An article in the International Herald Tribune describes Saddam’s supposedly fearsome “Special Republican Guard” units, a cadre of about 15,000 apparently fiercely loyal security troops from Saddam’s own tribe, and run by his younger son Qusay.
Underestimating one’s opponent in war can be didtrous, but I really think the article portrays these units both a lot more dangerous and a lot more potentially effective in a war than they really would be.
For one thing, the article completely ignores the fact that the whole reason that the Special Republican Guard exists is to protect Saddam from his own army, whom he and everyone else knows that he cannot trust. Up until the 80’s, the task of keeping the nearly one million men of the regular army in line and preventing coups was the task of the soldiers of the “unspecial” Republican Guard, but when their numbers grew to about 100,000, Saddam realized that they too could not be trusted and so he created the Specials, whom he keeps close to him at all times so as to absolutely guaruntee loyalty.
They weren’t even really created to fight. They were made so that the rest of the army would be intimidated into fighting Saddam’s enemies rather than Saddam himself. And to make sure that they have the firepower to ensure such intimidation, for years, both before and after the Gulf War, Saddam has been depriving the regular army of much of the essential logistics and training that would make them something more than cannon fodder, and hoarding any actually working equipment for his Republican and Special Republican Guards.
And one must remember, during the first Gulf War, whenever we came into contact with the RG (which was much better equipped and trained than they are today), it was an Iraqi bloodbath, even when by chance our forces became badly outnumbered at one point. Methinks the writer of this article is taking the role of the hyperbolic doomsayer. But he’s from the Washington Post virgin girl fucking dog… he couldn’t possibly have an anti-war bias, could he? Say it ain’t so!
Predictably, the Guardian does the same thing, only to much more dishonest, fever-pitched degree. They claim we don’t only have to worry about the “elite” units that the IHT described, but that the entire Iraqi army is a highly trained, deadly fighting force.
Stop laughing. It’s the Guardian, after all. They can’t help be idiots.
In the event of an invasion, US forces will face an army that has been thoroughly indoctrinated, with party commissars in every unit. In addition, a ruthless system of surveillance and constant purges mean that the officer corps has had to renounce political activity to survive. To quote President Saddam Hussein: “With our party methods, there is no chance for anyone who disagrees with us jumping into a couple of tanks and overthrowing the government true beastiality stories. These methods have gone.”
Of course Toby Dodge lives up to his namesake by absurdly sidestepping the obvious and all-too-salient fact that Saddam doesn’t just make his military brass cross their hearts and hope to die that they not try to start a coup against them. Rather he has ensured that this will not happen by removing and killing anyone who not only shows political aspirations, but anyone who displays any kind of particular ability at military command, leaving him with an officer corps that could be generously described as unthreatening middle-achievers.
After the Gulf war defeat, the Iraqi army was cut to less than half its original size. The idea was to create a smaller, more disciplined force, ideologically committed to defending the regime.
If that was Saddam’s goal, it was an abject failure, if only because just about part of Saddam’s military, save for perhaps the 15,000 Specials, is now so lacking in any kind of training or support and thus, morale. It’s also a safe bet that most of those soldiers either remember or have heard horror stories of the terror that was visited upon the Iraqi military during the air portion of Gulf War I. That’s an important demoralizing force, and this time it seem even more terrible because of the increase of precision arms.
In addition, members of President Saddam’s tribe, the Albu-Nasir, and those hailing from his hometown, Tikrit, dominate the army and security services’ command, benefiting from regime patronage and enforcing his rule. They are also more than aware of the anger that will be directed at them if he goes dog knot in my pussy. Because of this, those hoping for a coup may be disappointed. The regime has created a “coalition of guilt” that underpins its continued rule with corruption and great fear about what will happen when it is finally toppled.
Just like Dodge said, such people who are tied with any significance to Saddam are incredibly few compared to the army at large. The fact that they are in a place of command really isn’t that important.
At the outset of any full scale offensive, the US would first seek to completely obliterate Iraq’s already horrendously damaged communications and transportation infrastructure, and by doing so, to effectively cut the head off the army. Against a military force such as the United States, with its training emphasis on flexibility and personal initiative, this doesn’t need to be a crippling blow. But to a traditional Arab army, it’s positively devastating, since authority is so thoroughly centralized, as demonstrated in this now well-known article.
In contrast to 1991, the battle this time will be not for a foreign land but for the very survival of a regime many have spent their lives serving. An invading US army will face 375,000 Iraqi troops and 2,200 tanks.
That is simply not true dog fucking my wife free. As shown above, the force that the US ends up actually having to engage on the ground will be a tiny fraction of that number. Also, saying “2,200 tanks” doesn’t mention the fact that these are decrepit, barely working Soviet relics, that never worked very well in the first place.
One of the main problems during the Iran-Iraq war was the army’s inability to act on its own initiative. To counter this, Baghdad has reportedly decentralised its army command and control down to the lowest level possible. Responsibility for each urban centre, from Basra in the south to Mosul in the north, has been delegated to a trusted high-ranking soldier. Each town has been garrisoned with troops, and stockpiles of weapons and food have been built up.
Call me overly optimistic, but I am going to make the prediction that once the war starts, each of these command centers (and yes, there’s a good chance we know where they are) will be immediately turned to rubble.
If Mr Bush orders US troops to invade Iraq to topple the regime, it will not only be the most important and risky decision of his presidency, but a momentous event in world politics. The only thing certain about it is that it will not be as simple as Mr Rumsfeld says.
Rumsfeld has stated that the war could last as long as 5 months, and claimed merely that this “won’t be World War III Cindy dog sex.”
Dodge seems to think this is some kind of pie-in-the-sky assessment of the situation. I hardly see how that could be the case. I would be genuinely surprised if the war lasted more than 2 months.
At the end of the article, Dodgeis identified as “Iraq expert.” That may be the case, but it seems to me that he’s more concerned with anti-war spin than he is with actually applying his expert knowledge honestly.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
of fist.
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
vulnerability.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
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that I hadn't thought of it first!
trying to get an education
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
University or Diversity
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
lap dance.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
cause, but I,
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support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
of the mass moron movement.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
again soon, didn't we?"
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Why are you still here?!
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
to penetrate.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
conflict.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
I finally went and did it.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
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Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
rivals.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
I finally went and did it.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
hacky-sack?"
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
superiority.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
University or Diversity
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
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United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
lap dance.
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
again soon, didn't we?"
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
being the reaction described above.
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the Feds know about it.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
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to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
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by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
nothing may stand in our way!
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
lap dance.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
the not-being-a-jerk department.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
lap dance.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
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support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
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