And these past five years have given us a much clearer view of the nature of this enemy. Al Qaeda and its followers are Sunni extremists, possessed by hatred and commanded by a harsh and narrow ideology.Yeah, well, if there's anyone who knows something about harsh, and narrow ideologies, it'd be you, Mr. Iraq-Is-The-Front-Line-In-The-War-Against-Terror!
Take almost any principle of civilization, and their goal is the opposite.We are still talking about Al Qaeda, right? Because America is supposed to be a country of freedom, not a country where the government secretly spies on its citizens and lies about secret torture prisons. So, you were saying about "our enemies"?
They preach with threats ... instruct with bullets and bombs ... and promise paradise for the murder of the innocent.Sounds very familiar. Let's take a look: You threaten us with the idea that AQ will get us. You "teach" Iraqis about freedom with bullets and bombs and promise the paradise of freedom while murdering innocent Iraqis you call collateral damage.
Our enemies are quite explicit about their intentions.Unlike us. We're vague and non-committal. This way we can change our story willy-nilly without too much trouble.
They want to overthrow moderate governments, and establish safe havens from which to plan and carry out new attacks on our country.Overthrow moderate governments??? Are you sure you're not talking about the USA? Compared to the current Iraqi government, Saddams seemed pretty moderate to me.
By killing and terrorizing Americans, they want to force our country to retreat from the world and abandon the cause of liberty.Uh, no. They just want to us to keep our noses out of their business. I don't see why that is such a bad thing. We're only over there for purposes of greed, anyway. Is that so admirable?
They would then be free to impose their will and spread their totalitarian ideology."ONLY THE SITH DEALS IN EXTREMES!" Yeah, thanks President Kenobi. What do you call invading a country and removing it's leader? I'd say that YOU felt free to impose YOUR will on Iraq. How is that any more right that what you're saying AQ will do?
Listen to this warning from the late terrorist Zarqawi: "We will sacrifice our blood and bodies to put an end to your dreams, and what is coming is even worse."Yeah, tough talk to a man who got a bomb dropped on his head. Is America so weak that some madman in the desert can actually harm us? You have some serious faith problems with America, bub.
And Osama bin Laden declared: "Death is better than living on this Earth with the unbelievers among us."Isn't that a little like what you're saying about them? Because they don't want the same Middle East you do, it's death to the heathens. Seriously, dude--you're hypocrisy is getting totally out of control. How the media doesn't call you on this shit is truly beyond me.
These men are not given to idle words,YES THEY ARE!! They're politicians, just like you and your pals! Idle words are their currency, you dolt! Boy, you must really think we're all retarded.
and they are just one camp in the Islamist radical movement.Oh, so now we've got more than just Al Qaeda to deal with? I thought AQ was like SPECTRE from James Bond--an amorphous, but unified threat you could use to keep all of us in line. I don't know, George--if we're dealing with greater extremist Islamism, you might have trouble getting us all behind it. It's kind of vague, don't you think?
In recent times, it has also become clear that we face an escalating danger from Shia extremists who are just as hostile to America, and are also determined to dominate the Middle East.Shia extremists ARE Muslim extremists. They're just extremists toward their particular branch of Islam. So, you're really just saying something like "The Soviets are a real threat, but we also have the KGB to deal with!" Thanks, bright eyes. They're one in the same.
Many are known to take direction from the regime in Iran, which is funding and arming terrorists like Hezbollah – a group second only to al Qaeda in the American lives it has taken.Ah, is this more high-quality "intelligence"? You know, like the "intelligence" that told you Iraq had WMD? Just shut up, dude. You've proven time and again that you have no idea what you're talking about.
The Shia and Sunni extremists are different faces of the same totalitarian threat.Yeah, thanks. I believe I've already said that.
But whatever slogans they chant, when they slaughter the innocent, they have the same wicked purposes.DUDE! They've got WICKED plans? AWESOME! Like a half-pipe? Or maybe a skate park? Or... Oh wait, you didn't mean that kind of wicked...
They want to kill Americans ... kill democracy in the Middle East ... and gain the weapons to kill on an even more horrific scale.Yeah and you don't like killing at all. You kill so the killing will stop, right? Why don't you just say that Islam is evil? It's what you so desperately want to say. I can tell just by reading your words.
In the sixth year since our Nation was attacked,"...we still have been unable to capture Osama bin Laden. DAMN! How'd that get in there? I really need to read these things before I give 'em!"
I wish I could report to you that the dangers have ended.No, you don't, you liar! If the dangers were over you'd have no power.
They have not. And so it remains the policy of this government to use every lawful and proper tool of intelligence, diplomacy, law enforcement, and military action to do our duty, to find these enemies, and to protect the American people.Uh, yeah, no thanks. More lies. You torture, lie about secret prisons, spy on us and you don't even have the balls to admit that it's all against the law. A good leader would get the laws changed before he broke them. Not break them and then admit it only when he is caught.
