The spectre of terrorism still stalks the world. Are we paying attention here in Fortress America?
In the United States we've now gone for seven years without a significant terror attack within our borders, and even our forces in Iraq are facing fewer and fewer threats as the Sadrists look for a way out and al Qaeda becomes increasingly marginalized. We hardly even see reports on our news about our forces in Iraq, much less about violence in other parts of the world. East Africa and Israel are old news and hardly attract even the most cursory coverage. The sad truth is that unless it's happening right here at home, our media and our complacent population just don't pay a great deal of attention.…
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176 - Dave Nalle
And don't forget that the dead tourists were part of some sort of weird millenial kool-aid drinking cult too.
Dave
177 - Clavos
Hell, "tourists" who would go to a place like Mumbai in their travels, instead of real tourist attractions like Disney World and Rock City, had it coming anyway.
178 - zingzing
ruvy: "Americans certainly don't give a damn about Indians dying. And the American vanilla white media doesn't give a damn either.
So, it's as if the whole thing didn't happen."
mhmm... so that's why this thing dominated the news for several days... yeah, because it didn't happen. it was still front page news as of yesterday around here.
179 - Dave Nalle
All tourists (and terrorists) should be forced to go to Branson. That'll cure them.
Dave
180 - Ruvy
zing,
It was front page mews because white tourists (and by the way some of the media looked at it, white Jews) got killed in cold blood. These terrorists had the eternal gall to target white people, and the white dhimminated media was in a snit about it.
Professional "worriers", like Strategic Forecasting (stratfor.com) and their ilk, worry about the strategic and geo-political issues all the time and charge a handsome sum for you to find out just what they've uncovered. But the mass media only acts when it smells the blood of white people.
That is a bitter fact that I've seen demonstrated time and time again.
181 - Dave Nalle
front page mews
Is that a news service for kittens?
Dave
182 - zingzing
bullshit, ruvy. i read the front page news and while it did mention the tourists in the articles, it was more about body counts. it was front page news because it had blood, period. if dead americans added spice, it's the "dead" part that the media tasted first.
183 - Ruvy
No, zing;
There was plenty of blood in the Sudan, and there still is. But the Sudanese killed are largely blacks - it doesn't matter in the white man's front page "mews".
The white kittens (and the white cheesecake) matter.
Hey! Where is the Zulu warrior princess to cover my back when I say something she could agree with?
184 - Dr Dreadful
You've been over there in that central valley WAAAAAAY too long, and as someone else once famously said on this site, "I see no reason why you should stay".
I'm working on it, Stan. We just need to get around to doing some redecorating on our place so that we can rent it out to students (we live across the street from the university) and we'll be on our way.
Question is, where? The wife's profession is one that's in demand everywhere and I'm happy doing anything or nothing, so we'll have no trouble making a living wherever we go.
San Diego or Portland are the top two choices at the moment, because we have plenty of family and/or friends in both, but Sydney is definitely an option, perhaps further down the line though. Emigrating was enough of a headache the first time with just me doing it, so I'm not anxious to put both myself and my wife through it again...
Agree with you about the smell of booze. Funny how something so wonderful can stink so awful, especially recycled on someone's breath...
As for the spelling: I tend to adjust it depending on my audience. Since most folks here are Seppos, I spell accordingly. If I'm talking mainly to you, Colin, Chris or even Mark 'One Way Ticket' Manning ;-) , I'll probably use the correct spellings.
Ahem. You Aussies do spell 'Labour' wrong, though!
185 - zingzing
ruvy--sudan? i've never heard of this place? is there something going on there? if there is, it's funny i've never heard of it. you'd think stuff like that would be in the news.
186 - Dr Dreadful
Ruvy, I tend to be of the opinion that in order to be a terrorist, especially if you plan to pull this kind of stunt, you have to be among the biggest attention-seeking egomaniacal assholes on the planet.
Without wishing to dishonor the memory of Rabbi and Rebbitzin Holtzberg and the hundreds of others who died, I therefore think terrorists are worthy of as little attention as possible.
I can't speak for others, but that is my explanation for saying little on the subject.
187 - Ruvy
DD,
I therefore think terrorists are worthy of as little attention as possible.
Think carefully. There is a basic law of survival - do not turn your back on your enemy until somebody else has him covered for you.
This is primarily a discussion forum. It is possible, having lived in Britain, that you were affected by terrorism. And a coping mechanism is not to allow terrorists to affect your life. That makes sense, and it was the copping mechanism we followed when terror attacks were more common. Bu ignoring them in silence on a discussion forum?
You have no thoughts on how to deal with the bastards? This is not a matter of honoring the late rabbi or rebbetzin - ot the many Mumbaikars who died innocently in this terror, This is a matter of saving your own ass (or arse).
188 - pablo
Nalle #60
"Yep, you can tell we made a hero of Ollie North by the fact that we sent him to jail."
Huh? Are we re-writing history now Nalle? Fact is that Ollie (cocaine dealer) North never spent a day in jail in his life, and after convicted of a felony his case was overturned on appeal. Get your facts straight Nalle, or if your gonna lie, be a little more slick about it, as it is you only do yourself dis-credit as usual.
189 - pablo
Dave re 60
"I'm also surpsised at all the opportunities terrorists have not taken advantage of here in the US. I can see points of vulnerability every day. Got to wonder what's stopping them."
Keep wondering buddy, I call it false flag terrorism brought to us via your intelligenCIA buddies, your not fooling anyone but those that are too blind to see. Nice try though Davey. :)