http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:10:23 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27966 you are correct sir ]]> 27966@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:10:23 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27943 Eric, don't be stupid. Can't you see that this Iraq situation is EXACTLY like Ireland and Palestine. And while you are at it, would you please stop with the party line? Seriously though, being against the war is one thing, but at least make reasonable comparisons if you would like to draw parallels. ]]> 27943@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:25:53 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27939 of the places mentioned I don't believe any of them represent a foreign power coming in and removing a murderous and totalitarian regime, and replacing it with democratic self-rule as quickly as feasible. Democratic self-rule cannot take root until the terrorists and insurgents are elmiminated or pacified - nothing endless about it. ]]> 27939@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:07:40 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27921 The prototypes for this approach being the never-ending fighting and thousands of deaths in Ireland and Palestine and Africa and the Indian subcontinent and ... ? ]]> 27921@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:43:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27912 The U.S.'s more aggressive approach to dealing with terrorists/insurgents continued over the weekend. I want to see these warnings followed up with action - the more the terrorists get away with, the more bold they will be. They must be crushed using human intelligence and overwhelming force. ]]> 27912@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:05:58 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27849 Frankly, that's a pretty stupid thing to say. I say what I think when I think it because I think it. I am hardly a mouthpiece for the "party line," whatever that may be. If I see something being done I agree with, I will point it out and encourage more of the same. Obviously, you don't know me very well. ]]> 27849@blogcritics.org Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:35:48 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27841 And the point of posting the party line was? ]]> 27841@blogcritics.org Sun, 9 Nov 2003 10:12:41 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27808 CT, I hope and assume that neutralizing an abandoneded warehouse will not be the apex of American anti-"insurgent" action. This was a first step and an expression of a proactive attitude. Out of context, I agree it sounds pretty funny ]]> 27808@blogcritics.org Sat, 8 Nov 2003 18:08:49 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/08/171203.php#comment-27806 After midnight, Russell's convoy of Humvees and Bradley fighting vehicles, their headlights turned off, set out across Tikrit toward the three buildings insurgents were suspected of using. Shoulder-fired rockets, a missile, and heavy machine gun fire slammed into an abandoned warehouse. Soldiers yelled, "Knock, knock," and "Good morning" in celebration as the structure crumbled amid clouds of dust and smoke. Although most houses had their lights on, nobody dared to look outside. When a woman was heard coughing from inside one house, soldiers trained their guns and the red laser night-sights on a second-floor window. The coughing quickly stopped. ---------------------------- A-yeah, sure showed that abandoned warehouse their teeth and claws. Not to mention scaring the daylights out of that coughing woman. This is going to forward the War in Iraq and the War on Terror how, exactly? ]]> 27806@blogcritics.org Sat, 8 Nov 2003 18:00:54 EST