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Bad News/Good News from Iraq

Violence high, but oil exports are too

Bad News/Good News from Iraq

The death of Zarqawi has done very little, if anything, to stop the violence in Iraq.

A more promising note: attacks on the Iraqi oil pipelines have been non-existent as of late.
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Reply #26 Top
*jobe=jibe
Reply #27 Top
>Mine is a point of view based on experience, four years of counter-insurgency in Rhodesia,

How did that work out for you?
Rhodesia is Zimbabwe and its not going back ... stop living in the past. What was done by the
racists then was wrong ... case closed.

Britain did that nonsense when she was a world power ... you would think America would have
learned that by now:
its a classic case of what happens when
1. you cross your borders into another mans and try and impose your will
2. the silly belief that the above can be maintained for long

Look, i am no soldier ... no do i ever want to be.
But I can tell you this ... I will do whatever is humanly possible to defend my family. And in
that I support what ANY rebellion is doing to restore their right to self determination.

Bragging about counter-insurgency operations that OBVIOUSLY FAILED is silly ... and has no bearing
in the discussion I have raised.

My point remains the same:
STICK TO YOUR OWN BORDERS AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
IF YOU BREAK THE RULE ABOVE, EXPECT TO LOSE YOUR LIFE. VIOLENTLY!!!
Reply #28 Top
>This simply doesn't jobe with the numbers captured or killed.

what you meanth to say is that:
"this doesnt jobe with the propaganda coming out of centcom"

where everyone we kill is Al Queda' number 3,4 or 5:
who the hell is doing the fighting if everyone is at position 3,4 or 5 JEESHHH

again turn off the t.v
Reply #29 Top
Bakerstreet:

No, I think we can be QUITE certain that we've ended the Zarqawi's violence. Killing a violent man need not be justified by ending all violence. Ending his is enough. If others decide to become violent, that's their free will, not the blame of people fighting Zarqawi's wrongs.


If this were a matter of simple crime and punishment, like a death penalty case here in America, I'd agree with you. But this is a matter of military operations, and they are conducted with the prospect of reducing or eliminating the enemy's will and/or ability to continue the fight. I applaud his death in the "you can run but you can't hide" sense, but it's not enough. People of his ilk are the ones who will continue the fight outside Iraq, and that's why I actually support the cease fire offer that the secular/nationalist insurgent organizations have made. Iraq is increasingly unpopular at home. Within the next two years, troops will be coming home. And I think the 2006 and 2008 elections will see the emergence of more withdrawal sentiment among politicians. By January 2009, i think most American troops will be out. If we are planning on being out by then, why not take the deal? We could end attacks against American troops by these groups, AND enlist the help of these groups in killing the jihadists in the country. I don't think they'd make the offer if they weren't in a precarious position themselves. They're afraid of the Shiites death squads getting them, and probably fearful of Salafists or Shiite theocracy.

Of course, we'd need them to prove they'd stop attack against us. We could have them seriously attack the jihadists to prove they're being honest.
Reply #30 Top
#28 by rombios (Anonymous user)
Sat, July 08, 2006 9:32 PM


I don't watch tv dipshit
Reply #31 Top
How did that work out for you?
Rhodesia is Zimbabwe and its not going back ... stop living in the past. What was done by the
racists then was wrong ... case closed.


Got part of my foot blown off driving over a mine, lost most of my hearing in my left ear, suffered some burns on my legs and a graze wound from rifle fire. But other than that, I'm fine. We could not fight a counter-insurgency indefinitely, with all our white male population called up for duty (and many of our black compatriots who fought with us too) while we were under embargo. The enemy received extenesive support from the Soviets, Chinese, and North Koreans. We were badly outnumbered and still killed about 25 for every one we lost. And for this silliness about "racism", that's what the enemy was fighting for. A country free of whites. Whites had lived in Rhodesia for about as long as the Bantu. Look at Zimbabwe now. That's exactly what we said would happen if Nkomo and Mugabe won. We were right.

Look, i am no soldier ... no do i ever want to be.
But I can tell you this ... I will do whatever is humanly possible to defend my family. And in
that I support what ANY rebellion is doing to restore their right to self determination.


And that's why you are human garbage. You don't care about your own. You care about ideals, not the people they have an effect on. You care more about the well being of Arabs who hate you than of your own people. Just admit it.

Bragging about counter-insurgency operations that OBVIOUSLY FAILED is silly ... and has no bearing
in the discussion I have raised.


The counter-insurgency didn't fail. We just could not continue the fight any longer. It was a war of attrition. They could keep throwing bodies and material at us. We were thrown to the wolves by our allies. South Africa got to live while we were given the noose.

