:<BR/>http://desultorycathartica.blogspot.com/2006/08/state-of-politics-in-my-mind-today.htmlbs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155266025439985032006-08-10T23:13:00.000-04:002006-08-10T23:13:00.000-04:00Alright, I admit it, my comment was utterly unorig...Alright, I admit it, my comment was utterly unoriginal and grossly generalized. It was the obligatory Democrat response. In some sick way, I did this purposely. You see, I live in Massachusettes, and down here we're taught that a thoughtful and intelligent conservative response is on par with the Easter Bunny or Santa Clause, nice thoughts that don't exist. I needed a fix. <BR/><BR/>Political arguments are also much easier when you're yelling at a radio rather than engaged in a debate with a person who might actually answer you. My real theory? We've polarized far to much in this country. A real moderate real Republican for president in 2008. McCain? Giuliani? Are you listening?<BR/><BR/>Personally I mourn the atrophying of my debating skills from living in a place where everyone agrees far to often.bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155259900700265732006-08-10T21:31:00.000-04:002006-08-10T21:31:00.000-04:00Except that the AQ ties to Iraq are now proven. An...Except that the AQ ties to Iraq are now proven. And we did go to Afghanistan. And there were no campaign comments about going to Iraq. And we talked about it for months.<BR/><BR/>Political arguments are always easier when you can write the other guy's script and answer that.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155258752275362092006-08-10T21:12:00.000-04:002006-08-10T21:12:00.000-04:00Isn't this the same phenomena that caused an entir...Isn't this the same phenomena that caused an entire political party to tell the same "why do you hate freedom?" joke for 6 years?<BR/><BR/>I myself take a softer view on the issue. I believe it may be time to stop all military conflicts, welcome the Al-Queda into the States with open arms, put them up in the Lincoln Bedroom, and send them out hunting with Dick Cheney.Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155257645844828422006-08-10T20:54:00.000-04:002006-08-10T20:54:00.000-04:00Isn't that of which you speak the same phenomena t...Isn't that of which you speak the same phenomena that caused a certain presidential figure to have this conversation:<BR/>People: "What will we do about al-qaeda, the admitted responsible party for 9/11?"<BR/>President: "To Iraq! Iraq I say!"<BR/>People: "But wait, aren't there no proven links between Iraq and Al-Qaeda? Don't they have much stronger and proven ties to Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia? Haven't you been talking about invading Iraq since you were campaigning? Can we talk about this for a minute?"<BR/>President: "Why do you hate freedom?"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Pbs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.com