Leading the People to War

GWB · #1 09-24-2004, 06:43 PM

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Since this is a gambling forum GWB I'll wager you $10,000 we don't win the war on terror. What do you say?

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The war on terror is like the war on cancer, or the war on crime, or the war on rats in a big city. You do well by minimizing the cancer deaths, the crime, or the rats, but you never can eliminate them completely.

But to throw up our hands and say, "we can't eliminate all of the terrorists" is still a worse option than doing the hard work to minimize terrorism knowing that we will never wipe it out completely.

pokerjo22 · #2 09-24-2004, 06:56 PM

I didn't realize we were at war with cancer. In fact, I didnt even realize cancer had formed itself into an army. Jeez, scary stuff. Thank God you're our commander in chief.

So you don't expect to win the war then? But we won't lose because we're just going to keep fighting forever? Forgive me, but doesn't that seem even worse than losing?

ThaSaltCracka · #3 09-24-2004, 07:29 PM

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So you don't expect to win the war then? But we won't lose because we're just going to keep fighting forever? Forgive me, but doesn't that seem even worse than losing?

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The war on terror is like the war on cancer, or the war on crime, or the war on rats in a big city. You do well by minimizing the cancer deaths, the crime, or the rats, but you never can eliminate them completely.

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I rarely agree with GWB, but what he said here is right on, however unfortunate that answer may see.

pokerjo22 · #4 09-24-2004, 07:32 PM

Other countries have had terrorists for many years, have not fought a war against them, and have gone on with their lives in a relatively unhindered way. Why are we different?

ThaSaltCracka · #5 09-24-2004, 07:35 PM

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Other countries have had terrorists for many years, have not fought a war against them, and have gone on with their lives in a relatively unhindered way. Why are we different?

[/ QUOTE ] uhh... like Russia? or Saudia Arabia? Or Egypt? You are dellusional.

tolbiny · #6 09-24-2004, 07:39 PM

Actually Russia has activly fought their war for years, and it just seems to get worse.

ThaSaltCracka · #7 09-24-2004, 07:41 PM

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Actually Russia has activly fought their war for years, and it just seems to get worse.

[/ QUOTE ] This is an entirely different topic which I will not get into, but many people would say their failed policy torwards Chechnya has lead them to their new "war" on terrorism.

pokerjo22 · #8 09-24-2004, 07:39 PM

Uhh, like Europe.

Or did England invade Ireland and I just missed the news?

ThaSaltCracka · #9 09-24-2004, 07:44 PM

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Uhh, like Europe.

[/ QUOTE ] First of all Europe is a continent, not a country.

Their has been a constant "war" between Irish Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland which has at times spilled over into England, but this war, and it is one, has been ongoing for a while with both miltary and diplomatic action.

Jimbo · #10 09-24-2004, 11:44 PM

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Uhh, like Europe.

Or did England invade Ireland and I just missed the news?

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You are too young to have read the news in the prime of that battle. Many IRA terrorists were executed in a military manner. Not dubbing a military action an official war does not make it any less like a war. Just query a few vets who served in Vietnam or Korea.

Jimbo