My point remains the same:
STICK TO YOUR OWN BORDERS AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
IF YOU BREAK THE RULE ABOVE, EXPECT TO LOSE YOUR LIFE. VIOLENTLY!!!


Thousands of Mestizoes a day invade our country, eating up your tax dollars, giving birth to babies who grow up hostile to America, waving flags of their lands of birth, telling you that this is their country. Are you doing a damn thing about it?
Reply #32 Top
>And that's why you are human garbage. You don't care about your own. You care about ideals, not
>the people they have an effect on. You care more about the well being of Arabs who hate you than
>of your own people. Just admit it.

WHATTTTTT?????

Just because I am not screaming "kill them all"?

Look, I dont walk around thinking that just because I am "white" somehow makes me better than
anyone else
The arabs are "white" too arent they?

For the point, arabs dont hate us or me or you. They hate interference in their affairs. We have
all bought this nonsense idealogy of "islamic fundermentalism"

hypocrites we all are.
we are cushy with the leaders of several countries where islamic fundermentalism reings supreme:
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Yemen, UAE etc


Where was this "islamic threat" when the soviet union and communism and the evil empire was our
greatest threat.
our government likes to scare us so we dont discuss what they are doing with our tax money

>The counter-insurgency didn't fail. We just could not continue the fight any longer.

IT FAILED
nuff said

The Africans have their land back ...thats all there is to it.

I bet you supported the Aparteid Regime in South Africa when it was in power right?
"white makes right"?
somehow thinking that a population of 3 million can control 30 million forever was a joke to
begin with.

>Thousands of Mestizoes a day invade our country, eating up your tax dollars, giving birth to
>babies who grow up hostile to America, waving flags of their lands of birth, telling you that
>this is their country. Are you doing a damn thing about it?

I have struggled with that
Believe me I have.

In one case I believe the borders should be closed ... after all a ghanian, a chinese, a japanese
national cannot get here until they land on an airport and are stamped by INS.

But then again the struggle for me is the realization that a war was fought to take that land
from Mexico ... some of those crossing the border feel they arent going into a foreign country
but into another part of their neighborhood.

My solution is:
post guards on every inch of the border (every INCH)
grant citizenship to every one already here (after all we do that to cuban citizens that make
it to Florida) and we do need workers to keep SS running
NO MORE WELFARE ... or social programs after the 1st kid ... and no free program while there is
an able bodied adult at that residence.

I have gotten groups of people together to push our two senators ... but nothing so far ...
Its a political hot potato with these so called "elected leaders"

BLAST THEM ALL .. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE
Reply #33 Top
I am personally on the side of the insurgency/rebellion. I would be doing EXACTLY what they are currently doing ... if the positions were reversed ... hell I think I would not be so "humane" as they currently are

Wow, I was going to respond to that, but I see it has been well and adequately covered.

Poor poor Rombios: always the armchair quarterback, the hesitant insurgent, the testicularly-challenged hero.
Reply #34 Top
our government likes to scare us so we dont discuss what they are doing with our tax money

I'm having a sale on tinfoil hats; 2 for $10
Reply #35 Top
WHATTTTTT?????Just because I am not screaming "kill them all"?


Who said kill them all, Rombios? No one.

Look, I dont walk around thinking that just because I am "white" somehow makes me better thananyone elseThe arabs are "white" too arent they?


That's because you aren't better than anyone else. But this isn't a matter of "better than them". It's a matter of I'll worry about my people before I worry about yours. ANd no, the Arabs aren't. Caucasoid..yes, but not white. Even if they were, so what? They are an alien people with alien ways. They are not mine. I'm fine with leaving them to their own pathologies. But as long as we are there, I don't want them killing any of my people.

For the point, arabs dont hate us or me or you. They hate interference in their affairs. We have
all bought this nonsense idealogy of "islamic fundermentalism"


Arabs have a 1400 year track record of trying to conquer infidels. The first contact Arabs had with Europeans wasn't during the Crusades, fool. And exactly what do you think Arabs are doing in Europe now? Acting peacefully? The voracity of Islamic fundamentalism ebbs and flows over the years. In a few decades, some other ideology, like secular nationalism, will take over when the Arab Islamic peoples fail again. And of course they will blame it on the west, and not on their own inherent natures.

Where was this "islamic threat" when the soviet union and communism and the evil empire was our
greatest threat.
our government likes to scare us so we dont discuss what they are doing with our tax money


Fighting off the secular nationalists in their own countries. They were always there. Just less influential in the past. If you actually are willing to do the reasearch you'll find many instances over the last millennium of islamic fundamentalism raising its head out of the Arabian sands.

