He can withdraw his support all he wants to. He doesn't even live in Iraq anymore, and his political power there has been waning since the "Battle of Basra" in 2008. He finds studying in Iran to be more conducive to his inner-Jihadist.
Iran had one card to play in Iraq: al-Sadr. They played that card, and lost. Al-Sadr's political power now resides solely with Iran, where he now lives. I think you can expect as much outrage in Iraq over an invasion of Iran as you would expect from Egypt, Jordan, or the gulf states: public outrage coupled with private intelligence sharing with the US.
If you mean a stable Iraq, where the terrorist groups have no political clout and our troops aren't being shot at anymore... yes, we got exactly what we wanted.
Starting a war (even a war with collateral damage) is not a war crime; the idea of a war crime is simply to state that one's legal means to wage war is not unlimited. Deportation of entire populations for deprivation and/or genocide, for instance, is right out. To compare US conduct in Iraq to such things is histrionic nonsense.
The fact that the president committed 30K more troops (a mirror to the surge in Iraq) to Afghanistan is proof of that. The problem, I fear, is that Afghanistan is not Iraq.
2008 was the year the final nail in JAM's coffin. Up until then, it was always still a little dicey. Once the Iraqi government proved it had the balls to go after even politically-powerful, popular and influential terrorist groups, they gained a lot more credibility, amongst their own people, the US military, and the terrorist groups that have since fled to riper opportunities in Iran and Pakistan. If we have done nothing else in the last two years, we have at least prevented those groups from seeping back in. But yeah, at this point, our forces there are becoming superfluous.
It's my understanding that AQiI is pretty much dead, now, and JAM has devolved into civil disobedience now that al-Sadr is in self-imposed exile. If there are any insurgent groups left, they will be local, disorganized, and without the kind of tacit police protection JAM had up until 2005. They will also have no popular support whatsoever.
For just one dollar a day, you, too, can sponsor and needy and hungry inner-humanitarian. It's not too late, call now and make a difference in an inner-humanitarian's life.
By "these days", you mean every single game released by Blizzard since SC 1 back in 1998? The elaborate cut-scene always been what Blizz does. It isn't some new thing.
Most of our exports go to developed countries that, in the long run, probably don't need us. Then can import from someone else. That's because we don't have an export economy (except for agriculture; another point in favor of not nuking the US quite yet).
It's the developing countries whose economies are built on supplying our "overblown levels of resource consumption" that would be hardest, and possibly irrevocably, hit. We're talking about countries that export pure luxury goods like cocoa, coffee, exotic fruits, and cheap textiles, and mostly to the US.
No, you probably couldn't. As the largest (in dollars) importer of global exports, it is very probable that without the US, dozens of developing nations would simply disappear off the map. Parent post is just as naively chauvinistic as the grandparent.
Oh, but of course. See, what the Russian spies REALLY wanted, and almost got, are outlined in secret documents in the Pentagon which I will describe here...
Hey... wait a second! Damn you, mykos, but you are a clever one... almost got me that time.
Also, his name is Al Greene. It's neutral. It's comfortable. That means a lot, especially when it's the first name on the ballot. I can't cite because I'm too lazy, but I read a study that suggested that when you have a list of people on a ballot that nobody knows, they will pick the name that looks the best to them. Even more so when the other name on the ballot has a negative association, like Vic Rawl.
Easy solution: boycott. Ask your doctor not to sell you any of those evil capitalistic big pharma drugs (that they developed with billions of dollars from their own hideously immoral profits).
The only thing snarky or regurgitated here is the wonderful example you have provided for my point. Thanks for the illustration of what intellectual empty calories look like.
Florida is the only Southern state in the top 5 for foreclosures, isn't typically regarded as part of the South in any event.
I learned this the hard way: I asked for sweet tea in Daytona Beach and got a blank stare from the waitress. If they ain't got sweet tea, they ain't southern.
I'll give you all those but Torquemada. The autos de fe was purely mercenary politics. The purpose was two-fold: to squash political dissidents, and to steal land, money, and business from affluent Jews and Arabs, mostly by killing them. Joan of Arc had religious convictions, herself, but she was manipulated by some pretty conniving, self-interested folks.
But I see your point. Individuals will kill in the name of their diety. I was just trying to say that when it rises to the level of national policy dictated from a sovereign, there's probably an ulterior motive.
Its really only in the last two millennia that we have had religions that insisted their version was the only truth to be had, and that killing people for denying that was a moral value.
It has long been my belief that no one has ever killed for religion. At least, not really in their secret hearts. "God told me to do it" is merely an excuse for petty tyrants and barbarians to help themselves to what they REALLY want: the resources and land of their neighbors. For instance, were the Crusades about rescuing Jerusalem from Islam? Or were they about the fact that middle east was a vital hub on the "silk road?"
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He can withdraw his support all he wants to. He doesn't even live in Iraq anymore, and his political power there has been waning since the "Battle of Basra" in 2008. He finds studying in Iran to be more conducive to his inner-Jihadist.
