[OT] Is USA and The World safer now due to Bush?
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Personally, I'm not quite sure what people MEAN when they say al-Qaeda. I think it's a term like tarmac or hoover or tannoy (or iPod, apparently); it used to be a brand name, but now it just means 'Muslim fundamentalists'. The idea (and I feel this is the idea that's being pushed by Bush as well as Kerry) that there's a global moslem conspiracy (notice how every one seems to have 'connections to al-Qaeda'?) against 'our' values is just laughable when you've got 20 or more mosques for fifty odd thousand moslems (practising as well as non-practising) in Copenhagen (1.2 million citizens) alone cos somebody from Morocco won't pray with someone from Pakistan, and you're telling me they're all plotting to take over the world together? Seriously. That dog just don't hunt!
Fundamentalism of all sorts is always seen in periods of decline. This wave of Islamic fundamentalism is a relatively new thing, not more than twenty years old. Hell, a quarter of a century ago, Osama bin Laden was in Saville Row suits, clean shaven and peddling oil to the US! Many people who in the sixties and seventies subscribed to socialism or secular arabic nationalism are 'regressing' towards radical Islam, and many young people are more religious than their parents.
Another thing - while radical Islam (and I MUST PROTEST against the use of the word 'jihadist' - do you know what Jihad means?) is important to this, don't forget the power politics. Take al-Sadr in Iraq. He was all about armed resistance until he found out that he could gain more from coming to the negatiations table.
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Fundamentalism of all sorts is always seen in periods of decline. This wave of Islamic fundamentalism is a relatively new thing, not more than twenty years old. Hell, a quarter of a century ago, Osama bin Laden was in Saville Row suits, clean shaven and peddling oil to the US! Many people who in the sixties and seventies subscribed to socialism or secular arabic nationalism are 'regressing' towards radical Islam, and many young people are more religious than their parents.
Another thing - while radical Islam (and I MUST PROTEST against the use of the word 'jihadist' - do you know what Jihad means?) is important to this, don't forget the power politics. Take al-Sadr in Iraq. He was all about armed resistance until he found out that he could gain more from coming to the negatiations table.
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Herehoffman2k wrote:I dont get the same cnn Americans get. But recently there was a show called "crossfire" on it
They had Jon stuart as a guest. (from the daily show on comedy central, a show that says george bush is an idiot on daily basis)
He used his time on cnn to beg the hosts to stop telling bullshit to the american people. And use their power to show whats really going on.
By now you will find this video anywhere on the net if you want to see it.
That was an excellent interview.
The opiate of the masses.hoffman2k wrote:But the way stuff is going you can see the masses growing.
Some people just wont accept it. You know why?
Tv has made them choose what to believe.
Wonderfull points.hoffman2k wrote:You say alot of people do not wish to see america end up like a battleground.
What a fucking hypocritical thing to say. I bet alot of people did not wish to see vietnam, iraq, afghanistan,.... (long list) end up in battlegrounds.
Face it, even their own city's are warzone's.
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About Jihad
Please note, BTW, that the Moslem world was very well known for its religous tolerance up until the fall of the Ottoman Empire, I think. Long as you paid your taxes
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Please note, BTW, that the Moslem world was very well known for its religous tolerance up until the fall of the Ottoman Empire, I think. Long as you paid your taxes
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That was kind of mean - i just watched the 27 greatest episodes of South Park and any and all information I get on other races / cultures comes directly from Eric Cartmans mouthdjadonis206 wrote:We should just Nuke the middle east and end this debate
They're all terrorist who burn their wives up and beat their kids...plus they don't use toilet paper
and they all have the same name
defcon 4 here we come
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djadonis206 wrote:We should just Nuke the middle east and end this debate
They're all terrorist who burn their wives up and beat their kids...plus they don't use toilet paper
and they all have the same name
defcon 4 here we come
don't think that burning a less-than-satisfactory wife is something that Arab Muslims do, it's definitely a problem that continues to this day in parts of India, though.
Oh well if your an arab muslim and you burn your wife you probally have like 5 or 6 more so it dont really matter now does it Anyone from the U.S. seen these very large and obnoxious bush and chenney signs people are permitted to put in there yards they must be like 5foot x 3foot ?Ive been tryin to steel every one I see. Its become a very fun after the bar game for me.
http://guerrillanews.tv/content/viewer.html
new eminem video. i am told its an internet release only, as the networks would never allow it.
love him or hate him, you gotta respect this one.
new eminem video. i am told its an internet release only, as the networks would never allow it.
love him or hate him, you gotta respect this one.
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Yeah and America had better hurry. In three years you'll all weigh 500 pounds or more and won't be able to fit into the cockpit of your aeroplanes any more...djadonis206 wrote:We should just Nuke the middle east and end this debate
They're all terrorist who burn their wives up and beat their kids...plus they don't use toilet paper
and they all have the same name
defcon 4 here we come
As to multiple wives, I'm surprised Bush isn't for it - he seems to prefer the Old Testament to the New Testament
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USA :The New land of Facist freedom?
Bush that loving Christian Mofo!
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Thanks for reminding me. It's airing tonight if i'm not wrong.djadonis206 wrote: That was kind of mean - i just watched the 27 greatest episodes of South Park and any and all information I get on other races / cultures comes directly from Eric Cartmans mouth
South Park sure is educational
I love how they play with the recent news. Only a week or so after 9/11 they did a show thats was making fun of OBL. Looney-tunes-style
A couple of days after they captured saddam, he was also on the show.
So tonight, south park a week before the elections
Cant wait too see it.
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Since we're on the subject of being nice on the surface (I started it ) let's just hope Europeans catch a clue on personal hygiene and the importance of dental work, fuck nuclear weapons they could just scare the Middle East back to the Old testament with a mug shot.noisetonepause wrote:
Yeah and America had better hurry. In three years you'll all weigh 500 pounds or more and won't be able to fit into the cockpit of your aeroplanes any more...
As to multiple wives, I'm surprised Bush isn't for it - he seems to prefer the Old Testament to the New Testament
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