Just a matter of time.
Just a matter of time.
Diuretic wrote: It's hard to estimate the damage to AQ. I am only speculating but it would seem to me that AQ has morphed into something else, I keep hearing the word "franchise" used.Would it be reasonable to say that high on any terrorist organization's agenda is a desire to be attacked, since that's the means whereby they develop support, gain influence and expand their capability? The Greeks had a story of the Hydra, which always struck me as analogous. What's needed, to combat terrorism, is effective police work. The application of military force has always been counter productive. Can you think of instances where I'm wrong?
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
Just a matter of time.
Diuretic wrote: ... The best example I can think of at the moment is the Malaya Emergency. The British Commonwealth military response was successful, I think possibly the only successful use of regular military forces over guerrillas in recent years.I'd hesitate over labelling the Malayan insurgents "terrorist", they were a nationalist insurgency with communist ideals and external support. They didn't murder soft targets, and we Brits were rather heavy-handed in coralling the villages to create free-fire zones. We were even more so when suppressing the Mau-Mau uprising.
By all means allow the civil police authority to call on military support, so long as the chain of authority is recognised. I'm aghast at the minimal forensic work in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington and the casual destruction of the crime-scenes prior to analysis. I'm also left wondering how hands-off FBI surveillance of the AQ teams was, in the light of criticism by staff who have since resigned and tried to tell of their own suspicions. When you need a Pearl Harbor Event in order to get the public behind your proposed foreign policy and then hey presto you get a Pearl Harbor Event right on cue there should be more scrutiny, not less. There's a vast difference between patriotism and a blinkered refusal to even ask questions.
By all means allow the civil police authority to call on military support, so long as the chain of authority is recognised. I'm aghast at the minimal forensic work in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington and the casual destruction of the crime-scenes prior to analysis. I'm also left wondering how hands-off FBI surveillance of the AQ teams was, in the light of criticism by staff who have since resigned and tried to tell of their own suspicions. When you need a Pearl Harbor Event in order to get the public behind your proposed foreign policy and then hey presto you get a Pearl Harbor Event right on cue there should be more scrutiny, not less. There's a vast difference between patriotism and a blinkered refusal to even ask questions.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.