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CSM: When talking with terrorists makes sense

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Posted by gorb 2008-06-01 01:08|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I'm sure the author would find Lincoln's position equally unacceptable and that all we had to do was talk with the states in rebellion and the intent to continue that peculiar institution. Cause we all can fathom that if preserving the republic was tantamount then all Mr. Lincoln had to do was ~~throw the slaves under the bus~~ to reach an accommodation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-01 08:30|| 2008-06-01 08:30|| Front Page Top

#2 I believe in talking to terrorists & on T.V. to boot - MAKE IT A THIRTY-SECOND ONE WAY CONVERSATION. I'll leave the substance of the dialogue up to your own imaginations.

Posted by Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 2008-06-01 12:14|| 2008-06-01 12:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess you could talk with them when they want to surrender; otherwise what's the point--they are terrorists. They are dedicated to destroying us. They declared war on us sometime ago. They carried out an act of war on 911; and many times before.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-06-01 17:05|| 2008-06-01 17:05|| Front Page Top

#4 "Engagement ...can still weaken armed groups ..." > Radical Islam has already indic or inferred they have a stake in whom wins the 2008 US POTUS elex, and that they also prefer a US DemoLeftie to be victor. AS BEFORE, GIVEN THEIR LOSSES IN IRAQ + AFGHANISTSAN, etc. OSAMA + ISLAMISTS HAVE TO DECIDE THE MERITS + PRIORITIZE ON WHETHER SIX OR MORE MONTHS OF [Jihad/
Insurgency-damaging]STATUS QUO = MINIMAL LEVEL OF VIOLENCE/INSURGENS IS WORTH HELPING A US DEM BECOME POTUS COME JAN 2009.

AT present or prevailing rates of losses - IN MEN, MATERIEL, $$$, + SUPPORT - CAN JIHAD + ISLAMIST INSURGENCIES SURVIVE 2008 - 2010 NLT 2012/13???

VERSUS

FOX NEWS AM > reminds that OBAMA has said as POTUS he will seek unilateral disengagement and withdrawal of US milfors from Iraq, albeit "measured/calculated", refocus on Afghanistan, and gener find a way to END THE WAR + GET US FORCES OUT OF THE ME.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-06-01 18:21|| 2008-06-01 18:21|| Front Page Top

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