You know I think the reality of the 9/11 situation was that the methods then in place to combat just such a eventuality were distrupted. Intelligence gathered by methods already in place was ignored. Planes and set contingencies meant to intercept were hindered by changes in authority from military to state and information was smothered regarding the hijackers themselves.
If the intelligence and military communities were able to do their jobs with the systems they already had in place. If the intelligence was listened to and acted on the planes would have never had been a weapon and if that contingency had failed the planes would have been shot out of the sky in short order if the military had been left to do their job.
Intelligence is a red herring.
Welcome to the USSA, The United Surveillance State of America.
Tech will smother us unless we somehow use it to decentalise ourselves.
(I'm a NZer)
Best sheep shagger reply I ever heard was.
"Why yes I am a sheep shagger, all New Zealenders are. We shag sheep all the time. Boys, men, we shag them constantly, and when we're finished we kill them...and send them overseas...and you eat them.
There could be a pavlovian response. You could sidle up to a fat kid at a bus stop, look him in the eye and say
N-i-n-t-e-n-d-o and watch him drool uncontrollably.
'Blind eye' sort of sums you up.
You need to take a pill buddy but then again your knee-jerk emotive kick-arse gland seems to be standing up pretty well on its own.
Your argument (and I use the word with distaste) infers that because saddam kills lots of his own people then we should kill more (to save them), also that because he disregards rules of engagement then that gives us licience to do the same.Whats your constitution but a discarded rule of engagement after all theirs bigger game afoot.
"After Kuwait, who's next -- Turkey? Egypt? "you ask.
The rest of the world is wondering...
" "after Iraq, who's next..Turkey? Egypt?, Bear in mind Kuwait is now more or less the 51st state in real politic terms.
Your the perfect troll because your appear to be a cartoon and real at the same time.
Your rightiousness would be humour if likeminded monodimentional transparently selfserving morons wern't presently ruling the world.
Show us your war wounds old fella, armchair budlite warrior, perfect american metaphor.
I remember childish nationalistic, patriotic gibberish before it was dangerious.
In NZ we learnt that although our nations population was smaller than the number of commuters at a typical Tokyo railway station daily. (Shinjuku/Tokyo/ Ueno)
We had produced the climber of the worlds biggest mountain (unless it was actually his sherpa)
Rutherford was the first to split the atom (I think he used paper)
And a New Zealander invented the marine jet engine.
We have an above average rugby team and are defending our current holding of the world cup for the second time.
We also have a hairy, overweight genuis who has successfully tackled the lord of the rings.
The country itself is too beautiful for most of you to imagine.
It was a Canadian trying to score points against the states who resurfaced this out of the embarrassment Canada has for being Americas northern 'mini-me'
We NZr's don't refer to it much as our worldleading humility forbids it
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You know I think the reality of the 9/11 situation was that the methods then in place to combat just such a eventuality were distrupted. Intelligence gathered by methods already in place was ignored. Planes and set contingencies meant to intercept were hindered by changes in authority from military to state and information was smothered regarding the hijackers themselves. If the intelligence and military communities were able to do their jobs with the systems they already had in place. If the intelligence was listened to and acted on the planes would have never had been a weapon and if that contingency had failed the planes would have been shot out of the sky in short order if the military had been left to do their job. Intelligence is a red herring. Welcome to the USSA, The United Surveillance State of America. Tech will smother us unless we somehow use it to decentalise ourselves.
they want to kill us, I'm scared, please don't let them hurt me. I'll do anything you ask.
(I'm a NZer) Best sheep shagger reply I ever heard was. "Why yes I am a sheep shagger, all New Zealenders are. We shag sheep all the time. Boys, men, we shag them constantly, and when we're finished we kill them...and send them overseas...and you eat them.
There could be a pavlovian response. You could sidle up to a fat kid at a bus stop, look him in the eye and say N-i-n-t-e-n-d-o and watch him drool uncontrollably.
"America - Land of the Not As Bad As North Korea" Thats this mornings Tshirt.
While we're speculating wildly. Could it be a US detonation designed as a signal to Iran?
'Blind eye' sort of sums you up. You need to take a pill buddy but then again your knee-jerk emotive kick-arse gland seems to be standing up pretty well on its own. Your argument (and I use the word with distaste) infers that because saddam kills lots of his own people then we should kill more (to save them), also that because he disregards rules of engagement then that gives us licience to do the same.Whats your constitution but a discarded rule of engagement after all theirs bigger game afoot. "After Kuwait, who's next -- Turkey? Egypt? "you ask. The rest of the world is wondering... " "after Iraq, who's next..Turkey? Egypt?, Bear in mind Kuwait is now more or less the 51st state in real politic terms. Your the perfect troll because your appear to be a cartoon and real at the same time. Your rightiousness would be humour if likeminded monodimentional transparently selfserving morons wern't presently ruling the world. Show us your war wounds old fella, armchair budlite warrior, perfect american metaphor.
I remember childish nationalistic, patriotic gibberish before it was dangerious. In NZ we learnt that although our nations population was smaller than the number of commuters at a typical Tokyo railway station daily. (Shinjuku/Tokyo/ Ueno) We had produced the climber of the worlds biggest mountain (unless it was actually his sherpa) Rutherford was the first to split the atom (I think he used paper) And a New Zealander invented the marine jet engine. We have an above average rugby team and are defending our current holding of the world cup for the second time. We also have a hairy, overweight genuis who has successfully tackled the lord of the rings. The country itself is too beautiful for most of you to imagine. It was a Canadian trying to score points against the states who resurfaced this out of the embarrassment Canada has for being Americas northern 'mini-me' We NZr's don't refer to it much as our worldleading humility forbids it