This war is more than a clash of arms – it is a decisive ideological struggle, and the security of our Nation is in the balance.NO, it is NOT a "decisive ideological struggle," God DAMMIT. This is a bullshit excuse for a war! 50,000 extremists on a planet of 7 billion fighting against a country of 300 million. WOULD YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE SECURITY OUR NATION BEING IN THE BALANCE?!?! There has been Muslim extremism SINCE 600 AD! America has thrived for 230 years! Now we're supposed to be afraid of a handful of guys with crazy ideas? You've gotta be shitting me, man!
To prevail, we must remove the conditions that inspire blind hatred, and drove 19 men to get onto airplanes and come to kill us.Whaaaa? You're actually suggesting that we leave the Middle East to the Middle Easterners who live there? You're actually saying out loud that we should mind our own business and therefore stop giving radical Islamists a reason to hate us?
What every terrorist fears most is human freedom –O_O DUDE! Where did THAT come from? More lies, you asshole! No human fears freedom!! Freedom is exactly what the extremists are fighting for! THEIR definition of freedom, that is. NOT YOURS. They want the right to choose their own destinies--not to be roped into what we think their destiny should be. Don't you get it your arrogant fuck?
societies where men and women make their own choices, answer to their own conscience, and live by their hopes instead of their resentments.This is PRECISELY what they want! But we won't let them have it! Globalism and other, less obvious, influences from the west serve to "contaminate" their way of life and as long as we continue to do things like fund Iran AND Iraq when they are fighting EACH OTHER, they'll continue to have plenty of ammo to use against us--both literal and figurative. Come on, folks--it's time to wake up and really smell what this guy is shoveling.
Free people are not drawn to violent and malignant ideologies – and most will choose a better way when they are given a chance.But Muslim Extremists are not free--they see America and the west as oppressors and we do nothing to discourage that point of view. In fact, we only serve to encourage it. Until we stop this, they will continue to hate us. So, don't tell us that free people don't choose violence without pointing out that only oppressed people choose violence. The question then becomes who is oppressing the Muslim Extremists? The answer is obvious--the West is.
So we advance our own security interests by helping moderates, reformers, and brave voices for democracy. The great question of our day is whether America will help men and women in the Middle East to build free societies and share in the rights of all humanity. And I say, for the sake of our own security . . . we must.Come on--doesn't anyone else out there see that this is nothing less than a ploy to Americanize or Westify the Middle East? This isn't about freedom--this is about creating a new market for capitalism in the Middle East. Capitalist colonies.
In the last two years, we have seen the desire for liberty in the broader Middle East –Yeah, like when Palestine voted Hamas into power? Or like when the people of Lebanon supported Hezbollah of their own free will?
and we have been sobered by the enemy's fierce reaction. In 2005, the world watched as the citizens of Lebanon raised the banner of the Cedar Revolution ... drove out the Syrian occupiers ... and chose new leaders in free elections.Oh, and you're going to leave out the "Hezbollah" part?
In 2005, the people of Afghanistan defied the terrorists and elected a democratic legislature."The terrorists?" You mean "The Taleban".
And in 2005, the Iraqi people held three national elections – choosing a transitional government ... adopting the most progressive, democratic constitution in the Arab world …Sadly, that's not saying much from our perspective.
and then electing a government under that constitution. Despite endless threats from the killers in their midst, nearly 12 million Iraqi citizens came out to vote in a show of hope and solidarity we should never forget.Check those numbers again. 12 million voters clearly out numbers the terrorists inside Iraq. Brave, yes, but most of them weren't in any danger. And of course, if the US wasn't occupying the country any deaths that did occur couldn't be blamed on us.
A thinking enemy watched all of these scenes, adjusted their tactics, and in 2006 they struck back.OOOO!! They're a "thinking enemy". "Watch how they use their brain cells! They THINK, y'see?" Once again, thanks for the brainstorm bright-eyes!
In Lebanon, assassins took the life of Pierre Gemayel, a prominent participant in the Cedar Revolution.Do you even know what the Cedar Revolution is? Because I don't. Our wonderful media does such a great job I don't remember any coverage of it at all. Hell, for all we know, you could tell us it was fought against an evil empire that used a Death Star to terrorize it's subjects. All right, so maybe referring to a Death Star would tip us off.
And Hezbollah terrorists, with support from Syria and Iran, sowed conflict in the region and are seeking to undermine Lebanon's legitimately elected government.And this has what to do with us?
In Afghanistan, Taliban and al Qaeda fighters tried to regain power by regrouping and engaging Afghan and NATO forces.So? Wouldn't you?
In Iraq, al Qaeda and other Sunni extremists blew up one of the most sacred places in Shia Islam – the Golden Mosque of Samarra. This atrocity, directed at a Muslim house of prayer, was designed to provoke retaliation from Iraqi Shia – and it succeeded.Designed by whom? I have serious problems believing that even extremist Muslims would do this. This reeks of something the CIA would have their big toe in.
Radical Shia elements, some of whom receive support from Iran, formed death squads. The result was a tragic escalation of sectarian rage and reprisal that continues to this day.Yeah, do you want to mention the part where they were wearing Iraqi police uniforms? (In other words, it looks like these death squads were sanctioned by the beloved Iraq government! All right, sorry folks! There's going to be a part 7! Stop by for that on Monday! WAHOO!! That should be it. I HOPE!
Orignal From: STATE OF THE EMPIRE 2007 with quips! Pt 6
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