>The counter-insurgency didn't fail. We just could not continue the fight any longer.

IT FAILED
nuff said

The Africans have their land back ...thats all there is to it.


Spoken like someone who doesn't know shit about Africa. As if all the blacks of Africa are the same, with their racial birthright to an entire continent. Here's a clue, fool. The Bantu are blacks who migrated to southern Africa within the 5 centuries. They moved in from around Cameroon and Nigeria. The Bushmen were the people living there before the Bantu came. The Bantu, largely, were the commie guerrillas we fought. How many dead terrs were there to reach the status quo in Zimbabwe? They lost. Plain and simple. Their people are starving to death, and Zimbabwe is a joke of a nation. They never beat us on the battlefield. Nuff Said.

I bet you supported the Aparteid Regime in South Africa when it was in power right?
"white makes right"?
somehow thinking that a population of 3 million can control 30 million forever was a joke to
begin with.


The Boers were in South Africa as long as the Bantu were. Why were the Bantu considered natives, but not the Dutch? Again, we can see how great that country turned out.


But then again the struggle for me is the realization that a war was fought to take that land
from Mexico ... some of those crossing the border feel they arent going into a foreign country
but into another part of their neighborhood.


You mean that long lived attachment to a land that their cannibal ancestors from Southern Mexico had never layed eyes upon? THAT land?
Reply #36 Top
Sorry to go off topic, but...

does anyone else think that rombios is an alter-ego? I remember when he first started posting, years ago, he talked about how the CIA ruined his small country by trying to overthrow the government, etc. Now he's like some gun-toting American liberal. Also, after what has to be two or three years, he still doesn't have an account here...

...sorry... back to the regularly scheduled program.
Reply #37 Top
>And exactly what do you think Arabs are doing in Europe now? Acting peacefully?

If they are a threat why let them in at all???
In France as in other parts of Europe they are relegated to second class citizens ... remember the
riots?

Many right wing radio were screaming "arabs fundermentalism ... al queda" ... fools all of them.
The Frenchman of Algerian, Morrocon descent took issue with the lack of
jobs
good housing
medical care

Seems they were "imported" when cheap labor was needed but ignored afterwards ... which is what
will happen to us if we dont get a handle on this MEXICAN IMMIGRATION ISSUE ...

The issue above (muslims in Europe) isnt one of fundermentalism or conquering ... its purely a
human rights issue

>And of course they will blame it on the west, and not on their own inherent natures.

One of the arguments Bin Laden made (no NOT for 911 which he had no part in ... but for his
grudge with the west) was that:
1) Their leaders are corrupt
2) Without "our" support, their leaders would have been overthrown
3) When they do manage to pick leaders they want (Mossadeq of Iran etc) we manage to topple them
with CIA organized coups

So we do interfere in their affairs. Hell we give money to "opposition" groups in various countries.
Imagine how we would feel if politicians here were funded abroad.


>They lost. Plain and simple.

In your eyes ALONE.
You are still feeding on that white is powerful, white is best nonsense.

The country has been renamed Zimbabwe
The country is now ruled by blacks
You lost
GET OVER IT!!!

>Their people are starving to death, and Zimbabwe is a joke of a nation. They never beat us o
>the battlefield. Nuff Said.

YAWN!
What does it matter ... if they run it into the ground THATS THEIR BUSINESS
If they starve and kill all their people THATS THEIR BUSINESS

I am an American NOT a Zimbabwean ... saying "I could care less what happens there" would be an
understatement.

Lets learn to MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS

>The Boers were in South Africa as long as the Bantu were. Why were the Bantu considered natives,
>but not the Dutch? Again, we can see how great that country turned out.

Its not about being considered a native with you ... ADMIT IT ... you want white control of the
government and resources and I am telling it is STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE

The "natives" of this land have NO CONTROL OF our government or military ... and thats EXACTLY
AS IT SHOULD BE WITH THE MINORITY DUTCH AND AFRICAANS of Africa

When was the last time you saw a native american ... in a store at your job in school?

>You mean that long lived attachment to a land that their cannibal ancestors from Southern Mexico
>had never layed eyes upon? THAT land?

I am not saying I agree with them just stating what I have heard some say.

