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Monday, May 4, 2009 9:04 AM
HERO
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: For example, Saddam using torture is wrong, but it gets sanctioned by Bush?
Quote: For example, Saddam [allegedly] possessing weapons of mass destruction invaded by US, the country which possesses most of the worlds weapons of mass destruction.
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:10 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Quote:Remember Saddam started as a torturer (kinda like Obama was a community organizer).
Monday, May 4, 2009 11:12 AM
Quote:We can trust ourselves with such power...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Several hundred thousand Japanese might disagree with you on that one...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 3:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Kinda like Dubya was a draft dodger and a drunk, and Reagan was just a horrible actor who was usually cast as dumber than a monkey. Right?
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 3:40 AM
ELVISCHRIST
Quote: Actually, I don't think comparing Saddam's early career as a torturer to being an actor or a figter pilot is a good comparison. I guess you don't consider torture to be that big of a deal.
Thursday, May 7, 2009 3:19 PM
MAGONSDAUGHTER
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: There is a difference between the use of waterboarding...which simulates drowing...on three individuals and the systematic physical torture practiced in Iraq. Remember Saddam started as a torturer (kinda like Obama was a community organizer). It was his career path, he went to school for it. He did it well and it was his entry into govt service. As for waterboarding...I suspect that we use harsher methods on our own soldiers undergoing their escape and capture training then we used on the enemy.
Quote: The weapons are not evil by nature. We have them, they don't...that gives us the right and responsibility to keep it that way.
Quote: We can trust ourselves with such power...we cannot trust them.
Quote:We have them, they don't is hardly fair...but its in the best interests of the United States, its allies, its enemies (whom we could wipe out if they had such weapons and used them), and the whole fracking world.
Monday, May 11, 2009 5:20 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: Yeah your really selling the whole 'US has the right no one else does' NOT. Maybe other countries consider its in their best national interests to possess WMD. Maybe other nations see the US as evil and themselves as good, maybe they need to see the need to protect themselves from YOU. They'd probably argue the same points from the opposing view to determine that they DO need WMD. The argument sucks both ways.
Monday, May 11, 2009 7:22 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Monday, May 11, 2009 8:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: Its funny, but the peeps who believe so strongly in the right to bear arms are often the one most worried about that paradigm extended internationally.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 9:41 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: The difference is that we have the weapons and they don't. So all their arguments don't amount to much. WMDs are so destructive that we cannot trust them in the hands of those who would use them irresponsibly. Since we cannot uninvent them, the only way to be certain they will not be used against us or our interests and allies is to strictly control them. I agree, other nations see this from a different perspective. But we got there first, we have them, they don't. They can either join us in consensus and agree not to develop the weapons...or they must submit to our will and determination that they will not be allowed to develop the weapons. On this issue they are not our equals with the soveriegn power to act as they will...they must bow to our leadership and respect our power.
Quote:This power we have is the very reason we must have it and not allow them to share, its a lot of power. We have it and choose not to use it...we never used our might to conquer the world...never even tried, not even on Canada. Would Iran be so...restrained? We can't risk it.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:40 AM
RIPWASH
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:27 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:32 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:10 AM
BIGDAMNNOBODY
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: Except again, the US has used it, and possibly would again if it were considered to be a viable solution to any given conflict or scenario.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:25 AM
Quote:Posted by RipWash: Those people have NO restraint...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:27 AM
FINN MAC CUMHAL
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:02 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:04 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:13 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:16 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:21 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: What lines would YOU draw between handguns and nuclear weapons? If all nations had two nuclear bombs each, wouldn't that be the same as everyone owning a handgun except on an international setting? Wouldn't that make potential aggressors far more careful about not pissing off others, since they would never know which direction retaliation might come from? Wouldn't that make all nations equally powerful? It seems to me, on that basis, to be a perfect logical equivalent.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:26 AM
Quote:Because if Iran did it, they would have a firm beleif that their religion and Mohamed would protect them. If he would not protect them, they would be martyrs and would all get 72 virgins when they die. It's a win/win situation for them. Not so much for the rest of the world in their eyes.
Quote:The problem is the lunatics. Nothing will stop the crazy guy who comes into McDonalds to shoots it up. But in an armed society someone can shoot him first or before he does too much damage.