Iran had one card to play in Iraq: al-Sadr. They played that card, and lost. Al-Sadr's political power now resides solely with Iran, where he now lives. I think you can expect as much outrage in Iraq over an invasion of Iran as you would expect from Egypt, Jordan, or the gulf states: public outrage coupled with private intelligence sharing with the US.
If you mean a stable Iraq, where the terrorist groups have no political clout and our troops aren't being shot at anymore... yes, we got exactly what we wanted.
Starting a war (even a war with collateral damage) is not a war crime; the idea of a war crime is simply to state that one's legal means to wage war is not unlimited. Deportation of entire populations for deprivation and/or genocide, for instance, is right out. To compare US conduct in Iraq to such things is histrionic nonsense.
The fact that the president committed 30K more troops (a mirror to the surge in Iraq) to Afghanistan is proof of that. The problem, I fear, is that Afghanistan is not Iraq.
2008 was the year the final nail in JAM's coffin. Up until then, it was always still a little dicey. Once the Iraqi government proved it had the balls to go after even politically-powerful, popular and influential terrorist groups, they gained a lot more credibility, amongst their own people, the US military, and the terrorist groups that have since fled to riper opportunities in Iran and Pakistan. If we have done nothing else in the last two years, we have at least prevented those groups from seeping back in. But yeah, at this point, our forces there are becoming superfluous.
It's my understanding that AQiI is pretty much dead, now, and JAM has devolved into civil disobedience now that al-Sadr is in self-imposed exile. If there are any insurgent groups left, they will be local, disorganized, and without the kind of tacit police protection JAM had up until 2005. They will also have no popular support whatsoever.
For just one dollar a day, you, too, can sponsor and needy and hungry inner-humanitarian. It's not too late, call now and make a difference in an inner-humanitarian's life.
By "these days", you mean every single game released by Blizzard since SC 1 back in 1998? The elaborate cut-scene always been what Blizz does. It isn't some new thing.
Most of our exports go to developed countries that, in the long run, probably don't need us. Then can import from someone else. That's because we don't have an export economy (except for agriculture; another point in favor of not nuking the US quite yet).
It's the developing countries whose economies are built on supplying our "overblown levels of resource consumption" that would be hardest, and possibly irrevocably, hit. We're talking about countries that export pure luxury goods like cocoa, coffee, exotic fruits, and cheap textiles, and mostly to the US.
No, you probably couldn't. As the largest (in dollars) importer of global exports, it is very probable that without the US, dozens of developing nations would simply disappear off the map. Parent post is just as naively chauvinistic as the grandparent.
Oh, but of course. See, what the Russian spies REALLY wanted, and almost got, are outlined in secret documents in the Pentagon which I will describe here...
Hey... wait a second! Damn you, mykos, but you are a clever one... almost got me that time.
Also, his name is Al Greene. It's neutral. It's comfortable. That means a lot, especially when it's the first name on the ballot. I can't cite because I'm too lazy, but I read a study that suggested that when you have a list of people on a ballot that nobody knows, they will pick the name that looks the best to them. Even more so when the other name on the ballot has a negative association, like Vic Rawl.
Seeing as how history did not repeat itself with Sony's new format, Blu-Ray, I would say no.
At a meatetarian, I find your righteous indignation deeply amusing.
The title is correct while the summary is false.
Apple had already privately confirmed it. Gizmodo wanted them to publicly acknowledge that they got the true scoop. That's extortion.
My only disappointment is that he used "special pieces." At least, I think a felt-tip and a rubber-band count as those.
Easy solution: boycott. Ask your doctor not to sell you any of those evil capitalistic big pharma drugs (that they developed with billions of dollars from their own hideously immoral profits).
That will show them.
The only thing snarky or regurgitated here is the wonderful example you have provided for my point. Thanks for the illustration of what intellectual empty calories look like.
Florida is the only Southern state in the top 5 for foreclosures, isn't typically regarded as part of the South in any event.
I learned this the hard way: I asked for sweet tea in Daytona Beach and got a blank stare from the waitress. If they ain't got sweet tea, they ain't southern.
In modern politics, one finds it essential to consider the opposition either stupid, evil, or both. That way we don't have to listen to them anymore.
With a candelabra. In the Library.
I'll give you all those but Torquemada. The autos de fe was purely mercenary politics. The purpose was two-fold: to squash political dissidents, and to steal land, money, and business from affluent Jews and Arabs, mostly by killing them. Joan of Arc had religious convictions, herself, but she was manipulated by some pretty conniving, self-interested folks.
But I see your point. Individuals will kill in the name of their diety. I was just trying to say that when it rises to the level of national policy dictated from a sovereign, there's probably an ulterior motive.
It has long been my belief that no one has ever killed for religion. At least, not really in their secret hearts. "God told me to do it" is merely an excuse for petty tyrants and barbarians to help themselves to what they REALLY want: the resources and land of their neighbors. For instance, were the Crusades about rescuing Jerusalem from Islam? Or were they about the fact that middle east was a vital hub on the "silk road?"