If you are going to commute to a country which is an enemy of the US you should expect the Jihadists who run it to do their will on you if it amuses them.
Iran belongs to Iranians, not chickens who ran away but still want commuting rights.
I hope Iran executes the fool as an object lesson.
"I miss him, actually. I absolutely loved logging in every day during the whole sordid mess to see what inane crap he was posting. It had all the fascination of a car wreck in progress, and it lasted a lot longer as well.
Iran is an enemy country. As for those Iranians who hold US passports yet insist on going back, they should have their US citizenship revoked for supporting an enemy country.
Torture broke trained US aviators in the Hanoi Hilton. Cultural disconnects made the accompanying interrogation less effective, but given that torture can break resistance and interrogation can extract information, it is perfectly logical to use it.
"No, Torture only gets you what the prisoner believes you want to hear."
That's an asserted conclusion. Intelligent torture can logically net useful information. For example, verifiable information may be demanded and torture thus used to obtain intel.
Torture even broke trained US aviators in the Hanoi Hilton. The poor intel gleaned was due to cultural disconnects which a sophisticated interrogator could eliminate.
I'm not complaining. Anyone insane enough to visit Iran who is NOT a spy merits execution for being stupid. If the "relatives" want to emigrate he doesn't need to visit them, and if they don't they aren't worth visiting.
Spies accept the risk and understand that it's reasonable for any nation to kill spies.
If Iran offs this idiot (there is no appropriate kinder term) it's a fine lesson to those who might be tempted to do likewise. Iran doesn't care about killing IRANIANS, let alone confused diaspora.
He went to visit his Iranian relatives and basically ASKED for it. No American should visit Iran. If his relatives want out, he could have sent money instead. If they don't want out, fuck 'em, they made their choice.
He deserves to be executed for stupidity, and his death would be useful to the US. The sooner we go to war the sooner we can stop the Mullonazis from their preparations to nuke Israel.
Why was that downmodded? Iran is a vicious Mullocracy whose government blithely kills its own people when they protest!
Americans have ZERO reason to visit Iran. Choose one country and stick to it. Dumbass insisted on visiting relatives despite his military history. If I had relatives who refused to immigrate I'd leave them and not look back.
"I honestly doubt he really is a spy, they're generally not stupid enough to be that obvious, but I do believe he's "collateral damage" that the US considers wholly acceptable for intelligence-gathering purposes."
He's an idiot at best, visiting an enemy country with his work history. I hope they chop his head off as a lesson to other naive folks. He'd be more useful to the US if they do that.
Iran and the US are ENEMIES. Islam is the enemy of secular civilization, and the Mullocracy are ENEMIES of the Western world and of any country aligned with Israel.
The stupid shit apparently didn't get the memo. I hope they shorten his neck as an object lesson to other naive humans.
He chose to visit Iran. No sane American would do that. If I had family members there I'd pay to help them escape but if they want to stay, fuck 'em.
The life of this idiot isn't worth anything. If Iran kills him, it's useful to the US (and an object lesson not to visit enemy countries!).
"1. There is no such thing as "former" Marine."
Shitbags come in ALL uniforms, and the stupid don't all get weeded out though the Corps does a better job than the Army (who can't afford to be choosy, can you say "morality waivers"?).
"If the CIA wants to be in the active intervention and propaganda business, then we're going to need an entire department of Bradley Mannings to report back the truth about their performance."
Considering the lack of actual damage to US interests, it may be that Manning was spoon-fed controversial content which couldn't be publicly addressed any other way (salted with some useful info).
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Enterprise customers who aren't ACs may think differently as later posts indicate....
I stopped recommending it long ago. I recommend Chrome instead.
Reasons do not exist to run FF without add-ons.
Add-ons are its only virtue, and competitors would do well to note that.
Offer a STABLE browser with many add-ons which duplicate the functionality of those for Firefox, and users can move away and not look back.
"Once per year is still too quick, IMHO. In my experience, 2-4 years (or more!) would better fit enterprise expectations."
It's a gesture to quiet grumbling on sites like this. It's obviously not intended to work.
Do 'em like China did with the folks who contaminated infant formula.
Named, shamed, then shot in pubic.
They are scum, and it's a tragedy the aircraft which hit the Pentagon didn't drill Congress instead.
Al Qaeda would have done the Great Satan a Great Favor.
"The UK and the West as a whole (I'm entirely sure that the UK is not a special case here) should be ashamed."
No, they should be justly punished by market forces.
Oh, wait.....
Buy the entertainment industry instead. Not the lobbyists, the fucking industry.
