Cato Institute: Ladders pose greater risk than terrorism
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Rofl
At least your messiah gets the concept of what it means to be right wing.
http://spectator.org/articles/60553/bill-o’reilly’s-soldiers-fortune
If they were to smoke a joint they would be in jail so fast their turbans would need a week to catch up. Just killing innocent people gets you surveillance.
The 'unknown unknowns' of confronting ISIS in Iraq
The lack of credible military intelligence about ISIS is like what it was about the Taliban
One striking similarity between Canada's first combat mission to Iraq and our long, draining involvement in the Afghan war is the almost total lack of credible military intelligence at the outset.
We knew almost nothing about the Taliban for years, even as we began fighting them, and we know even less about ISIS now.
It was Ottawa's abysmal lack of intel in 2005 that allowed us to eagerly lobby NATO to put us in charge of Kandahar province, the Taliban's home base.
Four frustrating years later, our small contingent of under 3,000 troops was having limited success in suppressing escalating Taliban operations there, and a large U.S. Marine surge was needed to take over the combat lead.
Today, the U.S.-led coalition that we've joined seems to have a similarly blank intelligence slate on this latest enemy as it rampages through Syria and parts of Iraq.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/the-unknown-unknowns-of-confronting-isis-in-iraq-1.2794261
The lack of credible military intelligence about ISIS is like what it was about the Taliban
One striking similarity between Canada's first combat mission to Iraq and our long, draining involvement in the Afghan war is the almost total lack of credible military intelligence at the outset.
We knew almost nothing about the Taliban for years, even as we began fighting them, and we know even less about ISIS now.
It was Ottawa's abysmal lack of intel in 2005 that allowed us to eagerly lobby NATO to put us in charge of Kandahar province, the Taliban's home base.
Four frustrating years later, our small contingent of under 3,000 troops was having limited success in suppressing escalating Taliban operations there, and a large U.S. Marine surge was needed to take over the combat lead.
Today, the U.S.-led coalition that we've joined seems to have a similarly blank intelligence slate on this latest enemy as it rampages through Syria and parts of Iraq.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/the-unknown-unknowns-of-confronting-isis-in-iraq-1.2794261
You only pretend to be a fiscal conservative on the net.
lolz...
If you were informed by more than just the CBC and the Star (Or the Sun for that matter), you'd understand just how stupid that Op/Ed nonsense really is.
You see Twilla, some people, usually quite dumb people, think all intel on the enemy should be public knowledge.
No, it's because the new way we wage war is for profit margins, and keeping the wimps happy, not victories.
Jesus Christ.
I've heard and read a lot of nonsense about the 'stan but nothing that ridiculous. And civvies using the word "intel" sends a shiver up my spine probably like a doctor does hearing the mechanic fix his car ask for a wrench and 6ccs of lube stat.
But if I really have to debate that five is a number, a duck is a bird and the Canadian flag is red & white let me know and I'll clear things up for you.
Interesting, although it doesn't make a strong case for declaring war on ladders.
Hey Flossy, if I raised enough to get you over to the Caliphate and put you up for a few hours (I'm sure that's as long as you'll need/have), would you go and try and negotiate with the leaders of ISIS/ISIL?
I'll even get you a nice virgin donkey to take with you. I'm sure that might buy you a couple extra minutes.
Serious question and offer though.
Hey Flossy, if I raised enough to get you over to the Caliphate and put you up for a few hours (I'm sure that's as long as you'll need/have), would you go and try and negotiate with the leaders of ISIS/ISIL?
I'll even get you a nice virgin donkey to take with you. I'm sure that might buy you a couple extra minutes.
Serious question and offer though.
I just cleaned the gutter from autumn leaves, perched on top of a ladder, totally unsuspecting it could be a terrorist. Silly me
The real question is whether or not the actions of ISIS truly destabilize the trend in declining violence and if so, whether or not military action is the right approach to address the problem.
It might be more productive to actually emigrate peaceful civilians to democratic states.
If you don't believe in what you're selling, just say so. Your attempts to say we should negotiate because ISIS really ain't that bad in the grand scheme of things and maybe we should just take up refugees in the west. In political BS speak, all the while avoiding a straight forward answer, just makes you look like a wannabe elitist douche, with no spine.