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please Murray, give it a rest, you know what I mean

Why me? Today I took my kid to get a goddamn haircut. He has long hair which is fine by me, but it's ungodly thick and desperately needs thinning out 3-4 times a year. Hence, the battle begins. I shit you not, it's a week long ordeal of pre-haircut strategy and give and take...the hollering and pissing matches between he and I over the fact is nightmarish. It's really fucked and I hate it!!!!! Anyway, we did it today (no school ... teacher's workshop day ... yeah right) without killing each other or the gal that does the cutting. Whew

I believe they already are. I say, 'retaliate'!

fuck off douche

They are not always relearned the hard way, Thinker. The Army has long studied Che Guevera's tactics as has the world of guerillas. It's pretty much the bible for that kind of warfare. Yes - the Army prepared for war in Central Europe with the Soviets as the bad guys. A lot of that still applied during the Persian Gulf War I, but we began to apply the tenets of the Objective Force in Iraq during the second war - which is why we really only fought that war with about 2.75 divisions against far superior numbers, with far less training and discipline, and with inferior equipment. What is not clear is what possible goal the insurgents in Iraq hope to achieve. Possibly to reinstate Saddam - I can't see that happening again - his position is too weak. I'm not saying he couldn't - it would be very difficult and without his two henchmen sons, it would be even harder to retain. Maybe there are some who support him and think that is possible. But, for the sake of argument, let's assume that their goals are limited. That they want us OUT - so that other forces at play can make their way IN - i.e. a Muslim fundamentalist government. Probably unfreindly to the west, but friendly with Syria, and perhaps even the Russians, who seem to be surrepticiously sending them some advanced weaponry. Where I have difficulty making this work is that the majority of Iraqis are Shi'ites, whereas the majority of insurgents are Sunni. The two have not worked or played well together for a long time. So I can only assume that the immediate goal that they both could agree on is getting us OUT of Iraq. My point is that once you understand the goal of the insurgents, it makes it more clear on how to deal with them. (A lesson we failed to learn in Viet Nam) (We understood the goal - we just chose to fight it the wrong way - through attrition) Another problem is that there is no visible "head" of what we might call the opposition. So it is hard to isolate that aspect. While it is easy for an Arab or Persian to know the difference between a foreign Muslim in country only to kill Americans and wage jihad, it is difficult indeed for us to determine who are the local boys and who is the furriners. We do have people on our side that help us with that task, but they cannot be everywhere - and the local boys, to me, would always be suspect. Yeah - we had the same problem in Viet Nam - but other than putting trust in the locals and your own Arab native speaking troops - what other means do we have? And, as Che Gueverra postulated, how do you develop a democracy where terrorism is causing ill-will on both sides of the fence, with the greatest turmoil on our side of it. We are trying to sell something. But we have to crack down and deny certain freedoms in order to eradicate these folks. Which causes more ill-will. It is indeed a complex issue. One that requires better minds than mine to divine a solution - armed with better facts. trask-

yes, innocent until proved guilty - let's 'try' the media

About a month ago I set my desktop cc.com icon to "spray" only. I no longer monitor, post or respond (you're welcome ) to any forum but spray. I'm curious as to the content of the overall cc.com website now. Other than "spray", is it a better climbing, non-nonsensical website without my bullshit?

yeah that's right, it must be the parent's fault

Scrambler - Fair and balanced reporting is all I request. Let's see the good with the bad. BTW, I'm not convinced that real-time images of the war, any war, are such a good thing.

If Michael Jackson would have said it, it wouldn't be funny at all. It'd be "evidence".

sounds like small-town magic

keep 'em cummin'

You're impossible; oh, be sure NOT to look at the big picture.

switch your option page to 30 views, punter

The private and parochial schools are doing a much better job for less money. In one particular school district, they estimate that last year that district spent 210 million in regular taxes and 146 million in SPLOST to educate 32000 students - you figure it out! It's over $11,000 per student! That could send a kid to college!!! And they are scoring below the national average on regency???? Just look at Marysville, something is seriously wrong!

I saw this in the Denver Daily (no internet source unfortunately) today: Per the story, up to 60% of adoption agencies will accept applications from gay/lesbian prospective parents and up to 40% have already performed adoptions with at least one gay/lesbian parent. Seems to me this is an area where reality is already FAR ahead of the policy debate.

War IS hell, and being rude to a captive should be permissible.

I find the attacks against the British in Istanbul interesting, funny in an ironic way, and see it as yet another message that those forces supposedly fighting for the suppressed of Islam don't care who they kill or maim. There is no place in this world for Al Qaeda, Islamic Jihad, Hezbolah, or Hamas - or the hundreds of splinter groups they have spawned. Once the world - especially those who live in Muslim countries - realize that, the better off we all will be. In the meantime those organizations will continue to kill dozens - even hundreds of Muslims - to kill one westerner. And if they win this war of terror - they will only deeply suppress their brethren and not just we infidels. Unfortunately - a quote I read last night rings true. "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Sir Winston Churchill

Necro, take your foot outta your mouth. The U.S. and Britain have made a huge impact on terrorism. They've stirred the pot 'royally' you might say. I reiterate, terrorism was and will be a fact of life.

They murdered 'Old One Eye'

thought it took a week

Business as usual in the Middle East. These bombings and war-like events have been going on for how many years now? Like hundreds and hundreds. Buy a fucking clue Necro, Bush and Blair aren't responsible for the World's troubles. This shit is disturbing, but passé.