Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 784
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@Pro War
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I said Al Qaeda wanted us out of Iraq. That's all I said. They do, and when we leave, they will cast it as a victory for them and the Islamic ascendancy in much the same way it was when the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan.
The hell they do. Us in Iraq was the best thing to ever happen to their propaganda and recruitment, plus it's exhausting our resources for no gain whatsoever. And we took out bin Laden's enemy Saddam.
Contrary to what you believe, Al Qaeda wants us out of Iraq and will celebrate our departure as a victory for them and for Islam. Whether that should have any effect on our course of action is another matter entirely and one I have not commented on, but to not understand that this is the case is the mark of a complete ignoramus.
Of course they will celebrate if we leave. They will spin EVERY SINGLE THING WE DO THEIR WAY to the Arab world. Does that mean they want us to leave?
Hell, no! We're accomplishing a lot of their goals for them their and embarrassing the "West" in the eyes of the rest of the world. Bush is the BEST thing to ever happen to bin Laden, I don't see how ANYONE can deny that. It's just fucking stupid. It just about requires calling "up" "down". (although to still be a republican, it is pre-requisite to have no understanding whatsoever of "left" and "right", so...)
Since you want American troops out of Iraq and so does Al-Queda, it's 'not much of a stretch' to refer to you as a terrorist.
Listen, you: call me a terrorist to my face, and I'll knock yours in. You think your "politically correct", "broad-minded" attitude towards killing women and children, towards torture and snatching people off the streets makes you tough or makes you a good person?
It makes you a shitty person, in fact.
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@Dirigo
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As with our South American caudillos from long ago, Musharraf is an SOB, but he's our SOB. C'mon.
Huh, just like "our guys" Hussein and bin Laden we used to roll with... whatever happened to those guys? Or the Shah?
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"Protection"?
[Read the article: CNN's John Roberts helps out Mike McConnell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't need this kind of "protection", it reeks of the brand that I seen on Sopranos.
Speaking of 9-11, over 40,000 people died last year in car accidents in the US.
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@dmoore076
[Read the article: CNN's John Roberts helps out Mike McConnell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, Joe Nacchio alleges that the SEC selectively targetted him for insider trading because he refused to give the NSA warrantless access to their data.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/qwest-ceo-not-a.html
The NSA program was initially conceived at least one year prior to 2001 but had been called off; it was reinstated within 11 days of the entry into office of defendant George W. Bush.
An ATT Solutions logbook reviewed by counsel confirms the Pioneer-Groundbreaker project start date of February 1, 2001.
9-11!
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@shooter242
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]At some point we have to let the world police itself.
I imagine, for you, that point will come as soon as Democrats get control of foreign policy and will be left behind or not quite reached if Republicans keep control.
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WHAT?!
[Read the article: CNN's John Roberts helps out Mike McConnell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Who would have guessed that after 235 years large groups of Americans would want to eviscerate our best remaining intelligence asset? Aaron Burr perhaps?
What the HELL are you talking about?! Warrantless wiretapping is our best "remaining" intelligence asset? Where did the others go?
And exactly WHY does ANYONE think this Big Brother crap would be at ALL effective in combatting terrorism?
The mob is smart enough not to use traceable phones. Why wouldn't terrorists and guerillas, men whose lives are devoted to applying violence for political means? You think they are gonna be tripped up by some half-trillion dollar dragnet? How are you going to pick the real cases out, anyway?
This program is ABSOLUTELY USELESS for catching terrorists. You know what we need? REAL intelligence, infiltration, getting in good with local populace, people who can actually speak Arabic, etc.
These illegal programs which benefit no-one but contractors are ANTI-SECURITY because we could have put these resources into training e.g. Arabic translators, which we have hardly any of.
Damn you say some stupid stuff.
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@nick
[Read the article: CNN's John Roberts helps out Mike McConnell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Because apparently insurance against litigation for past indiscretions is now government policy to ensure future cooperation with lawful requests.
You surely meant "unlawful" requests. The government does not have authorization for the data they started getting in 2000.
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@Paul Dirks
[Read the article: CNN's John Roberts helps out Mike McConnell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What I can't wait for is during the next administration when shooter and PW suddenly become vital allies in the fight for civil liberties.
Oh, I know, it's gonna be hilarious.
They'll probably just punk out with new screennames or something.
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@Ufansius
[Read the article: CNN's John Roberts helps out Mike McConnell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What possible reason can the government give for resisting that mechanism?
They can't give a reason publicly, but I don't doubt the reason is to keep the scope of the operation from becoming widely public.
The stated goals of the program do not necessitate the degree of access granted or specific hardware known to be in use; I can only conclude that the program is broader (and therefore more illegal) than has been admitted by the administration.
Let's all remember, this program started less than two weeks after Bush came into office.
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@Awklib
[Read the article: Jihadis throw a wild bash over the Protect America Act]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"At this moment, somewhere in the world, terrorists are planning new attacks on our country. Their goal is to bring destruction to our shores that will make September the 11th pale by comparison."
The number of Iraqis killed by us makes 9-11 pale in comparison.
In fact, the number of people killed in car accidents last year (and every year) makes 9-11 pale in comparison: 40,000 auto fatalities.