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2003-11-20 Europe

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-11-20 10:08:42 AM|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 After all they did to not support the US when we moved on Iraq, this is the thanks they get.

But that's not the real issue that Al-Qaeda has with Turkey. You see, it's all Attaturk's fault.

That Bastard! ;-)

Posted by Daniel King 2003-11-20 10:52:41 AM|| 2003-11-20 10:52:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Istanbul ânot safeâ for Britons

It's not just the Poms - the whole Middle East isn't safe for a whole bunch of different people.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-20 1:09:27 PM|| 2003-11-20 1:09:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't be a fool. It's Bush's fault. By default.

Posted by eyeyeye 2003-11-20 1:27:31 PM|| 2003-11-20 1:27:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Aww, let's take it easy on Murat and see how the Turks handle this on their own: It's not as if they are inexperienced in this, given earlier run ins they've had with the Kurdish resistance.

Let's remember 9/11: we've demanded everyone else get a clue about us when we were attacked, and it's appropriate that we practice what we preach. We felt totally fucked over for days afterwards, and didn't see much action even 48 hours after the attacks.

Like the French, the Turks thought they would be shielded from Al-Q and their buddies by opposing the United States, only to get screwed over for all their effort.

Hell, the Turks will get a clue long before the french will...

Posted by Ptah 2003-11-20 3:59:44 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-11-20 3:59:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 We felt totally fucked over for days afterwards, and didn't see much action even 48 hours after the attacks.

Yep, that's because we were counting to 1000 backwards 17 times. I expect GB could have destroyed Kabul without any public outcry in the first 10 days after the incident.

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-20 4:37:30 PM|| 2003-11-20 4:37:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Kabul? I was giving 50-50 odds of a heat-wave in Islamabad.

Posted by Dishman 2003-11-20 4:53:25 PM|| 2003-11-20 4:53:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Kabul, Islamabad, Riyad, Tehran, Damascus, Baghdad...

Posted by ruprecht 2003-11-20 6:00:33 PM|| 2003-11-20 6:00:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Kabul, Islamabad, Riyad, Tehran, Damascus, Baghdad..
That's the short list. The full list of potential targets I emailed the President contained 268 names, some of which most people wouldn't even know existed. With a 1/3MT nuke on each, the death toll would have exceeded that of the WTC by a couple of orders of magnitude...

Probably wouldn't have been anybody left to give orders to the (few) survivors.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-20 8:07:37 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-20 8:07:37 PM|| Front Page Top

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