Quote:The same thing does not work on an international scale. First of all, if you do shoot the nutcases before they shoot up the proverbial international McDonalds, as we did in Iraq, you get accused of invading a peaceful nation (**snicker**)
Quote:and in any event there’s a huge difference between shooting a nutcase and waging a war to hang a nutcase. They are not “perfect logical equivalents,” as you seem to think. If you wait for this peaceful nation to lob a nuclear weapon at, say Jerusalem, so that you have a pretext for invasion, then you’re talking about potentially millions dead, not exactly a fair comparison to shooting up a McDonalds. If you respond by shooting nuclear weapons at the nutcase, then even if you manage to stop the nutcase, you’ve potentially killed more millions of people. Again, not exactly a fair comparison to shooting a single nutcase.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: Quote:Because if Iran did it, they would have a firm beleif that their religion and Mohamed would protect them. If he would not protect them, they would be martyrs and would all get 72 virgins when they die. It's a win/win situation for them. Not so much for the rest of the world in their eyes. I think Finn's arguments are more persuasive. Because nut-jobs around the world are all equivalent... as long as they don't hold your life in regard, it doesn't matter whether the reason is schizophrenia or religious mania. ---------------------- We should have strapped him into a glider, filled it nose heavy w/ explosives, and dropped his Allah lovin' ass into a large, empty field. After which, release wild boars into the area so they could make good use of his remains. Now THAT's justice.- rappy Yeah, that's what Sheikh Issa said. Seems you both have a lot in common.- signy
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:33 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:54 AM
Quote:Originally posted by RIPWash: Because if Iran did it, they would have a firm beleif that their religion and Mohamed would protect them. If he would not protect them, they would be martyrs and would all get 72 virgins when they die. It's a win/win situation for them.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:10 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:24 AM
Quote: I'm talkin' about the radicals of today's Muslim faith (of which there are far many more that can be pointed to directly than of any "radical Christian" of the same bent, I can tell ya that right now - don't go all Rosie O'Donnell on me ).
Quote: Face it. Radical extremists take over the Muslim countries at an alarming rate. If you don't think Ahmadeenajad (phoenetic spelling) is a radical, you're fooling yourself. The Taliban, who ran Afghanistan for quite a while . . . same thing.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:58 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:28 AM
Quote:The problem with some of this stuff is that people will say/do anything to gain power. If it's to say they're a Christian to initially gain control then so be it. They'll lie and say they're devout Christians even though they don't really beleive it. Hitler and Mousilini are probably in that camp.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:40 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:13 AM
GINOBIFFARONI
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by RIPWash: If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck, sounds like a duck . . . .
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:26 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:41 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Quote:There have been terrorist attacks right here in this country by people calling themselves "Christians", and they're carrying out these attacks for religious reasons, and for no other reasons whatsoever.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:09 AM
Quote:we're still in their house, trashing their stuff.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:31 AM
Quote:I just realized something. " So, interrogating those who want to kill us is a worse crime than wanting to kill us ?" We are not debating whether or not a crime has been committed, Rap already admitted so in the title of the thread...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:56 AM
Quote:Originally posted by RIPWash: Against one nation that attacked us aggressively for no reason and only as the last resort to get them to surrender after years of fighting. If I have my history right, that is. Mal: You think she'll hold together? Zoë: She's torn up plenty, but she'll fly true. Mal: Could be bumpy. Zoë: Always is
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:58 AM
Quote:Originally posted by BigDamnNobody: Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: Except again, the US has used it, and possibly would again if it were considered to be a viable solution to any given conflict or scenario. Just curious, do you think slavery will make a comeback in the U.S.?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:09 PM
Quote:Originally posted by RIPWash: So you're saying you WOULD trust Ahmedinejad with a nuclear weaon? You would have trusted Hussein with a nuclear weapon? How about Qadaffi (or however the heck you spell his name) in Lybia? The Taliban? I'm talking about the radical muslims (I know you guys hate that term) who go ballistic whenever Mohamed is besmirched in any way whatsoever and send death threats to all involved in the besmirching. Dutch newspaper prints cartoons of Mohamed in a less than flattering manner and there are riots in the streets. So many death threats to the newspaper that they back down and redact and apologize. Yeah. I wanna give a volatile group of people like THAT access to a nuclear weapon. Here's the thing. You want the US to give up our nuclear weapons. Fine, but then we can't realistically STOP a rogue nation from developing it's own nuclear weapon and then . . . Ooops! They're holding the royal flush and we've gotta do as they say. Not particularly a position I wanna be in. OR! OR! Let's have EVERYONE be able to access a nuclear weapon. That makes things fair, right? Okay. But then don't think that everyone is on an even playing field and NO ONE will ever, EVER use it.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:27 PM
Quote:Posted by Fremdfirma: If I was a non-US Country watching the insanity of the past six years, you're damn right I'd want a fucking nuke, if for no other reason than pointing it at Washington would force them to negotiate instead of steamrollering my country on false pretenses and turning it into a fucking corpse filled wasteland.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by RIPWash: Distorting things does, indeed, seem to be your strong suit, my friend. LOL
Quote: "I think you SEE more radical Muslims, because you're attuned to look out for what you disagree with, and you don't tend to pay as much attention to what you DO agree with." You point things out of me that are just as true of yourself and others on this board and I hope you see that.
