Terror: 'We're Going to Get Hit'

[MagnoliaApples]

Well, what do you think of that?

Do you think that U.S military would be better utilized as a peace keeping effort in Darfur. Well, not that they would be peacekeeping cause at this point, the state that Darfur is in, it would most likely be all out combat.

See if the U.S were smart, not only would they be helping out a real cause that is Africa but they would be gaining global approval and support and they would shake the @$$hole label that they have garnered for themselves.

It would be the best thing they could possibly do for themselves right now to rectify themselves globally.

 

[MikeyDB]

Americans don't care what the world thinks...never has never will. It's simply not a factor beside the plastic jesus on the dashboard that keeps all Americans close to god...

 

[DurkaDurka]

I don't know if the US military would be "better utilized", they would be trading one hell for another.

The US would have the support of Europe and Canada for going into Dafur perhaps, I don't the Africans would be very accepting of them there though.

 

[MagnoliaApples]

Do you really think so? Darfur is in a major state of crisis right now. This is another Rwanda and Somalia. There is ethnic cleansing going on there right now.
I would think they would appreciate the help.

I realize what you're saying about trading one hell for another but in this case, ethinic cleansing can be stopped. And at the very least, it's a battle that would be better justified than Iraq, don't you think?

Also, at least we could come to terms with men and women dying to save the lives of others rather than dying for the sake of a lie. At least our troops wouldn't be dying for nothing. They could actually be considered true heros.

 

[hermanntrude]

the plastic jesus on the dashboard that keeps all Americans close to god...

:laughing7:

 

[m_levesque]

reporting that comment.

Had to read this three times to ensure I understood it. So you're telling on her because you didn't like her comment? How OLD are you anyway? So much for freedom of speech. The comment, in and of itself, is not offensive. It is the action that offends. However, Maple is not alone, I know lots of people who would agree with her.

 

[hermanntrude]

cheering at a sight like that is sick. i saw it live and nearly vomited. but m_levesque is right. Although when i read it i nearly went down the "report it" route too.

 

[Colpy]

Do you really think so? Darfur is in a major state of crisis right now. This is another Rwanda and Somalia. There is ethnic cleansing going on there right now.
I would think they would appreciate the help.

I realize what you're saying about trading one hell for another but in this case, ethinic cleansing can be stopped. And at the very least, it's a battle that would be better justified than Iraq, don't you think?

Also, at least we could come to terms with men and women dying to save the lives of others rather than dying for the sake of a lie. At least our troops wouldn't be dying for nothing. They could actually be considered true heros.

Okay.

let us get one thing straight.

If the United States sent troops to the Sudan, the second their boots hit the ground the "anti-war" folks would be calling them aggressors, monsters, scum, and Imperialists only there for the oil............

Have you forgotten? Saddam in Iraq performed ethnic cleansing, he used chemical weapons on tens of thousands of Kurdish civilians, and went on a war of extermination against the Shia of the southern marshes.

Does the US get any credit for their work on behalf of Muslims in Kosovo or Somalia?

No.

Because it is NOT what the United States does, it is simply that it is the United States doing it.

The ultimate proof of the argument?

You rarely hear Great Britain criticized for the war in Iraq, and NEVER Australia or Spain.............

 

[DurkaDurka]

Had to read this three times to ensure I understood it. So you're telling on her because you didn't like her comment? How OLD are you anyway? So much for freedom of speech. The comment, in and of itself, is not offensive. It is the action that offends. However, Maple is not alone, I know lots of people who would agree with her.

Stating that she cheers when she see's the 9/11 video is disgusting & vile. If you cannot see that, too bad for you.

 

[sanctus]

Stating that she cheers when she see's the 9/11 video is disgusting & vile. If you cannot see that, too bad for you.

Is this vile? Or her point of view? Is she the only person you have ever heard of celebrating the tragedy?


Distasteful, yes, I agree. Somewhat sad, oh yes, for sure, but vile??? Part of the celebration we do as Canadians is the freedom to express any opinion we wish to, including opinions not popular with others.

Bottom line, she's a teenager. With respect to Maple, who takes anything a teenager states that seriously?

 

[DurkaDurka]

There is a double standard to expressing opinion around here it seems... if someone were to make a statement indicating that they enjoy watching certain nationalities/ethnicities die... the lefties would be in an uproar. People are silent when it pertains to Americans or Jews though, they being war mongers and everything else....

 

[sanctus]

There is a double standard to expressing opinion around here it seems... if someone were to make a statement indicating that they enjoy watching certain nationalities/ethnicities die... the lefties would be in an uproar. People are silent when it pertains to Americans or Jews though, they being war mongers and everything else....

