Finder, before you are flamed, I would assume that by "a good one to hit," you intended to mean that it would have been a logical target to hit, from the perspective of someone mounting an attack against the United States — correct?
jeckgo said:Hate to say it but the US is the only country to call terrorist’s attacks an act of war. For most other countries they are criminal acts. The important thing is you can’t go to war with a criminal organisation. War is a political act and as such, it needs a legitimate political opponent. Bush legitimised Al queada by declaring war on terrorism. Then again it means that the powers that be can keep the American public in a war mentality for as long as they want. Which is every politicians dream.
As for the rest of what was said both the allies and the axis during the second world war attacked soft targets such as cities to break enemy moral using the terror generated by bombing attacks. A couple of examples Cologne, Coventry, London ect.
Also take the American bombing raids of the 80's and 90's on different middle eastern cities. Were they terrorist attacks by the definitions given here or were they a legitimate political response?
Who here believes America is in a state of war? (Outside of Iraq that is.)
Is Bush a war time president?
If Bush is war time president doesn’t that mean that every president elected from now on will be a war president with all the powers that go with it?
darkbeaver said:Said1 said:Who think he had ties to terrorism (Saddam) and if so, why?
He was a master tactician of the art, but he,s involved in this court thingy and he ain,t got the time anymore. So he had very strong ties to terrorism. Your question is a good example of the problem with declaring a war on terrorism it,s a tactic not people, anyone who scares the shit out of someone else is a terrorist, Uncle Sam been doing it to me for years but nobody cares.
PS; I know you know all this but I have to make my quota.![]()
Said1 said:darkbeaver said:Said1 said:Who think he had ties to terrorism (Saddam) and if so, why?
He was a master tactician of the art, but he,s involved in this court thingy and he ain,t got the time anymore. So he had very strong ties to terrorism. Your question is a good example of the problem with declaring a war on terrorism it,s a tactic not people, anyone who scares the shit out of someone else is a terrorist, Uncle Sam been doing it to me for years but nobody cares.
PS; I know you know all this but I have to make my quota.![]()
Actually, that wasn't what I was trying to get at with the question I posed. Of course he had ties to terrorism, but why? How would that serve him? I think he may have been more of a sympathizer in order to save his own ass more than anything. Just my humble opinion though.
darkbeaver said:[
I still don,t think you get what I,m saying about terrorism, it is used by all political leaders, terrorism motivates people with fear, fear is the most often used political tool, it operates on a sliding scale, all the way from fear of taxes to fear of death and war, in that sence all modern politics are designed arround fear issues because it,s the cheapest easiest method to move the masses, look how easy it has been to portray western bombing and death squads as liberation and democracy and everyone elses bombing and death squads as terrorism when in fact the acts are eaqul in every respect except scale, when these methods are used by our side they are considered benevolent when the same methods are used by the other side they are considered evil. Terrorism is a tactic. Consider the terror that the Iranian people must feel right now with the worlds greatest practicioners of terror threatening to destroy them despite all that they the Iranians have done in the last ten years to build better ties with the west, every attemt the Iranians have made at cooperation with the west have been spurned and ignored, the simple fact is that Uncle Sam must have control and will except noyhing less than Irans capitulation and subserviance to American military and economic dominance.Terrorism is the ultimate marketing tool. :lol:
JoeyB said:Does anyone have any proof a plane actually crashed into the pentagon??? noone has any photographs of any plane wreckage in or areound the building, and from what I am to understand many photographs were taken within the first 30 mins of the 'impact'
the whole 3 planes deal sounds like a real good story for mike moore.
what happened to the plane that went down in the field? noone talks about that either.
jeckgo said:JoeyB said:Does anyone have any proof a plane actually crashed into the pentagon??? noone has any photographs of any plane wreckage in or areound the building, and from what I am to understand many photographs were taken within the first 30 mins of the 'impact'
the whole 3 planes deal sounds like a real good story for mike moore.
what happened to the plane that went down in the field? noone talks about that either.
Hhhmmm...these must all be part of some conspiracy, I wonder if Elvis is involved.....are you serious Joey??? I suppose these are fake???
Flight 77 in the Pentagon
There may not be many pictures of flight 93 in Pittsburgh, so then all of these people are in on the conspiracy as well???[sarcasm]We are all lying, really[/sarcasm]....
As for those planes going into the towers, well they must be part of this conspiracy theory as well, actually they are still there, but are hidden behind a huge holograph of just air/space???
JoeyB said:Does anyone have any proof a plane actually crashed into the pentagon???
JoeyB said:what happened to the plane that went down in the field? noone talks about that either.
There is proof, there was a row of street lights knocked down by the planes wings leading towards where the Pentagon was hit. There is the speed the plane when it hit the Pentagon which was automatically sliced into a million piece as the Pentagon was a very strong structure. There is the material of the plane and heat of the Fire feeding off office furniture etc which disinigrates most of it. It comes down to physics the speed of the plane and the material of which it was made, the structure of the Pentagon and the temperature of the Fire.JoeyB said:Does anyone have any proof a plane actually crashed into the pentagon??? noone has any photographs of any plane wreckage in or areound the building, and from what I am to understand many photographs were taken within the first 30 mins of the 'impact'
the whole 3 planes deal sounds like a real good story for mike moore.
what happened to the plane that went down in the field? noone talks about that either.