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But Cobra, I read back over your posts, and I hate to tell you this, but you haven't really said anything supportable by factual evidence. You're mediocre with the hyperbole, but you really suck when it comes to making a supportable argument!

Damn. Everyone's crawling out of the woodwork now. I'm glad you have such a high opinion of our work in Afghanistan. Care to share your sources? I'm glad you have such a high opinion of our work against Al Qaeda. Care to share your sources?

Alright Cobra, let's see how your assertions hold up.... 1. I agree that your initial assertion is conditional, since you in no way implicate ALL Arabs (no matter how inane your drivel is), yet you follow it with an opinion which you seem to view as fact: "Think they can take us on in war. We will win mother fuckers!" I suppose that if you would have prefaced this statement with "It is my opinion...", no misunderstandings would have occured. 2. A second assertion, stated as fact, causes me some problems: "They kill their own people with nerve gas and systematically execute anyone that is a non follower of a regime that supports genocide." I suppose your first point above refers to the gassing of Kurds (with full US knowledge). I think it is quite clear that this happened, but the only point of contention for me is your assertion that the Kurds are "their" own people. The Kurds are a displaced ethnic group who have been fighting for territorial sovereignty for a little bit of time now, even against our (until recently!) compliant ally, Turkey. Turkey's conduct hasn't been called into question too much, yet rivals Iraq's in every aspect beyond gassings. Also, not every Iraqi is a Baath member, so we'd need to analyse what you meant by "follower". All in all, I think what you wrote above is a rather drunkenly didactic screed. I believe this to be a statement of fact, although I'm not sure you've been drinking!

I think he's just drunk. Unfortunately, not much will change when he sobers up.

Free information for all. Nothing wrong with that. If a guidebook author gets peaved, maybe they need to make their books a little better.

Oh yeah, I forgot. America is really really loved by all! My bad!

Understandable. America is a very despised nation right about now.

Business is politics. Any activation of life force is politics.

A wonderful synopsis of the level of current debate. One aspect was left out though, and that has to do with civilians.... WM: Plus, the civilians are living under torture imposed by Saddam. We need to save them. PN: So once we move in, they will welcome us. WM: Yes. PN: So we actually moved in, but the civilians keep throwing grenades at us. WM: Well, Saddam forces them to. PN: How about the reports of Shiites in the south claiming they hate Saddam, but they hate us even more? WM: Well, Saddam forces them to say that. PN: But they are saying they also hate Saddam. I thought that was a capital offense. WM: Saddam is tricky. PN: How about the protests in Cairo where people were chanting "Suicide bombing will defeat the enemy." WM: Well, Saddam forces them to say that. PN: But it's happening in Egypt! WM: Well, they are just ignorant civilians. PN: Are these the same "ignorant civilians" that would elect the leadership if democracy were brought to the middle east? WM: Well, they have to have their voice. PN: But all indications point to the probability that the politician who best exploits the virulent anti-americanism would be assured of victory. WM: Umm well perhaps we'll have to have another "war for peace" in the future! Haha! Just joking.... PN: Oh really?

Intelligence is a generic condition characterized by invisibility and post-mortem depression. Which means it's kinda silly to put too much stock into an IQ test, especially one that I did so poorly on.

But martians can't even speak english.

But to respond to the original question: The executions are accusations at this point. Which means no factuality has been established. If they did execute, I suppose anger might have something to do with it? But I do think they'd want to keep any pows alive at this point.

Just shaded to make the figgering harder?

Somebody getting their buttons pushed? Hmmm.... How ironic.

Oh shit. I knew my color-blindness would hurt me some day.

136. Anyone get I think question 35, with the colors in the squares and circles? Totally stumped me. Classification: Visual mathematician. I still call bullshit on the whole IQ test idea, although I dug the paragraph about the Egyptians: "Ancient Egyptians believed the heart was the center of intelligence and emotion. They also thought so little of the brain that during mummification, they removed the brain entirely from bodies." How our beliefs have changed, eh? Who be ignorant: Us or the Egyptians?

Ah gee, I can't believe I'm dragging this up again, but what you said above demanded comment, if for the last time. Perhaps you are simply a troll, and I've taken the bait; I don't know. But in case you are for real, your post expresses what to me seems to be one of the basic problems with many of the religious types, and that is self-righteousness. You have now decided who is evil and who isn't (with a rather poor analysis of the facts at hand), and now feel vindicated in casting the first stone. "Let ye who hath not sinned, cast the first stone." (I really hate quoting the bible, because one can read it so selectively and buttress almost any argument, but that quote came to mind.) I also just realized that you have no desire to think through the issues at hand, so I'm entirely done with this thread. Good Night!

Hey, leave the guy alone. He's a bible scholar, not a political analyst.

No. He's just studying the bible again. He's always struck me as a thoughtful religious type.

Who this rockin' guy? Not the guy leading an illegal assault on a pretty much defenseless country, I hope....

I think you are overly fascinated with this mysterious left, repeatedly lumping me in with Totalitarianism-adoring Stalinists. Maybe this makes your life simpler- you know, a paper tiger to attack with neo-liberal (oops!) rhetoric? Maybe expand your reading list a bit. And while you're doing that, I'm off to the UW rock, for all those wishing for a duel (or a friendly bouldering sesh!).

THanks for showing your true colors, you hypocritical sack of shit. "Hypocritical sack of shit." How quaint. I suppose this is more mild than "racist sexist caricature"? Perhaps Catbirdseat was simply of the opinion that people can actually change, something of an alien concept to you, I suppose?

We saw this with Bush Inc., but even after it was pointed out to them, they still went to war. What gives? Can you say "empery"?

Perhaps because I didn't see it?

You said before that you were "anti".