Buy the record labels and disband the RIAA.
Buy the film industry, and shitcan the MPAA.
"We as a species should just decide on whether we want to live in the tropics or the arctic."
One produces abundant diverse juicy life, and the other is cold.
If you are going to commute to a country which is an enemy of the US you should expect the Jihadists who run it to do their will on you if it amuses them.
Iran belongs to Iranians, not chickens who ran away but still want commuting rights.
I hope Iran executes the fool as an object lesson.
Given their loiter time, drones replace multiple jets and allow using fresh aircrew while keeping one machine on-station.
They also do NOT require expensive combat search and rescue resources because when they go down their crew aren't IN them.
Hello APK!
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=453001
"I miss him, actually. I absolutely loved logging in every day during the whole sordid mess to see what inane crap he was posting. It had all the fascination of a car wreck in progress, and it lasted a lot longer as well.
Alec Starr Entertainment +++ "
Hi APK!
http://www.ntcompatible.com/postprint81050.html
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=453001
Iran is an enemy country. As for those Iranians who hold US passports yet insist on going back, they should have their US citizenship revoked for supporting an enemy country.
Like your country of origin? Good. GTFO.
Of course it could.
Torture broke trained US aviators in the Hanoi Hilton. Cultural disconnects made the accompanying interrogation less effective, but given that torture can break resistance and interrogation can extract information, it is perfectly logical to use it.
"No, Torture only gets you what the prisoner believes you want to hear."
That's an asserted conclusion. Intelligent torture can logically net useful information. For example, verifiable information may be demanded and torture thus used to obtain intel.
Torture even broke trained US aviators in the Hanoi Hilton. The poor intel gleaned was due to cultural disconnects which a sophisticated interrogator could eliminate.
He visited Iran voluntarily. No one not a spy has legitimate business with that enemy country.
Either he's guilty or a fool. Spies accept the risk, and fools deserve what they get.
I'm not complaining. Anyone insane enough to visit Iran who is NOT a spy merits execution for being stupid. If the "relatives" want to emigrate he doesn't need to visit them, and if they don't they aren't worth visiting.
Spies accept the risk and understand that it's reasonable for any nation to kill spies.
If Iran offs this idiot (there is no appropriate kinder term) it's a fine lesson to those who might be tempted to do likewise. Iran doesn't care about killing IRANIANS, let alone confused diaspora.
Visiting family in an enemy country isn't the brightest idea. Nothing makes what he did anything but spectacularly negligent.
He went to visit his Iranian relatives and basically ASKED for it. No American should visit Iran. If his relatives want out, he could have sent money instead. If they don't want out, fuck 'em, they made their choice.
He deserves to be executed for stupidity, and his death would be useful to the US. The sooner we go to war the sooner we can stop the Mullonazis from their preparations to nuke Israel.
I get modded down, but no articulate disagreement.
APK must have mod points tonight.
Why was that downmodded? Iran is a vicious Mullocracy whose government blithely kills its own people when they protest!
Americans have ZERO reason to visit Iran. Choose one country and stick to it. Dumbass insisted on visiting relatives despite his military history. If I had relatives who refused to immigrate I'd leave them and not look back.
"I honestly doubt he really is a spy, they're generally not stupid enough to be that obvious, but I do believe he's "collateral damage" that the US considers wholly acceptable for intelligence-gathering purposes."
He's an idiot at best, visiting an enemy country with his work history. I hope they chop his head off as a lesson to other naive folks. He'd be more useful to the US if they do that.
Iran and the US are ENEMIES. Islam is the enemy of secular civilization, and the Mullocracy are ENEMIES of the Western world and of any country aligned with Israel.
The stupid shit apparently didn't get the memo. I hope they shorten his neck as an object lesson to other naive humans.
He chose to visit Iran. No sane American would do that. If I had family members there I'd pay to help them escape but if they want to stay, fuck 'em.
The life of this idiot isn't worth anything. If Iran kills him, it's useful to the US (and an object lesson not to visit enemy countries!).
"1. There is no such thing as "former" Marine."
Shitbags come in ALL uniforms, and the stupid don't all get weeded out though the Corps does a better job than the Army (who can't afford to be choosy, can you say "morality waivers"?).
"If the CIA wants to be in the active intervention and propaganda business, then we're going to need an entire department of Bradley Mannings to report back the truth about their performance."
Considering the lack of actual damage to US interests, it may be that Manning was spoon-fed controversial content which couldn't be publicly addressed any other way (salted with some useful info).