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22 Jul 10 03:12

zeeblebot

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22 Jul 10 23:16

maybe al-Qaeda felt emboldened by Clinton's apparent drawback on defense.

weren't they "shocked" when Bush took out Afghanistan? after the relative bye they got on the WTC bombing?

AThousandYoung

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23 Jul 10 00:47

Originally posted by zeeblebot
some people think defense is the primary job of a nation.

Those are the people who have something to defend i.e. the rich.

zeeblebot

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23 Jul 10 01:18

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Those are the people who have something to defend i.e. the rich.

spend 6 mos in Ciudad Juarez and then tell us that.

TerrierJack

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23 Jul 10 04:27

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Those are the people who have something to defend i.e. the rich.

No, that's false - we all have a stake in it - that's why the waste and corruption of the defense industrial complex is so bad. They are risking our lives to rob us.

(Also, I'm sure that the citizens of Ciudad Juarez would rather defend their city than station troops thousands of miles away to defend another city.)

KazetNagorra

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23 Jul 10 07:23

Originally posted by zeeblebot
maybe al-Qaeda felt emboldened by Clinton's apparent drawback on defense.

Yes. That must be it. With just a couple more submarines and fighter jets, I'm sure 9/11 would have never happened.

zeeblebot

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23 Jul 10 20:23

i recall reading that they were "shocked" at the violent US response to 9/11, understandable given the wimpy Democratic responses to the WTC bombing.

KazetNagorra

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23 Jul 10 20:25

Originally posted by zeeblebot
i recall reading that they were "shocked" at the violent US response to 9/11, understandable given the wimpy Democratic responses to the WTC bombing.

So, what about those terrorist attacks after the wimpy responses to the London and Madrid bombings?

AThousandYoung

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23 Jul 10 20:25

Originally posted by zeeblebot
spend 6 mos in Ciudad Juarez and then tell us that.

The Feds don't hire LAPD.

zeeblebot

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23 Jul 10 20:32

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
So, what about those terrorist attacks after the wimpy responses to the London and Madrid bombings?

what about them?

zeeblebot

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23 Jul 10 20:32

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The Feds don't hire LAPD.

Feds as in Federales?