Sobering thought: With the best of tactics...

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Sobering thought: With the best of tactics...

alcaray — 11/24/2004 12:21:54 AM (archived)

...insurgencies take 10-15 years to put down.

So in your informed opinion, what would Zarq. do in that time that would be worse than what we are hip-deep in?

And be sure to count up the Zarq. wannabes and Baathists-turned-insurgents that otherwise would not have existed had we not invaded.

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A question for Mark Eby: What is your definition of 'terrorist'? - Jacob Smaorodin - 11/17/2004 4:54:58 PM
- Someone who DELIBERTATELY targets non-combatants. - Buck Galaxy - 11/25/2004 8:36:56 AM
  - re: Someone who DELIBERTATELY targets non-combatants. - gbaikie - 11/26/2004 1:16:56 AM
- That's George Bush. Read it again. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/24/2004 7:15:07 AM
- Your Definition Is Pretty Good - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 11:32:28 PM
- Swinging intellectually (and wildly) - FrankC - 11/17/2004 9:18:52 PM
  - Frank: You should take this to the CE board - Gary - 11/18/2004 6:01:44 AM
- Uh, lemme try: someone with a rag on their head? (n/t) - p - 11/17/2004 9:10:06 PM
  - Ahhhh its just so much simpler to be a bigot, isnt it phil? - R.L. - 11/23/2004 11:35:00 PM
    - Point taken - p - 11/27/2004 7:48:53 PM
      - Point apparently missed - R.L. - 11/30/2004 4:16:51 PM
        
        re: Point apparently missed - p - 12/1/2004 9:06:46 PM
  - re: Only if the bomb belt matches the towel. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/17/2004 9:40:57 PM
  - Ah, brevity is the soul of wit (n/t) - FrankC - 11/17/2004 9:20:39 PM
    - But sometimes, brevity is the brain of twit (n/t) - LJ - 11/18/2004 6:18:59 PM
- My definition is a bit simpler. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 7:21:27 PM
  - Opposed to.............? - Lindy - 11/17/2004 10:46:20 PM
  - re: My definition is a bit simpler. - Jacob Samorodin - 11/17/2004 8:48:34 PM
  - Differences - Tony - 11/17/2004 7:42:39 PM
    - re: Differences - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 11:29:03 PM
      - A seven year old responds - Tony - 11/18/2004 6:33:40 PM
        
        You're right, as far as it goes. - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2004 7:18:25 PM
        
        Old Trick - Mark Eby - 11/22/2004 2:22:21 AM
        
        Another Old Trick - Tony - 11/22/2004 3:44:28 PM
        
        Same Old Anti-war Rubbish - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 3:22:40 AM
        
        Same old black and white thinking. - Tony - 11/24/2004 5:00:07 PM
        
        Ghandi and MLK - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2004 8:04:53 PM
        
        Perfect Proof Of Cluelessness About Tyranny - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 11:59:16 PM
        
        "You forgot Poland" (n/t) - Tony - 11/26/2004 8:52:31 PM
        
        Maybe - Mark Eby - 11/26/2004 11:02:52 PM
        
        a brief history - tony - 11/29/2004 5:08:00 AM
        
        Arrogant Bullshit? - ID - 11/29/2004 12:34:29 PM
        
        I'll type slowly for you. - Tony - 11/29/2004 2:58:34 PM
        
        I'll count slowly for you. - Mark Eby - 11/30/2004 1:31:18 AM
        
        Here's a tip - try reading what I wrote, not what you think I wrote. - Tony - 11/30/2004 6:53:31 PM
        
        A Valid Point - Mark Eby - 12/1/2004 1:05:15 AM
        
        And so we let this thread die of old age....... - Tony - 12/1/2004 7:40:41 PM
        
        And Trouble Reading A Map As Well - Mark Eby - 12/1/2004 12:56:46 AM
        
        Trouble Counting Eh? - Mark Eby - 12/1/2004 12:54:10 AM
        
        Very well done, Tony. (n/t) - Davin L. - 11/30/2004 9:31:24 PM
        
        Big tyrannies and little tyrannies - Mary Anne - 11/25/2004 2:19:31 AM
        
        Yes & No - ID - 11/25/2004 11:52:13 AM
        
        There are forms of tyranny other than military. - LJ - 11/25/2004 1:02:41 AM
        
        What a hoser (n/t) - ID - 11/25/2004 11:52:38 AM
        
        "War is the only answer to tyranny" - Mary Anne - 11/24/2004 3:30:52 PM
        
        Nothing Is certain except inaction also has consequences - ID - 11/25/2004 11:59:00 AM
        
