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2006-01-20 Terror Networks

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-20 00:04|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "These crimes include the raping of women and taking them hostage instead of their husbands."

Hmm . . . so it's the husbands that want to be raping and taking the women hostage.

Aside from Bin Laden's support of the liberal press, and his propagandizing about American soldiers commiting suicide and torturing prisoners of war (by drilling their heads until they die), he still illustrates, pretty clearly, their issue with unresolved sexual abuse issues:

"You have occupied our land, defiled our honour, violated our dignity . . ."

This is a recurring theme which cannot be mended, regardless of what happens politically. If one imagined "source" of humiliation is addressed/eliminated, the "source" changes to the next likely group, whether Arab or non-Arab.

At least he illustrates what an absolute lunatic he is with this threat, and it's a nice view into how infantile and undeveloped, random, and grandiose their ideas can be--so out of touch with reality.

The only credible threat is their hook-up with Iran/Syria and their ability to be obsessed with themselves and to wait and wait. They've chosen not to have much else to do with their lives, whereas Americans have a lot of other things to do with their lives, so we can get sick of the whole thing a lot sooner. Not that we can't beat them--but informed resolve and a clear estimation of their abilities needs to accompany our plans if we are commited to victory.

Posted by ex-lib 2006-01-20 00:46|| 2006-01-20 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 sounds like the democratic underground is doing his writing for him. Someone should tell him the number of people who think this way couldn't even float Air America in major blue cities.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-20 00:55|| 2006-01-20 00:55|| Front Page Top

#3
I was actually going to rag on how Bin Ladenâs best hope now is Sheenan but its too close to the truth to be funny now. The jokes about him taking points off Farenhieght 911 is freaking serious now, he even quotes Rogue State a radical anti-American book.

Early on in this war many often joked about alliance between the LLLâs and the Islamist like the ones the Islamist formed with the Naziâs neither side really cares for the other but enemy of my enemy is my friend kind of thing. If this is the real full transcript I believe that joke was not very funny at all.

This is not a Hudna this is an open hand of alliance with the LLLâs against a common enemy Bushitler, Amerika and her Military Industrial Complex. The groundwork is theyâre with the âpeace groups in Palestineâ and the anti-war rallies were the US is the real enemy; Kaliftaâs are a fashion statement, if you are Arab or Palestinian anti-American you are highly welcome.

I still consider the idea of civil war again red/blue laughable, but those few radical LLLâs that actually believe their rhetoric just enough that with some AQ guidance maybe willing to go stupid. I think those guys just got an offer of alliance.

Posted by C-Low 2006-01-20 01:01|| 2006-01-20 01:01|| Front Page Top

#4 If they don't want to see the "'source' of humiliation," they should simply destroy all their mirrors. Seven years bad luck has got to be better than what they're getting.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-01-20 08:30|| 2006-01-20 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 c-low, you may be right. Especially considering his diamonds cut diamonds comment. One of the first steps in diamond cutting is to cleave the

Basically, diamonds cut diamonds. We can also trick a diamond by taking advantage of its weaknesses. In the late fifteenth century, a craftsman cut diamonds by placing a chisel at a weak spot in the diamond's crystal structure and then whacked the chisel with a mallet. If he had selected well, the diamond neatly fell in two. If he picked the wrong spot, the diamond shattered.
A diamond crystal is essentially two pyramids stuck together â an octahedron. See figure. Consequently, the craftsman can cleave the crystal in any one of the four directions parallel to the crystal faces and, theoretically, succeed. We still cleave diamonds, especially big ones, into suitable pieces before sawing. Diamond saws were invented in the twentieth century. This was a major innovation because it permits cuts against the grain of the diamond without shattering.
The saw rotates at about 4,000 revolutions a minute and cuts with diamond dust. The rim of the paper-thin disc (originally made of steel and now of phosphor bronze) is saturated with diamond dust and lubricated continually with oil. The diamond dust sticks to the oiled rim. As the dust on the rim cuts, diamond dust whirs away from the cutting blade and continually replenishes rim dust. It takes time (about four to eight hours for a 1-carat rough diamond) but gradually diamond dust cuts the diamond crystal.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-20 09:02|| 2006-01-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Diamonds are brittle, and if pounded hard enough, shatter. "Hard pounding this, gentlemen; letâs see who will pound longest." -- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, 1815.

Posted by Flerert Whese8274 2006-01-20 11:07|| 2006-01-20 11:07|| Front Page Top

#7 " . . . his is an open hand of alliance with the LLLâs against a common enemy Bushitler, Amerika and her Military Industrial Complex"

Righteeoh. Those who want to destroy America (and we now know there are plenty enough) and supplant the Constitutional Republic with a version of Socialism/Communism, must FIRST AND FOREMOST seek to destroy the base of reasonable conservatism, the socio-cultural identity of America as envisioned in the extant ideologies that propel us toward excellence, and finally the military.

This is a real battle, and no matter how stupid, inane, insane, and ludicrous these Islamics and their cohorts in the LLL seem, they are for real and they mean to see it through. And the fact is, people DID laugh at Hitler because his ideas were so outside the norm and seemed ridiculously radical and ungrounded.

Posted by ex-lib 2006-01-20 11:58|| 2006-01-20 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 It is time for the respected on the left to discard the moonbats in their party and become part of the solution.

I know, I know, someone says this every day here. If we say it enough they just might listen.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-01-20 21:14|| 2006-01-20 21:14|| Front Page Top

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