Remember I have pointed out what should be done (in my opinion with this)
1. close the borders ... guards/wall the WORKS
2. grant the ones here citizenship ... once they are "in the system" they pay taxes ... and contribute their share
3. COMPLETE revamping of welfare for ANYONE ... if you are able bodied and jobs exist ... get off
your ass and work.
4. provide social programs to allow free medicare and education for all ... we are competing with
the Chinese and Indians ... for goodness sakes
Reply #38 Top

Also, after what has to be two or three years, he still doesn't have an account here...

Cowards are like cockroaches.  They cant stand the light of knowledge or exposure.  So the scurry into dark putrid recesses when confronted with light.

Reply #39 Top
>Cowards are like cockroaches.

Dr Guy ... after watching you:
1) delete posts you dont like
2) start all discussions with personal attacks
3) ban posts from anyone who challenges you
4) watching the site crash every other week (there are books on mastering c/c++/perl/script etc in
24 hours ... this site has been up at least two years I reckon ... time enough to resolve those
issues)

tell me? why register?

I also love that you continue to raise this issue ... it must get under your skin. You must love
the control that comes over "registered" users.

I will not be YOUR PAWN ...


People like you are never pawns, people like you are merely idiots! Here's a couple to "prove" you don't know what you're talking about.

Dr Guy ... after watching you:
1) delete posts you dont like (same as number 3....if he did this post wouldn't be here.)
2) start all discussions with personal attacks
3) ban posts from anyone who challenges you (If he actually did that "you" wouldn't be here.)
4) watching the site crash every other week (there are books on mastering c/c++/perl/script etc in
24 hours ... this site has been up at least two years I reckon ... time enough to resolve those
issues)


So given just those 2 you must be a complete idiot!
Reply #40 Top

So given just those 2 you must be a complete idiot!

And highly illogical too.  Guess he can stay a cockroach.  And I appologize to the cockroaches.

Reply #41 Top

Reply By: drmiller(Anonymous User)

Impersonation is the saddest form of flattery.  And rather sick when you think about it.  Time for someone to get a brain.  But I guess the wizard is out of them.

Reply #42 Top
hey that was me
OUCH

I posted that previous drmiller post
Sorry about it .. I attempted to copy paste his name and post in order to reply and forgot
to type in my name

PIE ON MY FACE
OUCH
Reply #43 Top
it must be bizarro world that I find myself apoologizing to drmiller

drmiller sorry about putting your name above ... I was copy pasting your reply before I furnished
my reply to that reply.

Its just now that I realized I pasted your name and reply at the top without placing mine in the
"name" section.

I am sorry about ... but the tone should make it obvious that it was me
two apologies in one day ... fate may decree I would make another before this day ends

interesting ERROR
Reply #44 Top
rombios, maybe you should listen and get an account ...
maybe I should take my own advice too
Reply #45 Top
I am sorry about ... but the tone should make it obvious that it was me

Just because you love yourself, Narcissus, doesn't mean we should too. Get over yourself.
Reply #46 Top

Just because you love yourself, Narcissus, doesn't mean we should too. Get over yourself.

Last I checked, Cockroaches loved themselves as well.

Reply #47 Top

>So given just those 2 you must be a complete idiot!

Are you DENSE or off your meds?
I was referring to posts I make on his articles or those he authors.

I don't know how much control he exercises over the entire site but for articles he authors ...
posts are deleted or posters blocked whenever he is challenged

You do understand that right drmiller???
As you do this on numerous occasions as well.

In the past I have torn your arguments to shreds. Beaten and humbled you ... but when things get
difficult ... you delete the posts you don't like and close anonymous access.

I chuckle because you wouldn't last a minute in a real debate ... that doesn't involve the latest
talking points.

you, baker,moderateman,drguy etc all cut from the same mold. For a long time I thought you four
one and the same.

Anyway!

ATTN: Good Point
please accept MY SINCERE APOLOGIES for taking this article away from the topic of discussion
I yield the floor for the remainder of said discussion


While I appreciate the apology....you have "yet" to "shred" anything I've posted. Maybe in your on mind you have but not in the real world. Also, you have yet to refute anything I posted in my reply.

Dr Guy ... after watching you:
1) delete posts you don't like (same as number 3....if he really did this, this post wouldn't be here. Because I'll bet money he don't like this post.))
2) start all discussions with personal attacks
3) ban posts from anyone who challenges you (If he actually did that "you" wouldn't be here. Because every post from you to him is a challenge.)
4) watching the site crash every other week (there are books on mastering c/c++/perl/script etc in
24 hours ... this site has been up at least two years I reckon ... time enough to resolve those
issues) WRONG! If that was the case then why does EVERY operating system known to man have so many revisions? Try Microsoft Windows or Linux!


Just you saying that I'm wrong does "not" prove me wrong.