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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 04:56 PM
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I'm Heartily Sick Of The War On Terror (a small rant)
Edited on Wed Mar-01-06 05:00 PM by cali
My odds of being killed in car accident are far greater than being killed in a terrorist attack. I'm sick of the hyperbole, the non-stop fear mongering, the price tag, etc. I believe it's 85% cooked up bullshit. If we hadn't gone to Iraq and hadn't alienated so many people, it'd be perceived as a much smaller issue.
But no, this country just can't seem to exist without enemies, so we construct them.

Life is dangerous. There will always be threats to the security of the nation, but this national obsession with terror is exhausting and demoralizing. I'm so frustrated by it I can barely articulate my disgust.

Screw terror, screw the terror mongers and screw those who avidly buy into it.

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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 04:56 PM
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1. Amen.
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 04:58 PM
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2. and they call us "cowards" for wanting to end the war
meanwhile, they cower under their beds in fear that Osama is coming to get them :eyes:
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 05:00 PM
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3. Great rant Cali....and soo true...
Edited on Wed Mar-01-06 05:00 PM by MadMaddie
I am going to join you .....the propaganda machine has churned out so much fear that I am sick of it......

The National obsession is currently being fueled by Rove and the * cabal because they are in some deep shit....and this has worked for them in the past.....

however, they miscalculated the response to the ports deals and now we have more people starting to wake up and actually start asking questions of the terra, terra, * message!!

I am hoping that this is truely the beginnning of the end of this lot.....

Great Rant!!
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 05:02 PM
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4. Thanks, Maddie
I forgot to add that I'm sick of the stupid ports thing as well.
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smitty Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 05:03 PM
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5. "this country can't... exist without enemies so we construct them."
And the first brick in the new ediface was laid on 09/11/01.
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Serenades Donating Member (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 05:13 PM
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6. Honestly
If the War on Terror were real, we wouldn't let the UAE manage our ports nor would we allow the Mexican and Canadian borders go pretty much unmonitored. Heck, we probably wouldn't have bombed Iraq and started a war with them for no reason nor would we have tortured people and took pictures of it.
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