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| 2004-06-13 |
| Sometimes, when it seems like we're spinning our wheels, it's good to look back a year or two to see what was going on in the Wonderful World of Terror. I've added two links up top on the main page to do that, and on September 11th I'll add a Three Years Ago link. Last year at this time U.S. troops in Afghanistan were duking it out with Badshah Khan Zadran's hard boyz. He's since retired from the tough guy game, though he's not dead, so he could return any time. The Soddies were rounding up suspects after the May 12th bombings in Riyadh. Tony Blair was in political trouble, Chuck Taylor was still in power in Liberia, and the Frenchies were shooting it out with cannibals in the DRC. The U.S. and the Norks were talking about having discussions that might lead to talks. The Pak coppers arrested five Bad Boyz in Karachi and the ayatollahs' hard boyz were thumping students in Teheran. 3rd ID had sealed off Fallujah and Rantissi had just rejected a cease-fire offer that he may have later, briefly, wished he'd taken. Two years ago Karzai was elected as leader of all the Afghans, you betcha. The U.S. and the Norks were talking about having discussions that might lead to talks. The U.S. had closed its embassy and consulates in Pakland and al-Qanoon had taken credit for the attack on our consulate in Karachi. Amr Moussa, head of the Arab League, warned the U.S. that the War on Terror wasn't the most important thing in the world; Paleostine was. Gen. Abdel Razak Yehiyeh, the newly appointed Paleostinian security chief, wanted to put an end to militias. That worked well, didn't it? And Abu Sabaya (remember him?) had escaped again in the Philippines. He's now The Late, so I guess we have made some progress, in those areas where it's not the same old thing, over and over again... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Thanks for allowing me, unworthy though I am, to participate in Rantburg U. All the world's a soap opera and it's lines like this....Rantissi had just rejected a cease-fire offer that he may have later, briefly, wished he'd taken LOL! that make this site the best on the net for getting the latest updates and understanding what they mean! |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-13 11:09:28 PM |
| #9 Great. Now I get to see my dumb-ass comments from years ago! Frank G, you're not the only one :) |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-06-13 10:53:36 PM |
| #8 "Oh, I'm so confused! Lol - Fred that sounds like a GREAT idea! Maybe even make a game of it: Who's still breathing? Cool!" *Darth Vader-like breathing* "Osama, I am your father....." |
| Posted by: Curious 2004-06-13 10:34:37 PM |
| #7 I already checked out the new linky-links. The most interesting part for me is just how many posters/commentators are still here after two years, posting and debating. I found my way to Rantburg a couple of months after 9/11/01 and still haven't found the exit ramp back onto the information superhighway. Thank you Fred, and all my skeptical and funny as hell friends here in the 'Burg. God bless everyone out fighting the good fight tonight, the keyboard warriors included. Emily |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-06-13 10:24:45 PM |
| #6 Fred, I hope it doesn't crash on Feb 29ths. ;) |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-06-13 9:41:13 PM |
| #5 O great! Just what I need to prove I haven't got any smarter...... my ex-wife put you up to this? ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-13 9:29:55 PM |
| #4 thank you fred for this blog. im come here evrytime i can get news on war on teror. im not see any blog beter than this one for that subject. ima have a donation coming up tuesday to you. im po boy but need feel im can contribute. :) just wondering you rantburgers. im trying get two hippies and two freepers start posting my blog starting july on political race. im find one hippie already and am looking for other. still need two good debating freepers to post things they are feel relevant. as for me im still post my animal stories there and think ive found another to also contribute animal news from janeaner garafolo blog. if any intrest e-mail muck4doo@yahoo.com luv you guys take care! :) |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-06-13 9:26:23 PM |
| #3 Are you surrounded? Then you've got 'em right where you want 'em - just look up Nathan Bedford Forrest's tactics in the Civil War, particularly Brice's Crossroads. You just need one ally on-site to cover your back. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-13 9:16:30 PM |
| #2 Here is as good a place as any, so I'll take this opportunity to say; Thank you, Fred, for providing a forum where participants are encouraged to take the threat of terrorism seriously. The number of people I encounter who soft-pedal the atrocities of international terror and Islamic theocracies simply goes beyond belief. The ammunition that this board provides on a regular basis has allowed me to make sure they STFU whenever they start spouting their claptrap. For that I am truly grateful. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-13 9:12:36 PM |
| #1 Oh, I'm so confused! Lol - Fred that sounds like a GREAT idea! Maybe even make a game of it: Who's still breathing? Cool! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-13 9:12:28 PM |