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That would be a pointless argument!
Well, ok. Raoul and who else?
alcaray
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8/22/2006 9:27:25 PM
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(Just saw his post on CE.)
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The pointlessness of the argument on terrorism
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FrankC
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8/22/2006 6:17:49 PM
re: The pointlessness of the argument on terrorism
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Robert
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8/23/2006 7:55:39 PM
I'll weigh in on this great thread
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Buck Galaxy
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8/23/2006 8:15:23 AM
re: Should we...
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Raoul
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8/23/2006 8:55:51 AM
I don't think the Kissinger example makes the point you're looking for.
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Tom Brosz
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8/23/2006 7:23:33 PM
re:How do we make the difference between a fanatic and a responsible one?
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Scott Evil
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8/23/2006 1:56:42 PM
re: The pointlessness of the argument on war against terrorism
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Raoul
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8/22/2006 11:31:33 PM
Your statement ignores the fact that Certain NationStates can and do Support Terrorism and the Terrorists.
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Scott Evil
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8/23/2006 1:43:26 PM
re: That needs solid proof...
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Raoul
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8/23/2006 3:53:18 PM
Terrorists do not represent a country, nor do they even represent a religion
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FrankC
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8/23/2006 2:37:07 AM
Raoul, they cannot understand that the killing of innocents creates resentment.
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Bowser
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8/23/2006 1:53:03 AM
That would be a pointless argument!
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alcaray
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8/22/2006 9:08:06 PM
Just for starters...
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Tom Brosz
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8/23/2006 1:51:02 AM
foreign aid
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azstrummer
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8/23/2006 6:34:35 PM
Hmmm, writing a check doesn't seem to be effective then?
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alcaray
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8/23/2006 3:14:35 PM
re: Palestinians are decent people
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Raoul
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8/23/2006 9:08:12 AM
Well alcaray....
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FrankC
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8/22/2006 9:34:01 PM
re: "Where they are concerned, the only way we become the good guys..."
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alcaray
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8/22/2006 9:38:19 PM
Well, ok. Raoul and who else?
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alcaray
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8/22/2006 9:27:25 PM
re: Indeed, with time
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Raoul
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8/23/2006 4:02:13 PM
I don't think I would give Sadat the title of terrorist.
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alcaray
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8/23/2006 5:30:08 PM
re: It wasn't him...
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Raoul
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8/23/2006 5:41:42 PM
I would not include him, either. Any more than I would include Churchill and FDR and Reagan.
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alcaray
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8/23/2006 5:47:17 PM
Just from memory..
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FrankC
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8/23/2006 6:01:40 PM
Gee, Frank.....difficult to consider the King David Hotel as a "military target" or a British position.....
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Publius
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8/24/2006 9:38:48 PM
Once again from memory ....
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FrankC
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8/25/2006 5:17:15 AM
That is pretty thin.........
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Publius
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8/25/2006 1:55:45 PM
one man's terrorist attack is often another's pre-emptive strike.
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FrankC
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8/25/2006 6:46:08 PM
and BTW
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FrankC
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8/25/2006 5:33:25 AM
BTW
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Publius
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8/26/2006 8:18:06 PM
Sure, and I'm aware of the exploits of the Irgun and Stern gangs
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alcaray
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8/23/2006 9:26:29 PM
re: The pointlessness of the argument on terrorism
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ER
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8/22/2006 7:20:15 PM
I stopped believing in Virgins back in High School
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Amidilliah al Ridijadijih
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8/22/2006 9:46:42 PM
P.S. This is why I left Islam
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Amidilliah al Ridijadijih
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8/22/2006 10:00:28 PM
China
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FrankC
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8/22/2006 7:52:04 PM
I agree
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Buck Galaxy
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8/23/2006 7:38:32 AM
re: The pointlessness of the argument on terrorism
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Tom Brosz
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8/22/2006 7:02:11 PM
more than enough evidence to come to a conclusion
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FrankC
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8/22/2006 7:38:34 PM
I see your point. A more precise statement:
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Tom Brosz
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8/23/2006 1:48:51 AM
When you stop putting words in people's mouths...
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Publius
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8/26/2006 8:41:47 PM
Frankly, we agree completely.
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Bowser
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8/22/2006 7:27:13 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.