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2006-12-22 Arabia

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Posted by Glenmore 2006-12-22 12:53|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This remonds me of the SNL skit "Bad Idea Jeans"...

Posted by Raj 2006-12-22 13:20|| 2006-12-22 13:20|| Front Page Top

#2 ...and that PIMF!

Posted by Raj 2006-12-22 13:22|| 2006-12-22 13:22|| Front Page Top

#3 One wonders whether it is a good idea to teach potentially bad guys how to fight better, but past experience has shown that the guys who are trained by Special Ops end up not only being better fighters, but more reliable people. Some sanity (or at least their special brand of insanity) seems to rub off during sustained contact. And while no one in that part of the world will truly be our 'friend', there's a decent chance at least some of these people will not be our enemy either, and may provide invaluable contacts in the future.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-12-22 14:49|| 2006-12-22 14:49|| Front Page Top

#4 I disagree Glemore.

Training the enemy in the ways of US SF is just another form of jizya. It's an "in kind" form of jizya.

This policy is wrong and needs to be changed.

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2006-12-22 14:54|| 2006-12-22 14:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Smart.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-22 18:05|| 2006-12-22 18:05|| Front Page Top

#6 The way you stay out of the sinktrap, grom, is by posting lots of little pointless nothings - fartlets that make sense only to you. If you ever said anything worthy of note, you'd be gone, I have no doubt.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by .com 2006-12-22 18:08|| 2006-12-22 18:08|| Front Page Top

#7 You're a man of few doubts, .com.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-22 18:20|| 2006-12-22 18:20|| Front Page Top

#8 True. So true.

Posted by .com 2006-12-22 18:27|| 2006-12-22 18:27|| Front Page Top

#9 !

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-22 18:30|| 2006-12-22 18:30|| Front Page Top

#10 For those who object to the training, what do you propose to do about Yemen? There is a strong faction there that supports Al-Q because of tribal links and ideology; however, there is another strong faction that wishes to join the modern world and enjoy its benefits; and another strong faction that is secular but Marxist, who wishes to fight the fundies. So, the US is trying to strengthen the hand of the two factions who oppose the fundies with training and equipment.
If we steadfastly refuse to aid any in the Muslim world who wish to defeat the fundies, we ensure the success of the fundies everywhere in the world that there are Muslims. Will there be some blowback against us, in the form of a few of those trained passing on their skills to the fundies : probably yes. But, how many fundies will the rest of the trained people kill, capture, or nullify after they are brought up to speed?
Remember, the Kurds are Sunnis and we have a very strong relationship with them. So, we can have Muslim allies as long as we are careful.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-12-22 18:58|| 2006-12-22 18:58|| Front Page Top

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