I haven't found this double standard on CC to be in evidence. This is, though, a very sensitive issue with allot of people. I remember listening to the radio when the events unfolded and being filled with an utter sense of horror. I was also afraid because who knew the exent at that time.

Since that day, emotions have been put aside and we can re-evaluate the situation. It is STILL a horrifying one, but not anymore horrid then any innocent death from any war.

 

[Colpy]

The sight of it makes me want to embark on a holy war...............I have to work to get logic to overcome emotion.

 

[sanctus]

The sight of it makes me want to embark on a holy war...............I have to work to get logic to overcome emotion.

Just curious, and not trying to be facetous, why would you have this reaction as a Canadian-that is going to "holy war"?

 

[I think not]

reporting that comment.

It won't matter, she wasn't cheering about dead Muslims, only Americans. Fully acceptable in the tolerant Canadian society.

 

[Tonington]

I think cheering for the loss of any civilians through acts like 9/11 is more than distasteful. Durka allready mentioned this but there were Canadians there as well, not that it should matter what nationality the victims were. Perhaps they were cheering for the act, rather than the consequences? Even still I don't think an act of war is something to cheer about. I remember 9/11 vividly, brave men and women sacrificing their own lives to help out their fellow man/woman.

 

[Logic 7]

Newsweek
Jan. 22, 2007 issue - Intel director John Negroponte gave Congress a sobering assessment last week of the continued threats from groups like Al Qaeda and Hizbullah. But even gloomier comments came from Henry Crumpton, the outgoing State Department terror coordinator. An ex-CIA operative, Crumpton told NEWSWEEK that a worldwide surge in Islamic radicalism has worsened recently, increasing the number of potential terrorists and setting back U.S. efforts in the terror war. "Certainly, we haven't made any progress," said Crumpton. "In fact, we've lost ground." He cites Iraq as a factor; the war has fueled resentment against the United States.
Crumpton noted some successes, such as improved joint efforts with foreign governments and a weakening of Al Qaeda's leadership structure. But he warned of future attacks. "We don't want to acknowledge we're going to get hit again in the homeland, but we are," he said. "That's a hard, ugly fact. But it's going to happen." Crumpton cited no specific intel, but said the most worrisome scenarios involve lone operatives who slip into the country and take directions through cyberspace. "How do you penetrate that?" he asked. Citing family financial pressures, Crumpton leaves office in two weeks. A State official, anonymous when discussing personnel matters, said no one has been nominated to replace him, so it could be a while before the post—a top counterterror job—is filled.
—Michael Isikoff

Anything goes on newsweek, there is no specific intel on the issue, but he name alqueada and hezbollah as a direct threath, what the hell is wrong with you guys?

All i can see, is constantly unproven articles that says us will be hit.

However we don't need to be genius to understand there will be another terrorist attac in the USA before the end of bush mandate, that way us will be under siege, that means bush will be able to extend his term for another 2 years.

 

[Logic 7]

It won't matter, she wasn't cheering about dead Muslims, only Americans. Fully acceptable in the tolerant Canadian society.

Well apperently the dead us soldiers in iraq, the outcome of the war, which was illegal,the torture and the killing of innoncent peoples around the world is completly acceptable to the americans, you are more interested to know how bad michael jakson is and how good the blow job on clinton was than anything else.

 

[AndyF]

The Canadians that were killed in 9/11, I imagine they brought it on them selves as well?

That's another thing the US doesn't do well. Research. Apparently Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, and that isa verified fact, so what is the US doing in Iraq.? Ever the opportunist, 9/11 occured when the US had plans on the table to deal with the Iran/Iraq situation 2 years before the disaster.

But to the point, when we bombed Dresden in WW2 there were other nationals in that city doing business as well, and it is up to them to determine the odds, just like we do when we buy Blue Cross to spend the summer in Florida. "Ya takes yer chances". The WTC people got more indicators than the Dresden people when the year before they had the first bombings in the same buildings.

While the US is on a sh&^* disturbing roll, best stay away from it till after the retaliation ends in 20 years.

AndyF

 

[thomaska]

youre wacked. everytime the teachers show films about those towers getting bombed or whatever me and my friends cheer!

When do the teachers these days actually have time to teach? In between all of the sexual misbehaviour they perpetrate on their students and their "butt/genital" art printing, I'm surprised they even have time to make it to the school.

And even when they get there, the students much life MapleLeaf girl here...aren't paying attention anyways because there are much more important things to talk about..cell phones, cheerleading, nintendo wii's...etc, etc...

What ever film you're teacher showed you probably wasn't about 9/11, it was proabably just some movie to distract you with while the teacher was making out with another student, out in the teachers car, and you are just too dense to know the difference. If you spent more time learning and less time text messaging your buddies, you'd know the difference.