Quote: Radicals, IMO, are the kind that say "You will do as I say and beleive as I do or you will suffer the consequences (i.e. death)." You're right that I don't see Christians doing that as much as I see Muslims doing that.
Quote: The problem with some of this stuff is that people will say/do anything to gain power. If it's to say they're a Christian to initially gain control then so be it. They'll lie and say they're devout Christians even though they don't really beleive it. Hitler and Mousilini are probably in that camp. Take the movie "V for Vendetta" for example. It was supposedly a "Neocon" government that V wanted to overthrow, but there was NOTHING Christian about that government's actions. They probably used that platform to gain power and then distorted it to the extreme.
Quote: You can't tell me that Dubya was an extremist who "took over" the U.S. That's preposterous. There was an election, he won. Twice. Plain and simple. You don't agree with his actions and think he's BSing about being a Christian, I don't begrudge your right to say that. You have every right to. He won the first election and every single recount in FL ended up in his favor. I remember that quite clearly. Just because the Supreme Court had to step in because Gore wouldn't accept that reality does not mean Bush took over the country.
Quote: Yes, this goes for every world leader - You have to judge people by their actions, NOT just their words. If someone says they're a Christian but acts in a way that doesn't seem very Christian to you, you kinda have to question it. You can press them for an answer and they may tell you without a doubt they ARE Christian. But in the end they have only ONE being to answer to for that. And it's not you or me.
Quote: Look. We're having a nice discussion on this and I do appreciate you not calling Christianity a "BS" religion like you did in another thread. But you're not going to see it my way, I'm not going to see it yours. I make no excuses for those that DO misinterpret the Bible or call themselves Christians while doing things FAR from Christian. I admit the faults others may find in my faith and that I'm not knowlegable enough to explain some things, but I also have a feeling that you'd dismiss out of hand the sources I would point you to that DO explain things far better than I ever could. I may be wrong here, so please tell me if I am.
Quote: I'm curious, though. You say there are terrorist attacks happening right now by "radical Christians". Where? When? How many? What did they base their Christianity on? Did they riot in the streets and mail death threats to anyone who maligned Jesus Christ? Did they videotape themselves cutting someone's head off?
Quote: There are a LOT of people out there who say they're Christian only because they know they're not Jewish or Muslim, but they know they celebrate Christmas and Santy Claus. If that's your basis for calling them radical Christians, I'm sorry to say that's a false pretense.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:05 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: Quote:Originally posted by BigDamnNobody: Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: Except again, the US has used it, and possibly would again if it were considered to be a viable solution to any given conflict or scenario. Just curious, do you think slavery will make a comeback in the U.S.? No idea. Are you trying to say that dropping bombs on Japan was like owning slaves?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:27 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Yup, just as there are a lot of people who say they're Muslim only because they know they hate the Jews and the Christians, but know nothing more of their religion than that. If that's your basis for calling them radical Muslims, I'm sorry to say that's a false pretense as well.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:38 PM
Quote:Originally posted by BigDamnNobody: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Yup, just as there are a lot of people who say they're Muslim only because they know they hate the Jews and the Christians, but know nothing more of their religion than that. If that's your basis for calling them radical Muslims, I'm sorry to say that's a false pretense as well. Did not know you were Muslim.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Did not know you were illiterate. yourself.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:59 PM
RUE
I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:00 PM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:13 PM
Quote:Originally posted by rue: BIGDAMNNOBODY I truly don't know why you post. Every time you do, you em-BARE-ASS yourself.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:24 PM
Quote:Originally posted by rue: W - O - R - D - S
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