The Goat Pen

GBJs wrote:...The early 1980s attack on a Marine barracks ...

GBJs wrote:I don't post very often on this forum because arguing politics is usually futile.

Dr. Strangelove wrote:On another note, Syria shot down a Turkish military jet today. That can't be good

Op Ed wrote:

GBJs wrote:...The early 1980s attack on a Marine barracks ...

We had funded and supported Saddam's attack on Iran, we had been bombing Iran itself, we had been firing on civilians in Lebanon from the sea, we had given Israel cover to massacre civilians in Lebanon... how specifically were Iranian militants wrong in attacking a US military target in a war zone?

And by the way, we did get even. We shot down Iran Air 655 a few years later, killing 290 civilians.

GBJs wrote:I don't post very often on this forum because arguing politics is usually futile.

It would have been a good idea to continue with your original idea, arguing politics without facts is futile.

Hacksaw wrote:DSL's polls are priceless.

What is the % of dems who will vote for Obama again? That has to be the most embarrassing statistic of all.

Op Ed wrote:

GBJs wrote:...The early 1980s attack on a Marine barracks ...

We had funded and supported Saddam's attack on Iran, we had been bombing Iran itself, we had been firing on civilians in Lebanon from the sea, we had given Israel cover to massacre civilians in Lebanon... how specifically were Iranian militants wrong in attacking a US military target in a war zone?

And by the way, we did get even. We shot down Iran Air 655 a few years later, killing 290 civilians.

GBJs wrote:I don't post very often on this forum because arguing politics is usually futile.

It would have been a good idea to continue with your original idea, arguing politics without facts is futile.

Professor Tiger wrote:Ah, the ambassador from Al Jazeera returns.

Professor Tiger wrote:We all know that Dick Cheney ordered the decapitation of thousands of little puppies in Teheran in 2001. This is a proven fact. Everybody knows it.

But only a few of us insiders know that the Zionist entity planned to simultaneously carpet bomb all the Muslim kindergartens in Switzerland using a secret death ray designed by Halliburton. But, praise be to Allah, the noble Pasdaran learned of this CIA-Mossad conspiracy and employed their mighty photon torpedoes to destroy the detested infidels. They also slyly covered their tracks by using Klingon crews to fire the weapons.

Allahu Akbar.

GBJs wrote:You'll notice I won't disagree with any of that. I agree we had been funding and covering. Which is why I said death for profit is bullshit. Or did you not want to quote that part. I'll tell ya what....you let me know which facts are relevent. Then no one will argue politics!

GBJs wrote:I don't post very often on this forum because arguing politics is usually futile. But I've got to call bullshit on that one.

Desert Storm should have been begun YEARS before. Because if you don't believe we were at war, you are absolutely, naive. The early 1980s attack on a Marine barracks, Embassy bombings attack on the USS Cole etc... are all things which should have been addressed.

We were already at war. It was simply now done by some of our rules.

Do I believe the war was necessary? Yes. Was it done properly? Fuck no. Go to war, go to win, go to come home.

Absolutely the last time we fought a war to win was WWII. Korea, Viet Nam, both of the Gulf wars were more about profit than winning. And for that, there is no reason for loss of life.

Dr. Strangelove wrote:If you want to watch a foreign-run network that's hostile to the US, forget about Al-Jazeera. Watch Russia Today (RT)

Dr. Strangelove wrote:AA had one too many down at the Tilted Kilt again

AlabamAlum wrote:Does any one know where the love of God goes
when the posts turn the minutes to hours?