        Key Word Tyranny - Mark Eby - 11/25/2004 12:00:02 AM
        
        re: War is the only answer to tyranny - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2004 7:15:19 PM
        
        Absorbing nations - Mary Anne - 11/25/2004 1:58:27 AM
        
        re: Another Old Trick - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 3:42:44 AM
        
        Maybe the point is... - R.L. - 11/23/2004 6:42:02 PM
        
        Same Old Dem Lies And Stupid Posturing - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 3:30:17 AM
        
        P.S. Under what color of sky could Clinton ever have "done something about it"? - Tony - 11/26/2004 8:56:58 PM
        
        At Any Moment He Decided To Place Security Over Politics - Mark Eby - 11/27/2004 6:23:47 PM
        
        I'll beg to differ - Tony - 11/29/2004 3:03:49 PM
        
        Your Main Problem Is - Mark Eby - 11/30/2004 1:42:12 AM
        
        re: Your Main Problem Is....what? - Tony - 11/30/2004 7:51:59 PM
        
        PS - Mark Eby - 12/1/2004 1:18:15 AM
        
        Didn't Know You Were Such A War Monger - Mark Eby - 12/1/2004 1:16:38 AM
        
        Memories....... - Tony - 11/24/2004 5:17:30 PM
        
        re: Memories....... - gbaikie - 11/25/2004 3:35:24 AM
        
        Funnily enough... - Tony - 11/26/2004 8:59:34 PM
        
        re: Funnily enough... - gbaikie - 11/27/2004 8:38:47 AM
        
        if "is" is equal to "wasn't" in your dictionary, then fine (n/t) - tony - 11/29/2004 4:56:52 AM
        
        Your Selective Memory - Mark Eby - 11/25/2004 12:07:16 AM
        
        Meanwhile in the real world... - Tony - 11/26/2004 8:50:50 PM
        
        The MTV Generation's? - Mark Eby - 11/27/2004 6:26:23 PM
        
        ya got nothing huh? (n/t) - PPD - 11/29/2004 4:58:43 AM
        
        No, Just Obviously Over Your Head (n/t) - Mark Eby - 11/30/2004 1:43:11 AM
        
        Make an actual point instead of nelsonifying your argument and I'll address it. (n/t) - Tony - 11/30/2004 7:53:46 PM
        
        Are You PPD? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 12/1/2004 12:54:59 AM
        
        PS - Mark Eby - 11/25/2004 12:10:05 AM
        
        re: Memories....... - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2004 8:08:06 PM
        
        And what would the same war have cost ten years from now? - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 7:17:52 PM
        
        You very specifically asked: "if we hadn't invaded Iraq, what would Zarqawi and the other goons be doing right now?" - alcaray - 11/24/2004 5:45:31 PM
        
        re: If we hadn't invaded Iraq - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2004 8:15:44 PM
        
        So "in for a penny..."? - alcaray - 11/24/2004 10:19:06 PM
        
        That wasn't the argument. - Tom Brosz - 11/25/2004 12:55:45 AM
        
        A group acting from Afghanistan attacked us and the world knew it - R.L. - 11/25/2004 3:52:02 PM
        
        re: A group acting from Afghanistan - Tom Brosz - 11/25/2004 9:44:11 PM
        
        Should have gone below "re: With the best of tactics..." (n/t) - alcaray - 11/24/2004 6:15:42 PM
        
        Sobering thought: With the best of tactics... - alcaray - 11/24/2004 12:21:54 AM
        
        re: With the best of tactics... - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2004 3:31:37 AM
        
        You just dont get it, do you? - R.L. - 11/23/2004 7:47:42 PM
        
        You Sure Don't - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 3:41:41 AM
        
        Had we killed Saddam in a targeted strike, what would have changed? - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2004 3:35:58 AM
        
        I didn't say there was a better way. - Tony - 11/23/2004 2:49:07 PM
        
        High horse? - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 5:54:55 PM
        
        About war.......... - Publius - 11/23/2004 10:10:52 PM
        
        I give up. - Tony - 11/23/2004 7:07:27 PM
        
        re: You're right, as far as it goes. (n/t) - (anonymous) - 11/22/2004 2:21:07 AM
        
        good bump (n/t) - t - 2/14/2005 4:34:17 AM

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