Open Thread -- First Time
My brilliant reader Kirk suggested that we give an open thread a try. Here you are, commenters -- go to it if you want to!
posted by LadybugUSA at 5:55 PM
Saturday, January 14, 2006
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12 Comments:
Carol, I do think you have some excellent insights on the social/political process. May your reach grow.
Matthew -- I appreciate your suggestion; unfortunately, as some of my long-time readers can attest, anonymous bloggers (i.e. those without a blogger account) abused the system to the point where good taste and good sense dictated that some kind of identification be required. Sorry.
Rabbi-Philosopher -- thank you.
I am a regular at LGF and Licianne. They both control who (or is it whom?) access their blogs. I have access to LGF (I'm OldProf) but not Lucianne.
This blog is my first stop every morning. I anticipate it getting even better with some enlightened discussion. I really have no patience with those who offer opinions ananomously. Speak your words and stand by them!
Carol - Thank you for giving me some mental breakfast each morning
Innocent people die in wars - they always have. However as I recall it was Afgghanistan which provided the home for the Talibal and Al-Queda - who were directly involved in attacking our country.
It was a good-honest-godfearing man, President Carter, who startyed our decline. We must now pull out of it. It may not be politically correct but:
1. Our society is morally superior to the one fostered by the islamofascists.
2. If we do not kill them in the Middle East then we will hav to kill them here.
3. Unfortunately, it's better to have Pakistani innocents die than American innocents.
But when you talk about the Muslim man on the street - I suspect that you do them grave injustice.
Dodger wrote, " I'm not so sure they were innocents."
Well, that's okay then. Blow the hell out of them, eh Dodger?
The Flomblog wrote, "Innocent people die in wars - they always have. However as I recall it was Afgghanistan which provided the home for the Talibal and Al-Queda - who were directly involved in attacking our country."
The Flomblog makes an interesting point. It is indisputable that Afghanistan was home to the Taliban and Al-Queda. Therefore, we should blow up innocent women and children in Pakistan.
The Flomblog's motto-One Muslim is as good as any other.
As usual Mr. Twister is the master of the half-truth and cheap shot.
There is a huge open border between Afganistan and Pakistan. Even more pourous that our border with Mexico. Unfortunately that is not our problem. Our problem is survival ofour society. The problem is Pakistan's.
I'm an American. At least I can be intellectually honest and admit that if someone is going to die, better them than us.
I hate war. I've been in one. But I hate the prospect of living in fear even more.
The Flomblog protests, "As usual Mr. Twister is the master of the half-truth and cheap shot."
Not at all The Flomblog, I think you made your point fairly clear. YThe people killed in Pakistan have brought it on themselves. After all they are Muslim and they live in the wrong region of the world.
herman47: "...No outrage at all from conservatives though, but that's not surprising. These deaths to them merely represent the "collateral damage," ..."
It was Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein that used the term "collateral damage" this weekend while defending the attempt to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri.
I suppose she must be and evil conservative scumbag now.
Talk about a double standard. The CIA sends a missile in to take out a suspected terrorist hide out, and ends up killing 18 people including innocent women and children. Dodger's response is, "I'm not so sure they were innocents."
In 1998 Bill Clinton sent in missiles to attack suspected terrorist hide outs in Afghanistan and a suspected al Quaeda chemical weapons factory in the Sudan with minimal casualties reported. Dodger's response, "Now Clinton, he made everything simple. If he saw a trouble spot he sent a couple of bombs. But Clinton wasn't/isn't an adult."
So to sum up--in Dodger's world if you bomb a terrorist site and kill innocent women and children, you are acting as a serious adult. If you bomb supected terrorist sites and you don't kill innocent women and children you're not an adult.
Thanks for the clarification, Dodger.
The CIA sends a missile in to take out a suspected terrorist hide out, and ends up killing 18 people including innocent women and children.
The CIA dunnit? I think it really is time to take all their toys away and let them handle open-source intelligence only.
I didn't get a chance to post here since I usually stay away from computers on the weekends. But I'm not surprised that all the liberals take the same stance that seems to be to hamstring the military in defeating the enemy. Of course, they don't see any enemy. The islamo-fascists just want to be our friends. -Kirk
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